Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12

to feel that there is great body of
citizens who have received at least
the most documentary and necessary
forms of military training; that they
will be ready to form themselves into
a fighting force at the call of the
nation: and that the nation has the
munitions and supplies with which
to equip them without delay should
it be necessary to call them into ac-
ton.
eve wish to supply them with the
training they need, and we think we
can do so without calling them at
any time too long away from their
civilian pursuits.
Only Regular Army Needs.
"It is with this idea, with this con-
ception in mind that the plans have
been made which it will be my privi-
lege to lay before the congress at it's
next session. That plan calls for
only such an increase in the regular
army of the United States as expert
ence has proved to be required for
the performance of the necessary du-
ties of the army in the Philippines,
in Hawaii, in Porto Rico, upon the
borders of the United States, at the
coast Notifications and at the mill
tary posts of the interior.
For the rest, it calls for the train
ing within the next three years of
force of 100000 citizen soldiers to
be raised in annual contingents of
$4,000, who would be asked to en-
list for three years with the colors
and three years on furlough, but
who during their three years of en-
listment with the colors would not
be organized as a standing force, but
would be expected merely to undergo
intensive training for a very brief
period of each year.
''Their training would take place
in immediate association with the or
ganized nLits of the regular army.
1t would have no touch of the ANA
teur about it, neither would it exact
Of the volunteers more than they
could give in any one year from their
civilian pursuits"
Definite Naval Policy.
Then, turning to the navy, he
pointed out that mot rapidly. but
slowly, with careful attention, our
naval force has been developed until
the navy of the United States stands
recognized as one of the most eff
Gent and notable of the modern
time." and added: "All that isl
needed in order to bring it to point
of extraordinary force and efficiency
as compared with the other navies of
the world is that we should hasten
our pace in the policy we have long
been pursuing, and that chief of all
we should have a definite policy of
not made from year to
year, but looking we'll into the future
and planning for a definite consum-
To this he added his ar-l
prevail of the plans already proposed
by the navy department.
Summing up his program, the pres
ident said:
mo thoughtful man feels any
panic haste in this matter. The
is not threatened from any
quarter. She stands in friendly re-
lations with all the world. Her re
sources are known and her SELF
respect and her capacity to care for
her own citizens and her own rights.
There is no fear among US. Under
the new-world conditions we have
become thoughtful Of the things
which all reasonable men consider
for security and self
defense on the part of every nation
with the great enterprise
of human liberty and independence.
That is all.
'Is the plan we propose sane and
and suited to the needs
Of the hour? Does it not conform to
the ancient traditions of America?
Has any better plan been proposed
than this program that we now place
before the country? In it there is no
pride of opinion. 1t represents the
best professional and expert judy
ment of the country"
Concluding his address, the presi-
dent urged that Americans of alien
sympathies be brought to reckon
ing and that national allegiance
should be renewed and revived and
spoke against divided allegiance
of racial feeling in
America and manifestations of secta- !
rian or religious antagonisms, and
closed with this stirring appeal:
"uora ia the nation God has build