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XXI. THE NAVY IN THE WAR

Marvelous Expansion of Our Sea-Fighting Forces-America's Destroyer Program-

Manning Merchant Ships with Naval Guns and Crews-The American Navy

Rushes to the North Sea-"We Are Ready Now"-Outwitting the German Sub-

marines-Maintaining the Blockade-American Vessels Sunk by the Enemy-

Commander Ghent's Graphic Story

XXII. THE STORY OF THE MARINES

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A Service That Makes the Highest Demands Upon Its Recruits-Activities-Honors

-Casualties-Tributes from France-The Glorious Record Undimmed by Defeat. 290

XXIII. AN AVALANCHE OF MUNITIONS

Powder-Shells-Poison Gas-T.N.T.-Guns-Sights and Fire Control Appa-

ratus-The Machine Gun an American Invention-Rifle Production-Development

of the Grenade"Tanks"-America One Great Hive of War-Making Industry

XXIV. FIGHTING THE WAR ON AMERICAN FARMS

The Importance of the Farmer-Food a Winning Factor-The Tractor, Father of the

“Tank”—The Food Administration-War Bread-Price Fixing-Meatless and

Wheatless Days-"Every Garden a Munition Plant"

XXV. SUPPLIES FOR OVERSEAS

Transportation of the Army, its Munitions and other Supplies, Under the Efficient

Direction of General March-American Transportation Genius Astonishes the World

-President Wilson Assumes Control of the Railroads-Thousands of Motor

Trucks Built for the Army-Over Four Hundred Locomotives and Six Thousand

Freight Cars Shipped to France French Roads Rebuilt from American Quarries—

American Construction Work in France-Shipments of Troops and Cargo-Losses

at Sea.

XXVI.

COAL AND GASOLENE HELP TO WIN THE WAR

Fixing the Price of Coal-Stimulating Production-The Fuel Administration-

Workless Mondays-The Gasolene Shortage-Gasless Sundays

XXVII. A BRIDGE OF SHIPS

The United States Comes to the Aid of the Despairing Allies with a Great Ship-

building Program-Over a Billion Dollars Appropriated by Congress for Construc-

tion-Standardized and Fabricated Vessels--America Resumes its Maritime

Importance-Hog Island and Other Great Yards Work Night and Day-Manning

the Vast Fleet Prepared Under Direction of the Shipping Board .

XXVIII. DEATH FROM THE SKY

America, Mother of Aviation, Sends Fliers to France Before the Arrival of the

Doughboy-An Aviation Program that Terrified Germany-The Lafayette Esca-

drille-The Air Force at Château-Thierry, at St. Mihiel and the Argonne-Aerial

Combat-The Liberty Motor-Airplane Armament-The Aces

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XXIX. AMERICAN BUSINESS MEN IN THE WAR

Conscripting the Brains of the Republic-Dollar-a-Year Men-Council of National

Defense-War Industries Board-National Research Council-Committee on

Labor-Efficiency that Won the War .

XXX. HOW AMERICA RAISED FUNDS

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America Lends Money with a Lavish Hand-Liberty Loans and War Saving

