The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-16
100000 LIMIT
FOR PEACE ARMY
Sentiment in Congress for
Military Establishment
as Small as That
UNIVERSAL TRAINING
LIKELY TO COME
Senator Chamberlain and Representa-
tive Kahn Are It's Sponsers-Reor-
ganization of Army on Peace Basis
Big Task for Congress.

ganization of Army on Peace Basis
Big Task for Congress.
WASHINGTON. Dee. lG.-Military |
experts in the war department and
congress are getting ready to frame
legislation for q complete reorganiza-
tion of the army ON 4 peace tasis. They
desire a workable plan that will pro
vide for a relatively small but high
class organization.
The tentative plans provide for
IA standing army sufficiently
large to police the Philippines,
Hawaii, the Mexican border, and
the Panama Canal Zone.
2-Univcrsal military training
| for reserve to be called out on
short notice. and whipped into
fighting shape
Regular Army officers, thor
oughlv trained. to make military
service life work.
There is a great variety of opinions
as 10 the size of the standing army,
but a canvass of the House and Senate
indicates that n majority of the two
Houses would oppose an army of more
than 100000. Ther prevailing sentiment
favors a fighting nucleus of less than
that figure
Representative julius Kahn. leader
of the military element in the house.
and senator Chamberlain. chairman of
II the senate military affairs committee,
are advocating the passage of the uni
vcrsal training bill Mr. Kahn will
ask the army experts to prepare an
elaborate bin III the light of the records
Of the world war, and Senator Cham
berlain will press for action on the
4 I.ll he introduced two years ago. Both
believed the time is ripe to get favor
able action on this proposition now.
"Thc first step toward enaeting uni
vcrsal military training legislation,
said Mr. Kahn, "will be to have the
staff corps prepare something in keep
ING with the ideas of the military adj
, ministration. The staff did frame such
| bill before we entered the war. in
PRODUCED il in the house.
''Thc war has brought us many new
things regarding military matters. |
repeatedly have heard army officers
state before the house military af-
fairs committee that il was impossible
to train men TO be good soldiers in
side of three wears. Some of them said
il wonld require five.
During the world war our country
has demonstrated the fact that we can
train men in six months who are able
h 10 defeat the best trained troops Of TIL,
German emperor We also established
the fact that we are able to train
bright, intelligent young men to he Off
Z Gers. This was done by three month;
4 of intensive training Therefore, il
I framing the new legislation all Of
q these results must be taken into con
Z Sidcration
:" am satisfied that the people %
this country now realize that it is mucl
1 cheaper TO train our young men during
I the piping days of peace than it is t.
h he compelled to train them during III
time of war at an eXorbitant cost
y Asked about the prospects of put
" ting through the proposed universe
: military training measure, Mr.. Kahi
said:
Americans realize that the train
y ing contemplated under the new con
ditious does not mean militarisn
Those who advocate universal train
ing want to discourage as much 4
q possible our boys from enlisting in tn
army TO make that life career. O
al course officers in the regular establish
ID ment viii have TO be appointed, as now
for life, but no private should be KEEP
in the army for any great length q
time, but should be returned to tn
body OF the citizenship to carry o
civil industries
We must have regular troops fo
the Philippines, Hawaii. Alaska, tn
Panama Canal Zone and the Mexica
border. The rest of such an army a
probably will be provided for i'm tn
Reorganization Bill will be able t
train the youths gathered at the var
Gus environments for universal train
in. -
Mr.. Kahn predicts that universe
training will prove Il great blessing t
the nation.
- 1T will make our young men bette
l qualified physically for life's work,
- said he. 1t win develop their strcngt
= and vitality. 1t will cause them {
have respect for law and order an
constituted authority. 1t will teac
them initiative and team work. br
Sc above all else it Will break dow
classes in this country, for the RE
nix mans son and the poor man 5 son wi
be placed an an equality, as the S,
lcctive Draft has done The who
: country will feel the beneficial inill
"a ence in every industry and profession
IS Seven hundred thousand youn
men would be trained annually.
would fix the training months betwee
April and October for the wealth,
would be better and it would interior
less with their education. BOYS
eighteen should take the training.
Mr.. Kahn will press for action {
this Legislation as soon as the nc,
congress meets.
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