The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-05
Adequate Army, Navy, 4OO,.
900 Citizen Soldiers and
Plenty of Munitions
PRESIDENT SAYS
U. S. MUST BE SAFE
Attacks Hyphenates and Men Who Stir
Up Antagonism Among the People
His Utterances Wildly Cheered at
New York Banquet.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-President Will
son, addressing a gathering representa-
tive of every phase of Democracy, as
sembled in the Biltmore hotel to cele-
brate the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the Manhattan club, an
nounced to the people last evening his
program of preparedness, his plan for a
national defense.
They cheered him until he had to mo-
tion for silence. They waved Ameri-
can flags They screamed and yelled
their approval of the President and
his plans. Publicly, not a word was
mentioned of second term for Presi-
| dent Wilson. Privately, it was discuss
ed by almost all the diners. 1t needed
only a word to have launched a boom
to which practically every man present
would have enthusiastically subscribed.
| The President felicitated the club on
/ 80 years of successful and interesting
| life, but presently he swung into his
main theme, saying;
d" Within year we have witnessed
what we did not think possible-a
great European conflict involving many
of the greatest nations of the world
The influences of the great war are
everywhere in the air All Europe is
tGHDdIJIeu. OFtt everywhere speaks
out with a loud and imperious voice in
a titanic struggle of Governments, and
from one end of our dear country Il
the other men are asking one another
what our own force is, how far we are
prepared TO maintain ourselves against
lany interference with our national ac
tion or development
1t was without idea of any wilfu
use of force by the United State
against any nation or any people, salt
the President, that his plans had beer
made They called for only such in
crease in the regular army as the per
formance of necessary duties now re
quired, with the training in the mex
three years of a force of 400, 900 citizel
soldiers, to be raised in annual contin
d gents of 133. 900. These would be asK
= ed to enlist for three years with tn
: During their three years of enlistmen
, During their three years of nelistmen
with the colors they would not be OF
ganized as a standing force. but woul
be expected merely to undergo inter
sive training for a very brief perio
each year.
''No thoughtful man feels any PAM
: haste in this matter,' said the Pres
: dent. 1.-The country is not threatenc
from any quarter. She stands in friend
ly relation with all the world
Will Question Those Who Differ.
But. should men differ with him j
y this vital question of preparedness
, went on the President, u shall as
them to make it clear how far and j
,, what way they are interested in maj
" ing the permanent interests of Il
country safe against disturbance.
As for the navy, said the Presiden
it now stands recognized as one of Il
g most efficient and notable of model
If times All that was needed to bring
N to point Of extraordinary efficient
i and force as compared with the 9th
lie navies of the world, he said, was
a fastening of pace in the present pt
icy and a plan of development n
made from year to year, but lookil
well into the future and planning
a definite consummation.
d. In addition to speaking on nation
defense the President attacked 'sm
T. who. love other countries better TIL
er America and men who stir up re
es- ,gious and sectarian antagonism.
IL declared that such men should be ca
es ed to a reckoning