El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-07
TO WAKE ARMY 4
TRAINING CORPS
General Staff Recommends
Bill To Reduce Stand
ing Forces.

Washington. q c.. Feb. The
popular demand for a small regular
army would be satisfied By enaction
OF the bill recommended by the gen
eral staff This statement is made
with the proyiso that some policy for
universal training be adopted. Under
the plan proposed by the general
EtafL The regular army would start
with a strength OF about 10000 and.
as a policy Of universal military
training was put into effect, Il would
b gradually reduced to 5000. The
army then would consist Of a corps
Of about 1900 regular army, OF pro-.
fessioual officers. g large corps Of re-
serve officers and an enlisted per-
sonnet consisting chiefly OF uoncOm-
misao1ed Officers and first class pri-
Yates
Practically Ends Regulars.
In effect the regular army. as pro-
posed in the bin, would be abolished
II would constitute a training and
instruction corps for young men who
would come into the army for a short
period under the universal military
training policy In submitting its
plans for reorganization Of the reg
ular army. the general staff declared
mat they should be considered in con-
necfion with a previous memorandum
Tor universal military training
Gen March as Indicated by his tes-
timonv before the house military COM
mittee. was under Instructions not to
submit recommendations relative to
universal military training It is IN
necessary for Gen March 10 make
public his views on this subject IT
would be reflection upon his profess
sional views 10 intimate that he does
not favor universal military training.
No officer. whose professional iudg-I
uent Is respected by the army. is op-
posed 20 universal military training
10 ous who has given serious
thought 70 military affairs has ever
reached any other conclusion than
thar an efficient army can be pro-
duce1 only through universal military
training and service
Draft Won War.
Even secretary Of War Baker has
ADMITTED ia his official report that
The war was won by the enactment OF
the universal service Or selectiVe
draft law But the secretary Of war
has not yet committed himself. or the
Il-ulstraLon, 10 a policy OF pre-
uareluess. and for this reason II is
assumed thar he directed the chief OF
st1-t nor 90 submit a bin that would
carry out such a policy.
TIE general staff bill would fit in
% A-- -l-r view = OF l4il@ltss AoE q LeI4-
uorarT Increase in the length Of the
leEular army, TO furnish the govern
--eur with an occupatiOnal force. II
congress would take Up and enact the z
recommendation OF the general staff !
into law, IL would be necessary 10 pro- I
vide for q volunteer army The term /
q enlistment for the additional troops /
could be fixed SO that men could come I
into the army FOR the occupati0naI pc I
rod only and az the end Of Il the
army could be reduced TO the strength 7
That would be required for a training 4
force. under a universal training pol 1
icr-
Plan 20 divfsicna.
The general staffs plan provides
for 20 divisions Of infantry and one ]
vision Of cavalry. Aside from the
division Of cavalry. there will be
mounted troops with infantry divis-
ions. One division would be stationed