El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-19
IFFIGERSSTUDY
ARNY'5 FUTURE
Speculate of Kind of War
fare U. S. Fighters
Be Taught.


Washington, d c.. June 19.-Keen
interest is felt by officers and men
who served in the army as to the
form of training that viii be adopted
for the future army of the United
States. and also as to the training
method that will be adopted for En-
ropean armies. though it is believed
that practically every nation viii
adopt. ia effect. the same method.
VIII the training of the future army
include trench fighting as expert
9nced during the four years Of the
world war;
win the var heads go back to the
Did system 81 training men solely in
open warfare fighting2
Or viii there be evolved from the
lessons Of the great war a system of
training that viii fit the army Of the
United States TO 90 instantly into
battle against any kind of fighting
4 coordination training that Will fit
American soldiers TO 20 into the
trenches. participate in open warfare
Of the Indian. Philippine and Next
ian days. or viii some new form Of
warfare Tor use in the event of an
other great war be evolved that VIII
require a different system OF train
ing from any that so far has been
Hsed2
These are the questions army men
Army of Raw Recruits
II the present plans of the general
staff are approved by congress the
United States viii have a sanding
army of over half 4 million men. It
frankly admitted that a majority
the ranks Of men who have seen no
military service whatever or received
only sven military training as can or
could be obtained under the system of
training in vogue at public schools or
military academies.
That some form Of training must
he settled upon quickly is compulsory.
as training camps to train the men
who viii. with the graduates of West
Point and other military academies
officers this new army Will open in
a few weeks. and the fact that the
change from one form Of training TO /
another otter a certain form has been
started is very unsatisfactory was
clearly proven in 1917.
Army Officers f-uzzIed.
Many officers are frankly puzzled /
as 10 what form the training Of the I
new army should be included in the /
curriculum.
They point out on the one hand |
that. REGARDLESS Of the hundreds of /
new methods and the hundreds OF 4
new fighting machines evolved IN the I
great var the American soldiers must i
be Trained in open warfare fighting
for in this form Of fighting he excelS d
because he is Inherently an open war /
fare fighter and for that reason viii \
resort to this method whenever pos
sihle. but. on the other hand. cogniz-
ancs Of the new forms OF warfare
must be taken
These new forms include the evolu-
ton Of gas and flame fighting. the
II nizs. heavy and light; new forms
Of machine gun fighting. barrages.
aeroplanes. and many other forms and
machines that were hardly more than
experiments when the war came TO
an end. but which viii be perfected
and improved upon by every great na-
ton with a view to its utilization in
the event OF another war
Officers assert that in the event
of another war there Is not only a
possibility but = strong probability
that anv prohibition against the use
n certain death dea1ing devices that
nay he made by the league OF ma
tons or by treaty VIII stand lust the
same chance of being ignored in the
''sture rs they have been in the past
and that the armies OF the future
must be trained to combat attacks
launched with the aid Of any one or
CONFEDERATION IF the methods evolved
pr in the use in the last war