The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-06
pLANS
WORKED OUT
lGOyERNAIENT To RAISE ARMY
or MILLION MEN DURING
FIRST YEAR.
'TOUAG Men 70 C0L0Rs
Regular Army to BE Expanded.
United States Prepares for
Long and Terrific
Struggle.

WASHINGTON April 6.-How the !!
government plans to raise war
army OF 10000 men within
year and of 100000 within two
FEARS was disclosed upon the passags
81 the war resolution by the house
A bill prepared by the general
staff and approved BY the president
for submission to congress provides
FOR the immediateAf illing-up Of the
r. gLlar army and National Guard
/ to war strength OF more than soo,-
600 BY draft unless enough volun-
teers enlist quickly and for bringing
into the service By late summer OF
| the first 100000 Of the new force
Iof young men between the ages of IL
!. and Is years to be called TO the COLI
Tors by selective CONSUMPTION.
In drafting its program the staff
recognized the fact that the United
States must raise first an army OF
I1oo,e0fs officers and non-eommis-
stoned Officers to undertake the
training of the thousands of youths
who will enter the servic with no
notion of military duty or life
Expansion of the present regular
larmy to its full war strength of 2S7,-I
| coo enlisted men and 11.7o0 officers
Eeans many new regiments of all
arms to be created by dividing exist
ling regiments and filling each half
Ito war strength with volunteers or
eonscripts. The National Guard reg
iments. all of which can be called
IN. the federal service under the ex-
listing laws. viii have approximately
i32T,0oD men and 10000 officers at
war strength. No new regiments of
the guard would be organized and
the full limit OF the national defense
act would be invoked to wipe out
any distinction between federal and
state forces Here also volunteers
would be received and drafting re-
sorted to only when necessary.
Those two steps would provide a
total force OF $4,000 men and a.
900 officers to be supplemented by
a recruit organization for each unit
making an additional 200, 900 men
in training, but to be held In reserve
to fill gaps in the active army as
they occurred.
For five months, these expanded I
forces would be subjected to train |
ing Of character hitherto UNI
known in this country. Simuita- I
neousiy, the registration Of all men /
between the ages of Q and % viii I
be carried out with federal, state 1
and municipal authorities cooper
ating.
In august or early IN September
the first 5o0.000 of this new army,
composed exclusively of young men
summoned to the eoiors under the
principle OF universal military SER
vice with those supporting depend i
ents OF needed BY the nation in civil
life exempt, would be assembled for
training. From the regulars and Ma
Lional Guard regiments would be
drawn 100 600 specially selected Of
ficers who would organize. train and
command the units OF the new army.
A year from now second inere-
.nent OF 100000 youths would be
saited out, another 100000 officers
and non-commissioned officers would
be drawn from the regulars. the M
tionai Guard forces or from the first
lection OF the new army to officer
ind train the second seetion.
BY that time the machinery that
lad been built up would provide
enough trained officers and non
Officers to train / t,
800 600 or more men at a time ii
hat were necessary.
The war department bill. how
syer. proposes 10 authorize now only
he first two classes OF the new
army, making a total OF more than
!, 100000 trained troops available
possible within a year and halt or
n two years al most.
The sum OF nearly $4,000. n,0oe
asked of congress to carry out this
deals only with the first
rear OF preparation. Behind It stands
he need of an equal sum Tor reserve
;uppiies OF ammunition, cannon and
,ther war material II the army is to
pc employed IN actual war.
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