The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-04

France Is said now to have one per-
son out Of every six in her population
serving in the army or navy. If the
United States and her insular posses
sions ever made such an effort, TAX
ing the present population as IL, O00,-
600, the president would have at his
disposal no less than 19,G66,G66 men.
This Is probably more men than Ger
many, AustriaHungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey together have in the field to-
day.
Unapproached Industrial Power.
If the unOrganiZed manhood strength
Of the United States is imposing, the
even more impressive.
With less than one-tenth of the
worlds population, we make nearly
onethird OF all the things produced.
In iron and steel, for instance, we
turn out more than Great Britain and
Germany, the two next largest pro-
ducers, do together.
Some observers have estimated the
present industrial capacity of the Unit
ed States at as much as all the rest of
the world put together While this is
perhaps an overeStimate, large scale
production has been carried to such a
fine point here that no nation can ap-
proach us in the total produced per
worker
The average American produces more
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any other nation. We rely OH mechan-
zeal power three times more per man
than does Great Britain, four times
more than Germany and FIVE times
more than France.
The committee on industrial prepar-
edness of the naval consulting board
is just about completing an inventory
of the nations war resources.
While the organization which was to
result from this inventory has only just
been started, the work Of investigation
done indicates In the clearest manner
the factory strength of this country.
In a preliminary report Howard e.
Coffin, chairman of the committee, stat
ed that there are more than 10000
manufacturing concerns in the United
States which can render important
service in the event of war. No plant
is included in this list whose annual
output is less than 100000.
The inventory is in the hands of the
great engineering societies Of the coun-
try, which have had committees at
work in every state.
The United States marine corps is
independent Of both the army and the
navy, and its small strength should
perhaps be added to that of the two
main services when estimating the to-
tai organized belligerent power of the
nation. The authorized strength Of the
corps is 1922 officers and men of all
classitications, and the ranks are near.
ly full.
Various schemes for army reserve
bodies were Incorporated in the ma
tional defense act Of last year, but
these provisions have not been in force
long enough to produce results Of i'm
portance. For instance, of $4,000 re
serve officers provided for@a total Of
less than 500 has been commissioned.
Organization Of the Army.
The commander in chief Of the army
(as of the navy also) is the president
Of the United States.
His representative, who carries ou
his wishes, is the secretary of war
Newton D. Baker.
The directing force of the army /:
the general staff. Major Genera
Hugh L. Scott is now chief of staff
and his assistant is Major Genera
Tasker H. Bliss. Grouped about then
in Washington are army experts Of
various ranks, who are supposed to dc
the thinking about general problem:
for the whole army.
Should the United States send mill
tary expedition abroad the commander
would undoubtedly be one Of the sever
active major generals. These are giveI
below, with their present assignments
and headquarters:
Leonard Wood, eastern department
Governors island, New York.
J. Franklin Bell, western department
San Francisco.
Thomas III. Barry, central depart
ment. Chicago.
Frederick Funston, southern depart
ment, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Hugh L. Scott, chief Of staff, genera
staff, Washington.
Tasker II. Bliss, general staff, Wash
ington.
John ]. Pershing, Eighth brigade
Columbus, n. NJ.
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