South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-10

ably only $4,000 officers and men
are in the United States proper Gin
Guiding the Pershing expedition
while the other 10000 are abroad.
To show how the forces of the reg
ular army are dispersed the geo.
graphical distribution on June 30.
1916. the last date for which def
mite figures have been made public,
are given here:
United States and Mexico. 71,03S;
Alaska. 1872: Philippines (regulars).
11,SS4; (scOuts), 5,7S5; China, l.
PA; Porto Rico. ia; Hawaii. S.445:
canal zone. 1899; miscellaneous,
clio. Total, 1O7.641
Vast Unorganizcd Forces.
While the present organized
forces are minute. the reserve man
power of the United States is more
vast than that of any white nation
except Russia.
According TO the census of 1910
(since when the increase has been
great). the reserve militia of the
the males aged between Is and A
years not included in the organ
lied forces, amounted to 2O.53S,347
men.
The above total does not include
( the men of the insuIar possessions,
except Hawaii. These could pro-
duce another 100000 men of mill
tary age.
France is said now TO have one
I manson out Of a,-art- civ IA ha,. popr-
/ lation serving in the army or navy.
/ II the United States and her insular
/ possessions ever made such an eff
fort, taking the present population
as 112,0O0.O0O, the president
would have at his disposal no less
/ than assesses men.
This is probably more men than
Germany. Austria-Hungary, Bull
garia and Turkey together have in
/ the field today.
Unapproached Industrial Power.
II the unorganized manhood
/ strength of the United States is inn
posing. the Industrial capacity OF
/ the nation is even more impressive.
With less than one-tenth of the
/ worlds population. we make nearly
] Cne-third of all the things produced
In iron and steel for instance. we
turn out more than Great Britain
and Germany. the two next largest
producers. do together.
Some observers have estimated
the present industrial capacity of
4 the United States at as much as al
the rest OF the world put together
While this is perhaps an over esti-
mate. large scale production mas
been carried 10 such a fine point
/ here that no nation can approach
us in the total produced per worker
The average American produces
more per hour OF labor than the
citizen of any other nation. We
/ rely on mechanical power three
I times more per man than doe:
Germany and five times more thar
| France.
The committee on industrial pre-
| paredness of the naval consulting
board is just about completing AT
inventory of the nations wa re
| sources
While the organization which wa.
90 result from this inventory has
only just been started. the work o.
| investigation done indicates i'm tn,
| clearest manner the factor!
| strength of this country.
In a preliminary report. Howar,
+. Coffin. chairman Of the com
mittee. stated that there are mor'
than 10000 manufacturing con
Germs in the United States which
can render important service i'm tn
event OF war. No plant is included
in this list whose annual output il
less than 100000.
The inventory is in the hands o
the great engineering societies o
the country. which have had com
Inittees at work in every state.
Marine Corps.
The United States marine CORPS i