The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-05-31
MANY OF ITS MEMBERS LIKELY
TO BE IN SECOND FORCE
SENT TO EUROPE.
BORDER SERVICE ESSENTIAL
Recruiting Of the Regular Army to
| Full Strength Means About Two
Thirds u ~ Number VIII b
Greea Men. t'Aass 90 ~ f''4''P
Nv EDWARD Q. CLARK.

weeks the regular uriny Is " Ue '"iSN"'
II the volunteer method can compass
It. to its full war strength Of nearly
800 600 men. II the volunteering shall
fail, conscriptive methods will be used'
but the end will be the same and the
regular force will have thousands
upon thousands of men greener than
any Gunrdsman who has had the state
soldiers training.
Regiments Of the National Guard,
therefore, with the regulars and on
equal terms with them, probably Will
find themselves on the first line OF the
nations offense. The one qualification
necessary is to say that application is
only to those Guard organizations that
are fully recruited, that have met with
the approval Of the federal authorities
and that saw service on the border.
Almost unquestionably the federalized
Guard will find itself at the front as
quickly as the regulars except for
those few seasoned regiments Of the
standing army which probably will be
sent into the fight quickly.
What is 1t that has made the
Guards opportunity? Two things
have worked to the end Of quick serv-
ice for the federalized state troops
service on the border and the means
being taken to recruit the regular army
up to It's full war strength.
The new regiments for the National
army in the main part are to be built
up around nucleus of men Of sea-
soned service, but In each organiza-
ton the recruits will Outnumber the
veterans. This means that II will take
some time for most Of the regiments
of regulars to reach as an entirety
the standard of proficiency which some
of the National Guard outfits are
maintaining today.
Fl Building Up the Army.
A regiment of regular infantry, for
! Instance, will be split into three bat
tnlions, and with each battalion as q
nucleus, q new regiment will be con-
structed. Taking 1t on the three-bat-
talon basis, there will be two battal-
lions of recruits to one Of veterans In
the new organizations.
|, OF course this proportion will not
run through the entire army, but 1t
will come pretty close to so doing,
because virtually 100000 men will
have been added to the standing force,
which at the beginning consisted Of
only about 100000 men.
II can be seen, therefore, readily
enough that a regiment Of National
Guardsmen which has seen service on
the border and which has been kept
intact In spirit. in discipline and In
drill, will for Its main part be in bet
ter trim for front service than n reg
iment of regulars two-thirds of whom
are now In the business.
OF course the regular-army men will
have the advantage of training given
by officers Of long, hard service. The
recruits In the course of few months
will attain the standard Of their com.
panion regulars, and the new regi.
ments in trim and efficiency viii be
tiuui W tiit oiEuihSutiouS US tiity GA
listed before being split up into small
units about which to build up new for
nations.
Guardsmen May Go Second.
This will take time, and while II II
being accomplished the National
Guardsmen will be going ahead with
their extra seasoning, and by the time
that the new forces of regulars are
ready there will be little to choose be
tween the regulars and the GuardsmeT
in the matter Of preparedness, swing
and spirit.
1t has been limited more than one,
that force of regulars is to go t.
Europe quickly. II such Is to be til,
case. the force probably will be smal
one. II is understood that Nationa
Guardsmen in large numbers vii
make up the second expeditionar.
force for service In Europe.
The United States will have some
thing of an army when the regular
and the National Guard regiments ar
recruited TO war strength. Take tn,
100000 men who are to be conscripte,
for the new national army and adj
/ them To the other outfits already II
the service, and numerically, ut least
the government will be able 10 max
fine showing on the fields OF France
and there Is reason to believe tina
after few months have elapsed, tn
service which these men will be alb
10 give will be. Of that kind whicl
makes for success in battle.
European officers who have serve
with American troops as observers Il
| time OF war have said that there ar
no finer regulars on the lace of III
earth than those which constitute
Uncle Sans little force. American
army officers are proud of their mel
1t takes only short time, compare
lively speaking, 10 make an American
soldier. The Guardsmen will all b
regulars in spirit In short order an
the regulars are already regulars.