The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-02
By HARRY IL. ROGERS, International News Sarvice Staff
 COrreSpOndent,


 Washington, June 2 The War Department, from Secretary Weeks down to the 1owliest buck private, is executing "eyes right in the direc- ton of the United States Senate. Whesaer the upper chamber of Con- gress will endorse the action of the House in cutting the army to 115, 1000 men or will heed the earnest advice of President Harding, Secretary Weeks and General Pershing and vote for larger quota is the question which is uppermost in the mind of every person on the War Departm ent payroll.
 Secretary Weeks himself is optinis- tic. He believes a majority of the Senate has been impressed by the warnings of the President and of the military experts. and he thinks the Army Appropriation bill which finally goes to the White House for sigma ture will provide for an army of 13,- 900 offers and 15O,000 enlisted men.
 There apparently is absolute unan- irnity of opinion among administra- ton officials and army experts as to the inadequacy of the bill passed by down it has been condemned as re- ducing the number of officers and men to a point where it is no longer possible to carry our the provisions of the National Defense Act or prop erly to perform the prescribed mis- sions of our national military forces.
 Our present national defense law establishes an economical and demo- cratic military policy thoroughly con- SiStent with our national traditions" said President Harding in speaking on this subject. '<It provides for a small regular army. to be augment ed by great citizen forces in the event of national emergency. This is our tra- ditional military policy. But where as in the past these larger war forces have been extenporized after the oc- currence of an emergency, the new law wisely provides that the frame established and developed in time of peace, in so far as this is practicable through the voluntary service of our patriotic young men.
 Should Encourage Development. ~
 'The army of the United States as defined in the new law comprises the regular army, the national guard and the organized reserves Every pat riotic citizen should encourage the development of these forces. each within it's proper sphere
 The House bill, according to the War Department, reduces the officers and enlisted men of the regular army below the minimum required for it's many missions; retards the healthy growth of the national guard by fail ing to provide the necessary training and attempting to break up national guard divisions; provides no training for the organized reserves, and seri- ousfy reduces the Bureau of the Budget allowances for .he citizens military training camps and reserve officers training corps. If made a law, War Department officials assert it means a return to 'tthe stupid pol icy of unpreparedness which has en- tailed unnecessary sacrifice of lives and the wasting of billions of dollars in the past"
 Secretary Weeks Is particularly outSpoken in his condemnation of the House bill.
 Says Reduction Unwfse
 1T cannot think of greater folly than attempts to economize by un- wise reductions of our forces below the minimum required for the devel-