UNITED STATES:-- Army, number of troops in France, 1; "Transportation of Troops," 2; "Armies Under Foreign Generals," 2; "First units of our new army reviewed by King George," 69; "No Limit to Size America's Army," 70; "War Record of the United States," 73; America's first anniversary in France, 78; "Premier Lloyd George Lauds Americans," 148; number of negroes in, 204; "America's War Effort," 229; German official view of, 243; reorganizations of, 429; consolidation of all branches into one "United States Army," 430; "Transporting America's Army Overseas," 443. _See also_ CAMPAIGN in Western Europe. Commerce, "American Exports Versus the U-boats," 45; finances, address by President Wilson on Federal Revenue bill, 139. _See also_ COST of the War. French aid in the American Revolution, 201. "Mexico and the United States," 142. Navy, largest naval appropriation bill passed, 431. Russian Situation--Inaction criticised, 260. SHIPPING, _see_ SHIPPING; SHIPBUILDING. War Dept., summary of achievements to July, 1918, 229; war with Germany and Austria-Hungary, "War Record of the United States," 73. _See also_ TITLES Beginning America, American. _See also_ PROGRESS of the War, 49, 221, 434. V VAN DYKE, Henry, "The Stars and Stripes," (poem,) 225. _Vaux, Taking the Village of_, 233. _Vaux, Thorough American Work at_, 235. VERSAILLES Council, _see_ SUPREME War Council. VICTORIA Cross awarded to Capt. James B. McCudden, 87. VILLERS-COTTERETS, historical sketch, 6. _See also_ CAMPAIGN in Western Europe. W "_War in the Air_," 80. WELLS, H. G., "Boycotting Germany," 545; "The Death Knell of Empire," 353. WEST, Austin, "Austrians at Grips with Italians," 33. WESTARP (Count), leader of Conservatives, criticises von Kuhlmann's summary of war situation, 318. WHEELER, W. Reginald, "Chinese-Japanese Military Alliance," 498. WILLIAM II., Emperor of Germany, defines issues of the war, 36. WILLIAMS, Harold, summary of the Russian situation, 265. WILSON, (Pres.) Woodrow, Red Cross speech in New York, 137; Federal Revenue Bill, 139; appeals for economy, 141; Memorial Day proclamation, 141; address to Mexican editors, 142; "Mount Vernon address"; a statement of American war aims, 191; reply of Baron Burian, 194; Chancellor von Hertling's reply in Reichstag, 311; Paris renames street in honor of, 204; sends greeting to France on Bastile Day, 245; reply of Pres. Poincare, 245; congratulated by Pres. Poincare on Fourth of July celebration, 337; reply, 337; by King George of Greece, 340; reply, 341; denounces mob action, 384; "President Wilson and the League of Nations," 511. Portraits