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READY TO ADVANCE AT FALL OF NIGHT
Italian troops in a thickly wooded district awaiting the coming ol night to make an advance on the Austrian
position.
SEVENTEEN MILLIONS OF MEN TO
DRAW FROM FOR UNCLE SAM’S ARMY
War Department Figures Show That Oniy 61 in Each 10.000 Civil
ians of Military Age Have Had Military Training—More Than
a Score of States Are Without Field Artillery—Half the
National Guard Cavalry Is Confined to Two States.
Washington.—Much has been said
and written since the European war
began as to military preparedness
of the United States. Organizations
■whose purpose is to encourage prepar
edness and to urge more liberal appro
priations for the army and navy have
been organized In all parts of the
country. The army and the navy have
been thoroughly studied in recent
months, and the president Is now busy
with their problems; but what of the
great civilian army. then, of military
age between eighteen and forty-four
years, of whom according to the re
ports of state adjutant generals on file
in Washington, there are nearly 17,-
000,000. Of this total, as great almost
as the total of all the armies now
fighting In Europe, only slxty-one hun
dredths of one per cent are in tho
militia of the various states, which
means that more than 16,800,000 are
men practically without military train
ing.
To get an idea of the situation, a
New York Timeß representative was
permitted a few days ago to read
some of the government reports on
the condition of the militia. The re
sult was startling. Ir more than a
score of states there is no field ar
tillery of any sort, and in the whole
country there are ftfwer than 40 offi
cers of ordnance. In 36 states there
are no organizations trained for coast
artillery, 24 have no cavalry, a large
majority are without signal troops,
while the total force of organized en
gineers, officers and men, totals less
than 1.500 for the entire country. One
state, Nevada, is without militia organ
ization of any kind.
In the table that follows, which
gives the number of officers and en
listed men of all arms in the National
Guard, the figures are from regu
lar army inspectors, and appear in
the most recent report of the divi
sion of militia affairs.
Btate. Ofllcora. Men. State. Officers. Mon.
Alabama ..163 2,«« Nebraska ..132 1.384
Arlzon% ... 46 645 Nevada
Arkansas ..109 1,402 New Ham.. 90 1.280
California .252 8.604 New Jera’y 304 4,014
Colorado ..122 1,933 New Mex... 57 910
Co’nectc’t .177 2.511 New Y0rk..974 15.691
Delaware .. 41 465 N. Carol’a..2o9 2.367
D. of C... .124 1,721 N. Dakota.. 60 679
Florida ....73 1,075 Ohio 490 6.637
Georgia 226 2.49»Oklnhoma .77 1.330
Hawaii .... 56 858 Oregon 100 1,401
Idaho 68 839 Penn 745 10,190
Illinois 508 6.447 Rhode 151... 96 1,303
Indiana ....169 2.109 H. Cnrofa.. 166 1,794
lowa 217 3.0145. Dakota.. 68 873
Kansas 132 l,72o,Tenneßsee .117 1.798
Kentucky .164 2.2loTexas 192 2.731
Ix>ulsiana .66 I,oooUtah 29 419
Maine 108 1.404 Vermont ... 75 817
Maryland ..167 1.986 Virginia ...206 2.600
Mass 424 6.369 Wash'gton .88 1,312
Michigan ..189 2.47 S West Va... 104 1.617
Minnesota .220 3.243 Wisconsin .193 2.931
Mississippi. 94 990iWyomlng .. 64 7GO
Missouri ...244 3.840
Montana ..40 636 Totals ..8.792 219.251
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In the above total is included 31
generals, 98 officers assigned to
duty aB adjutant generals of brigades
and divisions, 47 inspector generals
and 48 judge advocates.
The appointment among the various
arms of the service is as follows:
Arm. Officers. Men.
Infantry 6.328 95,109
Cavalry 298 4,642
Field artillery 314 6.914
Coast artillery 450 7.150
Medical C'.rps 783 3,550
Engineer* 78 1,246
Quartermaster 167 'ios
Subsistence 19 17
Pay 10
Ordnance 69 39
Signal 72 1.470
Totals 8.792 119,351
Many States Without Cavalry.
All tho states, save Nevada, have in
fantry troops, as a matter of course.
In field artillery there are 23 that
have none. These states are Arizona.
