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Show REGULARS II GUARD FIRST INIIIE FIELD Scope of Army Bill Prepared Pre-pared by General Staff and Approved by President WASHINGTON. April 5. How the government gov-ernment plans to raise a war. army of a million men within a year and a two-million within two years was discoleed upon the passage of the war resolution by the house. A bill prepared by the general staff and approved by the president for submission to congress provides for the immediate filling up of the regular army and national na-tional . guard to war strength of more than 800,000 by draft, unless enough volunteers vol-unteers enlist quickly, and for bringing into the service by late summer of the first 500,000 of the new force of young men between the ages of 19 and 25 years to be called to the colors by selective conscription. In drafting its programme, the sta.ff recognized the fact that the United States must start at the beginning-and train first an army of 100.000 officers and non-commissioned officers to undertake the training of the thousands of youths who will enter the service with no notion of military duty or . life. ... . Expansion of the. present regular army to, its full war strength of ,287,000 enlisted en-listed men and 11,700 officers means many new regiments of. all arms to be created by dividing existing regiments and filling each to war strength with volunteers or conscription. The national guard regiments.1 regi-ments.1 all of which can be called into the federyl service under the. existing laws, will have approximately .327..000 men and 10,300 officers at war strength. No new- regiments of the guard would -be organized or-ganized and the full limit of the national defense act would be invoked to wipe out "any distinction between federal and state forces. Here, also, volunteers would be received and drafting resorted to onlv when necessary. These two steps would provide a total force of 614.000 men and 22.000 officers, to be supplemented by a recruit organization organiza-tion for each unit, making an additional 200.000 men under training, but to be held in reserve to fill gaps in the active army as they occurred. For five months these expanded forces will be subjected to training of a character char-acter hitherto unknown in this country. Simultaneously, the registration of all men between the ages of 19 and 25 iViU be carried out, with federal, state and municipal authorities co-operating. In August or early in September the first 500.000 of this new army, composed exclusively of young men summoned to the colors under the principle of universal military service, with those supporting dependents or needed by the nation in civil life exempted, would be assembled fnr training. From the regulars and national na-tional guard regiments would be drawn 100.000 specially selected offfcers and noncommissioned non-commissioned officers, who would organize, or-ganize, tram and command the units of the new army. A year from now a second increment of jino.OOO youths would be called out another 100.00 officers and non-commissioned officers would be drawn from the regulars, the national guard forces or from the first section of the new army to officer and train the second section. By that time the machinery that had been built up would provide enouch trained officers and non-commissioned officers to train a million or more men at a time, if t hat were necessary. The war department bill, however, proposes to authorize now only the first two classes of the new army." making a total of more than 2J'in.OOo trained troops available possibly within a year and