Excerpt from The Official History of the Three Hundred and Fourth Engineer Regiment, Seventy-Ninth Division, U. S. A., During the World War: Inception, May 8, 1917-August 15, 1917; Organization, August 27-1917-July 8, 1918; Operations, July 19, 1918-May 19, 1919; Demobilization, May 29, 1919-June 6, 1919 The last two years have been not only unusual, but have been epoch-making both for our country and the whole world. The unusual and abnormal demands made upon the whole country, upon every patriotic citizen, were far beyond any precedent. So it was that not only our Regular Army and our National Guard were found entirely inadequate to cope with the situation and uphold the coun try's honor in the world's greatest war in which she had lately thrown her weight, but all our war resources and productive powers were found grossly inadequate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.