The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-23
Adopt Resolution on Uni versal Obligatory MiIi- tary Training and Serv- ice-Greater Navy Urged
DEFINITE PLANS TO
 CONSOLIDATE ALL
 DEFENSE SOCIETIES
George W. Wickersham Ad-
 vocates Compulsory Mill
 tary Service in Brilliant
 Address-Root Speaks

Washington, January 22.-An i'm dOrsement of Secretary Garrison,s cf- forts toward enlargement of the na- tion's military forces was voted today by the National Security league with the reservations that the regular mo- bile army should he even greater than that contemplated by the war depart- ment and that adequate national de- fense would depend ultimately upon Universal obligatory military training and service" A greater navy than has been outlined by the navy department was urged.
 Steps to coordinate the work of organizations seeking greater arma- ment were indorsed.
 It was understood tonight that defi- nite plans had been made for general consolidation of such organizations in defense league with Robert Bacon IS it's president. Besides the National Security league, societies expected to enter the new organization include the
 
 American Defense society, the Aero Club of America, and many others.
 GARRISON INDORSED
 Secretary Garrison's programme was indorsed as first sound step toward adequate preparedness by Elihu Root and Henry L. Stimson, both former Secretaries of War in republican ad ministrations At a banquet tonight concluding the thr ree-eay meeting of ehe league, 4George w viclzerslga,n, Attorney Geaeral iis Presidest Taft's Id-binct advoc:tted universal military service and immediate repeal of the law under which the National Guard would be called into service in advance of volunteers.
 Other speakers at the banquet were Senator Lee, who discussed Americas S Danger, and George Haven Putnam of New York.
 Resolutions adopted by the league follow:
 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
 Be it Resolved, That the defense of the United States depends upon an
 
 founded upon system of universal obligatory military training and serv ice This system must be wholly un- der the discipline and control of the national authorities. We deprecate all steps which tend to obstruct or post pone the adoption of such a universal system.
 That the National Security league indorses the efforts of Secretary Gar rison to obtain an increase in the reg ular army, the correction of our fam ily enlistment law, the esta blishment of an adequate regular army reserve and the accumulation of an adequate supply of ammunition, artillery and material. but we believe that in addi tion to the proposed quota of coast ar tillery and auxiliary troops the mobile regular army within the United Staets should comprise at least four complete infantry divisions as recommended by the war college report of 1915.
 FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
 That the National Security league rec ommends the authorization by Congress a council of national defense as set forth in House bill No. 1883 of the first of Sixty-third Congress- commonly known as the Hobson bill, for the purpose of secur- ing more harmonious cooperation be- tween the executive and legislative branches of the government with respect to the national defenses.
 ''That the National Security league rec ommends the establishment of navy
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