The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-19
WOMEN ORGANIZE CONSERVATION
 ARMY
(By Associated Press)


 period of the war. It will be an army of democracy in every sense of the word. Interest, enthusiasm and in- telligence will be the only factors that will count. The little steno- grapher who works in a down town office has the opportunity to become "a Major-General in this army as the wife of the man who employs her.
 This organization will exactly par allel that of the National army with the same company. regiment, brigade, division and Corps organization and the same ranks of officers. so that for every private and every officer of the U. s. in France, there will be a cor responding rank of authority. At later period it is proposed to a de- gree to bring the two great organ izations into such close touch that a company or regiment or even an individual officer in the war army in Europe will know that a similar com pany, regiment or officer in the army of conservation is directly and per sonally responsible for looking after their or his interests and who she is.
 If Captain Smith of Company B, Fifth Regiment, Second Brigade, Third, Division in Europe, finds his men lacking in comforts or necessi- ties he will know that Captain Mabel Tillingford of the same Company Re giment, brigade and division in Cali fornia is responsible for it.
 Headquarters for the organization of the great women's army of con servation in California has been es- tablished at San Francisco and a Di- rector of organization has been ap- pointed and given full authority of the Federal Food Commission to carry through the immense work of creat- ing this regular army of conservation. Each regiment, brigade and division will however, have its own perma- nent local headquarters, and the state will be divided into regular army corps with local headquarters and staff officers. Only women will be excepted for enlistment
 Two General. Staff headquarters will be established. That at San Francisco and one at Los Angeles. having Jurisdiction respectively over the army organizations of the North ern and the Southern halfs of the State.
 Every officer of this army of con servation will be provided with insig- mia or office, whether Sergeant, Cap tain, or Major as is worn by the reg ular army of the nation, and have similar duties and authority. The en- tire organization will be created in exact accordance with that of the National Army. Promotion will be with the regular army discipline and regulations. The first step in this re- markable enlistment of the women of California into an actual army of ser vice for the period of the war will be the enrolling of volunteer enlistment officers.
 Each women volunteering as an en- listment officer will immediately write a letter to the Director of the Organ ization, giving her name and address and stating that she volunteers to en- list squad of eight or more privates after which she will receive her for maj commission as Seargent in com mand of the squad. If she secures the enlistment of twenty-four privates she will be commissioned as a Lieut. enant of Platoon with three Seargents under her.
 An enlistment of ninty-six privates will make her a Captain of a Company with four Lieutenants, and twelve Seargents under her authority. It is that boNh oi tNCl III the trenches there will be a women at the fireside, and that the honor and credit of winning the war will be equally divided between the great National Army of the sons. husbands, brothers and cousins marching to do battle for Democracy with guns and cannon, and the equally great Ma tional Army of Conservation at the fireside guarding. conserving and for warding the base supplies.
 This will in no wise interfere with their other duties, organizations, clubs and so on, but like the enlist ment of men from every walk in life, demanding of them that the business of the nation and its national safety shall take precedence over evry other interest in one great war organiza- uon, even to the extent of the sacri- flee of their lives if necessary. it is now proposed to marshal the women