The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-22
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available LAND FORCE OF THE UNITED
STATES TODAY IS ABOUT 265.OOO MEN
President Is Commander In Chief
Over All-Dheeting Force Is
General Staff, Of Which Ma
jor General Hugh L. Scott Is
Chief.
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Hawni These could produce another
2,0O0,O0O men OF military age.
France Is said now to have one per.
son out OF every six In her population
serving In the army or navy. II the
United States and her insular posses.
sions ever made such an effort, TAX.
ing the present population as 1l20O0,.
ono. the president would have ut his
disposal no loss than 1906 GGG men.
This Is probably more men than Ger.
many Austrln.llungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey together have in the Held to-
day.
Unapproathei Industrial Power.
n the morgunizcd manhood strength
" the United States Is imposing the
industrial capacity ~ the nation Is
even more impressive.
with less than oiUtcnth Of the
worlds population, We make nearly
one cthird OF ui the things produced
In iron aud steel, for instance. we
turn out more than Great Britain and
Germany, the two next largest pro-
duccrs, do together.
Some observers have estimated the
present industrial capacity of the Unit.
cd States at AZ much Ms all the rest Of
the world put together. While this IL
perhaps an oycrcstlmatc, large scale
production has been carried 10 such n
hnc point here that no nation can np-
pronch 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 mcchan.
lcnl power three times more per man
than does Great Britain. four times
more than Germany aud i've times
more than France.
The committee On industrial prepar-
edness OF the naval consulting board
In just about completing nm inventory
Of the nations war resources
While the organization which was TO
result from this Inventory has only just
been started. the work of investigation
done indicates In the clcarest manner
the factory strength OF this country.
In n preliminary report Howard II.
Coffin, chairman of the committee, stat
ell that there are more than 10000
manufacturing concerns la the United
States which can render important
service IN the event of war. No plant
In Included In this list whose annual
output In less than SlOO,OO1
The inventory is In the hands of the
great engineering soclctle, of the coun.
Try. which have had committees at
work Ia every state.
The United States marine corps Il
independent Of both tile army and the
navy. and It's small strength should
perhnps be added to that OF the two
main services when estimating the to-
ml organized bclligercnt power OF the
nation. The authorized strength or the
CORPS is l5.G2T officers aud men of all
classiHcations, aud the ranks are near
ly fun
Various schemes for army reserve
bodies were Incorporated IN the ma
tIonaI defense act Of last year, but
these provisions have not been In force
long enough TO produce results OF Inn
portance. For instance. Of $4,000 re-
serve officers provided FOR total OF
less than 500 hns been commissioned.
ORGANIZATION Of the Army.
The commander In chief of the army
ms of the navy nlsul Is the president
~ the United States,
His representative, who carries ont
his wishes. IS rhc secretary OF war
/ Newton H. Baker
The dlractms force ~ the army Is
me general sHu Major General
uu.h T.. Scott is now chief ~ stan,
nuI uls u.-I.ar, rs Major Geucral
/ l,,.tcr II Bliss Grouped about them
/ I'm Wu-hu..ou urc army experts OF
,nrious rHas. who urr supposed to do
tlc thinking about general problems
F. for thc whole army
Should the United States send n mill
tury expedition abroad the commander
| would undoubtedly he one of the seven
active mnb <Ncncrals. These are given
below, with their present assignments
and headquarters;
Leonard Wood, eastern department
Governors island. New York,
j. FRANKLIN Bell, western department
san Francisco.
Thomas II. Barry, central depart
ment, Chicago.
Frederick Funston, southern depart
ment. Fort Sam Houston. Texas.
Hugh l.. scott. chief Of stan, genera
STAFF, Washington.
Taskcr H. Bliss, general staf, Wash
ingtOu.
John j. Pershing. Eighth brigade
Columbus, y. Nj.
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