The Carlisle independent., 1917-05-03

England to prepare its volunteer force and later it's conseripted troops quick ly for the field. The officers and the noncommissioned officers of the regu lars who knew how to train green troops and to give them the spirit of the established soldiery largely were killed off or disabled in the awful fighting from the Belgian line to the line running east from Paris, and in the later advance to the line which the Germans had prepared for what they hoped to be permanent place of resistance.
 It will be seen, army officers say, readily enough from the experience of Great Britain that this country must needs conserve large part of it's regular force to act as instructors of it's new troops in the field. This fact, it is said, probably will prevent the dispatch of a force of regulars to the European battlefield, or at least prevent the immediate sending of a force greater in strength than a di- vision
 Many Generals Will Be Needed.
 When the National army is raised and the regular and National Guard services are expanded to their full war limit there will be the need of between 30 and 40 major generals and about four times that number of brigadier generals.
 If the lieutenant general rank shall be revived by congress, as seems likely to be the case because of the size of the armies which we are to raise, there will be heart-burnings in the matter unless the ranking major general of the United States army, Leonard Wood, is given preference. The presl dent of the United States can name any man that he chooses as lieutenant general of the army. He can take man from civil life if he wants to. Of course he will not. but inasmuch as 1t is in his power to pick his man it may be that pressure will induce him to name some junior major general to the high command.
 The major generals of the line in the United States army today are Leonard Wood. J. Franklin Bell, H. Barry, Hugh L. Scott, Tasker Bliss, John J. Pershing, Hunter Liggett and a few others. In addition there are men in the staff departments holding the rank of major general.
 Many Who Will Be Promoted.
 Within a few months Clarence R. James Parker, Charles J. Bailey. George Bell, Jr., Frederick S. Strong, Harry F. Hodges, John r. Mor- rison, William L. Sihert and Francis J. Herman, all brigadier generals, will be advanced to the grade of major gen eral and be given command of troops in the field.
 In addition to the major generals and the brigadier generals who will be made major generals, there are some scores of colonels and lieutenant col onels who will be advanced and be giy- en the right to wear the star.
 The Army Register gives only the officers under the colors. After a name here and there appear in black type the letters "M. H." There is no officer in the United States army who would not give at least one step of his pro- motion if he had the legal authority to write "M. H." after his name. It means Medal of Honor and 1t core spends in glory to the Victoria Cross of Great Britain, to the Cross of the Legion of Honor of France, and to the cross or medal which is given in the German army for the highest pos sible service.
 Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has a med al of honor and so has his immediate junior in rank, Gen. J. Franklin Bell. Wood received his medal for conspi- cuous personal gallantry in the field against Indians when he was a sur geon in the service. Bell received his medal for conspicuous personal gal Iantry In the field in the Philippines where single-handed he captured five or six armed Filipinos and brought h fr1f<