Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-27
War Secretary Says 875,- GOO Men Will be Called
 to Colors Before Jan.
DISCLOSES PLANS
 FOR GREAT ARMY
Gives Number of Monthly Calls to be Made During Balance of Year Says Present Age Limit is
 Su11icient Now

Washington, June 26.-Secretary Baker disclosed to the senate mili- tary committee today that within three months an enlarged army pro- Ject now being worked out will be presented to congress to represent the maximum fighting effort of the nation.
 Already calculations upon which the pending army bill was framed have been exceeded and the war de- partment is revising plans on an enlarged basis that means additional billions in money and additional millions of fighting men.
 MT. Baker disclosed the new plans in explaining the reasons for oppos- ing any change now in the draft age Later, during general debate in the senate, figures were disclosed show ing the great strides being made toward bringing American ighting power to the front.
 1,45O,OOO In France by August
 Gen. March, chief of staff, already has announced the army is five months ahead of schedule, 90C.0OO men having been sent abroad Dur ing debate today however, it was disclosed that if the highest hopes are realized 1,450,000 will have reached France sometime in August and there will be a. total force under arms of approximately 3,5OO,0OO.
 A statement read into the senate records by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military committee, predicted class one probably would ho hou oI Jur would be reduced to 641,126 men by calls to be made before August 1.
 Secretary Baker and General March were positive the reservoir of calls upon it under the best possible fighting manpOWer would meet all conditions until congress has an op- portunity to take up age extensions later with the data now being com piled by the war department at hand.
 Plenty of Ships Available.
 The question of available shipping is vital factor. At present much British and French tonnage is em- ployed, as unusually good crops in England have already made ships available weeks longer than expect ed. May was expected 10 be the month of high record in troop ship ment allied vessels being withdrawn then to carry food and munitions needed in France and England. It is now indicated they will not be with drawn before July. This probably explains the proposed schedule of mobilization read into the senate rec ord by Senator Chamberlain, show ing declining rate after August.
 With the July call deducted the table) fixed 877,359 as the number of availables left in the fighting ranks of class one and the estimated calls for the rest of the year at total of 875,00G which would leave 1000 men in class one January 1, 1919
 Monthly Calls to be Made
 The calls for 1913 are given as August 300,0Q0, September l5O,000. October 10000; November 150,OOO, and December 125,00O. It was point ed out during the debate that these figures seem to show sufficient number tQ fill any call now planned and that apparently an estimate of 150,000 additional men to be obtained by draft treaties with France and Great Britain was not included nor the 196,000 cases on appeal of which it was said 95 per cent would go in- to class one.
 It was noted also that 21O,000 men available for limited service had been deducted from the total of class one, altho it is understood men of this classification are included in the call It appears possible that if the present schedule of mobilization is carried out there will remain in class one under the present age lim- it, several hundred thousand men instead of 2,O0O on Jan. 1. Probably it is this fact which prompted the recommendation that the age limit be not disturbed for the present