a half, or in two years at most. The sum of nearly S3.000.000.ono asked by contrress to carry out this programme deals only with the first year of preparation. prepara-tion. Behind It stands the neel of an eiual sum for reserve supplies of ammunition, ammu-nition, cannon and other war material If the army is to be employed in actual war. Included in the present estimates are the cost on cantonments to house the troops. Presumably the previous plans of (Contir.ued en Page Nine) mm si bid FIRST II THE FIELD (Continued from Page One.) the general staff for sixteen military districts dis-tricts will be carried out. This would provide pro-vide for sixteen complete anrl fullv equipped army divisions, and while it is not proposed to create any additional tactual tac-tual units of the national guard, stens wni he taken to fill in tlie praps of the 1 -.'sent guard structure with cavalry, artistry ar-tistry engineers or other special troops, conin'lctinpr th tactical organization of those forces on sound military lines. taff officers recarrt the plan proposed - the most effective that could he worked o.l to meet the present emergency. Toey r -ard the expansion of the regular army I the bringing of both that force an I t1 e present regiments of the guard to fuh wit strength as vital, since, ror five n.mths they expect to employ tr.ese agencies as a lmpe 5c"nool from which trained officers and non-commissioned of-l'irers of-l'irers can be turned out. No oilier way fire sen ts it self to in eft the need for officers, of-ficers, although additional steps are being be-ing planned to organize new officers' schools and supplement tile work of all military colleges and schools now turning out prospective junior officers. The staff bill, divided into seventeen sections, makes the following: provisions: Section 1. For the immediate expansion of the regular army as described, with all vacancies therehy created in the commissioned commis-sioned rank to be filled by provisional appointment. ap-pointment. Section 2. For the drnftin? into the i federal service of the full strength of the nn t ional puard mid na tional guard reserve, re-serve, "for the period of the existing emergen ey unices t-ooiuT discharged." Seciion 3. For the rairing hy (irafi. of an addirionai " 0 j 0 in.-n, thr sources from w''".irh cfrii crs can he d'awn Imlud-inu Imlud-inu 1 1 i e. it-uuhii" army, inition.tl t;iiard. of-f:.i.M"s' of-f:.i.M"s' reserve enrpr. volunteer offirerp or from oi'iilified tradurstos "f civilian schools, offi- t'rs iip to and in- hifjine the rur. of colnnel to be appointed by the Irt-sidHnl wuhnut con firm 3 1 ion by the rcnr.te. Sr-'-iinn -!. For the se ond increment of F.fioi i i i nvn. Se-'lon For tlie rairiiiiT by draft of rfirrnir iKihiinsj i;n:ts as may he darned nr.-'-sr, ry to . i: n ; a .n in- ariive forces at maximum M r e n ' i i . Duration of Emergenc. ?tct ion (i. l-"or t he orsrariizfi ' Ion a nd eqmmiH nt. of provisir.i-.a n nimuiitt ion and a j-t!''!'ry trams. fc-iijKi of t !:o:-c m- I'lK'.cii in l 1 ie t : : i : -: 1 1 ora nlza t ion of fon pr.-vio-.nly nrovnir-d fcr, at th1 dis-r-ret i r 1 1 of Hi- n-'-iilfni mil ror the dura-r.cn dura-r.cn (' t.ic eifierKOii' v. ( '-::on 7. i-'or r;:Iii. and u ,a i n ' a In i n ! oi i- ;nf- J'::'-'Hi Kri:iv nd rr.i 'it.h tru;,rd i.'.-v;1 ; I.-p that f.-i,. - n:':?' is o-' t:-. ! f, r- . to r.- i iir"d 'c;-;fjv-,ly i ,,-!r. j; , r;: jft !. r V.S 1 ( u -. to '-p'fon.i'.iMtr! b- ;:c j- :-:V;-i;. rm- v. F'fn i y u::i-'.- f"r -rt :"" :i t -piO'a:- ro c -:i ;,,, ''fir.', r rnf'. nr.d !n !t""iF. ( - r. (-)' i:pon pop .w, t ion ard S" r ( i- f:ct for t!:fr d-.i' !' o t: '. r.