The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-28
Program Means Additional! Mil
lions of Men and Billions
of Dollars.
BAKER MAKES DISCLOSURE
In Opposing Change in Draft
Age Limit the Secretary of
War Says 1,45O,OOO Men Will
Be in France BY August.

Washington. June 27.-Secretary
Baker disclosed to the senate mill
tary"committee yesterday that with
in three months an enlarged army
project now being worked out will bs
presented to congress to represent
the maximum fighting effort of the
coNptry.
Already" the caledssusAs upon
which the pending army bill
was framed have been exceeded. and
the war department is now revising,
its plans on an enlarged basis that
means additional billions in money
and additional millions of fghtir
men.
The full scope Of the new measu
is not yet apparent even to officif
who are preparing it.
Mr.. Baker disclosed the new pl
in explaining his reasons 0or opp}
ing any change now in the draf
limits.
During the debate it was disclosed
that if the highest hopes are real
lied 1.45O,OOO men Will have reach
ed France sometime in August. and
that there will be total force un-
der arms of approximately $780,
600. statement read into the SEN
ate record By Senator Chamberlain.
chairman Of the military committee.
predicted that class one probably
would be exhausted during October,
and would be reduced to 641.126
men by calls to be made before Au-
gust l,
Baker ans! March Heard.
SECRETARY Baker and General
March were positive that tie reser
| Voir of fighting manpower would
meet all calls upon it under the hes.
possible conditions of mobilizatic
and transportation untfl cons
has an opportunity to take VI
extensions later, with the da
being compiled by the depart
hand.
The question of available
ping to haul the men to France
the vital factor. At present much
British and French tonnage is O.
nloved on the work. as unu
good crops in England have already
made ships available w.aaks longer
than was expected.
Ihe table shows total strength
in class one OF 2.362.OS2, deduct ,s
or 334.634 for delinquents: SO, =.
FOR the emergency fleet list; 215,5.
Tor limited service classification an.
! 5O,26S for remediable detectives
leaving 1,724,S71 fighting men of
these originally placed in class one.
To that number 1t is estimated 2OO,-
600 will be added by the re-cIassif-
cation process now going on and
/ 100000 from the class of 1913, to-
/ be drawn tomorrow =
With the July calt~deducted the
table fixed S77,S59 as the numsep Of
availables left in the fighting ram
of c.a~5 one and the estimated ca
for the rest of the year are
at total of $4,000, which
leave 1000 men still in the class
January 1, 1919. The calls for 49,.
CIV SlNSh as aug uSl SVu,UUU, Sep
tember 100000; October $50 900:
November 100000 and December
125, 900.
| Sufficient Number.
1t was pointed out during the
senate debate that these figures, pr
pared by General Crowder, seem
to show a sufficient number, of
to fill any calls now planned
apparently an estimate oil
additional men to be obtained by the
draft treaties with France and Great
Britain was not included. nor the
10000 cases on appeal OF which it
was said 95 per cent would go into
class one. 1t was noted also. thai
215.OOO men available for limited
military service had been deducted
from the total of class one although
| 1t is understood men OF this classifi-
cation are included In the calls.
Many senator's were puzzled by
<he figures. 1t appears possible,
However. and Secretary Baker and
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