Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-08
BISBEE, ARIZONA

made common cause, should they al
SO be put i'm jeopardy
The President presented the War
Department plans for strengthening
the army as the essential first step
and for the present sufficient" The
plans include the increasing Of the
standing army to force Of 141.834
men of an services. and the establish
ment Of q supplementary force of 400
600 disciplined citizens, who would I'm
dereo training for short period
throughout three years Of a six years
enlistment.
1T would depend upon the patriot,
feeling Of the younger men of h
country whether they responded t.
such a call to service or not" said IN,
President 1T would depend upoI
the patriotic spirit Of the employer.
of the country whether they made D.
possible for the younger men I'm thei
employ TO respond under lavorabl,
conditions or not ]. for one. do not
doubt the patriotic devotion either
our yOuug men or of those who give
them employment--those for who's
benefit and protection they would iI
fact enlist would look forward
the success Of such an experiment
with entire confidence"
Outlining the details of the nav,
plan presented by Secretary Daniels
the President said that lit involves or
ly a shortening of the time within
which plans long matured shall Do
carried out; but IL does make de6nit
and explicit a program which ha
heretofore been only implicit held
the minds of the committees on nava
affairs and disclosed In the debates @
/ the two houses but nowhere formulat
ed OF formally adopted. It seems t.
me very clear that it win be to tho
advantage of the country for the Con
l gress 20 adopt a comprehensive plai
for putting the navy upon a final foot
ing of strength and efficiency and O.
press that plan TO completion within
! the next five years"
The President said that On order 2.
secure national selfeniciency an,
! self-security the country must hav,
merchant marine.
For it is question of indepen
dence.' he asserted eft other ma
tons 30 10 war on seek to hampe
I each others commerce. our merchant
/ 10 seems are at their mercy. to d,
with as they please We must usO
their ships, and use them as they de
termine Our independence is provin
cial, and it is only on land and within
our own borders We are not likel
TO be permitted TO use even the ship
of other nations I'm rivalry of thei
own trade, and are without means G.
extend our commerce even where th
doors are wide open and our good
desired. Such p situation is not TO b.
endured8 Il is of capital importance
not only that the United States SHOULD
be it's own carrFpr on the seas and en-
| joy the economic independence whicl
only an adequate merchant marine
would give IL. but also that the Ameri
can hemisphere as a whole should en-
| joy "a like independence and selfsul
ticiency If it is not 10 be drawn int
the tangle of EuroDesn affairs"
The task of building mp an adequat
merchant marine. Mr. Wilson said
music be undertaken ultimately b.
American private capital. but I'm tn
meantime, he declared, every Iega
obstacle standing i'm the way OF th
building purchase and American 10
sistration of ships should be remover
and the government should undertak
to open routes, especially between tn
American continents. When the risl
has passed and private capital begin
10 ind It's waP into these new char
. nels, ne added the government ma
) withdraw
The President told Congress tina
proposals would be made during tn
. coming session for the purchase o
construction of ships to be owned AM
j directed by the government Tn
measure, he said, would be similar Z
that submitted to the last Congress
! but modified in some essential part
culars
In outlining the hnancna conditio
/ of the government the President TO
lowed closely the statement recent
Z given out by Secretary McAdoo. II
{ said that the additional revenue r.
{ quired to carry out the program &
T., military and naval preparation woul
be S93. 100000 for the fiscal year 1917
J that If the present taxes were cor