Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-18
WAR PLANS ELABORATE

When cable news some time ago brought tn
information that the military authorities ha
made arrangements to-put SOC, 900 men in tn
field in the event of hostilities much Speculation
was aroused as to how this vast number Of so
diers could be sent out on short notice. No1
comes information from Washington showin
that the s.war plans" are the result of six year
Of labor. The details are outlined as follows
The .'war plans Of the army ordnance depart.
ent are completed and for the first time in the his
tory OF the country 1t il declared, Uncle Sam 10
readiness, at moments notice. to arm and equip
100000 men to send into the, field in the event Of
war with q first-class power These plans nave
been worked out during the past six years through
the Systematic and unremitting labor Of Leut-Col'
Z r. Thompson Of the ordnance department. under
The direction Of Brig Cen William Crozier chief OF
the bureau ~ a.ssa s ( 4S
Colonel thompson pointed out that his war plan"
Is based upon conditions as they would actually
ist in the event OF hostilities The line Of the reg
ular army would be increased to its maximum en-
listed strength as provided for by law the entire
organized militia Of the country would be mustered
into the service Of the United States at full war
strength and the remainder by the enlistment OF
volunteers. 8
The war plan" as now completed provides that
this force shall be armed and equipped at concen-
tation camps before the different units are sent to
the scenes OF operation. s@~.< b. .
For coordination, tables and maps have been pre-
pared giving for the mobile army and the organized
militia, for each arm Of the service, their present
strength and the number of troops required to bring
each arm TO strength as well as the number and
kind Of volunteers to be raised to complete half
million OF troops. The various increases needed in
each branch of the service are shown on map
which Is divided into five ordnance supply sections
corresponding as follows: Sections Nos. and g.
Eastern Department of the army; section 8, South
Department; section a Central Department; Sec
ton 5, Western Department. The number Of sets of
be very closely Appropriated. The exact number
of arms and equipment Of every kind to be held on
hand at the supply arsenals throughout the country
Is then determined 4-.
The department also has worked out a system of
division field supply depots Each depot has the
necessary personnel TOOLS ordnance stores and sup
plies estimated sufficient for maintaining for six
months a complete division of infantry cavalry
auxiliary army troops. These division depots
arranged that several be readily cowbiAsd into
field army depot
The system includes kilograms, letters and vari-
Gus orders which would need only TO be dated and
signed in the office Of the chief of ordnance in Or
der to set the machinery of equipment in operation
The general staff of the army deems the new war
plan" applied to ordnance so valuable in the ex-
peditious placing of properly equipped troops
field at short notice, that it has directed other de-
partments such engineers, Quartermaster corps,
medical department and Signal corps to prepare SIM