Show UNCLE S SV IS 1 0 S On 1 MEN IEl The U S army today is more than five times as large as it ss wasa us as asa a year year ear ago wh n n its enrollment w was s a bare 27 men Today the strength is 1210 1 men Of these IT ire In the regu regular regular lar army are national guardsmEn called to federal ser serVIce service service VIce 38 are reserve and are selective e trainees A great percentage of the s arm s big jump has taken place In the last few months At present the army is mushrooming at the rte rite of 2 new men per w is American are now at approximately army posts camps airfields forts etc covering the entire U S The largest post will ill be Fort Bragg N NC NC NC C which will eventually e house more than 62 soldiers In the thelast thelast last war scar when hen host hostilities were svere de declared dared by the U Il S only OO 00 men were In the army when hen the war was as over had served an an increase of 20 tunes times If the thena na navy V s present strength is added to the army s force tt ti tte grand and total of An no v in the uniform reaches the peacetime peak o 1 1500 |