Gunnison Gazette | 1909-08-27 | Page 2 | Reducing the Standing Army

Reducing the Standing Army. Washington. Returning prosperity is having effect on recruiting men for the United States army, making it more difficult to keep up the standard established during the time following the panic of 1907, when splendid material ma-terial was available from the ranks of the unemployed. The authorized strength of the army is 84,500 men, exclusive of the hospital corps, which numbers 3,500 men. It. will not be a hard matter, therefore to reduce the size of the standing army in accordance accord-ance with President Taft's wishes.