El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-05
DRAF TING ENFORCED BY BAYONET
ISTO Be AVOIDED BY THE ARMY
Governors of Each State Will Be Chiefs Of Registra-
ton; Mayors, Sheriffs and Volunteer Registration
Boards Will Serve Locally; New Army VIII
Total 1883 Officers, SIS, $50 Men
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regiment Of cavalry. one regiment
of engineers, one division hospital
and four camp infirmaries-
The total strength OF the 10TH VIII
be 1922 officers and 43s,792 men
The Cavalry Divisions.
The two cavalry divisions combined
viii have 1914 officers and %. 062
fighting men, including mounted en-
gineers and horse artillery units, and
each viii have also its divisional hos
pital and camp infirmaries.
The proportion OF coast artillery
troons 20 be provided out of the first
100000 will be 666 officers and 20,00U
men with requisite medical troops
Heavy Field Artillery.
SupDlementinE these tactical units
viii be the IS regiments OF heavy
field artillery. strength 96S officers
and 21,I0f men; eight aero squadrons,
or one new squadron 10 each two new
infantry divisions: eight balloon com
panies. ten field hospitals, ten am
bulance companies. % field bakeries,
six telephone battalions. Is pack
companies. six ammunition trains and
six supply trains.
50.eGO Recruits Since April /.
IN preparation for the enormous
task OF training this great army. the
existing regular establishment and
the national guard is being brought
TO full war strength. The regulars
when all five additional increments
provided for in the national defence
act have been added viii total 1l,Z5S
officers and 29S,O00 men OF all arms
Since april ! nearly $4,000 recruits
have been obtained, bringing the army
Up nearly $4,000.
Regular OFFICERS To BE Promoted.
Already orders summOning officers
OF the regular service for eVamina-
tiOn for advance in grade have been
prepared
The result of this expansion viii
be TO create 5461 vacancies IN the
grades Of first and second lieutenants
in the army. More than 1000 youths
in civil life already have applied for
examination for second lieutenant
and 1000 VIII be selected from the Of
ficers' training camps
IL Colonies To Be Generals.
To provide general officers TO com
mand the IS divisional training camps
that number OF army colonies may De
examined AS there exists already
one vacancy in the grade Of brigadier
general, 1e new general Officers must
be appointed in the near future and
may select these men from any
National Guard TIE BE 100000.
The full strength Of the national
guard units now existing VIII Dc
Ss47 officers and 529.S54 men. giving
a total regular ana national Id ~
force 10 be whipped int shape be
fore the new army is called OF IL
ESQ officers and 622.954 men New
units must be created. however, to
fill out tactical organizations and
probably the total Of this first force
viii exceed zoo. goo active troops
bae'red by about 100000 more in the
regimentaI recruit battalions.
From this force viii be formed IS
divisions corresponding to the organi-
lti-n OF the first new army From
II also, early in September will be
drawn some 100000 officers and non
Commissioned officers who will con-
stitute the frame work on which the
new army will be shaped