UNITED STATES ARMY.
UNIVERSAL TRAINING URGED
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright: v. ■■ (Kcc. . October 5, 9.35 p.m.) New York, Ootober 5. - The. United States National Guard's*: ■ Conference at St. Louis . has ' demanded ?,
that Congress shall place the? National - Guards on the army salary list.
General Wood desired that .every boy above 13 years of■ age should bo trained :-' as a; soldier.:: .'.Rifle' shooting'should bo • • part of-the school course in" the .United .;;.; States.
" The"' standing army, urged Wood,. was far. ; too- small,:" and an establishment of 140,000. men at kast wan necessary. . .-'?'..??:-'?;V?.-.'?b-????;
The United States of America is th« ■ only Power of any' importanco in the ?: world, except Great Britain, .which; re-''H v; lies, for' defence on a purely, voluntary ' system. Tlie peace strength of lar Army is 92,628 men of >11 ranks;; The?® National" Guard -holds much -the same*' •- place as the British volunteer. 1 force ritorials). :It is aiaintained-by the States '- with the assistance ..of grants from the ' --' Federal Government.. The total strength... S is 105,000 officers and men. X ii-i
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 5
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