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AMY OF ONE MILLION PLANS OF WAR DEPARTMENT MADK PUBLIC. If Volunteers Do Not Knlist Quickly Men Will Be Drafted.?First 500,000. Washington, April 5.?How the government plans to raise a war army of a million men within a year and of two millions within two years was disclosed upon the passage of the war resolution by the house. A bill prepared by the general staff and approved by the president for submission to congress provides for the immediate filling up of the regu lar army and National Guard to war strength of more than 600,000 by draft unless enough volunteers en list quicKiy, and lor Dnnging mio uie service by late summer of the first 500,000 of the new force of young men between the ages of 19 and 25 years to be called to the colors by selective conscription. In drafting its programme, the staff recognized the fact that the United States must start at the beginning and train first an army of 100,000 officers and non-commissioned officers to undertake the training of the thousands of youths who will enter the service with no notion of military duty. Expansion of the present regular army to its full war strength of 287,000 enlisted men and 11,700 officers, means many new regiments of all arms to be created by dividing existing regiments and filling each half to war strength with volunteers or conscripts. The National Guard regiments, all of which can be called into the federal service under existing * 5 x-1? O or AAA law, win nave approxmiaieiy men and 13,300 officers at war strength. No new regiments of the guard would be organized and the full limit of the national defense act would be invoked to wipe out any distinction between federal and State forces. Here also volunteers would be received and draft resorted to only when necessary. These two steps would provide a total force of 614,000 men and 22,000 officers to be supplemented by a recruit organization for each unit, making an additional 200,000 men under training, but to be held in reserve to fill gaps in the active army as they occurred. For five months these expanded forces would be subjected to training of a character hitherto unknown in this country. Simultaneously the registration of all men between the ages of 19 and 25 will be carried out with federal, State and municipal authorities cooperating. In August or early in September the first 500,000 of this new army composed exclusively of young men summoned to the colors under the principle of universal military service, with those supporting dependents or needed by the nation in civil life exempted, would be assembled for training. From the regulars and' National Guard regiments would be drawn specially selected officers and non-commissioned officers who would organize, train ana command the units of the new army. A year from now, a second increment of 500,000 youths would be called out, officers and non-commissioned officers would be drawn from the regulars, the National Guard forces or from the first section of the new army, to officer and train the secpnd section. By that time the machinery that had been built up would provide enough trained officers and non-commissioned officers to train a million or more men at a time, if that were necessary. The war department bill, however, proposed to authorize now only the first two classes of the new army, making a total of more than 2,000,000 trained troops who would be available possibly within a year and a half, or in two years at most. The sum of nearly $3,000,000,000 asked of congress to carry out this programme deals only with the first year of preparation. Behind it stands I the eed an equal sum for reserv*e supplies of ammunition, cannon and other war materials if the army is to he employed in actual war. Included in the present estimates are the cost of cantonments to house the troups. Presumably the previous plans of the general staff for sixteen military districts will be carried out. Thic wnniri nrovide for sixteen com plete and fully equipped army divisions and while it is not proposed to create any additional tactical units of the National Guard, steps will be taken to fill in the gaps in the present guard structure with cavalry. artillery, engineers or other special troops, completing the tactical organization of those forces 011 sound military lines. Staff officers regard the plan proposed as the most effective that could he worked to meet the present emergency. They regard the expansion of the regular army and the bringing of both that force and the present regiments of the guard to full war Federal Aid in Koad Building. While the counties of South Carolina, one after another, are voting bonds for highway construction, each of them having in mind the matter of securing federal aid through the offices of the State highway commission, it is perhaps well to present briefly the conditions under which federal aid is to be had by the several counties, according to a recent digest of the federal aid act by .Mr. Meade Homes, of the University of South Carolina, a member of the State commission. The appropriation by the federal government for this purpose extends over a period of five years. Before July 1, 1922, there will have come into the hands of the State highway commission of South Carolina $1,077,114.60 to be dis* ?+ Di- f Vi firof r\f novt .Tlllv II'IUULCU. tut/ aiot WJL liv.kv w the State highway commission will have $215,000. To quote Mr. Homes: "These funds are available for the use of the various counties only when applied for by the State highway commission, after the counties have agreed to let the State highway commission have active charge of the construction and maintenance of the road or roads on which these funds are to be expended, and on the condition that the counties put up at least an equal amount in money, labor or materials, and further provide funds for the proper maintenance of these roads. "As a general proposition the federal funds in conjunction with the equal funds provided by the counties can only be spent by contracts, let on competitive bidding, by the State highway commission. "State highway commission can let contract for the succeeding year before funds become available to cover that contract. . "Before any federal funds can be obtained, State highway commission must map out a general plan tor using the entire federal appropriations for the five years, and have this plan approved by the secretary of agriculture. In order for this plan to be approved by the secretary of agriculture it must comprise a complete unit system of roads of prime importance, and not be a disconnected system of short local roads. The department of agriculture will not allow a general scattering of the funds to all of the counties, but will only approve projects for those counties that will provide enough funds to construct roads of prime importance. It will be useless for any county to apply for federal aid on any road or roads, unless such road or roads- are important and of fairly good length, and preferably connecting two or more towns. For such purposes a considerable fund will be available, j "As to the character of the construction, the secretary of agriculture has ruled that as long as the type of the proposed road is suited to the traffic restrictions, no restrictions will be placed on the materials of construction; but the road must be constructed of materials1 that will stand the traffic it has to carry. Funds cannot be used through towns or cities of more than 2,500 inhabitants, except portions where houses are more than 200 feet apart. "The government will not pay more than $10,000 per mile, exclusive of bridges over 20-foot span, but State and county may add to this without limit. "Not over 10 per cent, can be used for engineering. "In order for a project to be ap- J proved the State highway commission A 1? ?^^ J A onrrnv'C must nave ximuo maps, plans and estimates, showing clearly the proposed work. "Any county failing to provide funds to maintain its roads so constructed will cause the withdrawal of all federal aid. "The work during construction and thereafter is subject to inspection and approval by representatives of the secretary of agriculture in order to get federal aid. "No restrictions as to kind and hours of labor, etc. "Funds will be advanced as work progresses. "No toll roads with federal funds. "Adequate funds for maintenance ^ - J J K ? ^ ^ must De proviaeu ur ctssureu uciuio federal aid will be given. "In order that any county may receive federal aid it must, through its proper authorities, notify the State highway commission, stating the road or roads to be improved, and request that the highway engineer have all necessary surveys, maps and plans prepared, and estimates made of cost of constructing such road or roads, and enter into a contract with the State highway commission to turn j over to the State highway commis-1 I sion such road or roads as regards construction and maintenance, and to i furnish half of the cost of said coni struction and provide necessary funds for proper maintenance."?Spartanburg Journal. strength as vital, since for five ed officers can be turned out. mouths they expect to employ these I agencies as a huge school from which J trained officers and non-commission He used a pebble CggR in his day, to keep wjsjyljl his mouth moist? iM^BIfaFYX [WRIGLEYS gives us a || wholesome, antiseptic, I refreshing confection to I take the place of the cave I man s peoDie. wrappcd IN We help teeth, breath, appetite, fEES? digestion and deliciously wM soothe mouth and throat with this welcome sweetmeat. 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