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The Comfort
Gate-way i eSg§ j Service
Route of Safety
J To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
Interior Alaska -
During the winter season of 1916-17 our regular train service will
be maintained North and South Bound between Skaguay
and Whitehorse. trains leaving both terminals Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Oar Tnrju gh M\il, Passenger and Freight Service will be oper
ated b't.veen WniteSo.'se and Diwson, affording every possible
facility i>r cjuco:tib!e winter travel by mians of a
Throughly Equipped Stage and Autormbile Line
For full information apply to
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S :r>t. Mv:l Service
W i ID35E. Y. T.
A. F. Z1PF
_03— Traffic Manager
612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, Wash.
M
hite Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE Xft 38.
Mocdaj, Wednesday and Friday
N t>. l, N. l'»ound
1st Class
S:.;o a. n>.
11:00 a. ni.
11:15 a. in.
1:1:40 p. m.
2.'JO i>. ill.
4:50 p. m.
Leave*
Arrives
Arrives
Leaven
No. 2, 8. Bound
1st Cla«s
8:50 p. m.
2:20 p. m.
1:80 p. m.
12:50 p. m.
10:48 a. m.
8:00 a. m.
8KAOWAY
WHITE PASS
LOO CABIN
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Reserve, However, More Vast
Than Any White Nation's Ex*
cept Russia—Can Raise Twen
ty Million—Industrial Capaci
ty Is Impressive.
President Is Commander In Chief
Over All—Directing Force Is
General Staff, of Which Ma
jor General Hugh L. Scott Is
Chief.
AVAILABLE organized land forces
of the United Statea today
i, amount, roughly, to 265,000
officers and men, made up of
125,000 regulars and 140,000 national
guardsmen, Including both those still
in the federal serrice and those under
state control.
The exact figures are known only to
the war department at Washington,
but recent reports give a close Idea of
what the organizations represent In
fighting strength.
In his last annual report Secretary
of War Baker stated that the actual
strength of the regular army on June
30, 1916, Including the Philippine
scouts, was 107,641 officers and men. •
In the year beginning July 1 last, by
the national defense act of June 8,
1916, the army was to be Increased to
13S.S97 officers and men, divided as
follows:
Infantry, 38 regiments 61.224
Cavalry, 17 regiments 17.357
Field artillery. 9 regiments 7,881
Engineers, 3 regiments and 1 mount
ed company 2.19S
Coast artillery corps 21,423
Staff corps and departments 19,224
Philippine scouts 6.733
Miscellaneous 13,857
Total enlisted strength (Including
medical department) 133,897
Exceptional difficulties have been
found in carrying out this program for
Increasing the army. On account of
the remarkable Industrial activity of
the country, recruiting is and has been
since the increase was authorized at a
very low ebb. It is therefore probable
that the estimate of 125,000 as the
strength of the regular army errs on
the side of optimism, and 115,000 may
be closer the true figure.
National Guard.
The strength of the national guard .
in federal service on Sept 80 last was
135.737 officers and men, divided as j
follows:
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Total 188,737
To show how the forces of the regu
lar army are dispersed the geograph
ical distribution on June 80, 1916, the
last date for which definite figures
have been made public, are given here:
United States and Mexico, 71,038;
Alaska, 792; Philippines (regulars), 11,
8S4; Philippines (scouts), 5,785; China,
1,274; Porto Klco, 714; Hawaii, 8,445;
canal zone. 7,099; miscellaneous, 610;
total, 107,041.
Vast Unorganized Force*.
While the present organized forces
are minute, the reserve man power of
the United States is more vast than
that of any white nation except Rus
sia.
According to the census of 1910
(since when the Increase has been
great), the reserve militia of the Unit
ed States, by which Is meant the males
aj,'ed between eighteen and forty-four
years, not Included In the organized
forces, amounted to 20,538,347 men.
I The above total does not Include the
j men of the Insular possessions except
4, KM
863
1.23
8,592
543
2,921
675
2.125
1.225
8,918
1.178
8,497
8,182
4.323
2.069
2,269
4SS
883
8.156
4,239
4.019
1.808
2,613
1,049
1,718
1.413
<135
957
17,862
1.809
993
7,413
1.26S
818
13,746
(44
*271
866
2,644
4.563
781
969 *
2.810
1.730
1,166
4.126
498
Hawaii. These could produce another
2,000,000 men of military age.
