The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-04
Movement to Camps to Be
gin May Is and to Be
Completed in 5 Days
VERMONTERS TO
GOTO CAMP DEVENS
Our States Quota Is 59e-Congress is
Asked to Appropriate Approximately
s15,ooo,o0o 900 for the Army for
Next Fiscal Year.

Next Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON, May 4.-Simultane
ously with the announcement today that
233 900 men from A. states had been
called to Join the colors in May, Secre-
tary Baker indicated the scope of the
government S plans for increasing its
fighting strength, by stating that con
gress had been asked to appropriate
$l5, 1000, 100000 for the army for the
next fiscal year. That amount is ex
elusive of funds provided in the fort
ifcations bill, which not only covers
coast defenses but as a rule provides
the bulk of the heavy field ordnance.
Last year the army estimates ag-
gregated $4,000, 100000 to pay for a
force of 100000, 900 men, which has
already been exceeded.
The call for a quarter Of a million
men during Nay gees TO all states eX-
| cept California and Nevada, which,
with the District of Columbia, already
have supplied so large a part of their
/ quotas that it was decided not to in
/ clude them this time.
The movement in most states will
| begin May - and will be completed in
| five days. BY this order the war de
partmeut abandons its plan Of assem-
| bling men in even monthly merements
! of approximately 100, 600, Under the
original program it was intended to
call out not to exceed 100000 additional
men during 1918 The call for $4,000
III April and 233 900 this month will
bring out in two months half OF the
number originally contemplated for the
year. Officials made it clear that il
IS now the purpose to mobilize all the
men for whom equipment and training
facilities can be provided
Let us avoid specific figures See
rotary Baker again said today "'They
imply limits There is no limit. We
will call out enough men to make vic
tory certain. We will call them as
rapidly a. tfty can be trained and sent
forward
III preparation for this tremendous
increase III the army the house military
committee was told that every exist
ing cantonment in the country will be
enlarged and every National Guard
camp utilized to its fullest capacity.
} Under the increased army plan a
: great number Of new divisions NAV be
created. With authority now asked for
unlimited power to create fighting units.
some OF the men of the Nav draft NAV
be assigned to these new organizations
1t is regarded as likely, however
that the April and May drafts will
be used largely to fill up divisions al
home while the seasoned personnel from
those divisions is sent overseas to fill
the gaps. Since the number of divi-
5 sions on The other side is rapidly and
steadily increasing the flow of replace
ment troops must increase proportion
ately
The apportionment among the New
; England states is as follows:
Maine, ola to Camp Devens.
New Hampshire, 624 to Camp Devens
= Vermont, 800 TO Camp Dcvens.
Massachusetts, 2,292 to Camp Upton
!. \. y, 200 to Camp Devens
+ Rhode Island, ! .262 to Camp UPTON
Connecticut. 3,S45 to Camp Upton.
! new draft of the annual army ap
II preparation bill, providing for the need
!. OF 100000 men under the $t5,000,000
tt coo program viii be laid before tn
house military committee when il reas
sembles next Monday. See Baker, Ma
Gen March chief Of staff, and othe
officers appeared today at the commit
i, tee : executive session, discussing TIL
o estimates to carry out immediately til
n toreScen war work