New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-08

vice, especially the all important duty
of training the citizen force of which
/ shall presently speak, 1872 non-com-
missioned officers for service IN drlI,
recruiting and the like, and the neces-
sary quota Of enlisted men for the
Quartermaster Corps, the Hospital
Corps. the Ordnance Department and
other similar auxiliary services. These
are the additions necessary to render
the army adequate for its present du-
ties. duties which il has 10 perform not
cn1v upon our own continental coasts
End borders and at our interior army
POSTS. but also in the Philippines, IN
the Hawaiian Islands, at the Isthmus
and in Porto Rico.
Bv 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 supplementing the army
bv a force Of 40O, 900 disciplined clt-
zens. raised in increments Of $4,000
wear throughout a period Of three
wears. This it is proposed to do by.
process Of enlistment under which tne
serviceable men Of the country would
he asked TO bind themselves 20 serve
with the colors for purposes OF train
ing for short periods throughout three
wears and to come TO the colors at call
ut any time throughout an additional
"furlourh" period Of three years. inns
fo~ce OF 100000 men would be provided
Wit personal accoutrements as fast as
enlisted and their equipment Tor the
field made ready to be supplied at any
time They would be assembled for
training at stated intervals at con
yenient places in association with SUIT
able units Of the regular army. lhelr
neriod OF annual training would not
necessarily exceed two months IN the
II would depend upon the patriotic
feeliD, Of the younger men OF the couh-
trv whether they responded TO such
call to service or not. II wouid Ge
mend upon the patriotic spirit OF the
EMPLOYERS Of the country wnether Vhey
made II possible for the younger men
in their employ to respond under FAVOR
able conditions or not. !, TOT one, uo
rot doubt the patriotic Devotion elInel
of our Young men or OF those VINO gIVe
them employment - those Tor whose
benefit and protection they woulu; IN
fact. enlist. ! would look forward 70
the success Of such an experiment Win
entire confidence.
ton for defence seems to me to be ao-
solutcly imperative now. we cannot
do less.
Comprehensive Navy Programme.
The programme which will be laid
/ bofore Won by the Secretary OF the
Navy is similarly conceived. IL IN
/ wolves only a shortening Of the time
within which plans long matured shaiI
be carried out; but il does make den-
mite and explicit a programme wnlcn
has heretofore been only Implicit, heId
in the minds Of the committees on
Naval Affairs and disclosed in the de-
bates Of the two houses, but nowhere
formulated or formally adopted. II
seems 10 me very clear that II will be
10 the advantage of the country for the
( Congress to adopt a comprehensive plan
for putting the navy upon a final foot
/ Ing of strength and efficiency and 70
uress that plan TO completion within
Tho mex five wears. We have always
Looked 20 the navy Of the country as
our first and chief line of defence; we
/ Rave always seen IL 10 be our manifest
course of prudence 10 be strong on the
l seas. Year by year we have been Gre
b atinr navy which now ranks very
/ high indeed among the navies OF the
maritime nations We should row def
I rItelv determine how we shall complete
what we have begun. and how soon.
Tho programme 70 be laid Before you
4 contemplates the construction within
five wears of ten bAttlcships, six battle
/ cruisers, ten scout cruisers, fifty de-
stroyers, fifteen feet submarines, eigh-
+ ty-eve coast submarines. four gun
/ boats. one hospital ship, two ammuni-
/ ton ships. two fuel oil ships, and one
repair ship. Il is proposed that OF this
number We shall the first year provide
for the construction OF two battleships.
/ two battle cruisers, three scout cruis-
ers, Rftecn dcstroyers, FIVE feet sub
marines. twenty-five coast submarines,
two gunboats, and one hospital ship;
/ the second year. two batI.cships, ono
scout cruiser, ten destroyers, four heet
! submarines. fifteen coast submarines,
one gunboat. and one fuel oil ship;
/ tho third year, two hett'eshi7s. one
battle cruiser. two scout cruisers, I've
destroyere. two feet submarines, and
fifteen coast submarines; the fourth
YEAR. TWO battleships. TWO battle cruis-
ors, two scout cruisers, ten destroyers,
/ two feet submarines, fifteen. coast sub
1 marines. one ammunition ship, and one
fuel oil ship; and the fifth year. two
battlcships, one battle cruiser. two
scout eruisers- ten destroyers. two feet