| Show TO 10 CREATE VAST VIST ARMY OF RESERVE Secy Taft Formulates a Plan For Turning the National Guard Into One PREST ROOSEVELT FAVORS FT IT I Under Bill nl to tim Bo no Introduced In Con Congress Krcs gress rt s It 1 Is Country Jno Half il n a I Million llon Men Lexington tou Ky Aug 31 When Con Congress gross gress meets again a n bill bi will be In Introduced reduced whose whoso provisions have havo been heen dictated by Secy Sec ot or War Var Taft to con convert vert yen the national guard Into a I vast army aria lum of ot reserve While hUe Secy See Sec Taft Tart was lucre bore ho he had a along song long talk tak with wih Ith Roger Ro Rog r Wll Wil WI of the Kentucky national guard aId fluid requested reQue ted him to meet tho the Ken ICon Kentucky Kentucky tucky Lucky delegation In Congress and amid get gel them hem In line lino lne for the time bill bi Gpo Williams has lies seemed the prom promise ise iso of or several of ot the Kentucky con congressmen gressmen to support the time measure re The he Is favored by President Roo HOI ev e lt and Is II fathered by S Sey y Taft so that little Itte trouble Is I anticipated In pushing IV n i through and ald making it IL a I law lawIn lawIn In the bill bi there thero will wIil wi be ono one striking provision namely to place the tho nev ne national guard under tho the direct charge char ot or West Veit Point graduates and arid army of ot doers and keep them on half halt pay nt at atall all ull times jimmies except when whon on active duty Officers of the time national guard then the national atonal reserve will vl be he appointed the tame same as at present by b the tho governors of ot states state where the national guard tx cx x 55 Secy Sec Taft Tart has haR been forced to adopt this thui plan plait because of ot the tho Inability of ot the army turin to secure iry recruits For the time post past year ear there thero are ale two men muon mento Jen Jento to be discharged from frol service to ono one who enters it Wages oges paid aid soldiers soldier In Inthe Inthe the lie standing army arm are so small mull that It ItIs I itis Is II Impossible for tor recruiting officers to got get men rien r en to enlist The ho war wal department department Is alarmed nt mit lt the situation and entertains fears that the tho time Is not nol far nr distant when the lie army arm will wi dwindle to nothing Under the present organize organization tion ton of time the national guard there thore are hut but men who could be called Into tho the field nold but bul after otter the Ile Taft Tar bill bi has 1111 ha become a a a law I a the tho national re Servo will wi be Increased to and andin nd In caso ot at war var the tho United States could call Into tIme the as 01 many ninny as ns one half million men ready reAd and equipped for war sar Wil Under these conditions It would be bo ready at any nn titan to defend Itself Itsel against a tho the attack of a 1 mm hostile hoste nation naton which Secy See Sec Taft realizes is not the tha case now One Ono of or the tIme most Important missions of ot Secy Taft on his trip to thin thi orient Is II to talk over oar this bill bi with army ann officers now flOW In active service The national reserve Is II not no a novel novelty ty for tor It tituS has been maintained In Eng England E England land for years and Ind rules and regula regulations Inne of the army under the new bill hi will ton place the the army of ot this thin country and ond England on the tho same footing fooling There will bo lid no compulsory or clause In Inthe tho the huh hill 11 wi and the men for fOl or tho the national reserve will wi hll bo be enlisted as ns they are nrc now for rOI the th national guard but provisions for tor putting soldiers and officers on half pay when whon not on duty will wi bo be Inviting and Secy Hee Tat thinks that there thero will ull willbe wi be no difficulty In lii Increasing tho the na nn national fO reserve serve to 1000 men menThe menThe menThe The reason reaR on why this hIlt bill hi will wili 1 bo be In Introduced at the tho next session of oe Con Incas Is iii II the DIcK hill bIll bi which the national guard expires Jan 1 1008 1508 and anil some Fome provisions for forthe tho the national guard or national reserve must be bo made mace |
