Arizona republican., 1915-09-03
WANTS SOME VERY
 DEFINITE TERMS
When Submitted to Prcsi- dent He Will Then Dis cuSs Plans With Chair men of Naval and Mili- tarv Affairs Committee
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WASHINGTON. Sept 2.-The prcsi- dent tonight made public letters he wrote To Secretaries G1Trisa" and Daniels last month asking them to Tor rlulate for him a definite program for Srrrngthening the national deIenseS Tn .r1.r that he might make recommen- l.ttior,s to congress in his next annual message. The president told his two secretaries he wanted them to confer ytith the best informed experts in their departments and submit a plan Tor nulated m very definite terms
 Whether the entire program could be rropoSrd to congress immediately. ne said. would have to be determined after further study. In accordance with the request Secretaries Garrison and Dam 5els have been at work on the reports eor more than a month and now have them practically completed. They will soon be submitted to the president and then he will discuss them with the thairmen of naval and military affairs committees of congress-
 The letter to Secretary Daniels fol- lows.
 -I have been giving. cs am sure you nave also. a great deal of thought to the. r-atter of q, wise and adequate nav aI program to be proposed to congress at the next session and I would like to discuss the whole subject with you at the earliest possible date
 -Put first we must have professional adVsce. I Will he very much obliged IT vou will get the best minds of your d,uartmcnt at work on the subject; l mean men who have been most directly ir contact with actual modern condi- tiaus- who have most thoroughly com ureheuded the altered conditions of nav al warfare and who best comprehend what the navy must be in the future in order to stand upon equality with the most efficient and most practically ser viceable. want their advice and would like program by them fOrmu- lated in most definite terms. Whether We can reasonably propose the whole sf it to congress immediately or not, we can determine when We have stud jed it.
 The important thing now is to know fully what We need. Congress certainly will welcome such advice and follow to the limit its opportunity.
 Tt should be a plan for the consis tent. progressive development of this great defensive arm of the nation and should be of such kind as will com mend itself to every patriotic and prac- tical man.
 Tn his letter to Secretary Garrison s se president wrote.
 T have been giving scarcely less thought than you yourself have to the question of adequate preparation of a national defensive and am anxious. as you know to incorporate in my next message to congress a program regard ing the development and equipment of The army and a proper training Of our citizens to arms which. while in every way consistent with our traditions and our national policy. will be of such 1 character as to commend itself to every patTiotic and practical mind.
 T know you have been much in con- fernce with your professional associ- | ates in your department and you your l self have come to some very definite l conclusions on these exceedingly inn l portant matters. I will be very much l obliged if you will be kind enough to 1 prepare for me a program. with esti- | mates of what you and the best in- 1 formed soldiers in your counsels think ! the country ought to undertake to do | I would like to discuss the program | with you at as early a time as it may | be made ready"
 The following telegram from John | Hays Hammond. president of the Ma tional League of Republican clubs. was |
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