Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
Secretary of War Announ-
ces Desires in Order
to Bypand Army.
IDEA WILL BE PUT
INTO NEW ARMY BILL
Measure to Be Introduced in Both
Houses Monday = General March
Tells Senate Committee There Is No
Danger Of Shortage of American
MISUNDERSTANDING Rainbow Divi.
sion Helped Defeat Prussian Guard

Noh' nus. .o.--oSCTeIaEy BAKER
today announced that he would recon-
mend to congress extension of the draf.
ages to a minimum of Is years and a
maximum OF As years.
Senator Chamberlain. said the new
army bill embodying these ages had
been completed by Secretary Baker
and would be introduced in both
houses of congress Monday.
No Shortage of Manpower.
There is no present danger OF
shortage of. manpower to keep Amer1-
can armies filed up, members of the
senate military committee were told
today by General March. chief of staff.
General Pershing. as a result OF re-
cent transfers of American divisions,
which have been brigaded with the
British. now has 100000 men directly
under his command
Total embarkation of American
troops in July broke all records. more
than 1000 men having been shipped
Major General Hunter Lisgett. com
manding the Fffst Ameriean army
corps issin active charge OF that corps
ON the center OF the allied drive IN the
Aisne-Marne salient, said General
March
Would Call Youths First.
4 Senator Chamberlain explained that
under the provisions Of the bill men
between Is and 81 years of age would
be divided into three classes, subject
to call by the president in such
sequence of years as he. prescribed
The senator added that the calling of
men between the ages of 81 and As
would be made by similar plan He
expressed the opinion. howeves. that
the younger men-those between the
ages of 1s and 21 years-would be
called first, and that it would not be
necessary to call those between the
ages Of 81 and As.
Iowa Boys, in Battle,
The number of American divisions
actively engaged on this sector has
been increased to eight, including the
First, Second, Third and Fourth
regulars. and the Twenty sixth.
Twenty eighth, Thirty-second and
Forty second national guards.
General March announced that it
was the Forty second division (Rain-
! bow division) which met and defeated
the Pruseian Guards during the pres
ent week, The 16Sth infantry fThird
Iowa) is a unit of the Rainbow diyis-
ion, and newspaper reports have told
of the gallant fighting of the Iowans.
The grand total embarked to the
end Of July has passed the 100000
mark. The previous high monthly
record was for June. when 2I6 900 men
were sent overseas.
Wilson Favors HeaVx Profits Tax.
President Wilson has let it be known
to members of the house ways and
/ means committee. whichis framing the
new sS,000,000. 600. revenue bill. that
he Is interested In heavy tax on war
profits. The president has given
careful study to the English system.
which proposes fiat tax of so per
cent.
4; In his address to congress in May
| the president said there was indisput-
able evidence Of war profiteering and
(, that it must be reached by the new
revenue bill.
| "Profiteering that can not be got at
E, by restraint Of conscience" said the
president, Can be got at by taxation"
: The house ways and means COM
| mittee has been considering war pro-
| fits tax TO be superimposed on the ex-'
| cess profits tax provided afor in the
present revenue measure. but no de-
| cision has been reached. The English
! system has been considered but some
/ members have contended that better
! plan can be devised.
One complaint against the war profit
| tax is that it does not always reaSh
! the war profiteers-