New Britain herald., 1917-04-06
GOVERNMENT TODRAFT MEN
 TO FILL UP RANKS IN ARMY
General Staff DisclOses Plan 7 for Giving Country Million Men in Year and Two Mil- lion in Two Years.

Washington, April 6.-How the gov ernment plans to raise war army of a million men within a year and of two millions within two years. was disclosed upon the passage of the war resolution by the house today.
 A bill prepared by the general staff and approved by the president for sub mission to congress provides for the immediate filling tip of the regular army and National Guard to war strength of more than 500, 900 by draft unless enough volunteers enlist quick ly and for bringing into the service by late summer of the first 50O,O00 of the new force of young men between the ages of 19 and 25 years to be called to the colors by selective conscription.
 In drafting it's program the staff recognized the fact that the United States must start at the beginning and train first an army of 100000 officers and nOn- n-commissioned officers to un- dertake the training of the thousands of youths who will enter the service with no notion of military duty or life.
 Expansion of the present army to it's full war strength of 287,00O enlist ed men and 11,7O0 officers, means many new regiments of all arms to be created by dividing existing regiments and filling each half to war strength with volunteers or conscripts. The National Guard regiments, all of which can be called into the federal service under& existing law, will have approximately 327,O men and 1O,300 officers at war strength. No new reg iments of the guard would be organ ized and the full limit of the national defense act would be invoked to wipe out any distinction between federal and state forces. Here also volunteers would be received and drafting resort ed to only when necessary.
 Total of e14,OOO Men.
 These two steps would provide to- tai force of 614,0OO men and 22,OOO officers to be supplemented by a re- cruit organization for each unit, mak- ing an additional 100000 men under training, but to be held in reserve to fill gaps in the active army as they occurred
 For five months these expanded forces will be subjected to training of character hitherto unknown iri this country. Simultaneously the reg istration of all men between the ages of 1S and 25 will be carried out with federal, state and municipal authori ties cooperating.
 In August or early in September the first 5O0,0OO of this new army. com posed exclusively of young men sum- n,oned to the colors under the prin- ciple of universal military service with those supporting dependents or need ed by the nation in civil life exempt ed would be assembled for training. From the regulars and National Guard regiments would be drawn 100000 specially selected officers and ncn-commissioned officers who would organize and train the units of the new army. r at#H
 A year from now, a second incre- ment of 5OO.000 youths would be drawn from the regulars, the National Guard forces or from the first sec ton of the new army to officer and train the second section.
 By that time the machinery tha: had been built up would provide enough trained officers and non-com- missioned officers to train million or more men at a time. if that were me- cessary. The war department bill, however, proposes to authorize not only the first two classes of the new army, making total of more than 100000 trained troops which would be available possibly within a year and half or in two years at most. $3,OOO,OOO,OOO for First Year.
 The sum of nearly $3,000,0O 900 asked of congress to carry out this program deals only with the first year of preparation. Behind it stands the needs of an annual sum for re- serve supplies of ammunition, cannon and other war materials if the army is to, be employed in actual war. Included in the present estimates (Continued on Sixth Page)