Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-12
MILLIONS MORE MEN
NECESSARY IN WAR
TOSAVE THE WORLD
United States Planning for Long
Hard War Will Have Biggest
Army in the Battles.
MARRIED MEN IN DRAFT

Washington, d. c., June l2.-Amcrica
has settled down for long war; IN which
unlimited millions of United States sol
diers will prove the deciding factor This
fact is made clear in the public state
ments made by government officials this
week, and by the announcement yes
ter,iav by the War Department that
civilians would he admitted to the tram
ing camps for officers.
The government announced last sum
mcr that officers for the American army
would. after the beginning of 1918, he
selected only from the ranks of men
actually in the service. 1t was explain
ed that enough good leadership material
for the War Department purposes
could be found in the army itself, and
that no further opportunities would be
held out to civilians who desired com
missions.
While the expectations Of the War De
partment have been Iustihed, ana
GREAT many officers are now being dcvcl-
oped every month from the ranks. the
process is not sufficiently rapid and the
available material is not entirely ample
to meet the new plans. IL was confidently
believed a year ago that an American
ARM If 2.NMoOO men would be suit
iisnnt l'u;n1 States quota N the allied
.-r4r.- Il has now become obvious tha
al American army Of S,0n0,tOD men Will
,,-cve rnerrl,, = hecinh.nG Of tins coun
t., 5 military Cilor,3-
y. X Ah,.Y soon 10 RE BIGGEsr
Wbc, fn~zi..ent Wilson announced
shat there would re il, definite limit on
tho niml,cr al so,orrs the nttcd States
woalG ppt ;nta the firing Inc, nc gave
G. 4, begun
at thst time and which has since been
PIT INTO tangible plans The War De
l.srurcnt Is now working out all details
81 rs ,l}ary activity with the definite
Iasa thst tins country eventually IS TO
havs tic biggest army IN the allied force
pl,ta2 against the German war machine
American military experts. realize that
Tn .rs, step il 3 scheme 10 buld hlg
;JaN j, lho development Of a CORE
s,,.a<.,a.iv hiC corps oi officers For that
~ .acr il hiss now been announced that
ri,-ii,a0 candidates will bc admitted to
thc nth tvaisJnc camps. which are soon
tc 10 callcd The only limitation on
applications Is that no men Of draft age
will bc considered andidates for heu
tenants should be between g and 50,
and those trying for captaincics should
be between 36 and AZ years old
NrFtSSlll3teS flt Lie g. tItAttitfaE IAb4ItN.
which Will. of ccurss. house even more
candidates from army ranks than from
civil life. Will hc gwen carlv opportunity
10 see aculal service IN France The
new scheme of the War Department IS
to bring back experienced officers from
the front in regular relays for the work
Of training new soldiers IN this country,
and FIJI their places with untrlcd holders
al COMMISSIONS THIS arrangement, Il
Is believed, will soon give the United
States a very large force Of thoroughly
tested officers who have had ample OF
portunity to supplement theories with
actual experience on the firing line
DRAFT WILL TAKE MARRIED MEN.
The War Departments thoroughly
apparent plan to increase the American
army much faster than was originally
intended is shown IN Provost Marshal
General Crowdcrs announcement that
married men whose wives are capable
OF supporting themselves and married
men whose wives are not dependent
upon them for support Will be put at
once into the first draft class, II IS
significant, too, that men for special
service are being culIcd from the big
card index system that covers all men,
In or out Of the army, affected by the
draft law
It may be noted that Chairman Hur-
ley, OF the shipping board, in his speech
81 South Bend OH Monday. discussed
plans for Els department during and
beyond 1920. Secretary OF State Lans-
ing, in the speech he inside yesterday
at Schenectady, laid special emphasis
on the fact that this country would
carry the war against Germany to the
grim end, no matter how long a period
WAS required 10 achieve a decisive vie
tory.
Every member Of the administration
echoes the same thought, that the United
States Is prepared for long, hard drive,
and viii build the machine TO make that
drive complete and lasting success.