Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-11-05
PREPARATION FOR
DEFENSE NOT WAR
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| out calling them at any time too long
away from their civilian pursuits.
1T is with this idea, this concep-
lion In mind that the plans have been
made which it win be my privilege
10 lay before the congress at its next
session. That plan calls for only
5uch an increase in the regular army
/ If the United States as experience
las proved TO be required for the per
/ ormance of the necessary duties Of
he army in the Philippines, in Haw-
Ill., in Porto Rico, upon the borders
If the United States, at the coast
ortihcations and at the military
posts of the interior For the rest,
calls for the training within the
text three years of a force of 100000
| 3itizen soldiers to be raised in annual
ontingents OF $4,000, who would be
/ lsked to enlist for three years with
he colors and three years on fur
ough, but who during their three
years of enlistment with the colors
would not be organized as a standing
'orce, but would be expected merely
o undergo intensive training for a
cry brief period Of each year. Their
training would take place in immedi-
lte association with the organized
infts Of the regular army 1t would
nave no touch of the amateur about
t, neither would it exact from yolun-
GERS more than they could give in
my one year from their civilian pur-
suits
And more of this would be done
n such a way as in the slightest de-
5ree to supersede our present service
ible and efficient National Guard. On
The contrary the National Guard il
ielf would be used as part of the in
itrumentality By which training would
be given the citizens who enlisted un-
Ter the new conditions, and should
nope and expect that the legislation
by which all this would be accom-.
9lished would put the National Guard
tself On a better and more perman-
INT footing than it has ever been be-
ore giving it only the recognition
which it deserves, but a more definite
support from the national govern
ment and a more definite connection
With the military organization of the
nation.
what we all wish to accomplish
Is that the forces of the nation should
indeed be part of the nation and not
separate professional force. and the
chief cost of the system would not
De in the enlistment or in the train
ing of the men, but in the providing
Of ample equipment in case it should
be necessary to call all forces into
the field
Moreover, it has been American
policy time out of mind to look to
The navy as the first and chief line
Of defense The navy of the United
tates is already a very great and eff
lent force Not rapidly but lowly.
With careful attention. our naval
force has been developed until the
navy of the United States stands re-
gognized as one of the most efficient
and notable of the modern time. All
hat is needed in order to bring it
10 a point of extraordinary force and
efficiency as compared with the other
lavies 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 and planning for a definite
contamination. We can and should
profit in all that we do by the expert
ence and example that have been
made obvious to us by the military
and naval events of the actual pres
ent. 1t is not merely a matter OF
building battleships and cruisers and
submarines, but also a matter of max
ing sure that we shall have the ade
Quate equipment of men and muni-
tions and supplies for the vessels we
build and intend to build Part of
our problem is the problem of what
J may cal the mobilization of the re-
sources of the nation at the proper
time II 10 should ever he necessary TO
mobilize them tor national defense.
We shall study efficiency and ade-
quate equipment as carefully as we
shall study the number and size Of
our ships, and ] believe that the plan
already in part made public by the
navy department are plans which the
whole nation can approve with ration
al enthusiasm.
mo thoughtful man feet any panic
haste i'm this matter. The country is
not threatened from any quarter
She stands in friendly relations with
AN the world. Her resources and her
self respect and her capacity 10 care
for her own citizens and her own
rights result in no fear amongst us.
/ Under the new world conditions we
have become thoughtful of the things
which all reasonable men consider
necessary for security and selfde-
tense on the part Of every nation con.
fronted with the great enterprise OF
human liberty and independence.
That is all.
rs the plan we propose sane and
reasonable and suited TO the needs Of
/ the hour? Does It not conform to the
ancient traditions Of America? Has