Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-20
ARMY AND NAVY
PLAN FOR WAR
Both Departments are Busy
with Extensive Increase
in Expenditures
ny GEORGE CIINToN.

iOIt i- being made hy The 7dWnie'..
ton 10 secure tho senatc.s san.I...
tor the arbitration treaties the gene
oraI staff OF the army and 'hp -,r
eral board OF the navy are al work
making the advance preparations
Ter war with cvcr' nation ON ear .
IN time OF peace prepare Tor var
thought II not expressed IN just Dl
words, as old as gunpowt"r
hars older. is the guide OF the aru
and navy militant ones IN WASHES
ton
The general stan OF the army and
the general board OF the navy have 90
earn their salaries They are paid
20 make such plans as will be- service
able in case the country should b.
rr.,t into war People have tae
--LATEST sort Of an idea apparently. q,
Tie duties OF the officers who serve on
he military and naval board in Wash.
lngton They DO many things besides
planning strategems. invasions and
the like. but one OF their main labors
Is tho making Of preparations 10
thrash some country which az the
same time is making preparations TO
thrash us
Germany knows all about the Amer.
49,, 400 ,,r1 opd tho DhflipnIpa aaa.
board. and all about Samoa and Ha-
wall and Guam and Alaska. II knows
how many ships We have, how many
guns they carry. what their target
records are and. In fact. all the other
things that II Is TO the advantage OF
country TO know prior to entering
upon hostili,ies with another country
What is true Of Germany's knowledge
Is true OF the knowledge OF England
Japan. France. Italy and the rest
Each Knows All About Others.
Moreover II one could get into The
inner chamber OF the war and navy
departments OF the countries mention
I'd. and were not denied access 20 the
secret drawers OF the steellined
vaults. he would find there neatly
drawn plans for offensive operations
against the United States OF America
These plans would show our weah.
nesses and our strengths. with par.
ticular attention paid to the weak.
nesses
Now the reverse OF this matter Is
true let German or an English
man. or japanese or Frenchmsn,
or man OF any other power go his
way. II he can. 70 the inner places In
our fighting departments. and there
he will find tho best laid plans OF
army officers aud naval officers for
the thrashing OF his country.
II Ia needne>s 10 say that the ON
cials OF the war departments OF all
the earth plan TO thrash the other fel
low. taking no thought OF the posi-
bill,y OF being thrashed themselves
That Is left for the developments OF
individual battles. when the admiral
or the general figures out when de
feat looms how he best can make bis
getaway with least loss OF ships OF
men
II is not 10 be taken in an alarm
Ing sense. this matter OF war prepare
lions They are made simply for use
in case Of emergency. for when the
emergency arises there may be preci
Gus little time for planning
War Plans Always Changing.
Changes have been made In wal
plans There Ia well-worked on
method by which China may be in
vaded, and Picking reached as II wal
reached by Chafee and others In IN,
year 1900 This plan Is nothing lik'
the plan Of eleven years ago Time
has forced changes Today an arm
at least FIVE times az large as tina
which penetrated 10 TIE Forbidden
City In 1900 would b. necessary TO d.
the work over again
The war department officials know
this and have planned accordingly
Though they are soldiers and cam
paigning Is the breath OF their life
they doubtless hope that they neve
will be called upon TO carry out an
OF the plans they have made agains
China or any other nation on earth
but II they are to be called on to cal
~ them out they want TO be prepare
for the job
Former Senator Hale OF Maine stS
lives In Washington He looks Jus
as dignifed. a. setfcontained and a
superior TO all OF the little things O
life as he did when he sat in the NJ
per house Sometimes a rude west
= erner upsets the senate. Senate
y Hale Of Maine always acted the pm
: prieties and always looked them X
Ia the absolute quintessence OF di,
A." nifty Someone once said OF him tina
v he would make a fine monument Al
h pearance can 20 no further along IN
J. dignity line
Mr. Hale's speeches always wer
d short and we're models OF the und'
/. fled Therefore when Mr.. Burkett {
n Nebraska referred to Mr.. Hale {
; Maine as chewing the rag" the Sci
ate was yisibly shocked, thaugh
" must be confessed that In some OF Oh
n middle and far western corners ther
n were smiles that told Of a hard-to-b
y suppressed glee,
Can you imagine Hale chewing III
"A nag" asked one senator OF anoths