New Britain herald., 1916-01-06
MOBILE FEDERAL | FORCE OF MILLIOl MEN IN SIX YEA @
Huge Reserve Of Ammunition Equipment and Elaborate l
 tension of Coast DGfenSe'
URGED BY GARRISON IN
 BEHALF OF ARMY !

Secretary Tells House Military W
 Committee That "The Intcgr
 the Nation and Its Very Exis
 May Depend Upon What Is K
 in This Matter at the Fl
 Time.
 Washington, Jan. 6.-SecretarM rison laid before the house mM affairs committee today his TX argument in behalf of the admirH tion's army plan which is desigrN give the country a definite nA policy. It proposes the creatiN a mobile federal force of more "A million men in six years, accuA tion of a huge reserve of ammua and equipment and elaborate z sion of the coast defenses, the K project involving an increased exa of s600,000,0O0 and an annual VI partment budget thereafter of than s2O0,O 0,O0Q,000 as compared an average of s100,000,0o0 for tFl few years. .s
 "The integrity of the nation aI very existence" the secretary reading from a lengthy statemd had prepared, may depend what is done, in this matter al time. This great opportunity VI lost unless a wise, sensible and tical policy is the result of thd sideration and action of this gress."
 Farspread Responsibilities ' Referring to the farspread mi responsibilities of the nation, I ing into the insular possea China, Alaska, and the Panama zone, Mir. Garrison added:
 we have determined and nounced that the sovereignty other republics on this hemis shall remain inviolable, and therefore at all times stand req make good our position in this nection."
 Quotes Figures.
 He then quoted figures to sho full strength of the army on Ju last-105,993 officers and men [ combatant forces, and their pA distribution. To these should W ed, he said, 1,1S3 officers and men of the non-combatant arms service, bringing the total numf Federal troops up to 1O6, ,6l9s pointed out that the item of alone made up approximately fift cent. of the total proposed apprf tions.
 The United States including Al said the secretary, is of greater than the combined total of AZ Hungary, Belgium, the British Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Ger1 Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, sia in Europe, Spain and Turk Europe, the total of these areas resenting only ninety-seven per of that of the United States.
 Present Force Inadequate.
 "It will of necessity" he a1 "be conceded by anyone who al that military force is requisite that our present military ford tatally inadequate to meet our rel abilities.
 "The chaos which a crisis al produces where preparations m vance have not been made, maH certain that several months of Il sity would intervene after the break of war before any conside| number of volunteers would be ' to take their training, and mont training must then ensue oe1ore could be ready to be sent lIleo tle''
 Obyiate Loss of IInie
 A similar delay would meet tna fort to assemble arms, equlpiiien on,rounition. Q n, MT. Garrison salo, he insisted that if it accompiH notbinp more. the plan now proIH r.ro1,1d ohviate much of this lo1 time.
 "There is a disposition upon thel of some." he continued, to az that we are facing a crisis. The way to meet any emergency lsI adopting emergency measures. nersonneI and material needed military purposes should be imn| ately mobilized Every nerve snI be strained, and every resource d1 upon, and nothing overlooked na sary to preserve and defend usl gardless of cost and of other cok erations.
 Adoption of Wise Policy, E
 "In my view, the occasion caiis the adoption of a wise, senslple, ouate, military policy, on pernip lines and for definite ends.
 There is common agreel among those who have studien subject intelligently that we sh have a force in the continental uf States of 500,O00 men subject ty stant call.
 Modern warfare, while 1t has q onstrated the increased use Of chanicaI instruments of war, has demonstrated the increased use
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