The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-21
LARGE ARMY
NEEDED SAYS
SEC. WEEKS
Secretary Of War Sub
nits New Army Es-
Inmates to President

Washington. oct. fG eEy the
Associated fress} tn. unsilak--
en- opinion Of Secretary Weeks ami
military advisers that the nations
nlilisa,y policy can not be ado
ouatelv sustained with regular
army OF less than 1900 officers
and 10000 men was again laid be-
fore President Harding today l'y
the war secretary. who VAS aci
coinpanied on a visit to the White
House by General Persh;ns.
The conference had to do with
estimates submitted by the war
department for the coming yeai
calling for total appropriations OF
$329.2S75.5S0 as compared wiio
current appropriations OF saaG,
SS4It2. The army budget. llo"--
ever. still must be approved by
the director OF the budget.
The war secretary made it plain
:lfat he had not changed in his be-
iief that the present army Of r.
900 officers and t2s:oD0 men could
not fulfill all ef the missions pre-
Scris,cd by tn" national defense act.
The new estimates do not provide
for an increase N the resula.
above figures. Tut Wr. Weeks has
.ofIicia1ly expressed the judgment o:
the war department that only the
most urgent reasons FOR nationa
economy would warr.nt con:inu-
Ing the array at reduced size.
TIE p,ineipa. item ia th@ est
ir.;ites submitted comes undcl
s. ...ssuppprt Of the regular army" a;
s2la.1e7. .3779. as compared wit'
s222233,41I.5l2 for the current vear
Included IN that item. however, ;s
the pay. Subsistence and clothing
!, for all branches Of the Array. :l:-
ciuding The National Guard. organ
.iZed reserves. reserve officers
'training corps and other arms OF
the service ard the overhead ssx-
pense of all. posts. camps. schools
hospitals. and other portions OF t,ss
military plant used Jointly by ..es-
ulars. gutrdsmen' and reseryis.s.
The estimates .,revidrd for n.iE
tenancc OF the National Guard s.nc
various training ct.,'p: at the ex-
iSetse OF the regular esta;oiisi:,n,il n.
in order with in the budget figures
For the guard total OF s23.
9i0.o23 is proposed against $50
$4,000 this .ear:::: for the e,-
sanized reserves. S3..S..S.I I09 With rr
exact comparable figure: ;or the
reserve officers training corps
s4,491.ooe as compared to So
fp9.io this year: for civilian mil
i,ary training camps. $22.?72.150 as
compared Nilh 81 100000.
These figures With the smalle;
items make up military bulge:
for next year OF s2o942s.I75 ~
cor pared to s257.335G.6S1 this
gear. This non military items. IN
Guiding r;ver and harbor WORT:
reaches "A total OF sS5. .S9o.3315 as
compared to $3.50. 400 III ca.-
rent appropriations.
The National Guard appropri;.-
ton cstinlate is based on tbs
conpuiation that the guard riIl
have an average strength Of ..3S.9Gi
during tue next fiscal year This
would have required expendieu, g:
Of $t7.532. 800 and it was thus
found -rccessary 10 cut the pro
vision so that allowances wes
made for AZ average force ot 215.-
600 men.
The estimates submitted Tor the
organized reserves provides three
months training for 80 officers and
l3 days training for 15.000 OIL
GERS with nc provision for enlisted
personnel Of the reserves. F'oI
the reserve officers training corps
composed of 225 institutions with
an enrolment or 5000 students.
increased funds were necessary
owing to increased enrollment bu,
TO provision was made fer addi-
tional educational Institutions TO be
added to the iisst.
Civilian military training camps
would receive funds sufficient to
train 5000 men next summer.
fui:es rot being available to pro-
side IL: the 5000 men the depart
n:ent had planned to train next
yea.