The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-12-14
HOW The WAR
MUST Be WON

tion of war nave we ueSh w
~ tbe nublic a complete detail OF the
- s.aan;zation and development Of the
ormy Of the United States" SAID kut,
legde Smith, chairman State Counell
of Defense. u,:.L
How will the war be won? WITH
a~irnlanes, says one man. win Dig
INNS. saw another. With ships, says
: third. With some startling new m
yention, says a fourth,
And all the time everybody knows
that if the war is won it will be won
hv soldiers-everyday heroes OF the
ranks, and plenty of them.
of such the United States possesses
now one million, three hundred ana
sixty thousand. These are the hght-
ers~in this total the auxiliary forces
are unrepresented.
Most Of them are still in the training
camns, Not all Of them are as YET
disciplined troops, fully equipped ana
armed for battle.
Bnt they are, 100000 Of them, call
al ia the colofs and enrolled. Already
tbav are n Of the biggest factors
Hindenburg is reckoning with iof tne
campaign Of 1918, 80
When Great Britain entered the war
# was with a much smaller army. I
first expeditionary force numbered
barely a hundred thousand. Inc Raj
O"iSi| - aontomn4ihln little army.
Vet with it's gallant work y Mons
paris might have been taken by inc
Germans. One hundred thousand men
and the encouragement they .prough1
70 the hard-pressed French, Were
enough to avert defeat in the hrse yea
Of the war. ~. 4ho+ on.
other new force, ten or twelve INES ~ !,
great, may be enough IN the lour'i
year of the wal to assure victory
Of the new American force owe
9oO 600 are regulars. In all the worl'
univ two regular armies remaln-th'
American and the Japanese Inc on
ers have all been swept away IN VI
aood a. When the first America
anslanght takes place German Laao
and Landstrunf troops will I'm
themselves appoaed an army :
professional soldiers. ,oo 10
Rehind the regulars are the 4VV,oo
.oldiers Of the National Guard reg
liars in experience, many Oh then
thanks to our neighbor to the Q y
After the guard come the 6Oo,OVo me
Of the new national army
This is the force that has grown J
oiobt months out Of the army mat =
Anril numbered only 1lO,OOO men,
There will soon be as many comm
sionod officers in the army as Che !,
were p~rivates at the beginning o. :,
wor After the first training eamI
tho number of the officers was oV,oo
II had been 10000 at the start OF y
war The second training camps me-
raise the total to 100000 aao . IN
series Of camps will oegih WIN
January. ),
Altogether, officers and men, u y
land forces of America NUMBER No. !
from a million and a half combatan'
The huge size of the armies opera
mo in Europe has somewhat ou,i
onr minds to the meaning o . MN
ond . half of men. 1t is as II the e
tire population of the state S Of so =
carol;na, ar of the State Of Neoras
non women and children, were 81
denly to be converted into young N u
clad in olive drab and orgahizeu =
companies and battalions'
Crowd this force into passeng
coaches. nearly one hundred to a goa
and $4,000 coaches would be necessa
70 transport them. Fifteen hunol
ton'car trains will be called nto 8
Wee As many more trains would
required to convey their equipm'
and supplies for a short PERIOD
To marshal men in DIVISIONS Is
late step in preparing them Tor
front. Army plans call Tor II u1S
ions of guardsmen, and another !,
visions of the selected lle, 90 AZ
liars bring the total number OF diN
ions to upward of forty.
a division in the civil wal was
comparatively small affair-very "a
w did It exceed 10000 men. A diN
ion IN the army now is comparable
anv army corps in the old. 1t numb
at full strength 27,152 men. In ca
II makes a fairly good sized city
Of men-a city as large as Color'
Springs, or GAINESVILLE, or Poughke
sic, or Shreveport.
Or if all the army should be orou
tooether in a single camp it wo
form. with the auxiliary forces t
would be Immediately necessary 10
support, a city nearly as large,
doubtless quite as lively as Phila'
phia. -
another, across the Atlantic, M
new ships are being built. TO m
them up to the front from their p
O.. debarkation, hundreds Of miles
heavy railway track must be
and to enable the division to move
its own feet, after the railway has
it down, a huge transportation eq'
mant l. provided. The most mo