Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-24
DEFENSE LEAGUE
WILL URGE MANY
NEW SUBMARINES
With 800 Under-Sea Craft III
Is Stated United States Can.
Defy Any Possible Invasion.
of Country

Iar soaHlan r9uaasl Eprcfst tfsarn ei-rI
WASHINGTON. Aug 13 without a
Ereafiy increased number of subma-
rines Tor our navy thr present move
ment for military preparedness ln this
country viii appear GO the other MAJ
tons NJ the world as ineffective ana
absurd according to statement to-
daF 90 the National Defense league
This in brief is tHe substance of
Che Information which viii bc given
President Wilson within the next few
days In connection with bis effort to
ascertain $50 things needed 10 put this
country Iu state Of better prepared
mess for wur Primarily tire demand
Tor big Increase in submarines
comes from the nar5 officers and ma
Vtl experts bat it Us significant that
This request Is hag kod up Dy army o.
ncers 0f high rank Particularly
among zoe coast artillery and the
coast fort.ncation experts IS there
strong demand for submarines
Submarines Highly Mobile
The explanation Of this lies Do The
fact that there arc at various points
uu the shores of tho United States
portions Of the sea which can be- pro-
tected only hy submarines This is
because Qualifications are not built So
that the guns may sweep these wac
tiers. and the currents are $50 swift and
unEayernablc that mines can NOT Dee
placed in them with amy hope 81 dofi-
mite results
There has como about. therefore.
the unusual spectacle az group 90
army officers Joining the navy Off
GERS iu the demand for better subma-
rinc protection That this win have
"a profound effect on the president lu
che preparation Of his rccommenda-
lions "a CONGRESS iu behalf of greater
prcparCdnfss VS. accepted MS certain iu
Washington
Boats Cross Atlantic.
A big American submarine building
company according 60 reports Tee
cciVed here today is operating in
Canada so successfully that as soon
as the submarines are completed Tor
the allies. they are put into the wa
ter ana sent across the Atlantic UNI
der their own power with FUN war
equipment ana ready GO meet The enc
envy The building iu Canada. which
beg devoted 60 assembling boats Of the
Holland type. is made necessary be-
cause 0f the international law against
building them i'm the United States
and then sending them 90 the allies
"A submarine costs about half mil
bon dollars Three hundred suhma-
rinos flying the stars and stripes
would cost less than q week ~ actual
war tho authorities estimate and
since q submarine can destroy any
that float a floullu ~ 800
of the under-sea craft would De an
unfailing insurance against invasion
hy "a foreign foe at amy time
The president viii Doe told that now
ia the time 90 engage the talent and
resources 81 the American submarine
companies $50 that not ail of their 0ut
put can bog sent 60 foreign countries.
League Advocates Submarines.
Tho National Defense league which
Will hold great conference ON ma
.iounl defense in Washington, october
Z To z. Immediately following the
Grand Army Of the Republic cncamp-
mcnt has for years persisteutly advo-
'atcd large appropriations for sub
marines. some of the officers OF the
league declare that the United states
should not have less than 800 of the
lndersoa boats
with 700 modern submarines the
uied states could defy The world TO !
land successfully troops ON American
ioil
This statement was made recently |
.y Lieut. g. n Morrison chief aide ON
NE staff Of Rear Admiral Grant, COM /
uaudor OF the Atlantic submarine flo Z
illa and considered the fore /
most expert ON undcrsea craft
There b not foroigu nation, or
'vcn combination of nations, that I
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