and eager to fight is ac cordingly expected to play a big role in these historic operations skeleton brigades and regiments of the regular army may be brought up to firing line strength by brit ish and irish reserves well-informed officials of the war department in timated to-day that such a plan is under contemplation acting secretary of war benedict crowell said all dispositions of troops will be made by generalissimo foch other officials of the war depart ment said there was nothing new in the suggestion that irish troops be brigaded with american divisions the plan appears to be finding favor in england enthusiastic willingness from the irish is anticipated acting secre tary crowell indicating the im portant role in sight for american troops in france saidthat already the absorption of american troops by french and english divisions is under way more troops now on way to france he also let it be known that a record-breaking overseas american troop movement is under way through the war department the decision of the allied high command to make quick use of america's new army caused great satisfaction army heads indicated with pride that the allied high command regards the american material virtually on a par already with the other forces in the field they pointed out that the thirty days finishing off period allotted to the american reinforcements by gen eralissimo foch is indorsement of their estimates of the fighting qual ity of these troops indorsement of u s fighting qualities the expectation that the