The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-19
WILSON TO EXPLAIN
DEFENCE PLAN HERE
Expected to Outline $1,000
600. 900 Programme in Speech
on November +.
GARRISON ENLARGES IDEA

WAsulNGroN. Dct. iS.-Whcu Presi-
dent Wilson goes 20 New York on Mo-
embc I to speak before tho Manhattan
cluJ ii is understood that he will outline
p ST. O0. 0O0. 900 programme Cor national
defence and explain why ne approves
MANS 20 double the navy and luadrupls
the army within > fow Nears.
The programme : ahoue as follows;
Navy--For new -Aips .,nd Increased
personnel In tiv" years. $500 .cOO.Vo"'
~Army-For reserve material larWs
and ammunition within four Years,
Sos. 400, 600.
, Coast .iefenccs and modern zition ot
old forts within four years. $4,000. Oo".
New continental army dIl Increase IN
the regular army. $40 200. 200. TINS
amount probably Will be continuing
and. II anything, incr, aslnG approprla-
! tons through the first six year period,
which would make the total expenditure
at tina; time $685. o0 .0oc.
According 10 the plans Of III. Navy
and War departments. these expendi-
lures would produce by 1875 "A first line
of d~rcadrough,s and battle cruisers num-
bcring rorty-threc a fleet 81 coast de-
fence submarines large enough 10 pro-
,eCt the Atlantic and Pacific coasts a
fleet Of nearly 11j destroycrs. and
s%auadrous OF sea going fleet submarines
To operate with the battle sQuadroiis ~
great distance from shore,
, For the army there would I've AT the
| end of sis years a trained force "f
| t.2O0.o GOO men. including a regular army
of 10000. and the proposed continental
army and reserves. a ring OF fully
manned coast dcfcnces. equipped with
/ the largest aud most powerful guns yet
built. and a vast reserve Of field guns.
machine guns. howitzers and big gun
ammunition
In Secretary C;arrison's coming recon-
m~endations to Congress with regard 10
the military establishments Will bc pro-
posals for y continuing policy for the un-
building Of the coast defence OF the
United States and the accumulation of
reserve supplies OF munitions or war,
particularly ammunition.
1t became known to-day that the Sec
Ietary's policy outlines a four year pro-
IN regard To these two phases
uf the military establishment 1t calls
for the expenditure of $50, 600 600 a year
for four years for the accumulation oil
reserve material. a total OF $l0+. 100000"
The sum OF s2o. 0oO. 600 is called foi
annually for the coast defcnces. a total
OF $50. 900. 900 flr the four years. The
additional money for coast d~efenccs Is
to he expended in the modern!zation oi
some existing works and the establish
incut uf new ones.
Last year Mir. Garrison recommended
to Congress, ON the advice of n speriaI
hoard. that money he provided with
which to change The mounts OF al
IL inch guns In the coast dcfcnces &c
permit their being fired NJ a highei
angie. thus increasing their range. TINS
project will BE- executed II the money
asked for by the Secretary is forth
coming from Congress. The mounts o'
the II and IL inch guns in the coas'
defeuCes will not be modified
The War department regards as con
tidential the places selected for add
tional coast defence works. 1t is known
however. that the chief item in thiI
feature of the coast defence programme
H. the carrying out of the project 70
heavy fort iications at the mouth OF tn
Chesapeake Bay.
PLANS were drauehted some years aG
for this work. hut the money for then
execution has meyer been Forthcoming;
It is understood also that the defence.
of Delaware Bay will be strengthene'
and that there will be large additions
to the defcnccs i'm the vicinity of Mar
~iagansett Bay and the eastern en-
trance OF Long Island Sound.