Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-04
Administration Favors Taking Healthy Unattached Youths First, For First Contingent Of 500,OOO.
MANY SUCH UNITS
 ARE TO BE RAISED
Raising or 100000 Or 40O,- 900 Militiamen To Keep Order At Home Also Is One Of Many War Measures.
(By Review Leased Wire)

 WASHINGTON. April S.-Adminis- tratiOn plans for raising an army on the principle of universal liability to service. to be submitted to congress as soon as the pending war resOlu- tion is adopted. are based on selec- tive conscription of young men to be summoned to the colors as rapidly as they can be trained and Oaieered. \ detailed scheme for the registration of eligibles has been worked out. Welded Are Exempt
 After married men. others with de- pendents and those whose services are required in industries have been excepted. others within the age limit fixed will be examined physically. and those found lit will be selected. possibly by lot until the first 500.000 to be trained are secured.
 1t was made clear today that
 500,000 is nowhere near the limit
 needed. and that it is expected
 that more than 5o0.ooo available
 will be found in the first classif-
 cation. Others will be trained ss
 rapidly as possible by officers
 from the regular army, national
 guard and officers reserve corps.
 Youths Come First
 Maximum and minimum age limits for the first call are fixed in the ad- ministration plan but will not be made public until presented to con gress. In recent discussions a mini mum Of IS years and a maximum of 23 years have been mentioned.
 Preliminary military steps possible under existing laws were added today to those already taken. They inclUd- ed direction by Secretary Baker that the first class at the West Point mili- tary academy be graduated April 20. supplying 125 highly trained young officers
 At the navy department it was
 announced that steps have alrea-
 dy been taken to insure clcse CO.,
 operation between the American
 fleet and those of the entente aI-
 lies when the necessary authority
 has been granted.
 Standardize Munitions Standardization of the munitions industry will be one of the first steps taken under direction of the national defense council. continuous ade- quate flow of weapons and ammuni- ton of all kinds will be insured. not only for the American forces but to the entente armies.
 U. S. To Fix Prices
 The national defense council has been planning tO recommend lesisla- ton to standardize prices for army supplies and ammunition. but it has been discovered that under the nation al mobilization act O: July. 1865. the supplying of all kinds of material IS made obligatory on all firms and in- dividuals at "a reasonable price to be determined by the secretary of war" In case of violations the government is authorized to seize plants and in stitute criminal proceedings. So far, however. firms generally have indicat- ed entire willingness to cooperate with the government.
 Only one big move in preparation for war remains to be made in the navy department. That is mObiliza- ton of the naval militia and the vsri- ous classes of the naval reserves. The former will go to the reserve ships of the line. filling out skeleton crews and making the ships ready for act ion. From the latter will come the men for the coast patrol and submar-
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