Forty Per Cent. Increase Recommended in View] of Far Eastern Crisis Washington, Nov. 29.
General Douglas MacArthur, Chief of Staff of the United States army to-day recommended an me ex ease of 40 per cent. in the enlisted length of the army and gave as his reason, public apprehension regarding the Far Eastern situation, 'The recommendation was made in the annual report of the Chief of Stait to the of War, Mr. Patrick Hurley, who in turn' will embody it in' his report to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
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