Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-07-26
ENLARGEMENT Of THE
u. S. NAVAL ACADEMY
One Result Of Presidents Plans for
National Defense.
ARMY OF HALF A MILLION.
Reports Win Be Ready in a Few Days
Army and Navy Officers Are
Busy Assembling Information
On Policy Of Government.
Un Policy q Government.

Pending President Wilson's return
/ from Cornish NT.Whcu hc viii form
/ ulate with Secretary Garrison andSoc-
/ vetary Daniels what thc Whitc House
has announced would De sane. rea-
/ sonabic and practical program of ma
I ton defense Army and Navy officials
are busy assembling the Information
/ upon which the new military policy
viii be found
/ no announcements have been made
as 90 what The Army and Navy boards
/ st work on the needs 0f the respective
| services have concluded but it Is we'll
known th2t both have their work well
advanced It had been planned 60 lay
/ the reports before thc respective sec
retaries within "a month on six weeks.
I'M view of the Nbuc House state
ment 60 was regarded as probable that
/ they woulJ Doe rushed 90 completion
and submitted within leN duys
ID is definitely ku1uu dat the Navy
plans contemplate Dig increase iu
submarine. the building ol thirty and
perhaps Huv being recommended that
several BATTLE cruisers win be urged
and at least llur IrDIlHIu.lt.. and
that bis increase m tla uu.ui1ry
feet in Ore Na.y aircraft uIu also BE-
sought Several gdtItIoual small navy
yards to serve es submarine h1scsalso
vii be suggested. b 81 thought
Such program would carry With it
of necessity au uer.l.e a uayy por.
sounei and probably tte enlargement
of the Academy here. where navy om-
GERS are trained ARMY rian look to
the building up of au arms ot 600 o00
men. regulars and militia. within ter
rltorial United States. This haa long
been the hsure at Whicn tle ARMY ogl
GERS placed the needs ol lhe country
for defense This Ioros a DESIGNED
20 Dee quickly available aul lo bear thc
brunt of the lighting while volunteer
army is being trained
To make tho plan efficient It is GER
| tain some scheme Oh fcleralie the
militia viii be advanced and also meth
ods OF building Up reserves for both
regulars and militia viii bc proposed
Te strength OF This drsl line army
must be maint2ined while the voln-
teers are being trained. and The re-
serves would be trained men ready to
hll gaps caused by losses and keep tho
lnits al full strength Another fea
ture to receive attention probably viii
be plans for training officers for the
volunteer forces. Enlargement Of
West Point may De proposed
This general plan cOntcmplates. il is
understood. only tho mobile forces.
The coast artillery. garrisons Tor the
Canal Zone, Hawaii. the Philippines.
| Alaska, and Porto Rico viii bc consid-
cred separately. From figures arriv-
cd at ia these studies and from the
| ratio Of regulars % militia fn the first
line army vii be derived the recon-
mendations to De urged for am in
crease in thes tandiug army Great at
tention viii De given % fully present
ing the President the material prob
/ lem. Army officers hold that annie
equipment Of field guns and heavy
neid ordnance must be prepared I'm ad-
vance. Il takes time to make these
and also 20 manufacture ammunition
Tor large guns like those of the harbor
| defenses Of the country.
! Field-gun ammunition and small
arms cartridges can be turned out IN
a hurry. 10 is said Driyte plants to
make these have increased many-fold
under the stimulus oil European con
tracts. a year ago the Government
owned 90 per cent OF the total Amer
can capacity for this work II Is now
estimated that private plants could
mako in month as much as govern
ment shops could Turn opt tn sonr
mont BIS.