BY BENEDICT CROWELL
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR AND
DIRECTOR OF MUNITIONS 1917–1920

AND ROBERT FORREST WILSON
FORMERLY CAPTAIN, UNITED STATES ARMY

ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE
COLLECTIONS OF THE WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS

NEW HAVEN
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON · HUMPHREY MILFORD · OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
MDCCCCXXI

Copyright, 1921, by
Yale University Press

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. Halt! [1]
II. The A. E. F. Embarks [9]
III. The Transatlantic Ferry [30]
IV. Ebb Tide [47]
V. The Process of Discharging Soldiers [62]
VI. Picking Up after the Army [74]
VII. Soldier Welfare [92]
VIII. War Contracts [112]
IX. The Settlement of the War Contracts [126]
X. Ordnance Demobilization [145]
XI. Artillery [163]
XII. Ammunition and Other Ordnance [181]
XIII. Aircraft [199]
XIV. Technical Supplies [214]
XV. Quartermaster Supplies [234]
XVI. Buildings and Lands [256]
XVII. Selling the Surplus [269]
XVIII. The Foreign Liquidation [287]
XIX. The Balance Sheet [315]
Index [323]

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