--r:- v. S -. ir,M r :':): ' ". f 'inn rroni - it., : "- :--',t (; ' IT'1.-: ::! of 1 mc T':(;i--d S'Ji:--s a:.d 'r.r V 1 .-1 : vt-. (-'"""i- and of all persons in the military or naval service, of members of well reoeunizd religious re-ligious sects In which the creed prohibits participation in war. Provision also is made for the discretionary exemption drafting: for partial military service only of cusioms house and postal employees, workmen at armories, arsenals and navy yards, pilots a nd ma riners act ually engaged en-gaged in sea service, person engaged in industries necessary to the inihtary csiab-lishment csiab-lishment or maintenance of the national interests, persons with dependent rein - J lives and all physically or morally unfit persons. Must Report. Stion fc Fur tin- v-ciMrn linn of all persons liable to nnlila ry s-.-i vice undfir the a'.'t upon proclamation by ihr, president. presi-dent. Findi persons to n-i ort t hr-in .-iv-s for reistraii-.u as shall be prescribed, failing Wl:ie!i Iht-y will b" h"hl li'ii'Ic f"i" trial upon mis-h-uic-a nr m U;iru.r- and p.'n-isbmni p.'n-isbmni upon . (.n vjd ion by iroui t hre' months to oiiu 'ejr Imprirojiiinjiu. Sfi'juciit to w'ni'li i h"V will bo duly i J:-isit J:-isit red for military M-rvire. Scctk'H 1''- I''-'' tb.- i-t j rd : ti tfi 1 1 of a'l apTi'des of t'r." :. n.-ciriiiiiin of tne si files or territories by p;-e:;"Ioi,t to eairy out tho all pubhe offi.-ials b'- In; "reuuired to aid in its exeinrion iincr J .-n.-diy of ir.oti'hs' 1o one yiTir's jtn- prisonrn''Mb Similar p-ualts wo:ld be at'aehed for anv pe:oi.s awlin In av anv traud'iieitt aion ol ih" r--r 'lire men t of tne v-n ist ra i ion re t ion of 1 iv- ari, S"fiinn 11. I' or v-uutary enlist inejd u nd-r i ! 'i '-.d i fi a 1 1 s and ,vi ; t ions now r.btiiinur..' in th(- re::ular army, cx'-epi t 1 1 a l l iie ma ximuni aue h.oH is laise J f i cm to 4 a ( ;.Y:., a nd o.nhsi iiu-ni s a re 1oi' tne period -.f Jh" ,!' ri' v -ad. bai-, bai-, i;'i.d -vol -ii s mriv be a ps ; l-n 'r In anv i part, of th le.p i-ai f..r- eye.a n,,, j raised ' b-'-;" ' iv bv draft. I'kivM'iii a h r-I r-I is m;:d for ib- Mis- o.ii.-e of any s"i::ei wl-.o ite ': re.s-eM-.i,t a b en listment v.-"- v h .iuHtifv r.Hi s--n. and jor i the emidovu.ent r.f relirei ineu of tun r' v-uiar v-uiar a r;ny. S'.;M;o:: Tor toe r ', U 1 men t n' c-o. J er.,i r,f:"i-erH of f-o : pr : a! " n-lf. ;, . )'c : j.re'-io'ent t, ., .- ., tle. .-s -a; ;.' fr 'be J n'l, rf 'be e,r-: y, v. i" b- d fr'.ir, 1 anv Tr-rt of n,e '.'-r i ro-'i'b-d ir, iire-jeoe.-lr.e of 1;e"r i .re-.-jr i v;i a e s j r - ;t ' re;, t 1 : ;. i"'-':i ' r nrriu u: a-le-j i .e :( i-i r-ok f 'Tliialt.f e'CMi:; - .oji of r. - -ll;ir 0.;., ..... ;.; p,.:Mied f. t.oi-o.,, arv bivn ( .R.nTt I d no! i .e : nor 1 ,ie : ! R-!it-i. jr( -i ,:rade ;i f f : J , K."iv v.-; r I en'erven-v rank ol major c-neral. dent of any tniporai-y or provisional com -mis:-iMn for rmiHo, F.iodi genenil comma nd-intz nd-intz a separate taoiieal unit would bo nu-liioiiz'd nu-liioiiz'd to name effielejicy boards to pihh upon the fitness of any offber in Ids com. n;and and rec,(,mmond dsehari;o with ono month's p;i,v and allowance- If advisable Section 14. For rgular army pay allowances al-lowances and pensions to all officers ond men in the fedoral service. Sc tion IS. For tlm blanket upproprln-lion upproprln-lion of nearly thre lilllion dollars to pa v tha expense's of one year's operation of the. art. Seetinn lfi. Puppndn nil restrict jonn upon the rniployiuent of regular nnny ot-fi'-ers for the period of the emergency. Seriion 17. Ilejicals fill connictinx stalulos. |