Stamps-Treasury Certificates-Turning a Nation's Cost to Thrift

899

XXXI. LABOR IN THE WAR

Patriotism Beyond Precedent-A Conference in Which Labor Pledged its Utmost

Effort to Win the War-The Pledge Redeemed-Socialists, Loyal and Otherwise-

Labor Adjustment Bureau-Labor Program of the Treaty of Peace

406

XXXII. AMERICAN HEROES

Congressional Medals for the Fighting Men, the Highest Form of Recognition

Established by the United States Government-Full List of the Valiant Soldiers,

with Stories of their Deeds-Six Americans Win the Victoria Cross

XXXIII. WITH THE AMERICANS IN SIBERIA

Battling Against Russian Bolshevist Troops-The Doughboy in the Blizzard-Swept

Wastes of the Arctic Region-The Work of the Czecho-Slovaks--The Inside

Story of the Russian Revolution-Execution of the Czar-Rise of Lenine and

Trotsky-The Peace of Brest-Litovsk

XXXIV. ALIEN PROPERTY SEIZED

418

America's First Alien Property Custodian-Transforming German Wealth in the

United States Into American Shells-Unprecedented Confiscation of Millions of

Dollars

XXXV. PAVING THE WAY FOR AN ARMISTICE

452

The Central Powers, Facing Defeat, Plead for a Peace Conference-Austria-

Hungary Makes the First Overture-America Returns a Flat Refusal-German

Morale Breaks-Prince Max Becomes Chancellor, Displacing Von Hertling-

President Wilson's Fourteen Points of Peace-The Five Points of His Liberty Loan

Address

XXXVI. VICTORY IN SIGHT

Grand-Pré and Clery-le-Grande Captured by Americans-Allies Strike in the

North-Laon, La Fère, Lille, Douai, Bruges and Ostend Evacuated by the

Enemy-Doughboys Sweep Over Fifty-Mile Front Above Verdun-Sedan the

Last Battle-ground of the Yanks in the Great War-Canadians in Mons-Maubeuge

Falls-The White Flag on the Balkan Front-Austria's Emperor Abdicates-

Germany's Greatest Ally Collapses]

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XXXVII. GERMANY SURRENDERS

Prince Max Asks President Wilson to Conclude Peace on the Basis of His Fourteen

Points-Exchanges of Notes-President Finally Refers Germany to General Foch

for Terms-Plenipotentiaries Arrive in France-False News of an Armistice

Arouses Tremendous Celebration in the United States-Real Armistice Comes on

November 11th-Abdication of the Kaiser

XXXVIII. WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION

Terms Imposed Upon the Central Powers-The Text of the Turkish Armistice-The

Austrian Armistice-The German Armistice-The Kaiser's Great Fleet Interned by

Allies and Scuttled by the Germans-The March of the American Army to the

Rhine Greeted by Thousands of Cheering People in Luxemburg-Americans

Enter Germany December 1st-They Cross the Rhine on December 13th-Coblenz

Bridgehead Occupied-Demobilization of American Forces-Berlin Newspaper

Man Gives His Impressions of Americans in Occupied Territory.

XXXIX. AFTERMATH OF THE WAR

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Sale of Equipment and Property of the American Expeditionary Forces on French

Soil-Disposal of Material Accumulated in Cantonments and Storehouses—

Re-employment of Soldiers-Adjustment of Labor Conditions-Dr. Taylor's

Report on Conditions in Europe-The High Cost of Living-The Air Route to

Europe-Prohibition-America Emerges Serene Out of the Maelstrom of War 50S

XL. THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY

The Historic Conference in Paris-President Wilson's Visit to Europe-The Signing

of the Treaty at Versailles-Objections Raised to Some of the Clauses in America-

Full Text of the Covenant of the League of Nations-What Germany Loses by the

Treaty

XLI. THE AMERICAN LEGION

Soldiers and Sailors of the World War Organize—Ideals for Which America Fought

Preserved for Posterity

XLII. THE RECORD OF THE DIVISIONS

The Day-to-Day Story of Each American Division from the Moment of Organiza-

tion Until the March to the Rhine or Demobilization-Composition of the Divisions

-Regular Army, National Guard and National Army-Commanding Generals-

Insignia-Advances and Captures-Casualties-Distinguished Service Crosses

Awarded-Work of the Combat Divisions in Each Sector-Record of the Formation

of Other Divisions Denied Action by the Surrender of the Enemy

CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICAN OPERATIONS IN FRANCE

Prepared by General Peyton C. March, and Included in His Report to the Secretary

of War

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Center: Gen. John J. Pershing, Commander-in-chief; top row, left to right: Lieut.-Gen. Hunter Liggett, 1st Army; Maj.-Gen. Jos. T. Dickman, 1st Corps; Lieut.-Gen. Robt. L. Bullard, 2d Army; lower row: Maj.-Gen. John L. Hines, 3d Corps; Maj.-Gen. Geo. H. Cameron, 5th Corps; Maj.-Gen. Chas. P. Summerall, 5th Corps.