Show FIVE GREAT ARMIES WILL GROSS CROSS OCEAN EXPECTED THAT MEN MEN- WILLBE WILL BE CALLED TO COLORS COLORS' r BEFORE NEXT JULY P The Gr Greater ater Part of This Army of Americans Will Be Sent to France Fra France ce b but t Many Will Go to to Italian and Macedonian Fr Front nt I Washington Washington Five Five fUll fully equipped American field armies in Europe is the astonishing prospect disclosed to the I house military committee on Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- da day b by General March Match chief of the United States army staff The Th greater part of these lIese armies will go to France but it is pointed out at the war department that If Austria Turkey and Germany should determine to die in the trenches some of the American field armies wIll will be found on the Italian-Austrian Italian and the Macedonian l front Secret Secretary ry of ot War Baker sp speaking some time ag ago about the desire to help Italy stated that there ther would be no limit to th the assistance as soon as the circumstances warranted the dispatch of forces s to her consistent with war demands Specifically General March stated that there would be in existence by July July- 1 1019 1919 on un arI army 1 of four million eight hundred thousand men and he ha 1111 haQ heretofore stated that a field army consists of approximately men There are h ho he said men under under un un- der del arms of whom nearly one an and three quarters millions are in France General March's larch's plan Is to have halve called to the colors between now and I n. n July men which ml added ed edt t tp the 3 now un under er arms will make a 0 rand grand total with all allowances allow allow- ances for casualties and rejections of of I 1 It- It Itis It is believed b by officers offIcers' that wWi with the constantly Increasing monthly figures of la laying ing down the troops troops' In in- Europe the whole number of the draft necessary to raise the will be he In Europe on onva various various various va va- I rious fronts h by the middle of Jul July The tremendous tremendous' of Americans tobe tobe to be under arms in in Europe will make it necessary to further classify the total to to- tat tal Into groups of field armies 11 which is the nest next and highest st possible c Simultaneously with General March's statements to the house c committee the war wa department Issued a n statement calls culls fora forn great expansion of tho th air service The magnificent program pro pro- grim gram of General March Is evidently based on the pI proper Opel equipment of every arm arm or th the service ice find and an nn un- un number number of planes phines of all kinds Is ti i necessary to complete the effectiveness effective effective- ness Iless of American troops In the field It was doubtless due to the needs of the colossal army army to cross cros the seas sens by July Tuly 1 of next year ear that the air nh service seh- seh ice has hns made arrangements to tIll Its ranks with men men from all aU class of the draft |