Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-09
METHODS UNDER WHICH FIRST
ARMY OF 1900, 900 MEN WILL
BE ENLISTED.
SELECTlVE DRAFTING
AND BY VOLUNTEERS
Half Million to Be Recruited by Draft
From Among Young Men Between
Enlistment Of 100000 For National
Guards and 10000 For Regulars.

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| Washington, April 9.--The thought;
| uttermost in the minds of patriotic
| Americans since the bill was intro
| duced in congress for the immediate
raising of an army of 100000 nat
| urally are:
How is that force to be raised? Wha'
| citizens are subject to draft? How is
that draft to be applied? What mum
| Der of volunteers will be required? Tt
answer those questions it may be
stated that the first force to be raised
| In addition to exesting regular army
and national guard troops will be:
Five hundred thousand under the
| universal service plan TO be raised by
selective draft of young men between
abe ages of 10 and % years.
Two hundred sixty thousand re-
cruits for the national guard by volun-
tary enlistment of men between the
ages Of IS and 40.
One hundred sixty thousand re-
cruits for the regular army by volun-
| tary enlistment of men between the
ages of IS and 40.
This force Of 5000, in round mum
bers. with the present regular army
and national guard will give an army
of 100000
To Enroll All Elisbles.
To apply the selective draft TO get
the first increment Of 500 000, under
universal service there will be an en-
rollment, probably by the postoffice.
of all young men between the ages OF
I 10 and %. The census bureau esti-
mates that 100000 young men attain
the age of 10 each year, so that the
seven classes TO be enrolled will lis.
100000 young men, only half mil
lion OF whom, or one in fourteen. will
| be called out.
There will be no draft applied 70
men over % years of age at present,
unless the army fails to recruit UP
the regular army from its present
strength of 10000 10 its war strength
of 100000 and the national guard from
It's present strength Of 100000 to its
war strength OF 100000. If the volun-
tary enlistment plan fails to provide
this force Of 100000 needed. however,
the draft. will be applied TO men up to
the 40year age limit.
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planned to raise during the three
months of the present fiscal year. II
will strain the army's facilities. due to
shortage Of officers, to put this num-
| Der under training.
In the next fiscal year the president,
| 1t is expected, will avail himself of the
authority given to call out the second
increment OF 100000 between the ages
| Of 10 and % under the selective draft
plan, giving an army of 100000
Second Increment to Follow.
The two billion dollar appropriation
| asked by the army Is based on the
| plan Of getting an army Of 100000
men under arms at the earliest posi-
bic moment.
| After the enrolment is made, and
| that will be the first step in admins
| tration Of the law when passed, divi-
| sional training areas will be estab-
| lished in strategic points about the
| country and the work of whipping the
new army into shape will be taken up
Registration of men from 10 to %
! made compulsory in the bill. with pen
| atty OF Imprisonment OF from three
months TO year for violation, prob
| AMY VIII De lIldCe at pcSlclllttS, liz
| this is vet to be finally decided. The
army general staff has suggested &c
congress that the following informa-
ton with respect to each person regis
tered should be obtained:
| Name. age, date and place OF birth
| nationality Of self and parents. occu-
patton, name and address Of employer
If any. education. residence and place
| Of business or employment, married OIL
single, number Of dependents, II any
and facts upon which claim for ex'
cmption Is based. At the outset tn
war department will be liberal II
granting exemption to all men with
dependents or who are needed in in.
dustry. filing The hrst force Will
young men without home responsible
ties.
A registration Of aliens as defen
sive measure has been suggested, bu
is not incorporated in the army bill!
Opportunities Behind the Lines.
Iowans who want to do their bit
in the war and yet feel no laundering
to carry a musket will be given ar
opportunity to serve in the quartermas'
ter enlisted reserve corps and work a
| tTdtc ilS lHe va d. pTell.
fair pay. The war department ha!
called for 10000 men from Is to As t.
serve in capacities from private t.
senior quartermaster sergeant and a
pay Of from SIS to SIS a month ant
the emoluments that go with. army
pay.
Every mechanical trade almost i!
included in the list Of occupational re.
cruits wanted, and If the men withou
trade can qualify as clerks, store
keepers, stenographers or typewriter
they can find place in the suppl!
ranks back Of the line. Applicants TO
this service can apply at any recruit
ing office.
In addition to this non comba tan
service open to Iowans, there will b.
ways found to utilize the services o
farmers at home and technical EN-
ployes of mechanical plants at thei
factories on the theory that the ser
vices of these men are needed NOR,
to supply the sinews of war than t
actually join the fighting ranks.
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