France is said now to have one per
son out of every six in her population
serving In the army or navy. If the
United States and her insular posses
sions ever made such an effort, tak
ing the present population as 112,000,
000, the president would have at hla
disposal no less than 18,006,066 men.
This Is probably more men than Ger
many, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey together have In the field to
day.
Unapproachod Industrial Power.
If the unorganized manhood strength
of the United States Is Imposing, the
Industrial capacity of the nation la
even more Impressive.
With less than one-tenth of the
world's population, we make nearly
one-third of all the things produced.
In Iron and steel, for Instance, we
turn out more than Great Britain and
Germany, the two next largest pro
ducers, do together.
Some observers have estimated the
present industrial capacity of the Unit
ed States at as much as all the rest of
the world put together. While this Is
perhaps an overestimate. If. -ge scale
production has been carried to such a
fine point here that no nation can ap
proach us In the total produced per
worker.
The average American produces more
per hour of labor than the citizen of
any other nation. We rely on mechan
ical power three times more per man
than does Great Britain, four times
more than Germany and five times
more than France.
The committee on industrial prepar
edness of the naval consulting board
Is Just about completing an Inventory
of the nation's war resources.
While the organization which was to
result from this Inventory has only Just
been started, the work of investigation
done indicates in the clearest manner
the factory strength of tills country.
In a preliminary report Howard E.
Coffin, chairman of the committee, stat
ed that there are more than 80,000
manufacturing concerns In the United
States which can render important
service in the eveut of war. No plant
la Included In this list whose annual
output is less than $100,000.
The Inventory is in the hands of the
great engineering societies of the coun
try, which have had committees at
work in every state.
The United States marine corps Is
Independent of both the army and the
navy, and Its small strength should
perhaps be added to that of the two
main services when estimating the to
tal organized belligerent power of the
nation. The authorized strength of the
corps is 15,027 officers and men of all
classifications, and the ranks are near
ly full.
> ariuus sLutruita iui muy >v»v.. v
bodies were Incorporated In the na
tional defense act of last year, but
these provisions have not been In force
long enough to produce results of Im
portance. For instance, of 50,000 re
serve officers provided for a total of
less than 500 has been commissioned.
Organization of the Army.
The commander in chief of the army
(as of the navy also) is the president
of the United States.
His representative, who carries out
his wishes, is the secretary of war,
Newton D. Baker.
The directing force of the army la
the general staff. Major General
Hugh L. Scott is now chief of staff,
and his assistant Is Major General
Tasker H. Bliss. Grouped about them
In Washington are army experts of
various ranks, who are supposed to do
the thinking about general problems
for the whole army.
Should the United States send a mili
tary expedition abroad the commander
would undoubtedly be one of the seven
active major generals. These are given
below, with their present assignments
and headquarters:
Leouard Wood, eastern department,
Governors Island, New York.
J. Franklin Bell, western department,
San Francisco.
Thomas II. Barry, central depart
ment, Chicago.
Frederick Funston, southern depart
ment, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, general
staff, Washington.
Tasker H. Bliss, general staff, Wash
ington.
John J. Pershing, Eighth brigade,
Columbus, N. M.
[ MOW OUR ARMY OF 265.000
[ COMPARES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES •
Fmm
strength.
United States 285.W0
Germany 8J0.699
France 844,900
Russia 1.8H.OOO
Austria-Hungary 4W.W5
Italy 829.900
Great Britain SS.OH
Holland t3-009
Switzerland M^S90
Japan J60.000
$
V
Reserves.
4,530,000
4,616,507
4,016,000
8,163,965
2,994,200
2.743.9S6
297,000
897,610
1,260,000
.» ■« L
Total war
strength.
205.000
6,400,000
6,300,000
6,400.000
3,GOO,000
8,380.200
8,000,000
320.000
640,000
1,600,000
t. .T.
Unorganized
males of .
military
age.
22,000,000 .
8,162,400
2,620,302 •
29,419,920
6,376,466 .
3,739,357
7,427,000 *
851.635 .
224,244
8,239,782 •
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