Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-09
Guitars and
Mandolins
Genuine Gibson
only at
SIMPSONS MUSIC HOUSE
913 Main St. Phone 252.


3
a.as IN EUROPE mas sonlewnat auiieo
oui in,nus " .ne meaning Oh niiiiioh
anu ha,r VI iheh. ~ 10 as .he en-
'.re popuiat'on Oh .ne state OF idano OF
Oh .he state OF Nepraska' men, women
ana cnlloreh' were suddenly TO DC con-
ser.eo iheo young men ciao IN owe
urao ana organized into companies and
oattailons'
WoOLO FILL MANY TRAINS.
Irowd TINS force into passenger
coaches nearly 100 to the coach, and
lo,ooo coaches would be necessary to
transport them, f11teen hundred ~
car trains would be calied into ser
vice. AS many more trains would be
required TO convey their equipment
anu suppnes Tor a snort period.
10 marshal men IN divisions Is late
step III tne process OF preparing them
lor the front. Army plans call for
~ DIVISIONS OF guardsmen, ana another
- OF the selected men. The regulars
orlis .he total NUMBER Oh DIVISIONS TO
upwards OF ~.
ui'isiol III the CiVli war was
co.hpara'i'ely sinail aftalr-Very rarely
uiu IL exceed Io'ooo men. DIVISION In
'iie new army Is comparable TO an
army corps III the Ola. IL NUMBERS, al
iuii strehstn, Zi'le2 men. IN camp II
ihahes sooo slzed clty-1ull OF men
Guy as large as COLORADO springs, or
~ai!es'iiie' OF FoushKeepsle' or ShreVe-
port
VI II all the new army should be
brought together in single camp 1t
wouio FORM. with the auxiliary forces
mat "ouio De iihheoitelg necessary 10
us support CITY nearly as large ana
uouotiess quite as lively as Phlladel-
pi'i"'
NeeOo BIG EQUIPMENT.
~ move These DIVISIONS one a1tef
e'ho'hei. ACROSS the Atlantic, many
ne" SHIPS are pelns pulit. 10 move
',ieii up 10 Tue front from thelr port
VI oeparkatioii, hunoreos OF mics OF
iieaVy railway track must De iald. Ana
70 ehapie the DIVISION TO move on
its own leet aiter the railway mas set
II oo"h' huse transportation equip
iheiil - proNioeu. me most moplle
pait VI an iIiantry DIVISION is the IN
iah'rs itseii. iet the lo'4zo men OF
siie !our iuantry regiments require
! iol their own purposes 1876 draft
,iiuies' ioo picscies' ana OF rolilng
ni'eiehs' Ahere must also De ESQ RID
ins nurses lour motor cars, ana
,notofoyo,es Win sloe cars. Inc 5ooo
ECU "i.iiieits's neea d much greater
And thers 81 n,an,,,. ana venicies:
Anu 'nere Is an ammunition train or
30 "i'h us "cores Oh Trucks ana n
'laln VI 'f' Will i's oo%ehs
u a,iD'iaf,..s'
nAo ~ De CLo he'd.
me iirst 'ring 10 be done for the
new arm! was 10 PROVIDE them with
~, anu uio.''iis' 1000 ana warmth.
ih'' iaise undertaking is all out ac-
GU" piiSiieu' EquahS great is the TASK
u pIoNiu'he arhis. 10 arm an lnran-
Wy uiN sion III 'ne ,lVll war meant to
proNiue as many muskets ana as many
oasohS as tnere were men IN the
coi'''iiaio' III lhe present war the job
- more complicated. Ihere are rifles
anu oasohe.s 70 De lurnlshed now as
ior,iierls. But there are also grenades
ana gas MASKS anu heimets and trench
iiortars 10 pe seen 10. h;scn or the
lour lhlahtry regiments In division
ii"s' nave foo trench knives, l92 auto
tia'lc rilies' ana tnree one FOUNDER
cannon.
me 'os men OF the machine gun bat
tallon ana the eo6s men OF the field ar
tiilery brigade must nave machine guns
ana three men guns In numbers that
af