Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-27 | Page 6 | Senate Committee Wants Army of 200,000

J SENATE ATE COMMITTEE WANTS ARMY OF OFt I t I i Also Agrees Agree on oft Creation of r I Volu Volunteer Rese Reserve Ve of f fi OriMe Men i 1 1 H I j I r By United J WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V I Feb 26 k 26 A AI I standing anding army witha with a a peace peace t footing foot foot- oot 1 1 and with a avo vol- vol ing mg of men 1 l reserve aside from r iri the th state j militia of men are ate the out out- outstanding standing sfa features of ot the he army army bill th the senate military lY affairs conic coni y practically lllY agreed gr d Upon p n. n i iThe j The The regular army in the measure Would b be so organized 4 with skeleton l' l regiments that its ils numbers could b be ber r doubled doubted within a f t w Vl days without de- de d 1 i trading vitally fr td fighting ef- ef ef effectiveness f The present infantry Ism ismore is 1 m more re than doubled field artillery ismore is ismore more than trebled aviation Is tb be entirely en- en UI ely reorganized and greatly enlarged white lt te coast artillery and cavalry vatry is t t. t be increased In less proportion The tentative tentative figures are aroi Sixty five infantry r regiments there are thirty one now Nineteen cavalry regiments as U against fifteen now Twenty-six Twenty thousand men in ir the coast guard goard At as against The total cost is estimated including big ing pay to the Tet reserve And hd st state t tl t-at t at at something er dt over oyer U a y year ar which is Is' Is over O more moro than at present Former Farmer Secretary tary onH n army anny receives somewhat t of an n hid n nt In the c committees committee's s det deter determination r. r n to organize in each congressional congress signal district at least a battalion of ot reserves aside from th the guard This Thiel would provide men men- who would I b drilled once onte or er twice 5 W weekly ekly and w o would b be bO given n training in camp under regular army amy officers f i ers sev several l lI I weeks each summer i What c course urse is isa t to be taken with the then national n guard will deO depend on house hawse altien The lower branch br is i under understood stood to favor or a greater Increase over the men in the various state or- or than ih the sert seriate senate te Training for school boys bOY and volunteers volun volun- teens under army officers s and comP com com- com com- P s service t ric for f r a a. limited d period perl d de e each ch y year r also aleo l will be recommended but perhaps not nat in the army billIt bill It is not intended to abandon an any army posts Jn Tn the house big military men fa favorIng favoring favor favor- oring or- or ing Gen Leon Leonard rd Woods Wood's standing army of ot were unable today to t. muster enough votes otes in the th military y affairs committee Th They Y were were- routed by th the adoption of a pro proposal 5 1 by RepresentatiVe Representative Rep Rep- of ot Nebraska sk a Bryan follower pro providing for an in increase In- In crease creasa cr ase in the regular r army to tb m men n with a leeway for recruiting up uR to men The Wood scheme ro- ro re received the vot votes S of ot three Republicans and arid three D Democrats m I The he house ho house se bill as ps now nOll drafted contains contains contains con con- a a. provision on fo for th the complete federalization fed- fed n of the militia with with a minimUm minimum mini mini- m mum m of and anda a maximum of m men n from each congressional district t. t The enrollment at West Vest Point faint will be bed doubled d