Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-23
National Security League on
Record for Bigger Navy
Tran Departments Building
Program Provides For,
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY
Senator Lodge Is Among the
Speakers Who Insist Upon
Preparedness for Defense,
of the Nations Rights,
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washington, Jan. 22.-An endorse
ment OF Secretary Garrison's efforts
toward ENLARGEMENT of the nations $
military forces was voted today at the
National Security league with the res
ervations that the regular mobile
army should be even greater than that
contemplated in the war department
plan, and that adequate national de-
fense would depend ultimately upon
universal obligatory military training
and service" greater building pro-
sram for the navy than has been out
lined by the navy department was
urged as essential in another resolu
ton adopted.
Definite Plans Made.
Steps to coordinate the work of the
various organizations seeking greater
armament were endorsed and it was
u',d, rstood tonight that definite ulans
hao been made for a general console
dalton of such organizations in de-
fcise league with Robert Bacon. for
lat" secretary of state. as its presi
dent. Besides the National Security
league, societies expected to enter the
new organization include the Navy
league, the Army league, the Amt"i-
can Defense society, the Aero Club OF
America and many others which have
jt ined in the movement for prepared
ness.
Adoption of the resolution followed
endorsement of Secretary Garris1n's
program az a first sound step toward
adequate preparedness by lclihu r Dot
and Henry l.. Simpson, both former
secretaries of war in republican 7d-
ipinistrations. AT a banquet tonight
concluding the three days meeting Of
the league George w Wickersham,
attorney general in President Tdfts
cabinet, advocated universal military
service and immediate repeal of the
law under which the rationa' guard
waHld be called into service in adj
vance of volunteers.
Senator Lodge Speaks.
other speakers at the banquet were
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
ranking republican member of the
foreign relations committee, who dis
cussed Americas s Danger and
George Haven Putnam, of New York.
A series Of resolutions drafted by a
committee, of which Luke +, Wright,
former secretary of war, was chair
man, were adopted almost unanimous
ly They follow.
IDt IL fPStlNtu, THAT ttlt ttlGiiSt Va
the United states depends upon an adj
eduate navy and a national army
founded upon a system of universal
obligatory military training and SER
vice. This system must be wholly un
der the discipline and control or the
national authorities. We deprecate all
steps which tend to obstruct or post
pone the adoption of such a universal
system.
Qualified Endorsement.
That the National Security league
endorses the efforts of Secretary Har-
rson to obtain an increase in the
regular army, the correction of our
faulty enlistment law, the establish /
nent of an adequate regular army
reserve and the accumulation of an
adequate supply of ammunition, artil- |
lery and material, but We believe that
in addition To the proposed quota or !
coast artillery auxiliary troops the mo-
bile regular army within the United |
States should comprise at least four
complete infantry divisions as recon- !
mended by the war college report of
1914.
That the National Security league |
recommends the authorization by con- |
gress OF 4 council of national defense
us set forth in house bill No. 1913 OF
the first session of the previous con-
gress. commonly known as the Hobson
bill, for the purpose of securing more
harmonious cooperation between the
executive and legislative branches OF
the government with respect to the
national defenses.
Wants Bigger Navy.
That the National Security league
commends the establishment of "a
navy adequate to conserve the nation
al interest in conformity with the fol-
lowing recommendations
That the personnel of the navy be
increased in conformity with the re- I
of the fleet us interpreted |
by the general board of the navy, that I
there shall be established for the navy