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Show Organized Field Army of 2,000,000 Forecast WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Mobilization Mobiliza-tion of an organized field armv of two million men would be possible within five years after paassagc of tho. senate sen-ate army reorganization bill, Chairman Wadswortb of the senate military committee, said Friday In his report ; J to the senate on the measure. The M cost would not exceed $590,987,000 an- M nually, he said. fl Including the permanent standing 1 . army of 298,000 and the citizens' army if and national guard, as proposed, the ,: measure through its compulsory mill- , tary training plan, would permit the ,m ,v mobilization next year of an army of m 3,198.000, men, the report continued. AM j-. Youths trained would be passed into ;j Il the citizens' reserve army and In 1P2C the nation's available military 'fl strength would be 3,345.200 officers JV : 1 and men, while the cost per man would aj. I ibe reduced from $509 In 1921 to W , I in 192G. II 9 |