The sun., 1917-04-29
ARMY REGISTRY
BEFORE JUNE 1
Besides 100000 COnscriptS
President May Ask as
Many Volunteers.
SIN MONTHS TRAINING
First Half Million for Over
seas Expected to Be Ready
in March.
SIN MONTHS TRAINING

WAsuISGroN. April cs.-The War De-
partment made public to-day its plans
for raising the new conscript forces
which within two years will give the
United States an army of about 2,000.-
600 men
Registration OF the men from whom
will be selected the first Increment Of
800. 900 will take place within the next
thirty days (by June u and will be con-
Quoted along the same general lines az, a
registration for an election.
Training Of the conscripts will begin
by September l at the latest All may
be called out together, or in the dis
cretion OF the military authorities they
may be called out in groups of 10000
or 100000.
An army for service over seas will
not be ready before March or April of
next year unless those who are urging
the earlier despatch of an expedition
exert enough pressure to change the
plans OF the War College, the War De.
partment and all the influential army
officers.
100000 Volunteers Needed.
President Wilson. it is understood, will
| issue call for volunteers within a few
days to Ill the present regular army and
the National Guard to war strength.
About l50, 900 more men are required for
| the regular army and about $50. 900 for
the National Guard. including the units
| to be organized. Recruiting for these
! two organizations has been going on
since April /, but III the National Guard
enlistments have been negligible and in
| the regular army they have been falling
| off rapidly. yesterday being the lowest
| day since April /.
II the regular arm and National Guard
do not till up TO their war strength un-
! der the stimulation of the President 3
call conscription will be applied as in
| the case Of the new inCrements, and. in
! fact. may be conducted at the same time.
SO instead OF selecting 100000 by con-
| scription the War Department may call
J 100000 or 500. 900 within the next sixty
1 or ninety days.
After the men between the conscrip-
tion ages have been registered the
process OF selection and elimination will
begin. BY lot number of men III eN-
cess Of the 100000 first needed Will be
| chosen from those registered
Order of Elimination.
The first elimination will be Of the men
physically unit. Afterward those who
by reason of their occupations are in An
exempted class will he dropped from the
rolls. Persons engaged in occupations
regarded as vital to the welfare of the
! iIatton will be exempted at once Farm
ers and munition workers will be in
I ola al in si,,,
other occupations will have their cases
| considered separately.
Registration will be localized and will
use so far as possible the agencies that
each state already has established Per
sons Of the designated ages probably will
| register by voting precincts and in many
cases will Use the places that are used
at registration and election times.
Some changes IN plans have been made
necessary by the delay Of Congress in
getting the conscription bill through, bu,
in the main the War College plans vii
bo followed in raising the new army
These suggested
That We begin the training of 500 m,
mon 10y June /. 1917, with the eXpecta,
ton If necessary OF getting them In III,
field by April /. 1918, fully organized
trained and equipped.
, That we begin the training Of another
100000 men 10y october |. 1917. with The
| view of getting them IN the field Il
r necessary by August /, 1918.
{ Second Million In 1915.
That IL necessary We propose to star
the campaign of 1919 with an organize,
force Of 100000. which requires tina
we begin the organization OF anothc
,000, 900 men in the spring of 1915
That the gross casualties Of troop
. actually engaged will be about 10 pc
cent. a month, but that considering IN
return OF soldiers 10 the front after con
valescence the net wastage at the iron
! will ultimately be reduced to s per cent
y month.
That troops to replace casualties mus
be under training for at least six month
before being employed for that purpos.
Secretary Baker Is inclined to favo
: the jury wheel system Of choosing tn
men to he called first. When any town
ship is called upon for its quota to a
the first 800, 900 increment the names o
: all OF it's citizens previously registere
for military duty would he placed In tn
Z jury wheel and the proper numbe
. drawn. Examination of that numhe
would then be carried out and enoug
additional names drawn to MI up tn
, quota with provision made for exemI
n tions