Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-10
Further Mobilization OF Man ,powc,

THE government OF the United States is
about to issue another answer to German
niiiltarlsin III VIII not be Al presidential ad
dress or Il verbal assault upon the Kaiser by
the spokesman of the American people. IT
VIII be very different sort Of challenge. aud
Gre which the German general staff will
be able TO understand without the help OF
footnotes or translations OF any kind 1t will
be the enrolment of every American male
between the ages of eighteen and forty-iivc
for military service n preliminary move
toward the raising OF field army of 5 900
600 men.
Secretary Of War Baker has made this
recommendation to Congress Bills carryin,;
1t into effect have i}ecn presented in both
houses There will be measure of opposi-
ton. but tho bill will be adopted with only
MINOR notifications and perhaps with no
notifications at all. And Germany will be
informed in unmista kablc language that the
giant OF the Western Hemisphere is cquipping
ltseil to throw force into this war which
will defeat the enemies of civilization This
Is the real significance of the new man-power
program, and its significance will not be lost
upon the German government. 1t may be
concealed from the German people for a
while nut there can he no doubt that Berlin
VIII realize exactly what it means
1t must he agreed that the now policy
OF the War Department has back of it sound
logic. 1t is the fixed purpost of Mir Baker
ana MS associates to preserve the integrity
or the present Considerations lie feels that
II would be an unnecessary hardship to draw
upon the men with dependent families for
soldiers as long as there arc millions OF able.
bodied mon with no dependents u,collod
lie feels that it would be a misfortune from
an industrial! standpoint to disturb the vital
businesses OF the country by taking their
Skliled labor as long there are tens OF
thousands of men otherwise qualified for ser.
vice who are left behind
With these convictions in mind tho cocr,
t"ry of War has felt that il is wiser to OK
tend the draft ages to forty-fve years that
the Qualified men above thirty-one NAV he
made available, and to lower The age n eirb.
teen years that the Younger classes. who's.
time TO go would soon come ANYHOW mipht
DC put into training without DELAY There
IL reinsurance for the parents of the Younger
men IN the secrctarys announcement that
inc eighteen and nineteen year-old bows will
not be drafted until the older classes have
pecn exhausted. This means that a wear ,ors;
o"Pse before those now eighteen will ".
needed. and perhaps year will pass before
IEose now nineteen will be called Meantime
however these young men will be given the
pest possible training and placed in n nosi
ton better 10 defend themselves whom tho
Time arrive FOR them to take the field
In!ess al Official calculations are AT fault
II VIII DC easily possible for the government
|" create its great army Of 5000 600 with
OUT gong ba%ond Class AL. provided OF
,"u!se' Una, congress follows the recommen-
u.''ohS when have been submitted by the
war department IN army OF that size seems
at this time TO be the maximum fnrco ,rhini,
TINS government will be able to maintain in
81 foreign field "