Arkansas. Delaware, Florida, Idaho,
Kentucky. Maine. Maryland. Missis
sippi. Montana. Nebraska. Nevada.
North Carolina. North Dakota. Okla
homa. South Carolina. South Dakota.
Tennessee. Vermont, Washington.
West Virginia and Wyoming.
Only 13 states maintain coast artil
lery organizations, and of the total
of coast artillerymen more than hulf
is In New York, in Maine the total
of coast artillerymen is 30. The coast
states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware. Maryland, Virginia. Florida.
Alabama, Mississippi and Texas are
without coast artillery organizations.
Nearly half of all the National Guard
cavalry in the country is in New York
and Pennsylvania. The states with
out cavalry are Alabama, Arizona, Ar
kansas, Delaware, Florida, Idaho. In
diana, lowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Maine,
-Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Mexico, North
Dakota, South Carolina. South Dakota,
Utah, Virginia. West Virginia and Wy
oming. it will be noted that among
the states without cavalry are a ma
jority of those in which horseman
ship is supposed to be most common
such as Wyoming. Kentucky, Montana,
Kansas and New Mexico.
Engineering and Ordnance.
Of engineering troops more than
1,100 of the 1,324 are in four states;
New York, with 754, Ohio with 190,
Pennsylvania with 123, and Michigau
with 100. Of the remaining 225 t ffi
cers and men Illinois claims four of
the officers and 60 men, and Oklahoma
three officers and 61 enlisted men. Vir
ginia has an engineering strength of
three officers, Massachusetts and Cali
fornia two officers each. Rhode Island,
South Dakota. Mississippi, Maryland.
lowa and the District of Columbia one
officer each.
There are fewer than 100 officers
and enlisted men in the National
Guard ordnance service.
The number of men between eight
een and forty-four fit for military serv
ice is approximately 16,500,000. divid
ed among the states as follows:
Slate. Men. State. Men.
Alabama 803.144 Montana 48.076
Arlzonu 40.776 Nebraska 132)380
Arkansas 327,387 Nevada 20.000
California 893.784 N. Hampshire. 41.235
Colorado 134,225 New Jersey.. .676.806
Connecticut ...156,497 New Mexico .. 60,673
Delaware 32.482 New York ..1.616.481
D. of Columbia 80,278 N. Carolina . ..302 745
Florida 197.183 N. Dakota .... 70'771
Georgia 577.678 Ohio 946.856
Hawaii 14.863 Oklahoma 321,271
Idaho 33.824 Oregon 136.521
Illinois 1.000,000 Pennsylv’a ..1.139.526
Indiana 662.351 Rhode Island. .1.38.402
lowa 288,83'- S. Carolina ....217.375
Kansoe 386.670 3. Dakota 70 862
Kentucky 342.326 Tennessee 376,763
Louisiana 339,443 Texas 60“» 870
Maine 104.819 Utah 40’453
Maryland 126,975 Vermont 50 878
Massachusetts 377,618 Virginia 327.817
Michigan 621.792 Washington ...286 189
Minnesota ....237.923 W. Virginia ..201.334
Mississippi 401.220 Wisconsin ....441 396
Missouri 604,034 Wyoming 41.730
Total 16.647.347
Show Strange Situations.
The above figures reveal many
strange situations. For instance. Ala
bama is surpassed by only four states
in the number of males between eight
een and forty-four fit for military serv
ice. these states being New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. The
1910 census gave California 200,000
more population than Alabama, yet
Alabama reports that she can furnish
400.000 more men than can California.
Texas, with 1,700,000 more population
than Alabama, reports only 500,000
men fit for service, while Massachu
setts, with 500,000 less population than
Texas, offers 76,000 more.
Minnesota, with 2.100.000 population
reports only 237,923 possible soldiers,
while South Carolina, with only 1,500,-
000, comes within -0,000 of that num
ber. Ohio, whose population Is a round
million greater than that of Texas,
is credited with 450,000 more able men
than Texas, but only 150.000 more
than Alabama, which has 2,600,000
fewer people.
Mississippi, 1,800.000 population, of
fers more than 400.000 men, whereas
Tennessee, with 2.200,000 population,
returns only 376.000. Indiana, with
1,000.000 less population than Texas,
reports 160,000 more fit men and 76.-
000 more than Massachusetts, which
has 650,000 more citizens than has In
diana.
Keep In Touch With Militia.
