The Washington times., 1915-10-17
GREATER NAVY TO Be
SECOND N WORLD
England Alone will Have More
Powerful Fleet When Plans
Are Matured.
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and authorized at the outbreak Of the
war: Germany had twenty. Great Brit.
ain had forty battleships OF the second
class: Germany had twenty. The United
States has built, building. and author-
ized, fifteen drcadna ughts of the mod.
ern type and twenty-five battleships or
tho second and third line.
This nation has no battle cruisers,
while Great Britain and Germany haa'
respectively. ten and eight at the out
break OF the war. The United states
has built. building. and authorized;
sixty-scven submarines as compared
and and n German Notiiia of forty-fve at
the outbreak OF the war.
II is estimated that s5OO,0O0.0Oo must be
spent on the United States navy within
the next six years to bring that branch
Of the national defense up to SAFETY
footing This amRint Is exclusive of the
nppropriations for the upkecp Of the
navy. and viii be expended on the build
ing program alone.
an attempt will be made to increase
the regular army to more than l2O.VD
men. Eventually an army OF lP.Pn men
may be obtained. but this is regarded as
a top figure. Recruiting officers OF the
army are understood to believe that II
will be practically impossible to obtain
more than llo00' men In this country
" no are willing to enter the army as
calling.
In connection with the Admlnistra.
tions plan for building up continental
army Of trained citizens. much Is 70
depend upon the patriotism OF the
american peop!c-and particularly the
american employer AS explained be
low. volunteer citizens must forsake
their regular occupations FOR two
months in each wear. 70. three years.
to train for warfare.
Appeal to Employers.
An appeal Is to be made to employers
-corporations and business men OF ell
classcs-to furlough their employees who
want to undergo this two months train
ing each year. The response to such an
appeal is problcmatical. ~,
In connection with the partially dis-
closed plans Of the Administration Tor
national defense. 1t Is apparent today
that a citizen reserve Is the OASIS OF
the program for the armN-the present
expectation OF the Administration being
10 recruit these citizen-soldiers at the
rate of 1900 per year.
Each citizen rcservist Is to be given
two months training during each year.
or six months within three wears. AFTER
the expiration OF the threc-year period,
the citizen will he mustered out. but
will be subject to call to the colors for
an additional three years.
No Large Standing Army.
Meanw hie. as each quota Of l33,oco
men finishes out it's training. an addi-
tional quota Of l33.O0O will be enlisted
! to replace the former.
That there will be no large standing
armv is shown by the fact that Chair
man Hay. of the House Military AZ
| fairs Committee. has tentatively agreed
to the Administrations program. Mr..
| Hays position for years has been that
with an adequate navy and an isolated
| position this country does not need a
| iarCc and expensive standing army
! The best figures Obtainable indicate
that the strength OF tn" army. now
about ~.go men. will not be increased to
| more than 10000.
! Much Of the increase to be carried
In the next army appropriation bill will
I he for the pay Of the mon added to the
army and tho citizen reserve"
II Is said authoritativcly that although
Chairman Hay Is willing to support the
! Administration reserve idea" he has
/ frankly said that he fears the enlist
! mcnts will not he as CRAFTY ing as eX-
pectcd by the Secretary Of War.
The Defense Program.
Secretary Garrison. it is learned. es-
timated tho annual cost of the new re-
serve at sij,Oco,ooO. Mr.. Hay believes II
will approximate twice that amount.
and will grow more expensive from
year to year, as thousands of extra Of
! ticcrs must be used to train the citizen
! soldiers"
! So far as 1t has been worked out,
| the high spots of tho Administration s
national defense program for the army
which IL to have an appropriation
next year of around NSo.oJo.0o-is as
, follows:
! The establishment Of training camps
. to teach the rudimcnt3 OF warefare to
the l33.0OO men expected annually tc
, enlist with the reserve. Each citizen
soldier will receive six months actual
training during three years.
Tho addition to the aerial equipment
of the army OF at least twenty aero
planes OF the most modern type and the
discarding of old machines as soon as
they cease to be uD-to-date.
The purchase of armorcd motor vehi-