The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
The Associated Press.1 }

Washington, Dec. 1o.-That the Uni- fed States army be immediately re cruited to it's full war strength, which would mean the addition of 25,o00 men and 1000 officers, is urged by Secreta- ny Garrison, of the War Department, |, in his annual report to President Wll- son.
 Such an increase would give the regular army total of about 120,ooo men, of whom 50,00o would be avalla- ble- as a. mobile fighting force in the Continental United States The pres ent mobile strength of 31,00O, the sec retary points out soon will be cut in half bv additions to the garrisons in the Canal Zone, Hawaii and the Phil Tn addition to strengthening the regular establishment, tho Secretary urges that steps be taken at once ro c4eate 2. more adequate reserve army s4g 7ismisses as impracticable talk of immediate disarmament, and stas rroundIess, fears of niIitarism in the ITSaited States of America, and recom- rnends. military preparedness on the ground that eternal vigilance IS yIhe price which must be paid in order to obtain the desirable things or llie a1lu. anu to defend them
 The present full war strength of the United States is summarized py Ihe report as follows.
 Ehe organized militia of the var ious states totals 8.323 officers ana l19 .087 men. The enlisted men IS re- { ntIred. in order to obtain the hnan- s cisl aid which the Congress author izes the Secretary of War to extenu a1hf1er certain conditions, to attend z4 drills a year and five days annually in the field If all of the Naflonas Guard could be summoned n ene event of war and should all respono .lsn inconceivable resu1t,) and if thes were all found fairly efficient in the first lfne-that is, the troops Wfle v1nz4ld be expected to immediatelA take the field-we could summon 2 force in this country of regulars anu anu National Guard amounting to 9sle ofi7cers and 14S.4s2 men. eIhis would include only the regulars oT flgnFElng forces stationed in the United States proper.)
 And this is absolutely all. asne only other recourse would then be votun- teers. and to equip. organize tram, and make them ready Wouioss LaAe' AZ .. the smallest possible estimate, sax 1zSA--rS 4 nyona who takes the slightest trouble to investigate will find that Tn modern warfare prepared army would progress SO far on the way 70 success in six months, IT ms ansaso. sseso. z mist had to wait six months to neet him. that such unprepared antagonlst might as well concede defeat Wl6n- out contest.
 Of the ef1eiency of the present army ! Mr Garrison says.
 hilee our existing organ1zaflon ls ne inc exceedingly small numbers all readvs n1entionsd, it is nas1ssti ionabl ir as excellent cond ffioH as any sirraa- lar number Of men in any other mil stary establishment in the world
 What does this nation need in the way of military preparedness? Oi course. am not attempting to lay dovr17s counsel of perfection-th that is an extensive scheme which is ideal ln itss ccmpleteness-
 After enunerating the vast areas o1 sentimental United States and those of tour other territorial responsfpll- iffes which must be considered,o the repore says the total strength of tne army June 30, 1914. was 9z ,4S2- Oa this number 90, ,e90 were available a. d mobile force in continental Dnltee States. the rest being employed in ths Philippines, Hawai-. Cor the Cana one or comprising hospital quarter masters, or other auxiliary eerVaces Tn the near future, the report states additional forces will be sent to tht Canal Zone and elsewhere, reducins tae mobile force on the continent ez elusive of coast artillery to 24,O0t men Even with the increased fore there, Secretary Garrison declares, tn Panama garrison will be inadequat in his opinion.
 4 table of the thirteen leading coun tries of the world showing area, pop uIation, peace strength of the arm. and the total trained war strength l included in the report. It disclose That with an area and population sur passed only by Great Britain and he colonies and by Russia, the Unite' States stands tenth in the peace foot in@ of her army and twelfth in train ed reserves. Against Russia's 4. %, GOO trained men, the United State has 225,O00 including the Phi1ippin scouts: and Belgium, with 1SesOe0 l the only nation below that figure Switzerland, next above. has 275,000 Japan, 100000.
 ssWhatever else may properly drawn from the facts as disclosed, the report says: ut cannot be dis have in this country a very muc larger percentage of men who hay had proper military training and wh are in a position to instantly respon to the call of the Nation"
 or war material the report says:
 we have on hand in reserve sud1 cient small arms, smaH-arn aTnInuna ton and equipment, roughly 6guri1 for the 800 GOO men that would have be called into the field in any emel gency We have nothing like sufl cient artillery and artillery ammuni ton.
 There is universal agreemeI among all who know, that artillery ans essential feature of modern wal fare, and that proper propertio thereof to any army is indispensibl if success is to be even hoped for. , is imperative that the manufactur of artillery and artillery ammunitio should progress as rapidly as is pos sfb1e until a proper reserve theree has been obtained
 '.In present-day strategy and tae tics the Aviation Corps has bid fair t become the eyes of the array. and general commanding an army with out an adequate flying corps agains