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Show National Army Regulations to V Be Same as in Regular I Army. m MANY MEN NEEDED Hundred Thousand for Service on Line of Communication l , in France. ' ' WASHINGTON, Sept 10. Negro troops of the national army will be or- ganized in separate units, as Is done i j in the regular army, and ar far as i- l possible will be trained in th states ' ! where they are raised. The call for ( drafted negroes to mobilize at their ; ' ' camps will be postponed to allow of- V, f fleers at the camp to arrange for the - i organization of theso separate units. 3 Both white and negro men of the r ' ( selective forces will be given an oppor- i 'h ' tunity to volunteer to battalions for !' ' service on the lino of communication, I their work being mllitnry, but not conv " . batant. There .also will be, however, ' ' negro fighting regiments of the na- , ' tional army, as there are of the reg. i ' ulars and of the national guard. Of the 6S7.000 men called for as the i - first increment of the national army ' itv is estimated that approximately 70 4 000 will be negroes. In all the army in France will need, , 7LMJt It has been estimated, more than ICS li 000 men behind tho line for use along ""7 if the roads and railways or on othei w'l 1 spocial work. A great many battalions 7 1 of both white and negro troops will ' bo necessary for those purposes and the Avar department feels certain that-many that-many of the negroes of the selective I ' draft forces will volunteer for thia 1 j duty In order to be sent quickly "ta France. ' , i Machinists employed In the locomb- 1 tivo department of the Chicago, St, Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad H have secured the eight-hour day and 1 nused wages 7A cents an hour, mafc !, Ing the rate 53 cents. t : ' oo V,: Possibility of important United ? States government contracts being impeded im-peded seriously by labor disputes vir tually is eliminated by the creatiou-o! ' a special commission with extraordli : ' nary powers to settle industrial trom - 'i bles- . Yl |