Show ORGANIZATION Oil Till MIU1 bere should 11 IIt1 louoIIlo CI llIlIIO So Va as Concern 1100 Nllool url Wohlngtlln April 1Z1I high om elnl 1 or the war depnrtmcnt Hid today with reference to the recommittal by he HOUK of the Hull bill for the reorganization or the army A fact whlcl the national guard through Ahose Influence the Hull Ilrmy ito i llOrganlatlon hili vas deteotel lat Thursday appears to Imve wholly loot right of Is I Hint the law makes the regular reg-ular army the model for the orgnlza Ion of the rl1lY when called Into active lervr Section 1616 revised statutes provides that They the mllllla shall be formed by the President Into regl merits of Infantry with the exception at such numbers at cavalry and ar llllery as he may direct not to exceed the pcaliortion or one company or each or those arm to every regiment of Infanliy and to be organized am In the regular service This antiquated Ingle In-gle battalion regimental formation long since abandoned Ly all nllghtcncd nations na-tions 14 I still the leol rhanlzatlon of our regular Infantry It wnr were declared ternm7w mil tin called forth under the President call would have to bn orunnlrtd on this thoroughly obsolete and Melons plan Svinsh no less than patriotic motives should Induce the national guard to Nork for a law which gives to the Inn fantry In-n organization that takes nc count or the far reaching changes wrought by motlern weapons or wr That the Hull bill provIde such an organization Cannot be questioned It gives moreover to the company 11 nu merleal strenBth ordinarily not Intended Intend-ed to exceed HG men let5 I than which experience has demonstrated to be unsafe I un-safe reryone who has participated In it I oamlllgn or lny length whether re Pulling In actual conHlot with the eMmy or not must have been 1m pocsAed with tile fact that dwindling lawn or companies Cram casualties below be-loW 11 minimum workable size In I 11 potent cause of disintegration rill this r-ill the Hull bill supplies an lTee I the remedy and the national guard no h 8ft than the regular arms Is deeply cmcevned In bringing about Its adoption adop-tion The misapprehension In Congress relative to the frontage of a company ot 250 LOlllerll on the grotesque A member ttlmaled that n would amount to tram three to four ml s It must La remembered that the company I Is formed In two or three echelons according ac-cording as It eonlltutes Inrt or a hat tllon or nets IndependentJ and that the fighting front of 11 company doe not ordlnrlly exceed twIce Its front In close order |