Show CANNOT KEEP UP DP STRENGTH OF ARMY It I May Be Necessary to Have Recourse to toV V Conscription Washington tol Sos Nov Another 25 i. Another evl en- 1 donee that there is h something wrong wron with wih time the army Is contained In iii tho annual an an- nual report t of o Major General Ainsworth Ins Ains worth adjutant general o of the time nI army Ho lie le shows that the time authorized enlisted strength of or time the arm army am on October l 15 last las la t exclusive o of the 4 provisional regiment and amid the timo Philippine scouts while while- tho time actual number o of enlisted enlisted en en- n- n listed men In iii time tho army on the time same date atc was only or 01 nearly 2000 less ess than the time authorized strength si On October 15 Hi time the deficiency was vas only onh Time Tho enlisted mon men in tho hospital corps aro aio not included Include in the tIme lumber given General th says a that time the falling fall fall- tul- tul IJ ing tig off of in strength Is due lue to the tho fact that hat It was UI Impossible to obtain enlistments enlist enlist- ments meats and enlistments re-enlistments rc to 1111 fl 11 time the places place vacated b by men separated tho timo service expiration of or their from fron rom le l by thol terms of enlistment and amid other causes Commenting upon tl this situation G n- n oral ul said that If I something I Is not done to to ore Improve e I ay bo be no or Lion on V I tutu yi S rhul C Cm ni uil l. l n the tIme strenuous effortS on the time part par of or the war wat depart depart- mont nent und mind time the recruiting officers unit and their heir parties hurtles in all un parts harts of or the time coun- coun try ti rv li it has haM been found Junel Impossible e wholly I ly to I make good the time losses occurring in inthe 11 tho the present ool enlisted lh of or the orm army to lo fa say nothing of oC Increasing that strength 11 to tho time limit authorized h by law lawand lawand and executive a order cr The rhe government gO In n its Is efforts lo to Il procure men muon for 01 the t rl army is now competing ii l' l t with wih private employers who are arc able to lo offer men much greater inducements than thun the government now offers at nt least in the tle matter matr of or pay vay If l present conditions continue there will wi be nothing both noth ing for tho time government to do hut lo to Ing meet this this competition go b by materially In- In the time soldiers soldiers' pay imay or to evade the time competition altogether L by a resort to conscription S |