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Show PRESIDENT WILSOM SIGMM BILL First of Important Preparedness Prepared-ness Measures Passed by Congress Becomes Law. WASH fNOTON, Jmu :!. Prcsi.lont Will. on t.o'lny signed lht ;irniy nvor;ui-iziifiori nvor;ui-iziifiori Itill, first of tin1 important yro-p;i yro-p;i rcdnfSH mciisnrr pfifscd hy congress lii ri ri t.ini prff-fiit s'':jsiim. Thn prosi- ( lmt. 1i;js ben HtiMyiny tho bill :arn fully toy muri tli;in a w.-ok. lie uM a pnn belonin to Senator Smith of South 'ami in a, who dnircl it for a MJllVfMlir. A u;il sis of t lu; ijil I by f hairman Chamberlain of tlm pcn.it f1 military coin-jnit.tet coin-jnit.tet put I lit; jiea'-o st ri.'n'tli of the army muler the Jaw at. l!ll,Ouo nt'i'ifcru an. I mnri inr-lmlin 'J,OU'J Htaff troops, I'liilippint! wonts ami unaH.-'infvl re i-ruits alio! the war strength at l!.'!f,5h0 officers ami combatant troops which, wit h k t aft t roop.H, smuts, etc., would bring the total a'reate maximum of t ho regular irmv to fi I ,'jOii. As rcor-t'ani.od rcor-t'ani.od tlie jNatinnal guard would number num-ber J-lT.OOo, making a rand total available avail-able war strength of 71S,5()0. Uthcr iiHiorL;ui t foatun.'s in rlu do an appropriation of $20,i"ioi),it00 for a government, gov-ernment, nitrate manufacturing plant ami establishment of military training amps for volt ntcer cir i.ens. Authority is yiven the government to s-i.c ami operate privately owned munition plants ia war time. |