Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-04
WILSON PLANS TO
RAISE 100000
ARMY OF MORE THAN MILLION
MEN TO BE RECRUITED FOR
WAR PURPOSE.
WILL NOT USE DRAFT
EXCEPT As LAST RESORT
Plans Do Not Call For Sending Of
Large Force to Europe For Many
Months-larse Force to BE Used to
Protect Canal and Colonial Posses
sions.

Washington, April 4.-The admins
tration plans to raise land force Of
! 100000 men for the war against
Germany.
| The plans do not call for the sending
of large force to Europe for man!
months. At the present time the coun
try has less than 100000 trained SOL
diers. and all of these will be needed to
, instruct the new men, protect the sea-
coast, and defend the Panama canal
| the Hawaiian Islands, and the Philip
pines.
The first step will be the increase OF
the regular army from 10000 to $50.
900 men and the increase of the ma :
tional guard from 100000 to 100000
men. the complete war strength of the
! army and the guard.
May Be Forced to Draft.
The administration hopes TO obtain
the increases thru the volunteer sys-
tenn. but in event there are not suf-
ficient volunteers the president may
use the power given him in the Hay
defense act to draft persons from IS
to As into the service.
While the volunteers are being OBJ
tanned and organized the administra- :
ton will seek to put n universal train
ing law thru congress. 1t anticipates
ii will take from two weeks to two
months to-get a universal service law,
four months to register and organize
the first enrolment of 500, 900 men. and
from ten to twelve months to drill
them.
The presidents war address and his
Endorsement of universal training have
already won a number of recruits for
the principle of universal service. The
Tribune correspondent today polled the
senate and house military affairs COM
mittees on universal training and found
a majority on each in favor of it.
Committee lineups.
OF the seventeen members on the
senate committee. ten favored univer-
sal service, two opposed 1t, four were
nom committal, and one was absent.
The house committee has twenty
one members. nineteen of whom have
been named. OF these eleven favored
the step. six opposed it, one was nom
committal. and one was not to be
found. The republicans will fill the
two vacancies by naming men who be-
lieve in universal service.
The members of the senate commit
tee who favor universal training are:
Chamberlain, chairman: Fletcher. Nc
Kellar. and Hitchcock. democrats, and
Warren. Brady, Weeks. Wadsworth,
Frelinghuysen. and New. republicans.
Opposed are Sheppard and Kirby.
Non committal: Myers. Reed, Suther-
land, and Beckhan.
Members of the house committee
who favor universal training now are:
Caldwell, Olney. Harrison. and Lunn,
democrats. and Kahn. Mckenzie. Green.
Tillson. Crago, NORM. and Hull repub-
leans.
Opposed are: Dent. chairman:
Fields. Quin, Shallenberger. and Mich
oils, democrats, and Anthony, republic
can Non committal: Garrett. Wise
was absent.
Chamberlain Gets Busy.
Chairman Chamberlain of the senate
committee called meeting of his
members for Friday at 10 a. m. at
which time he will submit his meas
ure and the one prepared by the army
war college. The great difference be-
tween these two is that the Chamber
lain bill provides six months period
OF training as against years period
in the war college bill.
Chairman Dent of the house COM
mittee announced that Notwithstanding
the presidents request for universal
training he will oppose the proposition.
Notable among the recent converts
for the plan is Senator Mckellar of
Tennessee. Mcclellan always had been
a little army man until he moved over
from the house to-the senate March 4.