Much criticism has been leveled fct
the war department because of appar
ent lack of interest In the militia. It
ELBERT COUNTY TRIBUNE.
is a fact, however, that never, except
when the country was at war. hus
the government done more for the Na
tional Guard than row.
At the head of the New York state
detail is Lieut. Col. A. P. Buffing
ton, who has given years to the study
of the militia problem, and he works
hand in hand with Major General
O'Ryan, and the other higher officers
of the New York guard. Under
Colonel Buffington as inspector-in
structors are MaJ. William Weigel.
Capts. Joseph L. Gllbreth and
George H. White, and First Lieuts.
Russell James, Carroll B. Hodges
and Albert T. Rich. infantry;
Capt. David H. Biddle and First Lieut.
William H. Bell, cavalry; Capt. Dan
iel W. Hand and First Lieuts.
Dawson Olmsted and Harry Pfell,
Held artillery; Capt. Henry B.
Clark; First Lieut. John A. Brockman,
signal corps, and Maj. Sanford H.
Wadhams, medical corps.
General I* • i 11 s at the Head.
Eight officers are detailed to the Na
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, six to
Ohio, seven to Illinois, nine to Massa
chusetts, and from one to four each
to every other state except Nevada.
Among these 133 officers are about 20
retired officers who had to leave the
active service because of disabilities
that made campaigning In the Philip
pines. or service in Panama. Porto
Rico and border ports in this country
out of the question, but which did not
afreet their usefulness as instructors.
Over all these officers is Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Mills, U. S. A., chief of the
division of militia affairs, with head
quarters in the war department. Gen
eral Mills is one of the few New York
city general officers in the regular
service, and was formerly superintend
ent of the Military Academy at West
Point. Attached to the staff of each
of the four department commanders
is also an officer whose duties ha.e
entirely to do with militia affair*).
Col. Charles R. Noyes holds this
position on the staff of Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, who commands at Gor
emor’s island; Col. D. A. Frederick Is
the militia officer of the central de
partment; Lieut. Col. William S. Scott
holds the position on the staff of the
commanding general of the southern
department, and Col. John C. Gresham
on that of the commanding officer of
the western department at San Fran
cisco.
POPULAR SEASIDE FAD
Nobody knows who started the most
popular innovation introduced at
I righton Beach in many seasons. The
big tennis courts at the Brighton
baths are so popular that they are be
ing used day and night by tennis play
ers A few days ago. during the ex
tremely hot spell, a number of play
erß appeared on the courts, not in
their usual tennis toggery, b it garbed
in bathing costume. It Is almost un
believable how the innovation spread.
Now only the uninitiated think of ap
pearing on the tennis courts in any
thing but their bathing costumes. Im
mediately after a lively set. the
players can take the advantage ol
stepping into a pool or Into the sea
but a few paces from the courts, u
enjoy a cooling dip or swim.
WILL AEROPLANES STOP WAR
Orrville Wright Is Moved to Say He
Likes to Think So,
Anyhow.
Did you ever stop fo think that
there is a very definite reason whj the
present war in Europe has dragged
along for a year with neither side
gaining much advantage over the
j other? The reason, as I figure it out.
is aeroplanes, Orville Wright writes
in Collier’s. In consequence of the
scouting work done by the flying ma
chines, each side knows exactly what
[ the opposition forces are doing.
| There is little chance for one army
j to take another by surprise. Napoleon
won wars by massing his troops at un
expected places. The aeroplane has
made that impossible. It has equal
ized information. Each side has such
complete knowledge of the other's
movements that both sides are obliged
to crawl into trenches and fight by
means of slow, tedious routine rather
than by quick, spectacular dashes.
My impression is that before the
present war started the army experts
expected It to be a matter of a few
weeks or. at most, a few months. Today
It looks as if it might run into years
before one side can dictate terms.
Now, a nation that may be willing to
undertake a war lasting a few months
may well hesitate after engaging In
one that will occupy years.
The daily cost of a great war is of
course stupendous. When this cost
runs on for years the total is likely to
be so great that the side which wins
nevertheless loses. War will become
prohibitively expensive. And the
scouting work in flying machines will
be the predominating factor, as It
seems to me. in bringing this about.
I like to think so, anyhow.
