Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-10
NEW ARMY BILL Is
CONSIDERED ELASTIC
PLAN MAY GIVE NATION soc, 1000
TRAINED MEN EACH
YEAR.
PLAN OF INTENSIVE
TRAINING FOR BOYS
New Measure Approved by Senator
Chamberlain and to Be Introduces
Immediately After Democratic Con-
vention-Bill Includes Naval Re.
serves-Army Men Enthusiastic.

! Washington, June 10.-The first draft
of a bill which would give the United
States 500, 600 new trained soldiers each
year and at the same time would free
the citizen of military duties before he
is 10 years old, has been completed.
| 1t has already been accepted in prin-
ciple by Senator Chamberlain, chair
man of the military affairs committee,
and by several national defense leaders
and probably win be introduced in the
senate Immediately after the demo-
cratic convention.
Intended to produce all the good re-
suits which his present universal train
ing bill would have. the new measure
! is tree from the objections admitted by
Senator Chamberlain to be in the bill
now before the senate. One of the
great objections was that it took ten
years to complete training. The new
bill would complete training in six
months of intensive training.
All to Be Treated Alike.
| An added feature is that attendance
at approved military schools will re-
duce still further the time necessary
! to spend with the colors, one year OF
school training, accompanied by regular
! scholastic wark, accounting for one
month in camp. This operates only up
| to four months. No one, whatever his
wealth or his family connections, can
) avoid at least two months of service
with the colors.
! Essential features of the new bill,
! devised by Capt. Geo. Van Horn Nose
ley, of the general staff, are as follows:
| Total service, six months. all in the
calendar year in which the boy reaches
/ the age of IS.
| School training. One year of salts
] factory work in schools approved by
the war department will take off one
month of field camp service. -Four
months exemption will be the maxi
mum.
Later service. None to be required
except when actually needed in
ma tional emergency.
Regular army changes. The bin
might make full enlistment of larger
! army unnecessary. 1t permits the
president to effect changes whereby
officers and non commissioned officers
of various unnecessary regular units
would be available for training camp
duty. Every private SO saved would
save $1,000 year to the government
enough to train several boys for the
service.
Navy Reserve Included.
Navy reserve included. The presi-
dent shall determine each year as
registrations come iii, what proportion
will be trained for the army and what
for the navy.
| Exemptions: Physically unfit moral
! Nv unfit. members OF the regular forces
and members of a recognized religious
sect opposed to war to be exempt only
! from branches of service devoted to
bearing arms not from hospital or
engineer corps. .sH
| Evasion made difficult: The boy
must possess a certificate OF military
service or of exemption. or he cannot
obtain employment anywhere. ANY
! employer not insisting on seeing the
certificate will be subject to fine and
, Imprisonment If the boy leaves the
country before the age OF Is and re-
turns later. he must perform has de-
ferred obligations or suffer penalties.
| When needed, reserves are to be call
ed out by classes, the youngest hrst
At the rate of 100000 year there is
practical immunity for man of 25,
for there would be 100000 called out
before the turn comes.
Bill is Work Of Capt Moseley.
The new measure is entirely the work
of Capt. George Van Horn Moseiey. OF
the general staff. He was asked sew
eral weeks ago by various national de-
Tense societies in New York ana chi
cago to work out redraft of the origi-
t,N hE.
free from the objections felt by parents
who think the training period should
not spread over the ten year period
proposed, and should relieve the boys
of the country of military training be-
fore the age Of %.
The portions Of the Swiss system
which Senator Chamberlain adopted
for his bill carried these Objectionable
features. The general staff praises the
principle of the Swiss system, but has
called attention to the impractical
features of it for country much larger
than Switzerland.
"Switzerland's total active and re-
serve. force is $4,000 men," one of the
general staff remarked. Just realize
that under Capt Moseley's plan the
United States would be turning out
that many men every year.
Another objection to the long train
ing period is suggested by the fact
that vast numbers of men would be
in various stages Of training at the
same time, making adequate training
almost impossible, whereas it is felt
that the Moseley system is practicable
\ Army men who have looked over the
bill are frankly enthusiastic about it.
The strongest argument, one Of the
army men remarks, is that when
boy completes his six months training
he is through service, unless there is
an emergency. When he has been out
!. ten years, in other words, when he is
, % years old, he will know that he can
not be called into service until about
100000 younger reserves have been
called. What Is more important is that
the United States. which has 100000
trained soldiers for each year, the
: system will have been in effect, allow
Il ing for normal mortality, would be,
the officers say. a United States which
l would not look easy toq inyaders.
Al GREECE DISBANDS ARMY.