Show ARMY SMALL BUT RESOURCES VAST reserve man power of united states greatest of white nations except russia industrial CAPACITY GREAT with lese than one tenth of worlds population united states makes nearly one third of all things produced available organized land forces of the united states today amount roughly to officers and men made up of regulars and national guardsman guardsmen Guards men including both those still in the federal service and those under state control the exact figures today are known only to the war department at washington but recent reports give a close idea of what the organization represent n fighting strength in his last annual report secretary of war baker stated that the actual strength of the regular army on june 80 1910 including the philippine scouts was officers and men in the year beginning july 1 last by the national defense act of jr e 3 1916 the army was to be increased to officer and men divided as follows infantry SS cavalry 17 regiments 17 field artillery 3 regiments 7 engineers 3 regiments and 1 mounted company 2188 coast corps staff corps and departments philippine scouts f miscellaneous 13 total enlisted strength including medical department exceptional difficulties have been found in carrying out this program for increasing the army on account of the remarkable industrial activity of the country recruiting has been since the increase was authorized at a very low ebb it Is therefore probable that the estimate of as the strength of the regular army errs on the side of optimism and may be closer the true figure national guard the strength of the national guard in federal service on september 80 last was officers and men divided as follows alabama 4 arizona i arkansas california colorado connecticut 2921 delaware 7 of columbia 2 florida 1225 georgia idaho 1178 indiana iowa kansas kentucky Lou lalona i maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota 4 mississippi 1303 2629 montana 1049 nebraska 1718 new hampshire 1413 new jersey new mexico new york north carolina 1309 north dakota ohio i oklahoma 4 1268 oregon i pennsylvania island south carolina 2271 south dakota tennessee 2644 4 63 utah vermont virginia 2910 1730 west virginia 1156 wisconsin 4 wyoming total 04 many regulars abroad of the regular army today probably only 85 officers and men are in the united states proper including the pershing expedition while the other are abroad to show how the forces of the regular army are dispersed the geographical distribution on june SO 1916 the last date for which definite figu been made public are given here united states and mexico alaska philippines regulars scouts china 1274 porto alico hawaii 8 canal zone 7 miscellaneous total vast unorganized forces while the present organized forces are minute the reserve man power of the united states Is more vast than that of any white nation except rus ela according to the census of 1910 since when the increase has been great the reserve militia of the united states by which is meant the males aged between eighteen and forty four years not included in the organized forces amounted to 20 men the above total does not include the men of the insular possessions except hawaii these could produce another 2 men of military age I 1 ranee Is said now to have one person out of every six in her population serving in the army or navy if the united states and her insular possessions ever made such an effort faung the present population as the president would have at his disposal no less than men this Is probably boic men than germany austria hungary bulgaria oad turkey together have in the field today industrial power if the unorganized manhood strength of the united states Is imposing the industrial capacity of the nation Is even more impressive with less than one tenth of the worlds population we make nearly one third of all the things produced in iron and steel tor instance we out more than great britain and germany the two next largest producers do together some observers have estimated the present industrial capacity of the united states at as much as all the rest of the world put together while this Is perhaps an overestimate large scale production has been carried to such a fine point here that no nation can approach us in the total produced per worker the average american produces more per hour of labor than the catl zen of any other nation we rely on mechanical power three throes more per man than does great britain four times more than germany and five times more than france the committee on industrial pre of the naval consulting board Is just about completing an inventory of the nations war resources while the organization which was to result from this inventory has only just been started the work of investigation done indicates in the clearest manner the factory strength of this country in a preliminary report howard E coffin chairman of the committee stated that there are more than 30 manufacturing concerns in the united states which can render important service in the event of war no plant Is included in this list whose annual output Is less than the inventory 1 in the hands of the great engineering societies of the country which have had committees at work in every state marine corp the united states marine corps Is independent of both the army and the navy and its small strength should perhaps be added to that of the two main services when estimating the total organized belligerent power of the nation the authorized strength of the corps Is officers and men of all classifications and the ranks are nearly full various schemes tor army reserve bodies were incorporated in the national defense act of last year but these provisions have not been in force long enough to produce results of am instance of 60 reserve officers provided tor a total ot less than GOO has been commissioned organization of the army the commander in chief of the army as of the navy also Is the president of the united states his representative who carries out his wishes Is the secretary of war newton D baker the directing force of the army la the general staff maj gen hugh L scott Is now chief of staff and his assistant Is maj gen H bliss grouped about them in washington are army experts of various ranks who are supposed to do the thinking about general problems for the whole army should the united states send a military expedition abroad the commander would undoubtedly be one of the seven active major generals these are given below with their present assignments and headquarters leonard wood eastern department governors island N Y J franklin bell western department san francisco cal thomas H barry central department chicago frederick funston southern department fort sam houston hugh L scott chief of staff general staff washington D 0 tasker bliss general staff washington D C john J pershing eighth brigade columbus N M |