Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-01
Bills Are Being Worked Out in
House and Senate Commit
tees for Great Increase in
American Army
UNITED STATES NAVY
0UTCLASSED BY GERMANY
Two Hard Years Work Re-
quired to Bring Up Uncle
Sans Fleet Where ltWouId
Have Chance With kaiSer'S.

NuSnlnktun, Fen. 29.~Ihc cam
paign for national preparedness Will
enter on a new phase In congress- next
week. when Ia all probability bills prn-
viding for increasing the army Ia nn
extent never before contemplated in
time OF peace viii be introduced in
both the house and senate.
The house military committee viii
begin tomorrow It's final review of the
measure tentatively agreed upon last
week and which II is stated will be al
tered only in minor details before II Is
favorably reported The final vote
probably will be taken Thursday but II
will require several days for Char
man Hay to prepare a report to ac-
company the bill.
Senate Expcditcs Work.
The senate committee agreed today
TO insert only q general provision for
liberalization of the national guard in
its regular army reorganization meas
ure. leaving the task of putting this
legislation in final shape TO the joint
conference committee to which the
two bills will go. by this action the
senate committee made il possible to
bring out its bill also next week.
it'iVit INV ItHot lltNttl NRiiiHilRl''
Rear Admiral Knight continued today
his recommendations that every facil-
ity in the country be employed t.
hasten construction of a fleet equal I,
those of any two nations except Great
Britain American policies such as th'
J Monroe doctrine. Asiatic exclusion
I control Of the Panama canal aud the
open door II China he declared. CON.
t
war unless adequate preparation [,
uphold them is made.
Two Years 10 Equal Germany.
Admiral knight said he believed II
would take two years and a half tc
make the navy efficient enough e
meet the present German fleet with
any hope of success. The time limit
he set was the minimum record tc
build nine battle cruisers and eight
fast scouts He said il would take
eighteen months to put the ships OF
the Atlantic fleet in fun active com
mission, IN readiness for war
mot that we would not make a
good showing against any force in
much less time, he added.
Representative Farr asked il II
would not be necessary TO begin con-
struction Immediately in all available
government yards If "a great number Of
capital ships were to be built in a hur-
ry. lie called attention 10 published
figures stating that in the last ten
years Germany had built l73 fight
ing ships, England 252 and tho United
States sixty-four. Admiral knight said
he understood a subcommittee of the
naval committee would he named later
TO investigate the subject Of ship
building facilities. public and private.
He advised that the Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Mare Is
and and Puget Sound yards be
equipped Immediately for their maxi
mum output of big ships
Major General Barnett, command
ant OF the marine corps, followed Ad-
miral Knight, urging that $50 officers,
fifty-two warrant officers and 2,379
men be added TO the corps to bring
IL up To the strength advocated by the
general board and approved by Secre-
tary Daniels, which is on The basis Of
one-fifth of the strength of the navy
personnel. He asked also that the one
fifth standard be written into permar
nent law and said Secretary Daniels
approved this proposal, although IL
was an increase over what had origl-
nally been asked by the department.