New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Needs Only Six Weeks to
Send First Detach-
ment Abroad
Private Funds Can
Supply Equipment
IuniOr Brigadier Rank for
Roosevelt; No Volunteers
Subject to Draft

D,s,ussiou having arisen as 20 exact
.A,. Colorel Theodore Roosevelt has
.s.,,s the War Department, the per-
mel Of his proposed command and
!, rank he would accept in any or
.,i,s.ion he may be permitted to per
~. The Tribune this morning pre-
.-.s the frs, authoritative statement
IL, what he snd his aids have done
,rsrd raising troops for immediate
erlee IN France.
70 dste. he has enrolled 10000 men,
.,,ly.ive Of officers. all Of them ex-
m. from eonscription; he IS prepared
q send the first detachment to Europe
r;,bin six weeks from the day the
,.,.sary authorization issues from
Harrington. Il desired. the entire cost
= nobilizing and equipping these men
an Be net from private funds, which
,,v, besa used settling the heavy
.rnsrses Of enrolment For raising
and sending troops 70 France, an un-
inited amount Of money is available,
,Fers to date ranging from small in
sivisvsl contributions TO one from a
Proud Of capitalists in a Southern city,
,l,5ging any amo1n: up 10 100000.
Would Be Junior Brigadier
In any command that he may he
permitted to raise, Colonel Roosevelt
has no desire for higher rank than
Tia. Of the junior brigadier. the other
brsadisrs, as well IS the major gen
,ral sonnsnding, 20 come from the
regular army. From the regular army
Ewld also come the colonels Of the
ulanteer regiments. many Of the staf
sseers, and. with the approval Of the
Var Department. d sprinkling Of non
commissioned officers who would re-
:tye heutensnts' commissions.
The Colonel has let It become known
sast his idea would be 10 raise two
divisions OF three brigades each, each
brigade 70 consist Of one regiment OF
men from the regular army and two
10 be recruited from the host Of men
sho have asked 20 be allowed 70 ac-
company him. u. however. the War
Department should think IT well 70
raise an army corps among men not
,fscted by the new conscription law,
he IS prepared 20 supply them from
he lists Of those now enrolled.
In these lists the cowboy element
Theh made up so large a part Of the
.oioneps command IN the Spanish
American War, >, 10; as conspicuous
rs the general publiv nao supposed.
there are comparatively few of these.
1snly because IN tns years that have
.ipsed since San Juan Hill the cow
foy type has become scarce. In their
llates arc clerks. bankers, brokers,
svyers and engineers. the percentage
q men having annual incomes rang ~
ron S2.500 10 $4,000 q year being
smsrkablc. Substantially none OF them
les relatiyes depending upon ms earn
ags
Army Names on List
Just as remarkable is the list o
ames OF ttc regular army officers who
ave been tentatively scheduled 4or
eryee IN the command On this are
rany famous army names. For eN-
mple. CAPTAIN Philip Sheridan Is
chedulcd 20 he made 2 colonel. Cap
am Fiizhugh Lee would command men
rom Texas. Captain Nathan Bedforc
.orest. son OF the famous Confed-
rate raider. would also be a colonel
nd Lieutenant Thomas Jackson CHRIS
AN, grandson Of Stonewall Jackson,
'ould have high rank.
From private life would come many
Ten who have achieved prominence.
mong them Robert Bacon, former
srtner Of j. p. Morgan and cX-Ambas-
,dor 10 France. Henry /. Stimson, eN-
eeretary Of War Senator William r.
orah, Of Idaho. who rs anxious 20
eTe m any capacity; John {. Groome,
cad Of the Pennsylvania cOnstabulaIy;
rofessor Hiram Bingham, Of Yale; eX-
ehstor Percy, OF Mississippi; Rrepre-
snlative Medlll Mccormick, Of Hi
ols; Representative Augustus p. Gard
er, Of Massachusetts,; James X. Gar
sld, son OF the martyred President
"a an ex-Secretary Of the Interior;
iederlck Walcott. who was II. {. Hoo
ers aid IN Belgium; William J. Schief-
,hn, head Of the big chemical house
SehiefelIn d Co.. and fighting par
On from Minnesota. the Rev. William
l. Dieirck. who rs recruiting regi-
'ent among the mer bers Of the First
ongregsuonsl Church Of Great Falls.
Others who would serve as officers m
,eh a command are John II. Kelly,
aiior Of "Tho Sioux City Iowa Trib-
ne, and o. ". Dawson. Mayor OF
feat Bend. Kan. who are raising regi-
lents' Colonel John ". Parker, Pro
tfsiye candidatc for Vice-Prosident.
-.ho Is recruiting in Louisiana, and
imam l.. Dukelmsn. Of Portland. Me,
charge IN the Pine Tree State.
Jack Dunn Raising Brigade
Ihen there is Colonel Jack Dunn, Of
os.ton, ex-regular. who saw service IN
9oa and the Philippines, and is now
.Nlng a brigade; Brigadier General
aroiher ". Pearson, Of Lowell, Mass
~ .ilSSliarly engaged; Guy Murchie. Rough
losr' who has raised two machine gun
lsmpanies; Sloane Simpson. Of Texas,
no would be lieutenant colonel. Ed
'.he J. Diehle. Of Pittsburgh; +. p.
emn' banker. OF Sewickley, Penn. who
y recruited a troop Of cavalry among
" millionaire neighbors, and Stewart
Sanney, Of Baltimore, who will ar
'n,se Tor the Maryland contingent.
!, ~ Tennessee Major George o. Hoppy,
Aemphis, is recruiting a regiment
~ J.. II. Campbell. editor of "The
s'ssport Plain Talk" a company, r. c.
'eils and William J. Oliver. the latter
t.onally known contractor, assist
Y As-oT Ao2Pyj Colonel Jennings c.