Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-03-23
Of THE UNITED
Is ABOUT 265.O|)O MEN
President Is Commander In Chief
Over AlI-Directins Force 70
General Staff, Of Which Ma
jor General Hugh l. Scott l.
Chief.

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Hawaii These could produce another
100000 men Of military age.
France Is said now to have one per-
son out Of every six In her popula ton
serving In tho army or navy. II the
United States and her insular posSes-
sions ever made such an effort, TAX
ing the present population ~ liz, O0O.-
900, the president would have at his
disposal no less than 18.6e6 688 mon
This Is probably moro men than Ger
many. Austria Hungary. Bulgaria and
Turkey together have In the field To-
day.
Upspprosehsd Industrial Power.
II the unorganized manhood strength
Of the United States Is imposing. the
Industrial capacity of the nation L.
oven more impressive.
With less than one-tenth OF the
worlds population. we make nearly
one-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 pro-
ducers, do together.
Some observers have estimated the
present Industrial capacity OF the Unit
I'd States at as much az all the rest OF
tho world put together. While this IL
perhaps an overestimate. large scale
production has been carried 10 such 4
One point here that no nation can APP
proach US In the total produced per
worker.
The average American produces moro
per hour OF labor than the citizen Of
any other nation. We rely on mechan-
ical power three times more per man
than docs Great Britain. four times
more than Germany and ave times
moro than Franco
The committee on Industrial prspar-
sdness of the naval consulting board
h Just about completing an inventory
Of tho nations war resources.
While the orgsnixs ton which was 10
result from this inventory has only just
bean started, the work of investigate
done indicates In tho clearest manner
tho factory strength of this country.
In a preliminary report Howard r.
Conn. chairman OF the committee, stat
ID that there are more than 10000
concerns In the United
States which can render important |
service in the event OF war. No plant
u included in this list whose annual
output u lees than 100000.
The inventory IL In the hands of the
great engineering societies OF the couu-
try. which have had committees at
WORK In every state.
The United States marine corps II
OF both tho army aud the
navy. and its small strength should
pUvhaps be added to that of the two
main services when estimating the to-
lRi Organized beIliwerent power Of the
nation Tue authorised strength of the
,orps u 1897 oficcu and men Of all
and the ranks are near
y full.
Various schemes for army reserve
bodies we're Incorporated in the ma
ional defense act Of last year. but
hese provisions have not been In force
onG enough TO produce results Of I'm
,ortaucc. For instance, OF 10000 re-
'ervs oficers provided for . total OF
ess than 800 has been commissioned
oroarIxation Of the Army.
The commander In chief of the army
a. of the navy slso) IL tho president
4 the United States.
His representative. who carries out
Iis wishes. Is the secretary of war.
,ewton u. Baker
The directing force OF the army Is
he general stan. Major General
Iuxh l.. Scott Is now chief OF stan.
nd his assistant 10 Major General
asker IL. Bliss. Grouped about them
! Washington arr army experts OF
srious ranks. who are supposed to de
he thinking about general problems :
or the whole army.
Should the United states send a riii
Try expedition abroad the commander
rouid undoubtedly NJ one cf the seven {
cttye major generals rneee arc given ,
eicv. With their present assignments
al headquarters
Leonard Wood, eastern department..
island. New Ycrx.
J. Frsrkiin Bell. western department c
m Frsncsscs.
Thomas II. Barry. ceutrui depart b
lent. Chicago. '
Frederick Funston. southern depart Ii
ent. Fort Sam Houston. Texas Il
Hugh l., Scott chief Of stat. general \
ar. Washington.
rsskcs II. Bliss. general stsfY. Wash.
gtrr
John J. rershing. Eighth brigade.
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