The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
Washington

Washington
Secretary Daniels at Washington or.
dered the trial by court-martial of
Rear Admiral William N. Little, re-
tired, who was inspector for the navy
at the Fore River works, Quincy,
Mass, until December 81, 1914. One
of the charges against Little relates
to the passing of submarine K-2.
Secretary Daniels naval program,
which has been approved by President
Wilson, at Washington, provides an
expenditure of $500,000,000 during a
five-year period. The five-year program
calls for 16 capital ships-ten dread
naughts and six battle cruisers.
Secretary Garrisons plan. as an
nounced at Washington, for strength
ening the military establishment and
organizing a great continental army
for defense proposes the following:
Regular army Of 100000 men, an in
crease OF $4,000 men in the present
establishment. A continental army,
100000 strong, enlisted for six years
for service within the continental
United States.
The navy department at Washington
has directed that no leaves Of absence
shall be given the officers of the Prinz
Eitel Friedrich, the German auxiliary
cruiser interned at Norfolk, until the
six missing officers have returned.
The cost Of the proposed enlarge
ment of the army and navy will add
$75,000,000 to the army appropriations,
making the total for the next fiscal
year in the neighborhood OF 1882, 00O,-
600. The navy will ask an increase Of
about $75,000,000.
President Wilson started at Wash
ington to pave the way for favorable
congressional action upon his program
for the increase Of the army and navy.
He impressed upon Congressman Hay
Of Virginia the necessity Of approving
the Garrison plan for increasing the
regular army to 10000 men and pro-
viding a reserve which will assure
the United States a first defense of
100000.
Joseph W. Folk will be the United
States new ambassador to Mexico, II
was learned from reliable sources at
Washington.
The White House at Washington Of
ficially denied the report that Miss
Margaret Wilson, the presidents eld-
est daughter, is engaged to F. E.
Compton of Chicago.
Favorable action by the British en-
bassy at Washington in two cases In
volving implied contracts" paved the
way for the success of large number
of the applications filed by American
purchasers for the release of millions
of dollars worth of German and Aus
trian made goods held up at neutral
European ports by the British orders
IN council.
Fifteen to twenty fighting ships OF
the dreadnaught and battle cruiser
type, with a proportionate number of
seagoing submarines, coast subma-
rines, scout cruisers, destroyers and
auxiliaries enough to make a new
American feet-is contemplated by
Secretary Daniels for recommendation
as five-year building program for the
United States navy, 1t was announced
at Washington.
The United States, in a note dis
patched from Washington to Germany.
to be presented by Ambassador Ger
ard on the case of the American ship
William p. Frye, asks that IL II is
found necessary to destroy American
ships carrying contraband, passengers
be removed to a safer place than small
boats.
President Wilson set the corner.
stone for the great amphitheater to be
erected in Arlington national cemetery
as a memorial to the nations dead.
Personal
General Savoff. the Bulgarian gen.
eral who won fame in the Balkan
wars, is reported at Bucharest to have
been retired by King Ferdinand at
his own request because he did not
wish to fight against the allies