ion's
Victory--Scientific Studies of Food Production, Distribution and
Consumption--Hoover Lays Down the Law Regulating Wholesalers and
Grocers--Getting the Food Across--Feeding Armies in the Field

CHAPTER XXXV. THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN THE WAR
Increase from 58,000 Men to Approximately 500,000--Destroyer Fleet
Arrives in British Waters--"We Are Ready Now"--The Hunt of the
U-Boats--Gunnery that is Unrivalled--Depth Charges and Other New
Inventions--The U-Boat Menace Removed--Surrender of German Under-Sea
Navy

CHAPTER XXXVI. CHINA JOINS THE FIGHTING DEMOCRACIES
How the Germans Behaved in China Seventeen Years Before--The Whirligig
of Time Brings Its Own Revenge--The Far Eastern Republic Joins Hands
with the Allies--German Propaganda at Work--Futile Attempt to Restore
the Monarchy--Fear of Japan--War--Thousands of Chinese Toil Behind the
Battle Lines in France--Siam with Its Eight Millions Defies the
Germans--End of Teuton Influence in the Orient

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DEFEAT AND RECOVERY OF ITALY
Subtle Socialist Gospel Preached by Enemy Plays Havoc with Guileless
Italians--Sudden Onslaught of Germans Drives Cadorna's Men from
Heights--The Spectacular Retreat that Dismayed the World--Glorious
Stand of the Italians on the Piave--Rise of Diaz

CHAPTER XXXVIII. REDEMPTION OF THE HOLY LAND
A Long Campaign Progressing Through Hardships to Glory--General
Allenby Enters Jerusalem on Foot--Turkish Army Crushed in Palestine--
Battle of Armageddon

CHAPTER XXXIX. AMERICA'S TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS
Government Ownership of Railroads, Telegraphs, Telephones--Getting the
Men from Training Camps to the Battle Fronts--From Texas to Toul--A
Gigantic System Working Without a Hitch

CHAPTER XL. SHIPS AND THE MEN WHO MADE THEM
The Emergency Fleet Corporation--Charles M. Schwab as Master
Shipbuilder--Hog Island the Wonder Shipyard of the World--An
Unbeatable Record--Concrete Ships--Wooden Ships--Standardizing the
Steel Ship--Attitude of Labor in the War--Samuel Gompers an Unofficial
Member of the Cabinet--Great Task of the United States Employment
Service

CHAPTER XLI. GERMANY'S DYING DESPERATE EFFORT
The High Tide of German Success--An Army of Six Million Men Flung
Recklessly on the Allies--Most Terrific Battles in all History--The
Red Ruin of War from Arras to St. Quentin--Amiens Within Arms' Reach
of the Invaders--Paris Bombarded by Long-Range Guns from Distance