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Show Baker told the senate military committee commit-tee today, urging the department's request re-quest for an authorized officer corps of 18.000. General March, chief of staff, said the army was ahead of schedule in demobilization, demob-ilization, adding that appropriations for the vear had cut even the hospital service serv-ice until the sick could not be properly cared for. The army was down to 600,-000 600,-000 by today's reports, he said. Later the committee ordered a favorable favor-able report on the bill providing 18,000 officers. WILL PROVIDE 18,000 OFFICERS FOR ARMY WASHINGTON", July 26. Rapid reconstruction recon-struction of the regular army Is necessary neces-sary "that we may have regularly organized organ-ized troops in the country," Secretary |