Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-06
FORCES UNDER ARMS
NOW TOTAL SO9,743
All State Guardsmen in the Federal
Service
ARMY NEAR 100000 MARK
Expect Food Bill to Win This Week
Acceptance Of Conference
Report Predicted

More than 100000 men are now
bearing arms for the United States
Government in the. war with Ger
many This fact was accomplished
when the National Guard was draft
ed into Federal Service by Presiden-
tial proclamation There are more
than 100000 men in the guard units
which were discharged from State
service when they were drafted into
Federal service.
When war was declared in April
there were not more than 10000
men in the Regular army This
looked like a small force with which
to enter the greatest war in history
against the nation that boasted the
possession of the greatest military
machine in the world. On April 1
there was approximately $4,000 men
in the United State Maya force
that has been more than doubled in
the last four months The army and
navy together had scarcely more
than 100000 at the beginning of
April
In the intervening month, through
intensive recruiting activity and the
utilization and enlargement of the
Guard, the number of men under
arms has been almost Quadrupted, and
totals not fewer than S09,743 men
today exclusive of about 10000 men
in the officers training camps The
total is almost exclusive of the force
of 6S7 900 men to be sent into can
tonments next month under the
draft act for the new National Army
I,500,O0O Under Arms Soon.
When the 6S7,OOO men of the first
National Army enter camp for train
ing and are added to the force OF
100000 under arms in Federal serv-
ice tonight the United States will
have not fewer than 1,496,743 under
arms on land and sea at home and
abroad This may be justly consid-
cred some achievement for a nation
that had not more than quarter of
million under arms four months
ago.
These figures are based upon the
latest obtainable official statistics of
the army, navy, marine corps, and
other branches of the united services.
On August the strength of the ma
rine corps was 29.153 On August
the strength of the navy was 1877 oil.
On June 30 the strength of the Ma
tional Guard was 303,579 On August
the strength of the army was ap-
proximaLely 295,000, which lacked
just 5000 men of its maximum war
strength. On August 10 there were
10000 men in the National Naval Vol
unteers and $4,000 men in the Naval
Reserves.
Although a desperate fight seems
to be ahead of the Food Administra
ton bill in the Senate, Democratic
leaders in that body predicted that
the conference agreement would be
adopted. and the bill in the hands of
the President by the end of the week.
Senator Chamberlain, sponsor for the
BILL said he was~confident the con-
ference report would be accepted
without change a final vote being
taken by Wednesday. President
Wilson's recent insistence that the
Democratic Senators come to an
agreement and pass the bill without
further delay is the factor that is
counted upon to put the measure
through this week
Senator Reed, of Missouri, intends
to resume tomorrow his attack on
Herbert c.. Hoover He has accumu-
lated fresh lot of ammunition, and
will throw his last barrage over the
man whom the President wants to ap-
point food controller
Senator Gronna. of North Dakota,
will endeavor to have the conference
report sent back to the conferees to
strike out a paragraph by which ex-
changes and boards of trade are ex-
empted from the provisions against
gambling in the future in foodstuffs.
This paragraphthe conferees them
selves inserted in Section 6, which
| provides against boarding.