Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-11

NATION HAS YET
TO LEARN LESSON
Necessity of Preparedness Well
Driven Home by Bitter
ness Of Defsag
Washington, Dec. ecretary
Garrison made public stSY in con-
nection withsshis annual report the
special national defense report, pre-
pared at his request by the war CO"
lege division of the general staff. 1t
shows that the army itself considers
that as a proper military policy 20
secure Continental United States from
attack, it is necessary to have mo-
bile army of 10000 fully or partial
ly trained men. 1t makes the follow
ing specific recomme mendations for the
organization it believes necessary:
Regular Army.
With the cOlOrs ............. III JOS
Reserves. at end OF eight-year
enlistment period Sea-. 379 900
Total ". ~. 3. :. &. Il. 10000
Continental Army.
Under training, three months
! a year for each of three
years .............. 5OU,VVU
On furlough, subject to three
months additional training
before taking the field ..... 100000
Organized Militia. 4
NO provision beyond annual apprO-
priation of 81, 900 900 and repeal OF
all acts requiring state soldiers TO
be received into United tSates serv-
ice inr advance of any other force ~
time. fof War,s
Grand stotals5 regular and con-
tinental>...l.. .t......... 1,5OO,0oo
In estimating the cost of this estaD-
lishment ithe report figures as follows,
for tae first year:nn@ S,..
Regular sarmy l...... .SG5S ,96O,C1O
Contlnentals .. .'...... SI5UbUoV
Militia i..s:. ........ 7,UOO,OOO
Total .......... 1858, 100000
In addition to these figures, Seer
tary Garrison points out in a digest
of the special report, an annual ex-
pense of $20,0C0,000 for each of four
years would be necessary for harbor
defense and reserve material would
cost for the first year alone $129, ,7GS,-
1856, making the, grand total for the
first year $503,22S,7SG.
Have Never Known a Jena.
The report opens with a conadera-
tion of the military. problem confront
in gthe United States, from which it
reaches the conclusion that "rle safe
guard of isolation no longer exists
since "The oceans, once barriers, are
now easy avenues of approach by rea-
son of the number, speed and carry
ing capacity of ocean-going vessels
1t declares that the successful out.
come of the wars in which the coun.
try has been engaged has given the
public a wrong impression, in as
much as careful study of these wars
reveal "a startling picture of faulty
leadership, needless waste of lives
and property, costly overhead charges
augmented by payment of bounties to
keep up voluntary enlistments, undue
prolongation of all these wars and
finally, reckless expenditure of pub.
lie funds for continuing pensions"
but we have not learned our les.
son." the report adds. 1T has never
been driven home by the bitterness of
defeat, We have never known Jena
or Sedan
Turning to "Our abiding national
policies" the board finds these to he,
the Monroe Doctrine and the policy
of avoiding "entangling alliances
ITO maintain these, it says, co-ordi-
mated policy of land and sea defense
must be evolved
The report contains a table of the
military strength of the seven lead.
ing foreign powers as of August, 1921,
and also an. estimate of the available
shipping for a military expedition TO
the United States. 1t says a "rea-
sonable estimate" shows that Austria
Hungary, with a total trained force
of 4,32O,OOD men, could send 10000
men with all necessary slores anG an
imals across the seas within 4O.7 days
in two expeditions; France, with
5000 900 men, .4C4,226 in 30 days;
Germany, with 100000 men $4,000
in 3O.S days; Great Britain, with 6e5,-
600 men. 10000 in II days; Italy,
with 100000 men, $4,000 in 30
days; Japan, with 2,2l2,0Co men, 25cc,-
967 in Al days, and Russia, with
100000 men, .1G4,074 in 90 days.
Tie qualities Of these troops, with
the exception Of the Japanese, VINO
proved themselves in the Russian wai,
are now being tested, the report co.
clares, and finds that the result is 20
show "an example of resultant eEs-
cheney of any nation that has develop
ed a sound military policy the sound
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