The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
Volunteers
IN Times OF
PEACE MAYBE.
Present Project is Somewhat
Similar to Recently Rejected
Continental Army Plan.
CIVILIAN TRAINING CAMPS.
Members Are Willing to FEEDER
alize National Guardif Force
Can Be Sufficient. n
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 26--A grow.
ing tendency to provide for a federal
army reserve in addition to the req
ular army and, federallzed national
guard was manifest today in both.
the House and Senate. military COM
mittees. 5ia.
Members OF both committees said
they favored a practical test Of the,
possibility Of forming a federal yols
unteer army In peace times. on lines
somewhat, similar to the continental
army plan, The apparent intention
to abandone the continental project
wholly was one OF the causes leading
up to the resignation Of Secretary
Garrison, /.
The House committee agreed to-
day upon the general torms OF q bill
Eit expects to get before the House
within ten days providing for areg;i
fu1ar. hriny With, an authorized peace
strength .otf ta3, 900 men, q federal.
izeh national guard which would
reach minimum strength Of 424-
900 In five years; adequate reserve
systems for both of these forces; and
organization or civilian training
camps with wide discretion reposed
in the war department as to the
terms OF enlistment, training and
government.
Training Camps Planned.
The Senate committee has agreed
tentatively to "a plan under which
training camps would be authorized
lin every congressional district where
sufficient men volunteered for train
ing under an obligation for war ser.
vice. The maximum force to be thus
raised In any district would be bat
talon or substantially the SAME
number proposed for the first year
Of the Carlson continental army plan.
The camps would be under command
Of full compliments Of regular army
officers.
Members OF both committees,
while saying they would support any
good plan for federalizlng the nation
al guard as o first line force, frankly
admitted today that they had doubts
whether requisite force could be
enlisted In the national guard, even
under the proposed federal pay and
regulation provisions Represents
tive Kahn, who has advocated an sexS
tension OF the business mems train
ing camp idea to all classes, Of citi-
zens who would not enlist In the
regulars or the national guard. SAID
today that with 10000 men already
enrolled forintensiye military train
ing this summer, without govern
ment aid, he had received assurances
that fuLyl100. 900 would be avilable
next year under his plan,
Take similar View.
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The House committee arrived at
its regular army figures today as =
compromise after suggestions OF Z
peace strength OF 10000, lSO,Vg9
and 150, 900 had been voted down py
narrowing margins. Anon partisan
vote finally fixed upon 137, 600 40iig
> 000 more than recommended sbyi