The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15

(since when the increase has beel
great), the reserve militia Of the Unit
ed States, by which is meant the male
aged between eighteen and forty-foul
years, not included in the organized
forces, amounted to 2058s347 men.
The above total does not include
the men of the insular possessions, ex
! cept Hawaii. These could produce an
other 100000 men of military age.
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 lnsular posses
sions ever made such an effort, taking
the present population as 112.000,000,
the president would have at his dis
posal no less than 1896, ee8 men.
This is probably more men than
Germany. Aus, 1a-Hungary, Bulgaria
and Turkey together have in The field
today.
Unspproached Industrial Power.
If the unorganized manhood strength
Of the United States is imposing, the
industrial capacity of the nation is
even more impressive.
With less than one-tenth Of the
worlds population, we make nearly
one-third of all the things produced.
In iron and steel, for instance, we
turn out more than Great Britain and
Germany. the two next largest produ-
GERS, do together.
Some observers have estimated the
present Industrial capacity Of the
United 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 fine point here that no nation
can approach us in the total produced
per worker
The average American produces
more per hour of labor than the cid-
zen of any other nation. We rely on
mechanical 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 pre-
paredness of the naval consulting |
board is just about completing an in
ventory of the nations war resources.
While the organization which was to
result from this inventory has only
just been started, the work of investi-
CATION done indicates in the clearest
manner the factory strength of this
country.
In preliminary report, Howard e.
Coffin, chairman of the committee,
stated 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
country which have had committees
at work in every state.
Marine Corps.
The United States marine corps is
of both the army and the
navy and it's 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 7
The corps is 1922 officers and men of
al classifications, and the ranks are !.
nearly full
Various schemes for army reserve
bodies were Incorporated in the ma
ional defense act of last year, but =
hese provisions have not been in force :,
ong enough to produce results of inn =
,ortance. For instance, of $4,000 re- II
erVe officers provided for, total of
ess than 500 has been commissioned.
Organization of the Army. u
The commander in chief of the army W
as of the navy also) is the president 1
the United States.
His representative, who carries out ca
is wishes, is the secretary of war, is
Tewton d. Baker. TO
The directing force of the army is 81
he general staff. Maj. Gen. Hugh L. =,
colt is now chief of staff and his as
slant is Maj. Gen. Tasker II. Bliss. VA
rouped about them in Washington
re army experts of various ranks,
no are supposed to do the thinking
bout general problems for the whole Iei
my pi
Should the United States send mill an
ny expedition abroad, the commander 81
ould undoubtedly be one of the seven tn'
tive major generals. These are CIV La La
below, with their present assign Cl'
ents and headquarters: IVA
Leonard Wood eastern department, MI
,vernors island, N. Y. aD'
]. Franklin Bell, western depart rel
ent, San Francisco, Cal.
Thomas H. Barry, central depart
INT, Chicago, III.
Funston sou+barr doror+ pee
mt, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. aga
Hugh L. Scott, chief of STAFF, gen. MT
Il staff, Washington, D. @. INV
rasker II. Bliss general, stan, Wash CIT!
,ton, d. G. wa
John ]. Pershing, Eighth brigade,
lumbus, N. NJ.