The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
House Military Committee Begins Final Review of
 Measure Today
KNIGHT CONTINUES { BEFORE COMMITTEE
Would Require Two and Half Years W to Put Fleet in Condition to Meet IN That of Germany With Any Hope of Success

Washington, February 29.-The cam pain for national preparedness will entf on a new phase in Congress next wed when. in all probability, bills proading for increasing the army to an Extent never before contemplated n 6ne of peace will be introduced in bot&the House and Senate.
 p13 House military committee will peen tomorrow it's final review of the mealre tentatively agreed upon last weeS and which, it is stated, will be alteXd only in minor details before 1t ,y &orably reported. The final vote proab1y will be taken Thursday, but 1t Nilltequire several days for Chairman tIa4o prepare report to accompany she ,1ll
 f& I'd Senate committee agreed today 10 ikert only a general provision for ede4lization of the National Guard in It's skular army reorganization meas Ire Having the task of putting this egilation in final shape to the joint on1fence committee to which the two jilkMill go. By this action the Sen ite Mmmittee made it possible to bring ut ' bill also next week.
 KEGHT BEFORE COMMITTEE
 Bt&re the House naval committee lea Admiral Knight continued today is 18ommendations that every facility t& country be employed to hasten bnsfbction of fleet equal to those ax two nations except Great Brit sn. herican policies, such as the Mon ,e Actrine, Asiatfc exclusion, con- ol " the Panama canal and the open yor8 China. he declared constituted g. ca And growing threat of war un- ss 8eauate preparation to uphold er14re made.
 Adi1ral Knight said he believed it ,ul Make two years and half to ike Xhe navy efficient to meet the ese4 German fleet. with any hope of ece1 The time limit he set was the
 nil n required to build nine bat-l csHsers and eight fast scouts. He id would take IS months to put e s Rs of the Atlantic fleet in full ctive &commission, in readiness for li.'No That we would not make good nowi.& against any foreign force in iuch 1ss time," he added.
 N RepS Tentative Farr asked if it sould lot be necessary to begin con- tructA immediately in all available overu4ent yards if great number V f cari1al ships were to be built in a mrry. He called attention to published guresl stating that in the last 10 years Ierma3y had built 17s fighting ships, inglaah 252 and the United States 64. .dmirst Knight said he understood abcontnittee of the naval committee oull be named later to investigate Sle subject of ship building facilities, iblik and private. He advised that the ostdn, New York, Philadelphia, Nor ,lk, Mare Island and Puget Sound lrddbe equipped immediately for their axitum output of big ships,
 WANTS MORE MARINES
 AIabr General Barnett. commander of rSarine corps, followed Admiral ,gls urging that i50 officers, 52
 rat officers and 2s79 men be added
 thy corps to bring it up to the rSnA(h advocted by the general ardl lnd approved by Secretary Dan- Is, tlich is. on the basis of one-fifth thd strength of the navy personnel. z asked also that the one fifth stand "a bdwritten into permanent law and id 4.cretary Daniels approved this ,opo4l although it was an increase Ter that had originally been asked r bIthe department.
 faene4l Barnett said he had prepared nd sAretarz Daniels would submit to ongre% at Ance legislation designed to ,rmit bnarinA officers to accept service ,der tie fIai4en government in the con- .ddptinu(a on Page Three)