The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
FRANCE WILL ARGUE
 SHE NEEDS LARGE. ARMY ID PROTECT.
Will Tell Armament Confer ence That Germany Can Raise 100000 Men, Airplanes and Chemi-
 calls Quickly
By Associated Press

IdTlS, OcloDer 0.-lne ann or the French government at the Washing ton conference on armaments and far eastern affairs is to convince the dele- gates of other natlonalities, especial ly those of the American government, that France Is not unduly armed, and that her security requires the nuh- Der of men now in active service. N
 Marshal Foch will be prepared to lay before the conference every par ticular concerning the present land armaments of France, General Wey- laborating with General Desticker, who will accompany Marshal Foch, in the preparation of documents which will be submitted to the Wash ington conference by Marshal Foch.
 France is reducig herr army. The troops in active service today are about 60 per cent of the number on May 1 of this year. France then had about S00,090 men under arms. She now has between 450,000 and 500,- 900, including the army of the Rhine and colonial troops.
 Figures will be incorporated in the report of Marshal Foch showing Frances position to be substantially as follows.
 Presents Figures
 eve already have done great deal toward land disarmament, hav- ing virtually demobilized 40 per cent of our army in five months. The 3OO,- 000-odd men have not all been de- mobilized permanently. A large per centage of the men are away on "unlimited leave of absence" and re- main subject to immediate call from the general staff and could be mobil- ized in few days should circum- stances require it. Some of the men have been away on "crop furlough' since July.
 men have been sent back to the land, although some of them have been returned to their trades in the city as unemployment became less acute in August and Sep- tember and their services were need ed in industry
 How closely the French troops in Paris have been cut down in num- bers was shown at the ceremony last Sunday when General Pershing dec- orated the tomb of the unknown sol dier with the American congression- al medal. When the city command had to concentrate 15,00O mon TOT the ceremony it was found at the last that insufficient troops were available in Paris and sentries and clerks on duty in the various min isteries had to be pressed into ser vice.
 French Attitude
 The French attitude will be to show just how far France can go toward disarmament in the face of received from Germany that countrys power forN prompt mobilization and in the ab- sence of other guarantees. That will be the viewpoint of the French dele gation that. unless there are guar antees along the line of those con- tained in the American, British and French defensive agreement against unwarranted aggression, as elabora- ted by President Wilson and Pre- niiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau. but never ratified, standing army of from 100000 to 450,000 men with a like number subject to immediate call to mobilization will be required.
 The French general staff is declar- ed to have information to the effect that every regiment in the German army as allowed under the Versailles treaty has 300 non-commi ssioned of ficers to each regiment, 200 of whom are servir., as privates. It is as serted that they automatically can be reinstated as non commissioned of ficers in the event of mobilization stoned nSen in each regiment to the pre-war figure. The regiments then would be able to muster 900 non commissioned men for division. exactly as provided for under the German mobilization plan of 1914.
 This. according to the French infor- nation. would permit the mobiliza ton of German army of 100000 men inside of week. as the former soldiers are well organized into gymnastic societies, war veteran camps and other societies and are subject to prompt concentration. It Is asserted that the present German army also has three Ntimes the num- Der of transportation vehicles per unit than in 1914 and that the same Is true of the engineers and other branches of the service.
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