The Bonnie Conductor Lass
Edinburgh, Scotland, has two dozen
women street car conductors who are
a thorough success in the new line of
work. Other tramways are already
recruiting girls and training them to
be conductors. It is said that girlß
working in the English cartridge fac
tories are so fired with patriotism
that some of them work thirty hours
in a stretch without any rest. Miss
Elizabeth Lister has been appointed a
stationmaster In South Wales, the first
woman to act in that rapacity. In
the north of England and in Scotland
and Wales the men workers are being
supplanted in the fields by women,
who can be seen following the har
row or digging and hoeing.
Family Days.
Family occasions ought to be cele
brated frequently, even if the celebra
tion is the simplest form of little fes
tival. Bringing the family together
helps to promote affection. Whatever
the event, birthday or wedding anni
versary or a welcome home from a
Journey, It ought to mean something
to every member of the family, and
can be made an occasion that will re
main bright in memory when the fam
ily circle is broken.
The United States produces more
talc and soapstone than all of the rest
of tho world combined.
Kind acts are never stepping stones
to misfortune.
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GOLD’S SIREN LURE FOR MEN
Hardship and Death Dared by Thou
sands That They May Gain
Riches Quickly.
It was in 1898 that the rush of gold
seekers to the Klondike reached its
flood. The ninety-eighters probably
never will know the fame of the forty
niners, but they have a place in the
long history of the gold hunters, the
men of all nations, ancient, medieval
and modern. The book has a hundred
chapters telling of failure and of death
to every one lightened with the story
of success.
H. M. Cadell recently visited the
Klondike, and there made a study of
present conditions. He describes them
and adds an interesting account of the
early day rush to the Northwest terri
tory. The Smithsonian institution has
put Mr. Cadell’s report into print. It
is an interesting document. Some of
the happenings in the Klondike were
duplicates of like happenings in Cali
fornia and Australia during the first
years of the surface washing in those
fieldß. These duplications show that
human nature Is unchanging.
Men went to the Klondike daring
hardship and death that they might
get rich quick. Some of the gold
seekers were quickly successful. A
large percentage of the successful
ones almost literally threw their mon
ey away. Easy come, easy go. This
sort of thing has marked gold min
ing in all ages. The Klondike Is not
what it was, but human nature stays
the same. The discovery of gold at
the North pole would start a north
ern migration that would take no ac
count of the insuperable obstacles of
distance and cold. The lure is irre
sistible. —Chicago Post.
Baby’s Eyes.
Do sound a warning to mothers
about letting tiny babies lie fiat, gaz
ing straight at the sky. Unless a
baby is sitting up in its carriage, the
top should always be over its face.
The best throw one can make with
dice is to throw them away.
The Invitation.
"Hello, Mabel!”
"Oh, hello, George!”
"How are you, Mabel?’
"Just fine! How’re you, George
"Same. Say. Mabel, let’s go h
the park this afternoon. What say?” «
"Well ah-ah ahem—I—1—ah—I'm
kind of—well, 1m kind of tired,
George.”
"Then you won't go?”
' I’m so sorry, but, George, you un
derstand just how it is, don't you,
George, dear?”
“Yes, I guess so. I suppose I’ll have
to ride with someone else, then."
"Ride?”
"Yeß; my new eight-cylinder road
ster came this morning.”
"Oh, George! Did it really! Isn’t
that Just splendid? Say—ah—George, t
1 guess I’to not as tired as I thought
I was.”
"Well, I wouldn’t take any chances
if 1 were you. Mabel. It doesn’t pay.
I’ll take someone else.”
“But, really, dear. I'm not tired a
bit. Honestly.”
"It's sweet of you to say that, but I
don’t want to take advantage of your
kipdness. Good-by, Mabel.” *
Mabel slammed the receiver vicious
ly on the hoop. "Darn It!” she mut
tered. "Why didn’t he say so in the
first place?’—Michigan Gargoyle.
Nothing to Be Said.
Judge—You admit, then, that you
stole the loaf of bread?
Woman Prisoner —Yes, your honor.
Judge—What have you to say for
yourself?
Woman —Nothing, your honor. If it
was lace or jewelry, I might plead
kleptomania, but we can’t try that
when it’s bread.
Safest Marriages.
The safest marriages are declared
by a statistician to be those contract
ed with men under twenty-four or
more than thirty-four years of age.
Something Just as Good.
"Let's get up a piscatorial excur
sion.”
"Why not have just a good old fish
ing party?”