The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1915-12-16

rept for uses which are a. necessary In
times OF peace - In times OF war; and we
peace establishment IL no larger than Is
actually and continuously needed for the
uses Of days In which no enemies move
Of free citizens ready and sufficient to take
care Of themselves and OF the governments
which they have set up to serve them In
our constitutions themselves we have COM
manded that tho right Of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be infrtnged."
and our confidence has been that our s4fety
In times Of danger would lie IN the rising
OF the Nation to take care Of Itself, as the
farmers rose at Lexington
But war has never been Z mere matter Of
men and guns. 1t II q thing OF disciplined
might II our citizens are ever to fight
effectively upon ridden summons, they
and what to do rhsn the summops come:
to render themselves Immediately available
and Immediately effective. And the Gov
eminent must Be their servant in this mat
they need to take care OF themselves and
of IT. The military arm Of their Govern
msnt. which they will not allow to direct
them. they may properly use to serve them
and make their Independence sscurs-and
not their own Independence merely but the
made common cause. should they also be
put In jeopardy. They must Re fitted to
play the great role in the world. and par
are qualified by principle and By chastened
ambition to play.
Immediate Defense Piaas Outlined
II 10 with these ideals in mind that the
plans of the Department of War for more
adequate National defense were cenceived
u rah w ?. aa s'tSss
discussed They seem to me the essential
first steps and they seem to me for the
present sufficient
They contemplate increase of the
standing fierce OF the Rexuler Army from
its present strength Of so7s onicSrs and
101 oeb enlisted men of all services to =
strength Of 1850 officers and 1874. 7o1 on
listed mon. or 141,s4s all told. all services.
rank and file, BIZ the addition Of 81 COM
panies Of coast ertfllsry. ID companies OF
engineers. ten regiments Of infantry. four
regiments Of field artillery, and four aero
squsdronr. besides 10 officer. REQUIRED for
the il1-important duty OF training the eiti-
sen force of which shall presently speak.
arm Recruiting and the nks, and the necss-
sary quota Of enlisted men for the Quarter
master Corps the Hospital Corps. the Ord
iary servIces These are the additions neces-
sary to render the Army adequate for Its
present duties duties which It has to per-
coasts and borders and at our interior Army
posts but also In tho Philippines. In the
Hawaiian Islands. at the Ithmus. and In
Porto Rico.
By way of making the country ready to
assert some part of lite real power promptly
and upon . larger scale. should occasion
arise. the plan also contempiatss supple
msntinr the Army By q force OF 4oo. ooe
disciplined cftissns. raised In incremeno OF
1s3. 600 . year throughout = period OF three
Of enlistment under which the ssrviceable
men OF the country would be asked to Dino
the nselvss to servo with the colors for pur-
out three Year,. and to come to the coiors
at call at any time throughout an additional
''furlough" period OF three years This force
Of 400, 600 men would be provided with per-
sonal Announcements fast ~ enlisted and
their equipment for the field made ready
to be supplied At any time They would Dc
assembled for training at stated Intervals
at convenient places in association with
suitable units OF the Regular Army. Tneir
period OF annual training would not neces-
sarily exceed two months In the year.
At least much my way of preparation
for defense seems to me to be absolutely
imperative now. We cannot DO less
Navy Programme Similarly Conceived
Tho programme which will be laid b>for'
| you By tho Secretary Of the Navy d sira.ia'
| Of the time within which plans leng ma
| tured shall be carried out; but 1t doe
make definite and explicit q proEramn
which has herstofors been only implicit. hsl.
| In the minds Of the committee ON naval af
| fairs and disclosed In the debates of tn
| two houses. but nowhere formulated or for
that 1t win be to the sdvantass Of tn
| country for the Congress to adopt com
| prehensivs plan for putting the Navy upo'
ana to prsss that plan 70 complstion within
| the next five years. We have elwayr looks'
| to the Navy Of the country ~ our firs
seen IL to be eur manifest course Of pru
| dence to be strong on the soaA Year b,
| year We have been creating Navy whicl
na nav Of the m.ritins nations. We shoul,
/ now definitely deetrmins how We shall com
pists what We have begun. and how ssoa-
templates the csnstructlon within dive year
OF 10 battleships. battle cruisers. 10 scou
cruisers. 80 destroyers. Is fleet submarines
.sip e' .mmunitioa hips. ! fuel oil .h itp
and 1 repair chip II Is proposed that o
1 this number We shall the first year pro
Z battle cruisers. scout cruisers, Is destroy
ers, fleet submarines. 10 coast submarines
gunboats and hospital ship; the secon
stroysr, Z fleet supmsrinss. IL eo.st sub
marines. / Eunboat and 1 fuel oil ship; tn
third year. battleships. battle cruissi
se0ut sr1i, ss ne ssf fo spp
year. battleshfps. battle cruisers. scou
cruisers. 10 destroysrs, fleet submarine %
Is coast submarines. / ammunition ship an
ships. 1 battle cruiser, scout cruisers. 1
destroysrn, fleet submarines. is coast sub
marines. Eunboat. l ammunition ship an
The Secretary Of the Navy Is sskins ais
for the Immediate addition to the psrsonn<
of the Navy Of 1900 sailors. 1900 apprentice
zeamen and 1900 marines. This increas
would be sufficient to care for the ship
which are to be conplsted within the fiscs
year 1917 and also for the number of nae
which must be put In training to man IN
ships which win be completed early In 1911
II 10 also necessary that tbs number CT mid
shipmen At the Naval Academy at Annapol
should be increased BY At least 800 In orde
that the force Of officers should be NOR
rapidly added to; ana authority Is aske
to appoint. for engineering duties only. AZ
proved graduates of engineering college,
and for service In the aviation corps 4 eel
tain number Of men taken from civil life.
II this full programme should be carrie
out We should have built or building
1871, according to the estimates of survfvl
and standards OF classification followed b
the General Board Of the Department. .
effective Navy consisting of II battieship
OF the first line: battle cruisers. rs BATH
ships Of the second line; 10 armorsd crui,
srs. Is scout cruisers. s first-eiAss cruiser
3 second-class cruisers. 10 third-class cruiser
los destroyers, IL fleet submarines. 1BI coai
submarines. . monitors. 10 gunboats for
tenders to torpedo vessels. vessels OF sp.
cial types. and two ammunition shirs. Tn
would be Navy fitted to needs an
worthy Of cur traditions
Merchant Marine hsispeas.bls.
But armies and Instruments Of war Al
only part q what has to bs considered II y
are to consider the supreme matter Of Nj
tional sslf-sufficisncy and security In all 4
aspects There are ether great matter
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Porto Ricans Aroused.
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: San Juan, Porto Rico, that the publ