Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-11-23

confer with the corps area comman-
ders and the state authorities with
reference to the organization of the
National Guard divisions allocated to
the various corps areas.
1t has been deemed advisable by the
War department to begin the reorgan-
ization of the National Guard imme-
dlately and table of tentative allot-
ments has been prepared showing the
number of troops to be organized in
each state. under section g. of the
national defense act, as amended,
which requires proportion of 200
men for each senator and representa-
i've IN congress, and number to be
determined by the president for each
territory and the District of Columbia;
with a proportionate annual increase
until 500 men per senator and repre-
sentative has been reached, which
minimum is required under the statute
by June 30. 1924 If the provisions of
this law are fulfilled, total enlisted
strength of approximately $4,000 men
'-AA " ploNidCd as tlIG pcslSC u SoiiANes
ton of the National Guard component
of the army.
Planned by Expert Committee.
The plan for the development of the
National Guard furnished to corps
area commanders represents the work
of committee of the War department
Caparaj ctaff camnaco6 IF rop,1lor Ma
tional Guard and reserve officers who
served in the army throughout the
war, and who represent wide and
broad experience in National Guard
affairs. This committee made an ex-
haustive study of the problem with
regard to the perpetuation of the num-
berS and designations of the combat
divisions of the American expedition
airy forces, and of the actual number
of troops stationed in the several
states prior to Mexican border serv-
ice, the number sent to the border and
the number called from each state
into the service of the United States
and iate~ drafted for the World war
The tentative National Guard al
letments made by the War department
comprise for each corps area one or
more tactical divisions, with appro-
pirate percentages of the troops re-
quired for the organization of army
corps, field army and general head
quarters reserve troops. Secretary or
War Baker says that it is realized by
the War department that the number
of National Guard units allocated TO
the several corps areas may at hrsr
glance appear ambitious. "But they
provide only the tactical units required
in the general scheme of defense to
absorb the minimum strength directed
in the national defense act to be reach
ed by June 80, 1924 he explained.
Census Shows Drift to Cities.
Agricultural statistics for this year,
as gathered by the bureau of CEN
sus, present some new and interest
ing features. The population statis-
tics for the entire country, which
We're recently made public, showed
that cities and towns are increasing
in population at the expense of the
country districts. A majority OF peo-
pie of the United States now live in
the cities and towns and villages. Stu
dents of the progress of the times do
not look upon this steady drift from
the country to the cities as "a good
thing for our land If they could have
= cifr ion
be reversed.
Within the last ten years there has
been a slow but steady movement to-
ward fewer and larger farms. This
movement is probably one of the re-
suits of the country districts losing
population to the cities, towns and
villages. 1t is the judgment of most
persons that this second manifestation
is not desirable.
For the United States as whole
the statistics just made public show
that there are SS,496 more farms in
the United States this year than there
were in 1910. but study of the sta
tistics by states shows that in purely
agricultural counties throughout the
country the number of farms de-
creased during the ten-year period.
The increase of $4,000 odd farms dur
ing the ten years was, an analysis of
the statistics shows, due to the con-
version of lands nes,r the large cities
there are nearly 1900 more farms"
in Los Angeles county, California,
this year than in 1910.
Number of Farms i'm Each State.
In Illinois there are 14,719 fewer
farms this year than in 1910. Tndi-
ana shows loss of 10,361 farms, KALI
sas loss of 1854, Michigan a loss
of 1913, Missouri loss of 1920,
New York loss of D. 37, Ohio loss
of 1886. Pennsylvania a loss of IT.
O39. and so on. Twenty-Five states,
nearly all of them agricultural In char
acter, show loss in the number of
farms maintained during the ten-year
period.
Even a cursory study of the 1920
farm statistics show that many new
economic problems, some of them of
vital interest to the country. will have
to be dealt with in the near future
It is obvious that the cost of living
In the future will depend TO a large
extent on whether the steady drift of
humanity from the farms to the cities,
towns and villages can be checked.
A third interesting feature of the
census statistics is the showing that
the value of farm land and improve
ments increased in the agricultural
states from 80 to 100 per cent during
the ten-year period County after
county in the rich agricultural sec
lions show an increase of 100 per cent
in these values. This increase is prac-
tically all credited to the land This
new valuation has bearing on the
cost of living.