The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-12-09

| selves and or II. Inc military arm Oh theii
government. which they will not allow to
| direct them, they may properly use to
serve them and make their independence
secure-and not their own independence
| merely but the rights also OF those with
| whom they have made common cause.
| should they also be put in jeopardy
| They must be fitted to play the great
role in the world. and particularly in this
hemisphere. for hich they are quail
| fed by principle AID by chastened ambi-
| ton to play,
| II Is with these Ideals In mind that the
| plans OF the department OF war for more
/, adeS tate national defense were conceived
| which will be laid before you, and which
| urge you to sanction and put into ef'
| feet as soon as they can be properly scru-
tlnlzed and discussed. They seem to me
the essential first steps, and they seem
TO me for the present sufficient
They contemplate an increase OF the
| standing force OF the regular army from
| its present strength OF 5023 officers and
| lO2 9S5 enlisted men OF all services to a
| strength OF 7,l35 officers and l34,707 en-
| listed men, or lil s43, all told, all serv-
| ices, rank and file. by the addition OF 81
| companies OF coast artillery, ID com
| panies OF engineers. ten regiments or IN
| fantry four regiments OF field artillery,
| and four aero squadrons, hes des $50 ohi-
| GERS required for great variety OF extra
| service especially the an-'mportant duty
| OF training the citizen force OF which |
| shall presently speak, 1872 non-comms-
stoned officers Tor service In drill recruit
| ing and the like and the necessary quota
| Of enlisted men for the quartermaster
| corps the hospital corps, the ordnance
| department and other similar auxiliary
| services These are the additions neces'
| sary to render the army adequate fer Its
| present duties, duties which 1t has TO
! perform not only upon our own CONT
mental coasts and borders and at our In
| terror army posts but also In the Phil
| lppnes. in the Hawaiian Islands. at the
| Isthmus, and In Porto Rico
Force of Trained Citizens.
BY way of making the country ready
| to assert some part OF Its real power
| promptly and upon a larger scale, should
| occasion arise the plan also contemplates
| experimenting the army by a force or
| go 900 disciplined citizens raised in mere
| ments of l33O00 a year throughout pc
| Rod Of three years. This II Is proposed
| TO do by a process OF enlistment under
! which the servIceabe men OF the Coun-
| try would be asked to bind themselves to
serve with the coors for purposes OF
| training for short periods throughout
| three years and to come to the colors
| Mt call at any time throughout an add
| tioual "furlough" period Of three years.
| This force Of 10000 men would be pro-
| vided with personal accoutrements ms fast
| as enlisted and their equipment for the
| field made ready to be supplied at any
time They would be assembled for train
| Ing at stated intervals at convenient
| places In association with suitable units
| OF the regular army. Their period OF
annual training would not necessarily ex-
| coed two months I'm the year.
| II would depend upon the patriotic feel
| ing OF the younger men or the country
whether they responded to such a call
| to service or not. 1t would depend upon
| the patriotic spirit OF the employers OF
| the country whether they made II posi-
| bic for the younger men In their EN-
| ploy to respond under favorable Cond-
| tons or not. |, for one. do not doubt
| the patriotic devotion either OF our young
| men or of those who give them employ
| ment-those for whose benefit and protcc-
! ton they would IN fact enlist
The program which Will be laid before
/ you by the secretary OF the navy is sim
| llarly conceived. 1t involves only a
| shortening OF the time within which plans
| long maturnd shall be carried out; but 1t
| does make definite and explicit a program
which has heretofore been only implicit,
Reid I'm the minds Of the committees on
naval affairs and disclosed IN the debates
OF the two houses but nowhere formu-
lated or formally adopted. 1t seems to
me very clear that II will be to the adj
vantage OF the country for the congress
to adopt a comprehensive plan for put
ting the navy upon n final footing OF
strength and efficiency and to press that
plan 10 completion within the next five
years. We have always looked to the
navy OF the country as our first and chief
line Of fpfguoaf have alWuV9 II
10 be our manifest. course OF prudence
to be strong on the seas. Year by year
VIC have been creating "A navy which now
ranks very high indeed among the navles
Of the maritime nations We should now
definitely determine how we shall com
plete what we have begun, and how soon
Program for the Navy.
The secretary OF the navy Is asking
also for the immediate addition 10 the
personnel OF the navy OF 1850 sailors,
$500 apprentice seamen and 800 marines
This increase would be sufficient to care
Tor the ships which are to be completed
within the fiscal year 1917 and also for
the number OF men which must be put In
training to man the ships which will be
completed early In 1913. II is also neces-
sary that the number OF midshipmen at
the naval academy at Annapolis should
be Increased by AT leas, 300 In order that
the force OF officers should be more rap
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