Arizona republican., 1915-10-19
Defense Program to Be Submitted to Congress Calls for Expenditure of One Billion Dollars ill Six Years
DREADNAUGHTS
 GREATER THAN EVER
Special Attention Is Paid to Qualifications and to Fleets of Submarines to Patrol Atlantic and Pa cific Coasts
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 WASHIONGTON. Oct 1S.-The/ de- fcnse program probably for the expen
 allure of one billion dollars the next six years. for the army and navy, will be outlined in a public address by the president on November i. before the Manhattan club of New Lork. The president Will give the reasons which impelled his approval of plans that would about double the navy and quadrupIe the army. The estimates of the war and navy departments have been submitted. and the breadth of the administration preparedness policy is being realized. The totals are: New ships and increased personnel of the navy for five years half a billion dol lars, army for reserve, munitions, for four years. $105.000. 900: new coast de lenses and modernizatiOn of old forts. four years. SS1.000.OOO; new continental army. proposed to increase the regular army. S2s. s.o00.000. This probably will be continuing if anything. an increas- ing appropriation through six years and make a total by that time of S156,- oao. coo
 The total expenditures actually planned will be SS42. .O0O. 900. A definite step for enlarging the navy was taken today in the award of contracts for six cruisers and destroyeTs. and sixteen coast defense submarines.
 The Schley. now building. will dis place one thousand tons and make twenty knots. The new boats will dis place twelve hundred tens. and make S5 knots. Next month contracts will be let for two 32,0OO superdreadnaughts ships which will carry around dozen fourteen inch rifles each, and which will have a new protection against sub marine attack the nature of which is closely guarded.
 Of the S6S.O00,O ,OOO increase to be asked for. the navy bulk would go into four big ships. two superdreadnaughts and two super battle cruisers They will be tfe first sixteen capital ships to be laid down in five years. under i the administration program. the last of 1 which would not be in commission un- til 1925
 The building of these four ships | would tax the capacity of the American l private yards. There are only five companies now equipped to build such | vessels. four on the Atlantic and one on the Pacific. The government has 1 one yard. the Brooklyn navy yard | where battleships can be constructed. | though it is planned to equip the Phila- l delphia yard and possibly the Bremen ton plant for this work The develop 1 ment of the new building program must 1 follow these restrictions
 Present program is not for more than | four big ships a year. It was pointed out this gives opportunity to keep the l designs up to date from year to year. |
 This is one reason why it was pro- | posed to build only two battle cryisers | the first year and none the second | Naval architecture is making such | great strides in the great navies of the | world engaged in actual hostilities, the | American designers hesitate to recon | mend the construction of a large num- | Der Of ships at one time. Each year l sees radical alterations in battleship | design even in peace times.
 These expenditures would produce by | 1915. for the first line. forty-three | dreacnauEhts and battle cruisers: a fleet of coast defense submarines that i. would fringe the Atlantic and Pacific i coasts in almost solid line of de- fense- fleet of 175 destroyers and | Squadrons Of huge seagoing submarines | Co operate with battle squadrons at a great distance from shore.
 For the army there will be at the end O. the six years a trained force of 100000 including a regular army of 10000 and the proposed continental army and reserves; would bring a fully |
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