Referring to immigration, the Minister of Finance said that, in spite of the war, over 200,000 people had entered Canada in the last three years, largely farmers from the United States. He anticipated large immigration into Canada shortly after the end of the war. * * * * * War Record of the United States An Official Summary of American Activities During the First Year of Belligerency. By CHARLES POPE CALDWELL _Member of Congress from New York_ [DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 22, 1918] At the outset, let me say frankly that we have made mistakes--yes, grievous mistakes--and had our foresight been as keen as the afterthought of our critics we might have accomplished more. But, notwithstanding these mistakes and omissions, America has done her share--indeed, more than her share--for she has done many times more than any of our allies suspected that she was capable of doing and more than the greatest enthusiast in America hoped she could do. She has confirmed our friends and confounded our enemies. Or, let me put it in another way: America has raised and equipped a bigger army in shorter time and now holds a greater section of the fighting front, transporting her forces 3,000 miles across an infested sea, in ten months, than England was capable of doing in twelve months across the English Channel of less than thirty miles. We began with less, went further, and arrived with more in shorter time. Yet their motive was necessity and ours only desire. When war was declared in April, 1917, the standing army of the United States consisted of 136,000 officers and men, many of whom were in the foreign service, and the National Guard consisted of 164,000 officers and men, many of whom were too old for active service, and a large part of them physically unfit to perform the duty for which they had volunteered. Our experts told us that it would take two years to raise an army of 1,000,000 men and five years to train the commissioned personnel. It has now been about one year since the first legislation was passed authorizing the increase of our army for war purposes. The strength of our military forces is now as follows: ARMY STRENGTH, MAY, 1918 Officers. Men. Regular army 10,295 504,677 Reserve Corps 79,038 78,560 National Guard 16,906 411,952 National Army 33,894 510,963 On special and technical duty 8,195 Drafted in April 150,000 Drafted in May 233,742 ------- ------- Total 148,328 1,889,894