The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
WILL WIN The WAR
ON WESTERN FRONT
General March Says With H.
100000 Men in France End
Will Come Next Year.
HE TALKS TO COMMITTEE
Suggestion That the 100000
Army Program Would Ex-
haust Americas Manpower
Laughingly Denied.

N,.'S'y DShiSu'
Washington, Aug. 22.-Congress
prepared to enact quickly the new
manpower legislation, extending tho
draft age limits to 18 and as years.
for the American military program /.
which General March, chief of staff.
told the house military. should win
the war in 1919.
While the house committee began
work on the bill by bearing General
March, Secretary Baker The 6yayost n
Marshal General Crowder, ,eriously to
set aside its summer vacation agree
ment in order to take up the meas
ure Thursday 1t appeared proba-
BILE that the bill would be debated
simultaneously in the senate and
house the last Of this week and
passed soon thereafter Senate pro-
hibition advocates agreed to tempo =
rarily lay aside the national prohibi-
tion bill and give the manpower pro-
gram the right of way.
Before the house committee. Sec i
retary Baker and his aides again 4
urged action on the bill, discussing
various phases of the enlarged pro-
gram which calls for an army OF
nearly 100000 Americans in.
France by June so, 1919. with an
other million in training in this
country.
Victory Next Year.
| Predicting that the war will be-
won or lost on the western front. re-.
Fardlesss of what happens else
where. General March told the COM
mittee that with so trained Ameri-
! can divisions of about $4,000 men
each, in France. under an American
D.! commander victory ought to rest on
! American arms next year. Reiterat-
ing his belief that such force could
so through the German lines at will.
General March went further and,
electrified the Committeeman
claring such force "shouA Ao.ns a nea paI
the war to a successful c0nfN the time
1913" ~ / ~ lhe ''A''o
To exert this AmericassaxaJ * n
in securing victory, c. WASN&5
said every single ma gL WGSS7I |
and IS in class one, MI EM In
'' "'N' Sp'iHS' ohlI. 80 I II
ties are assured, he added, an,I
maintenance problems have been
considered in the program.
Suggestions that the 5000. 600
army program would eNhaue = Z;
ica's manpower were Laughing y
med by General March, but he ioin-
ed Secretary Baker IN explaininey1
that ii represents Americas maxi
mum effort for the present
Three Glasses Proposed
Plans for calling new recistrants. =
under the proposal explained by Sec
retary Baker, provide for three
classes probably to be called in or
der, those between 10 and 81 wears
or age those between 81 and as and
those between is and 10 Mr. Ra-
ker did not object to separate clas
sihcation of Is year old youths. but
he and General March said all eligi-
Sles probably would be called out /,
not later than next spring.
The secretary told the COMMITTEES,
that his previous statement of the
departments intention, to liberalize
the draft regulation in dealing with
the older men to be made subject to
call had been miscOnstrued. He said
there was no intention to exempt
married men as a class and that mar is
ried men who do not support their =
wives or are not engaged in useful ,
, occupations will be called as they
now are
Discussing the work or fight
amendment of Senator Thomas, of
, Colorado go the senate bill, Secre-
tary Baker said it Seems entirely
consistent with the present regula-
tions and is unobiectionable He
said il does not provide for con-
+ Scrpton of labor, as contended by
representatives of organized labor,
but merely would be a declaration
by congress of the work or fight
principle already put into effect bys
the draft regulations.
Secretary Morrison, OF the Ameri-
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