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TO RAISE Army
OF 100000
100000 Men to be Trained
This Summer.
IMMENSE c1s1 INVOLVED
First 100000 Of Men, Nineteen to
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Washington, April 7.-An army o.
one million men, within a year, no
element Of which shall have had les!'
than six months intensive training
Is the direct object of the administra'
ton army lii.
Two millions of trained soldiers, ii
Is estimated, will be available in less
than two years.
Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief
of staff, is expected to go before either
| the house or senate military commit
| tee next Monday to outline the plan
| under which approximately $4,000, 000,'
900 has been asked to carry out the
project.
The plans provide for building UP
thirty-two infantry divisions and foul
cavalry divisions, distributed at six
teen training districts headquarters
Preparations already have been made
to draft into the federal service the
entire strength of the national guard
and employ that force, supplement ed
by regulars withdrawn ffom the bocd
er, In the estimate of the sixteen train
ing centers.
Five months later the first 100000
of the new army of young men would
assemble at centers to begin thei1
training
The s3,o0O.OOO,0OO budget represents
only the cost of building the maahjne
IT'S maintenance in actual war vii
louble the expense and, as m bill "a
ton Of the necessary reserve supp les
must parallel the developmennt CT
army. $4,000, 100000 probably rep e
sents the total cost of the year fer the
irst che million men.
Of the $4,000, 100000 asked, approx.
natelv one-half will go for psy a d
luartermasters' supplies, includ ng
Ncusing the troors at training centers
Another ha:f million would go into or1.
lance; nearly s60,OO0,000 into g a
o.nal corrs and aviation equipme t;
lear'y s14f,000,000 to the engi eel
oquirment and field works; $26,OCO.OOC
n deal stores.
TIE estimates include also more
han S500,000,000 to put the ordn nce
equipment on war basis as to reserve
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under the blast of day and night firing
the whole artillery equipment of the
armies on the front lines Is renewed
every four months. A three-inch gun
will last for about 10000 shots; then
it NUT be replaced. Larger wea Tone
are shot out" sooner. The army est
mates take these lessons into consid
eration and realize that much of the
original equipment of the army wi
be used up during training work anC
must be replaced when forces are SEM
to the front.
The main points of the government
plan to raise an army of 100000 70,
lows:
FIN up regular army and nationa
guard to war strength of more than
100000 by draft if voluntary enlist
ments are not rapid enough.
Bringing into service late in tee
coming summer by "selective conscrip |
ton" the first 100000 of the new force
of men between nineteen and twenty
five years old.
A year from now a second increas
ment Of 100000 youths to be called
out. These first two classes of new
men will, within a year and a hal
or two years at most, make more thar !
100000 trained troops available.
To train the first 100000, 100000
commissioned and non-commissione /
officers would be drawn from the regu |
lar army and national guard. For the
second increment another 100000 such |
officers would be drawn as before, OF
from the first section of the new army !
Provision is also made for obtain |
ing officers from the officers reserve |
corps. or from qualified graduates OF
civilian schools. Officers up to and
including rank of colonel to be ap
pointed by the president wi bout con
firmation by the senate.
Quotas of men to be supplied by
states and territories proportionate tc
population.