Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-12-09
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS IS THEME
Of PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE
Regular Army of 141.S43. Supplemented by Force of 100000
Trained Citizens Is Urged-Gravest Menace to the Peace
OF the Country Comes from DisIoya ForeignBorn
Citzens-Plan for Larger Navy Outlined

is present strength Of SceS officers and
less enlistei men q all services to a
strength q us officers and ist.O7 en-
listed men. or i4iS4& sll told all serv-
lies. rank and file. by the addition Of 8
companies q coast artillery. Is COM
pAnieS Of engineers. ten regiments OF in
tSntry. four regiments Of field artillery
and four ssro sQuadrorS. besides 80 on.
Gers required for grsSt variety OF extra
service. especially the ail-importsnt duty
81 training the citizen force Of which
ShSH presently speak. ~ non-commis-
STONED officers for service in drill. recruit
ms and the Ike. and the necessary quota
OF enlisted men FOR the Quartermaster
corps. the hospital corps, the ordnance
department and other similar auxiliary
services These are the additions neces-
sary 10 render the army adequate for its
present duties. duties which it has 10
perform not only upon our own cont
mental coasts and horiers and at our in
Terror army posts. but also in the Phil
ipQines. in the Hawaiian Islands. at the
iS'hnus- and IN Porto Rico.
Force of Trained Citizens.
By way OF making the country ready
70 assert some part Of its nal power
promptly and upon a larger scale. should
occasion arse. the plan also contennpiates
experimenting the army BY s force @.
4ci.,l disciplined citizens. raised in ircre-
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Nod - three years This Il Is proposed
10 do by process Of enlistment under
which the Service2hls men q the cour-
Try would L asked TO bind themselves 10
serve with the coiorS for purposes Of
training for short periods throushout
three years. and TO come 70 the colo-s
At call AZ sny time throughout an add
tional 'furioush" period q three years
This force Of -, IN men would be pro
Weed with personal Announcements as fast
IS enlisted and their equipment for the
field made ready % - supplied AZ anv
tine They would he assembled for train
ing al stated intervals al convenient
places in association with suitable units
o. the regular army. Their period Of
annual training would 10; necessarily sx-
coed tvs months IN the year
Il would depend upon the patriotic feel
ins OF the younger men Of the country
whether they responded 10 such a call
10 service OF not Il would depend upon
the patriotic spirit Q. the employers Of
The country whether they made il posi-
BE for the younger men in their en-
ploy 70 respond under favorable corii-
tons or not 7. for one do not doubt
the patriotic devotion either OF our young
men OF Of those who give them employ
ulent-thcSe for whose benefit and proter-
lion they would in fact enlist I would
look forward 10 the success OF such an
experiment with entire confidence
At least 50 much By way OF preparz-
ton for defense seems to me to be alb
solutely Imperative now. We cannot do
less
Program for the Navy.
The program TO be laid before You con
templates the construction within five
years Of % battleships. battle cruis-
s-s- 10 scout cruisers. 80 destroyers. 3
fleet submarines. $ coast submarines.
ammunition ships. two fuel-oil ships and
one repair ship. Il IS proposed that OF
this number We shall the first year rro-
vide for the construction OF two battle
ships. two battle cruisers three scout
cruisers Is dsstroyers. five feet subrra-
rines. : coast submarines. two gunboats.
and one hospital ship; the second year.
two hattleShips. one scout cruiser ten
destroyers. four fleet submarines L coast
submarines one gunboat. and one fuel
oil ship: the third year. two battieshirs.
one battle cruiser. two scout cruisers Eve
destroyers. t~o fleet submarines. and Is
coast submarines: the fourth year. two
scout cruisers. ten desfroyers. two fleet
submarines. Is coast submarines. one am
munition ship. and one fusl-ol ship. and
the fifth year. two battieships. one battle
cruiser. two scout cruisers. ten destroy
ers. two fleet submarines. = coast subra-
and one repair ship
The secretary Of the navy IS asking
also for the immediate addition to the
personnel Of the navy Of 80 sailors
$50 apprentice seamen. and I.5oo marines
This increase would be sufficient 20 care
for the ships which are to Be completed
within the fiscal year 1917 and also for
the number Of men which must be nut In
training 10 man the ships which will Be
completed early in 1915 Il Is also neces-
sary that the number Of midshipmen at
the naval academy at Annapolis should
be increased by at least 81 In order thar
the force OF officers should be more ran
idly added to; and authority is asked 10
appoint for engineering duties only. sp-
proved graduates OF engineering colleges
and for service in the aviation corps a
certain number OF men taken from civil
life
= :his full program should De carried
out we should have built or building in
ls-l according TO the estimates Of suryiv-
al and standards OF classification followed
by the general board Of the department.
an effective navy consisting Of = battle
ships Of the first line six battle cruisers
: battleShips OF the second line. ten ar
mored cruisers. Is scout cruisers. five
first-class cruisers, three second-oiass
cruisers. ten third-class cruisers fls de-
troyers. IS fleet submarines. IS coast sub
marines. six monitors. - gunboats. four
supply ships. Is fuel ships four trans
ports. three tenders TO torpedo vessels.
eight vessels OF special types and two
ammunition ships. This would be a navy
fitted 10 our needs and worthy OF our
traditions
Trade and Shipping.
But armies and instruments OF war are
only part Of what has 10 be considered
II We are TO consider the supreme matter
OF national self-sufticiency and security
in all its aspects There are other great
matters which viii be thrust upon our at
tention whether we will or not There
Is, for example. very pressing question
OF trade and shipping involved in this
great problem Of national adequacy. II
S necessary for many Weighty reasons Of
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