The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23

announced that two regiments now In
the Philippines will form part Of the
American contingent. and that II will
be commanded by Mai. Gen. William
8. Graves until recently assistant chief
OF stan OF the army. Later II will
be determined whether he win com
mand the entire expedition. At vladI-
vostok the Americans will be Joined by
an equal number OF Japanese and prob
ably they will hrst drive from the
Amur branch Of the fransSibcrian
railway the bolsheviki and the Teuton
war prisoners who were armed to aid
them.
Conditions In northern Russia are
very encouraging. The allies have
been driving the bolshevtki south from
Archangei, andsa new government has
been established In that city embracing
half q dozen districts. Volunteer de-
tachments Of White guards are ~
slsting the allies. NJ. I. Terestchenke,
minister Of foreign affairs In Kersn-
sky's cabinet. has been assassinated In
Poltava.
The submarine pirates continued
their depredations In the westsrn At.
lantic. torpedoing . number Of Inse.
chant ships and fishing boats and sink
Ing the Diamond Shoals lightship on
Cape Hatteras. This last-mentioned
exploit may be part Of q set plan OF
destroying important navigation sig
mails In order to hamper shipping. The
doings Of the U-boats. however, no
longer cause the allies extreme anx-
iety. for II Ii evident they are on the
decline. Addressing the house of
commons, Premier Lloyd George said
| 80 submarines had been sunk by the
British navy. aud the British admir-
| atty announces the output OF merchant
ships by the allies and neutral nations
for the three months ending June 30
exceeded the losses from all causes by
2o6,6a6 gross tons. The American
yards are now turning out vessels with
extraordinary rapidly. The launch
Ing Of the first one from the great gov
eminent yard nj Hog island was nj,
tended by President and Mrs Wilson.
| Our war departments army program
was partly revealed 10 the senate com
mittee on military affairs by General
March. chief of stafY, when he APP
peared before II to urge NIL possible
haste In passing the bill extending the
draft age limits TO eighteen and forty
five years. ConciseIy stated, the pro-
gram In as follows:
Ninesy-eight divisions - 1920. 600
men--to make up troops obtained un-
der existing law.
Eighty divisions. 200 900 men--to
be sent to France.
Eighteen iyisions---720 600 men---to
be held In reserve In the United States
while additional recruits are being
trained.
An army when completed Of $780,
600 men. minimum strength.
Troop movement to France at the
rate Of go 600 men a month until cold
weather sets In. meaning over !. 900 900
more men abroad before the FIRST Of the
year.
An eIpedltionsry force OF almost q
500 200 men In France by January l.
General March told the committee
the United States can end the war by
getting 4.000O0 trained troops. fully
equipped. into France. and he intimat-
ed that Marshal Foch In only await
ing the arrival OF the Americans In
full strength 10 hurl the entire united
military strength of the allies at the
Huns on the western front This tire
mendous blow. he infimated. was due
TO fall next spring The chief Of stan
said he did not believe IL would be
necessary 70 send the eighteen year old
class to the firing line, but that the
government wants these young men
trained and in readiness. He said II
would be satisfactory II the bill were
passed Immediately after congress re-
surnes the transaction OF business on
August %.
The federal trade commission has
recommended that the government
TAKE control of all the PRINCIPAL stock.