Newton D. Baker, America at War, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Newton D. Baker, America at War, Vol. 2: Based on the Personal Papers of the Secretary of War in the World War, His Correspondence With the President and Important Leaders at Home and Abroad, The Confidential Cablegrams Between the War Department and Headquarters in FranceBut being able and willing to work Sixteen hours a day did not of itself insure efficiency. At two O'clock in the morning, on his way home, Baker entered a bureau chief's office to find him with a pile of charts on his desk and working out computations on a pad. The habits of peace were Still Strong upon him. He could not bring himself to delegate details for which he himself was responsible.You ought not to be doing that, said Baker. Your part is to do the thinking.The time had now come to replace some of the elder bureau chiefs with younger men. Crozier, Chief of Ordnance, and Quartermaster General Sharpe had labored for nine months Without a holiday. They were now reckoning that uncertain harvest of filled orders at a time when requirements were leap ing beyond the power of production. Survey, production, prior ity! When production did not keep up with survey, priority knew not on what to reckon. And the period of the survey was practically over. The plan approached its final test. The next Stage of execution required fresh energy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.