The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-27
It Would Cost S4O0,000,0OO and Take 750,000 Men to Keep Up an Army of a Million Men
ENOUGH MEDICINES
 IN THIS COUNTRY FOR
 ARMY FOR ONE YEAR
General Crozier DisapprOves of a Governmental Mo- nopoly-Allies Have Re ceived Only Gunpowder

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 Washington, January 26.-Estimates
 were given the Senate military com
 mittee today by Brigader General Cro-
 zier chief of ordnance, showing that E plant costing $4OO,oooOOO operated by K force of 750,000 workmen, would be required to manufacture ammunition and war materials necessary to keep an army of million men in the field and equip an additional million re- cruits.
 General Crozier strongly disapproved fany proposal for government monopoly | of the manufacture of war supplies, 1n- | [gsisting that best results could be accom- |Eplshed by relying upon private estab- |slishments to supplement the output Of / sgovernment plants in time of war.
 The committee received today from Sec |sretary Garrison 8 draft of tentative | measure suggested by Chairman Cham | lberlain which would provide for the au- . .lthorization of the proposed continental Ilarmy in general terms only, leaving the detail of the proposed system to be worked out bv war department regulations. The original draft of bill submitted by the war department contained an outline or the entire system. MT. Garrison pointed out to the congressional committees when he appeared before them, however, that as the plan was largely an experimental one it would be wise to give the Presi- dent wide discretionary powers to meet the problems which only could be solved properly in the light of experience yet to be gained.
 TENTATIVE BILL
 Senator Chamberlain has prepared a Tentative bill dealing only with increases for the regular army and 1t is assumed the general authority contemplated in the brief section submitted today by the sec- retary is intended to be inserted into the Cham amberlain bill. It provides that men of the continental army shall receive not more than three months training in any wear while serving with the colors or more than six months training in all dur ing their three years of active duty.
 General Crozier amplifed today testi- irony already presented before the House ccmmittee to show the inadequacy of pres ent reserve stores for the army. Ordnance eauipment for an army of 250,0O0 has been assembled and the country is in better position in this respect than at any time since the close of the Civil war, he said, hut even this gives no security in view Of the time required to produce guns and ammunition in the quantities the Euro oean war had shown to be necessary. This, he pointed out, had been sharply illus trated by the experience of European buy CTS in the American munitions market.
 SECURE ONLY POWDER
 Only powder has been delivered to the E Aropean belligerents in any considerable quantities up to this time by American plants, General Crozer explained, all though orders for many kinds of weapons and ammunition were placed more than a year ago. The largest orders, he said, were for military rifles, and while 100000 Or so old pattern weapons already had been sent abroad, none of the many hun dreds of thousands of modern rifles or dered had yet been delivered Artillery ammunition, he added, would not start broad in bulk for sometime and the num- Der of small caliber field batteries al ready delivered had not been very large.
 Pointing out that virtually all the pub lie and large private intuition plants of the United States are located close to the Atlantic seaboard and within striking distance by an enemy in case of invasion, the general urged that some provisions be made by Congress to foster develop
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 BUILD IN THE INTERIOR
 Brigadier General Weaver. chief of the coast artillery, also reviewed before the committee statements previously present. ed to the House committee. While the fixed coast defenses of the United States are the best in the world. he said. they are inadequately manned, and some pro- vision is necessary also for protection of khe coast line between permanent forts ,v means of mobile artillery of heavy ealiber
 Before the military and naval commit lees of the House today the condition nf the country as to drugs which would be necessary in great quantity in war inc was brought out by the surgeon gen. erals of the army and navy. Both agreed that the supplies of quinine and opium might be completely shut off if the United States became involved in war and that great stores of these drugs should be ac- cumulated in times of peace. Surgeon 3eneral Gorgas of the army said certain 1rug supplies were being obtained from L,ermany and Austria subrosa but he did hot go into details He said that the army was now equipped with reserve medical stores to last force of 250000 men year.
 Declare Dividend
 New York, January 26.--The B. r. Good ;ch comDany which suspended dividends