Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-08
American
War Plans,

ports, no one at the War Department
has expressed surprise at the an
nouncement because it is known that
| the strategy boards, war colleges and
general stats of all countries have
been active in recent years in making
campaign plans for the invasion of for
| eign territory in event of war.
| The United States has not been back
| ward in making plans for possible war
| in foreign countries, although at no
| time have such plans been made with
| the idea that there was the slightest
prospect of trouble with any of the
great world powers. AS army officers
view it, the making of plans for cam
| paigns in foreign territory is just as
necessary a part of an armys prepa-
ration provisions for the equipment
| of an army with rifles and ammunition
| supplies In this day and age if the
army of any nation tried to invade any
foreign country without having PLAN
ned in advance it's campaign military
| authorities say it would be doomed to
defeat before the war had started.
| These plans made by the various
countries for the invasion of foreign
territory. are known only to a very
small number of men among the officers
is observed in every way, and the fact
| that Col. Roosevelt was shown the
plans of foreign countries to invade
| the United States SOME years ago was
the cause of surprise among army of.
hcerS rather than. the announcement
| that such plans were: in existence.
| The plans for an American cam.
| paign in foreign territory if this coun- :
try should ever become involved in
| war are made under the direction of
/ II, am nj ha
Of the general staff of the army. Less
| is known about what goes on in the big
War College building than is known
about the work in any of the other
branches of any department.
| Work at the Army War College is di-
vided into two parts. The first in
cludes the post graduate instruction
| which is given to young officers after
| they. have finished the course at West
Point and have also taken the courses
at the service schools at Fort. Leav-
enworth, Kan The second and more.
| important part of the work. as viewed
at the present time. includes the
studies in campaign planning which
are made. Plans are made for cam :,
paigns to defend any and all parts OF
| the United States, and also for hand ::
| ling an army on the soil of any tor,
I In planning foreign Campaigns the
work is done elftfrg1y' on paper, with
the aid of the most modern. maps
| which can be obta1nsd.,s1 its:ilsas been
| said that the army oHeefsts Of some
nations know every ridge and stream
! in some of the foreign countries for
which they have helped to make cams
paign plans. The mapmakers IN az
| countries understand that the: war co.'s
leges or general STATS OF .ofher; eo1inI,
| tries desire the latest maps and prac-
| tica1ly every map PUBLISH HE~; house u
| the world is active in attempting to!
| sell its publications to foreign eoun-
| tries which are always seeking the
latest geographical informa ton.
| The American Army War College re-
| ceived hundreds of requests at the
| beginning of the war for accurate
maps of the European war zone. At
| first all persons making inquiries were
| told that such maps were not TO be
had. The requests multiplied SO
quickly. however, that an army .waf
college map was finally published and
put sale and thousands of copies
have been sold.
During the European war the inter-
est of the public in the war has so
| increased that it has become necessary
| for the Secretary of War to order that
all newspaper men and other persons
(! not connected with the regular army
| should be denied admittance TO the
! big building in Washington in which
| the work in campaign planning and
post graduate instruction of officers is
| carried on.
| With a dwindling meat supply and AN
| increasing cost of living. government
| experts are begin
| Foot-and-Mouth ming to fear that
n. large economic losses
/ 0S' will be caused if the
| broken out in the herds of livestock in
l Of &c
! carried to distant parts of the country
! Although a quarantine prohibits the
| shipment of stock from Michigan, Hi
nois. Indiana. nnsylvania. New York.
Maryland. Massa chusetts. Ohio, Wis
cohsin and Iowa. the danger of spread
ing the disease is not ended, because
the germs may be carried to unaffected
territory on bedding. stockfood, ropes,
halters and other articles which have
been near a diseased herd.
! Foot-and- mouth disease accordin. to
officials of the United States bureau of
animal industry, is not fatal iii itself
! killing only about per cent of the
animals infected. 1t spreads SO rapidly.
| however. causing a great loss of weight
! in stock. that it is necessary to kill
1 every animal in an infected herd to
| prevent the spread to new territory.
! Farmers are reimbursed in full for the
value of the stock Killed. the federal
! government paying one-half and the
state one-half. Nearly $50 herds. aver
aging seven head of cattle each. have
| been killed up to the present time, anf
| it is believed that many more Will have
| to be destroyed before the peculiar dis
| ease is stamped out.
| The cattle which are killed are buried
and therefore are total loss. The
present outbreak. which is the sixth IN
the United States. started october TO-
| and if it continues TO spread at tne
| present rate, the loss of beef is sure TO
| be very large The government mas
| sixty veterinarians and "a large corps
| of laborers at work stamping out the
| disease, and officials of the Department
of Agriculture hope that its spread
| will soon be checked.
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| Welfare workers in all parts of the
United States have expressed them
| selves as
International Congress pleased with
| h a n =
on Social Insurance. ncement
| that the European war would not DC
allowed to interfere with the prepara-
lions now being made for the ninth
international Congress on Social In
surance which is scheduled to be held
| in Washington during the fall OF 1913.
The announcement of this decision fol-
lowing the conference of PRESIDENT