The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-04-29
ARMY BILL WILL
PASS THE HOUSE
BY NEXT MONDAY
Volunteer Amendment Voted
Down Yesterday by MAJ
jority of 279 to 0S.
WAR OFFICE PLANS
Within Ten Days After Bill Is
Passed the Registration of
Young Men Will be Under
Way To Enroll 100000.
WAR OFFICE PLANS

Washington, April 2S.-The passage
OF the bill as drawn by army experts
and containing the selective conscrip
ton feature. was assured in the house
today, when, by vote of 279 to 9S
the volunteers amendment put in BY
the military committee was stricken
out. The first vote on the measure
came when Representative Kahn, who
led the fight for the administration
bill, moved TO strike the volunteer
amendment.
With enactment of the selective
draft army BILL the war department!
is preparing to set machinery in mo.
tion to produce within two years Z
trained army of 100000 men. With.
in ten days after the bill is signed
every township in the country will
be registering itsyoung men for duty
and work will have begun on the six
teen training camps where prepara.
tion of the forces for war will starr
in August or September Sites for the
environments have been selected ten
tatively.
Decentralization Of administrative
work viii be sought by the depart
me,l ii every move it makes. 1t l.,
knJHn that registration will be car
ried on through sheriffs and othe.
county officials, aided by postmaster;
or other federal agencies where that
seems desirable. Wide publicity is
planned so that no man liable for reg.
istration will have good excuse for
falling to respond On a date to be
set, every citizen affected by the act
will be required on pain of heavy pen,
atty to present himself at the nearest
registration place, where machinery
will be provided for classifying the
recruits and eliminating those ex
enipt.
With the rolls for service complete,
the task of selecting the men to go
in the first increment of 100000 will
begin. 1t has been suggested that thi.
be done by means of the county jury
wheel. The first man whose name
is drawn would go, under the plan
with the first 100000 to be called out
for training within few months.
The second drawn would go with the
second increment to be called six
months later; the third with the third
increment, with duty year off; the
fourth with the fourth increment, and
SO on.
Meanwhile the work of building the
cantonments will go forward, Reg
ular troops and national guardsmen
will be assigned to them with each
arm of the service SO represented as
to provide the framework of com
piete army division at each point.
The guardsmen will be selected from
the territory covered by the training
district, so far as practicable. Police
duty at the cantonments will become
part of the responsibility Of each dis
triet commandant, and he will make
sued assignment of his forces as he
may deem wise. Meantime, both the
l.. nulars and guardsmen will continue
recruiting to war strength
With the new regiments assem-.
bled, rigorous course of training
will be undertaken. The officers train
ing camps to be established within a
few days in each district will begin
at the end of three months pouring
new officers into this organization
and and the enlisted men selected
from the ranks of the regulars for
comn1sions will be given special in
strncttsAs to fit them for officers. Tn
til the army OF young men presents
itself at the camps in August or Sep
tember, the regulars and guardsmen
also will pursue vigorous course OF
training. The plans call for the trans
fer TO the irst 100000 men obtained
by draft of 10000 TO 100000 non
commissioned officers trained in the
regular and national guard regiments.
II Is here that opportunity lies for