Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-12-09

ment of supplementary force of 4Gc,. 900 disciplined citizens, who would un- dergo training for short periods thru out three years of six-weeks' enlist ment
 "It would depend upon the patriotic feeling of the younger men of the country whether they responded to such call to service or not said the President Tt would depend upon the patriotic spirit of the employers of the country whether they made it pos sible for the younger men in their em- ploy to respond under favorable con- ditions or not. I for one, do not doubt the patriotic devotion either of our young men or of those who give them employment-those for whose benefit and protection they would in fact en- list. I would look forward to the suc- cess of such an experiment with entire confidence"
 Outlining the details of the navy plan presented by Secretary Daniels, the President said that 'ft involves only shortening of the time within which plans long matured shall be carried out; but it does make definite and explicit program which has here tofore been only implicit, held in the miD6c Of tho oonouoittooc op navel of fairs and disclosed in the debates of the two houses but nowhere formulat- ed or formally adopted It seems to me very clear that it will be to the ad- vantage of the country for the Con- gress to adopt comprehensive plan for putting the navy upon a final foot ing of strength and efficiency and to press that plan to completion with in the next five years"
 The President said that in order to secure national self-efficiency and self security the country must have a mer- chant marine.
 For 1t is a question of independ- ence," he asserted If other nations go to war or seek to hamper each oth- CTS commerce, our merchants, it seems are at their mercy, to do with as they please. We must use their ships, and use them as they deter mine. Our independence is provincial, and if ic own borders. We are not likely to be permitted to use even the ships of other nations in rivalry of their own trade, and are without means uo eA. tend our commerce even where the doors are wide open and our goods de- sired. Such a situation is not to be endured. It is of capital importance not only that the United States should be it's own carrier on the seas and en- joy the economic independence which only an adequate merchant marine would give it, but also that the Ameri- can hemisphere as whole shoudl en- joy a like independence and self-suf- ficiency, if it is not to be drawn into the tangle of European affairs"
 The task of building up an adequate merchant marine, MT. Wilson saio. must be undertaken ultimately by American private capital, but in the meantime, he declared, every legal obstacle standing in the way of the building, purchase and American regis tration of ships should be removed and the government should undertake to open routes, especially between the two American continents. When the risk has passed and private capital begins to find it's way into these news channels, he added, the government may withdraw.
 The President told Congress that proposals would be made during the coming session for the purchase or construction of ships to be owned and directed by the government. The measure, he said, would be similar to that submitted to the last Congress. but modified in some essential par ticulars
 In outlining the financial condition of the government the President fol- lowed closely the statement recently given out by Secretary McAdoo. He said that the additional revenue re- quired to carry out the program of military and naval preparation would be $93,SO0,O0O for the fiscal year 1916: that if the present taxes were continu- ed throughout this year and the next there would be balance in the treas ury of about 76,5OO,OOO and at the end of the present fiscal year and a deficit at the end of the next year of some S112,OOO,OOO, reckoning in s62,OOO, ,OOO for deficiency appropriations.
 Proposing that the new bills should be paid by internal taxation, the Presi-