Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-05

independent and uumolested action
hy making the force chat IS IN MS
IrrJdy for assertion
Tho American spirit.
And we know that We can ia this .
p wa, that viii hc itself au Wus-
|uaton Of the American spirit NIL
accordance with our American trade .
uens We want and shall work Tor only .
1u army adequate d tbe constant ANA
legitimate uses Zen times of intcrne- f
uonal peace. But W. do want 90 feel
that there is great body OF citizens .
who have received go least tho most
Irudimeutary and necessary forms OF
military training: that they viii hct
ready 10 form themselves into f., fight .
ing torcc at The tau ~ the nation +
ANA that the nation mas the munitions Z
and supplies with which To euuul
them without DELAY should IL De nee f
essarN TO call them into action. We
wish 90 supply them with the training
they need, and We think we can 40 .
So without calling them az any time
too long away from their civilian pur-
suits
"It IS with this idea. with this con-
icepuou, i'm mind that tho plans have
been made which il win De my privi- .
lege TO lay before tho congress an its
ineNt session. That Plan calls for only +
such an increase in the reguar army
of the United states as experience has
proved to he required for the per-
formance of the necessary duties of
/ tho army i'm the Philippines In Ia-
wall IN Porto Rico. upon the borders
Of the United States, at the coast for
4 tifications, and at the military posts
of the interior For the rest II calls
| fer the training within the next three
years of a force OF 400. 900 citizen
soldiers 10 be raised IN annual con-
! tingents Of $4,000. who would be
asked to enlist for three years with I
/ the colors and three Years ON FUR
Tough, but who during their three
years Of enlistment with the eolors +
! would not be organized as standing /
/ force but would be expected merely /
to undergo intensive training for a .
very brief period Of each year Their 7
training would take place i'm imme-
/ date association with the organized .
units Of the regular army. II would .
have no touch Of the amateur about it. .
neither would II exact Of the yolun- /
/ teers more than they could give In
any one year from their civilian pur- !
suits
The Reserve System.
'And none Of this would be done in
such a way as in the slightest degree
to supercede or subordinate our pres
( ent serviceable and efficient national .
guard ON the contrary, the national /
guard itself would be used as part of
the instrumentality by which training
would be given the citizens who en-
listed under the new conditions, and !
| / should hope and expect that the leg
islation by which all this would be ac-
complished would put the national .
guard itself upon better and more
permanent footing than II has ever
been before, giving il not only the rec (
ogntion which it deserves. but a more /
definite support from the national /
government and a more definite con-
nection with the military organiza-
ton of the nation,
/ What we all wish to accomplish is /
/ that the forces Of the nation should I
indeed be part of the nation and not (
a separate professional force, and the /
chief cost of the system would not be
in the enlistment or in the training of
the men, but in the providing Of am
pie equipment in case it should be
necessary to call all forces into the
field
Praises the Navy
MOREOVER. it has been American
policy time out Of mind to look to the
navy as the first and chief line Of de-
Tense The navy of the United states
is already a very great and efficient
force Not rapidly, but slowly, with
careful attention, our naval force has
been developed until the navy Of the
United States stands recognized as
one Of the most efficient and notable
of The modern time. An that is need
ed i'm order to bring 1t to point of
extraordinary force and efficiency as
compared with the other navies Of
the world is that we should hasten
our pace I'm the policy we have long {
been pursuing, and that chief of all
we should have a definite policy Of
development not made from year to
year but looking well into the future ]
aud planning for a definite consum {
nation We can and should profit I
in all that We do by the experience {
and example that have been made OBJ /
vious to us by a matter Of building
battleships and cruisers and subma
rines, but also matter of making /
sure that we shall have the adequate '
equipment Of men and munitions and $
supplies for the vessels we build and {
intend to build. Part of our prob &
lem is the problem Of what | may call y
the mobilization of the resources Of
the nation at the proper time If II d
should ever be necessary to mobilize /
them for national defense We shall
study efficiency and adequate equip
ment as carefully as we shall study {
the number and size Of our ships, and D
! believe that the plans already in t
part made public by the navy de- J
partment are plans which the whole e
nation can approve with rational en- \
thusasm. !
No Panic Haste Felt. n
mo thoughtful man feels panic or 0
haste In this matter The country Is
not threatened from any quarter. p
She stands in friendly relations with il
an the world. Her resources are II
known and her self-respect and her n
capacity to care for her own citizens II