The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-12
NOTE OF HARMONY <. ON PREPAREDNESS IS
 HEARD AS SOON AS
 GARRISON LEAVES
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sent to the President for his signature will be a compromise, it is thought each house being willing to accept the judg- | ment of the other to a large extent in its own particular field.
 The House bill, it is expected, will pro- lvide for payment of National Guardsmen who comply. with, all regulations laid down by Congress on basis sufficiently liberal to insure the recruiting of ap- proximately 100000 men, the ultimate size of the proposed continental army. To make certain the availability for fed eral use in time of war or great emer- gency of all men who participate in this
 movement, the plan contemplates author izing the President to draft them into a volunteer army.
 The system of regulation contemplated is of a broad character, designed to pro- vide for the training and discipline of the guardsmen in a way that will insure efficient organizations for volunteer war service. Only the administration of the law would be left with the war depart ment 1t is proposed also to provide for the coordination of enlistment pe- riods, physical standards and the exam nations which officers appointed by state authorities must pass, for an ade- quate reserve system for the guard and for standardized method of recruiting to fill up the wastage of regiments sent to the front.
 UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL Provision also will be made under which the quota of troops, to be fur nished by each state and the prepara- tions of artillery, cavalry, engineers, signal corps, and other special service troops would be determined by the war department. Special federal appropria- tions will be proposed for the main tenace of these more costly special troops by the states.
 The situation in the Senate commit tee is not so well crystallized. It is in dicated, however, that it's legislation for the regular army will include sub stantially all of the war college plans
 as to organization, and that it will be accompanied by a regular army reserve act designed to build up and main- tain force more than equal in num- bers to the force with the colors. Short enlistments with the colors and the discharge into the reserve of any man found efficient by his officers at the will be among the plans proposed to accomplish this end
 As to the size of the standing army the men with the colors-it is indi- cated that the Senate bill will exceed the increase of 10000 men asked by Secretary Garrison. and many senators will urge the full 260,000 total strength
 sought by the war college. Chairman
 Chamberlain has proposed a bill car-
 rying out the plan of 1912 devised by
 the war college and which would pro-
 vide a force with the colors of ap- |proximately 100000 men.
 CLASHED OVER PLAN
 It was over this plan that Secretary Garrison. and Senator Chamberlain came
 into sharp disagreement last year. The
 chairman of the Senate committee de- |sired then that the war department
 urge complete reorganization of the
 army as suggested by the plan of 1912.
 Secretary Garrison, however. presented
 a series of bills designed to strengthen
 what he conceived to be the weakest spots in the army and held that these should be enacted, to be followed gradually by other bills to carry out the full plan.
 It was reported without very definite authority tonight that the House would be willing to accept the Senate's regu- lar army plans even on basis of 200,- 900 men with the colors, provided the National Guard liberalization plans went through.
 In addition to plans already outlined lit is now thought there will be pro- vided in the bills proposed. or in com Ipanion measures. a definite plan for
 Industrial mobilization in time of war
 behind the fighting 1nes. Reserves of