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MUSTERING OUR ARMED FORCES
One of the most notable advances in the preparations
of the United States to take part in the European wan
came with the conclusion of the effort to bring the togu-i
lar army up to war strength. 1 his was accomplished on.
August 9. 1017. when the 183.81*8 men required at the be-|
ginning of the recruiting campaign on April 1 were atj
last enlisted. More than four months were thus occupied
in reaching the maximum war strength of 300.000 men.
The average daily enlistments during the 141 days were
1,300. Hut. despite its having now reached its war strength!
volunteers for the regular army have since been coming
forward in considerable numbers, so that on August —0th
the total was more than 10.000 in excess of the number
originally required.
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made on August 5th, when the National Guard was draft
ed into Federal service. More than 300,000 men in the
guard units were discharged from State ser\ ice, and with
enlistments which have since taken place the National
Guard now numbers about 350,000. Add this to the reg
ular army, and we find that the l nited States now has
650,000 men under arms. These figures do not includej
the 40,000 men in officers’ training camps. Finally, when
the 687,000 men of the first conscript army are under
arms, the United States will have over 1,300,000 men in
its land forces. If the training of these men proceeds
without delay, the United States ought to have its first
million men on the firing line at the beginning of the sum
mer of 1918. Early in October the first section of the Na
tional Army—raised by draft— will be in camp. From
now onward all these men will form one great army, since
regulars, guardsmen, and conscripts, together with the
newly trained officers, will be merged into a single fight
ing force. * t
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can he more fully appreciated by looking back a few years
10 the small armv which was considered adequate for the
defense of the United States in times of peace. In 1880
the actual strength of the regular army was 26,o0.>, in
1890 it was 27,095; in 1900 it was 69,155, and in 1910 it was
77,035. At the beginning of 1916 it had increased to •>.
016 officers and 92,973 enlisted men, including 5,733 Philip
pine Scouts.
But the year 1916 saw important developments. 1 he
Mexican raid on March 9, 1916, caused Congress to au
thorize an increase of 20,000, while the National Defense
act of June 3, 1916, which was passed at a time when
there was no thought of the United States intervening
in the war, provided an aggregate war strength—includ
ing officers and special corps and services of all kinds—of
301,375. But when the United States declared war in
April. 1917, over 180,000 enlisted men were required to
bring the army up to this figure. The National Guard
before the war had about 8,500 officers and 123,000 en
listed men.
At that time it was calculated that the United States
could put into the field not more than 80,000 men at the
utmost. It follows, then, that practically the whole army
which will be ready to go to the front in 1918 will be an en
tirely new fighting force, created since America entered
the war.
_ PILING UP HATRED
Germany has turned a neutral nation into an enemy
by her policy of diplomatic dishonor. All her efforts to
build up in the Argentine republic a powerful German in
terest have come to naught through her violation of the
rules of honor among nations.
The anti-German riots at Buenos Aires have a deep
significance. While they are the strongly emotional out
bursts of a warm-blooded Latin race, they lay the foun
dation for permanent estrangement. The present gen
eration of Argentine citizens is not likely to forget Ger
many’s treachery. The university students who headed
the mobs—the boys of today—will be leaders tomorrow.
The Prussianized government cannot explain away
its crime, and it cannot defend it on the ground of strate
gical necessity. Berlin may decide that it is to her ad
vantage to apologize and to make a show of punishing her
dishonorable minister. Such action may prevent a decla
ration of war by Argentina, but the irreparable damage,
so far as it relates to international trade and to Ger
man’s retaining her foothold in South America, has been
done. Argentina, in common with the entente allies, will
refuse to accept at its face value any pledge that the Ger
man government is inclined to make for the future.
Germany’s treacherous conduct toward the Argen
tine republic will affect all of South America and Cen
tral America as well. It will put the brake on Germany’s
movement to colonize the southern half of the Western
hemisphere. After the war, German influence will not
be so powerful as it was before the war, and her trade
will diminish. National sentiment goes a long way to
ward establishing or disturbing trade relations. It will
be a long time before South America forgets that the Ger
man government proposed to smash Argentine ships and
murder the crews in such a way that the awful crime
against a friendly nation would never be disclosed.
0. W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
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It was more than a diplomatic blunder. • It was an
act of infamy. As the war progresses, the character of
the Prussian war lords becomes more distinctly revealed.
These modern Huns are storing up for the distressed peo
ple of the German empire a punishment they do not mer
it. It is a thousand pities that the brave, loyal, misled
people should be made to suffer long after the war lor the
inhuman crimes of their rulers.
The Argentine incident marks another large contri
bution to the world’s hatred of Prussian militarism. Is
it any wonder that the world insists on its destruction.—
Portland Telegram.
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A Harvard professor blames German beer for the
, frame of mind which makes possible the German fright
fulness program. He says that the outrages represent
the cumulative effect of a “mildly intoxicated state" on
the minds of men who have imbibed the national drink
since childhood. Germanic peoples, he points out, are the
only great group who feed alcohol to babies and very
young children of the middle and upper classes. _
I It appears that the referendum recently conducted
by the Socialist party on the action of the convention dis
approving the action of the United States in entering the
war, resulted in confirming the declaration. As a result,
■ J. G. Phelps Stokes, the millionaire Socialist, and his wife,
Rose Pastor Stokes, have announced their resignations
from the party, saying they had “lost faith in the party
; as an effective instrument for advancing the Socialist
cause.” _______
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The person who suggested a blue button with a white
cross for the married soldiers going abroad is not likely
to be popular with the benedicts who have not lost then
taste for smiling eyes in a foreign country. However, the
single Sammies won’t object.