Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-05

, iot tSuctnSlOWn october 81.
! The Frederick VIII. left Copenhag en-
October Ii for New York
The British steamer Rio Lagos left
, New York October 81 for Queenstown.
She is Il ship Of 1884 tons gross and
carries Il crew of about thirty-five men.
She is owned by the European and
brazilian Shipping Company, Limited
of London. She was formerly the
steamer WeStmoor
without delay should IL be necessary to
call them into action. We wish 10
supply them with the training they
) cd, and we think we can do so with =
Hrt calling them at any time too long
3waT from their civilian pursuits
PLANS no LAY BEFORE
THE NEXT CONGRESS
is with this idea, with this con-
ccUt'Cn, in mind that the plans have
been made which it will he my privi-
, leg" to lay before the Congress at its
next session. That plan calls for only
such an increase in the regular army
OF the United States ~ experience has
~ owed TO be rcnuircr for the pcrfor-
nance or the necessary duties OF the
a"mr i'll the Philippines. In Hawaii, in
Porto Rico, upon the borders Of the
thlt'u states, at tn coast foriitica-
tons, and at The military posts Of the
interior. For the rest, il calls for the
training within the next three years
of Il force of 400, 900 citizen soldiers to
be raised in annual continGcnts of
$4,000. who would be asked to enlist
for three years with the colors and
three years on furlough. but who dur
ms their three years of enlistment with
the colors would not he organized as
standing force, but would he eN-
pccteu merely to undergo intensive
training for very brief period of
each year. Their training would take
place in immediate association with
the organized units OF the regular
army. IL would have no touch of the
amateur about H. neither would IL
exact Of the volunteers more than
they could give in any one year from
their civilian pursuits.
And none of this would be done in
such a way as in the slightest degree
to supersede or subordinate our pres
cnt serviccable and efficient National
Guard. On the contrary, the National
Guard itself would he used AS part
OF the instrumentality by which train
ing would be given the citizens who
enlisted under the new conditions and
should hope and expect that the
legislation by which all this would be
accomplished would put the National
Guard itself upon a better and more
permanent footing than ii has ever
been before, giving il no, only the
recognition which 1t deserves, but n
NOR" definite support from the national
ncction with rho ,niIi,ar,. n,ra,i.,i'',,
of the nation.
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indeed be part OF the nation. and not
"a separate professional force, and the
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or NAVAL. DEVELOPMENT
Moreover, 1t has been American
policy time out of mind to look TO
the navy as the first and cbi,r luc
of defense. The navy of the United
states is already Il very great and
efficient force. Not rapidly, but SOW
ly, with careful attention. our naval
force mas been developed until the
nG"% OF the United States stands ~.
oguiHed as one OF the mos, efficient
and notable of the modern tirc Al
that is needed in order to br.ng it
70 Po!ht or extraordinary force and
eWcithcN as compared with the other
naNies OF the world is that we should
hasten our pace in the policy We have
!ohS been pursuing, and that CHIEF OF
All we SAou!d nave Il definite policy OF
heNe!oph'hl' not made from year To
year nut LOOKING well into the future
ana planning for definite consum-
nation" We can and should profit in
All thit' we 40 by the experience and
example mat nave been made obvious
|" us ny the military and naval events
OF the actual present 1t is not merely
matter OF building battleships and
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