ES.--_War Cyclopedia_ (C.P.I.); _The Study of the
Great War_ (C.P.I.); McKinley, _Collected Materials for the
Study of the War; The Correspondence between the Bolsheviki
and the German Government_ (C.P.I.); _National School
Service_, Vol. I (C.P.I.).

FOOTNOTES:

[5] After driving the Russians out of Asia Minor and taking the
districts ceded to Turkey, the Turkish forces went on and seized nearly
all of the southern Caucasus before October, 1918.

CHAPTER XIII

THE UNITED STATES IN THE WAR

PART OF THE NAVY SENT TO EUROPE.--One of the first things done after
our entrance into the war was to send a considerable part of our navy to
Europe, not only battleships to augment the fleet that was holding the
German navy in check, but also a number of swift torpedo boats and
destroyers to aid in reducing the menace from submarines. Huge
appropriations were made by Congress for the purpose of increasing the
number of lighter craft in the navy. Particularly efficient submarine
chasers were developed, called "Eagles," which, by being made all alike,
could be quickly produced in great numbers.

RAISING THE ARMY.--Great numbers of young men at once enlisted in
various branches of the service. Profiting, however, by the experience
of Great Britain, the government determined on conscription as a more
democratic method of raising an army. A draft law was passed providing
for the enrollment of all men between the ages of twenty-one and
thirty-one. These were examined and classified, and from time to time
large groups were sent to camps to be trained. Each of these camps can
take care of approximately fifty thousand soldiers. Under a later draft
law passed in 1918, the age limits for enrolling men were extended to
include those from eighteen to forty-five.

OFFICERS' TRAINING CAMPS.--In order to provide officers for such an
emergency as now confronted the nation, training camps for officers had
been established the previous year at several places in the country.
These officers were now called upon to aid the regular army officers in
training the recruits. The officers' training camps have been continued
and increased in number in order that a regular supply of properly
trained officers may be available for the constantly increasing army.

SUPPLIES AND MUNITIONS.--The industries of the country were compelled
to turn their attention to the making of supplies and munitions for our
fighters. The great plants t