Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-27
NAVAL TRAINING PLAN
FOR 10000 CIVILIANS
Government TO Arrange Summer
Cruises and Establish Severa,
Coast Camps.
EXPENSES FOR EACH MAN, $50
Scheme for Creation OF Military
Force OF Young Men Is Submitted
to Senate Committee by Colonel
Webb &. Hayes. OF Ohio.


iBy Associated prcssI
/ WASH NGTON. December CAN
orportuni1e for 10000 civilians to
receive naval training curing The com
iES year Will he offered under Navy
/ departments plans completed to-day
contemplating the use of twelve re-
serve 'battlcships for - summer train
/ ing cruise. ;hc establishment of coas,
tiatninG camps at Norfolk San Fran
cisco. Chicago. Newport. and probably
Pensacola. and the organization Of
rotor-boat SQuadrous made an of
owners OF private motor craft
tentative schedule drawn up by
tho department provides for the OPEN
/ ing Of tho camps and the start OF the
cruise on July =. the training course
in each instance TO extend until Az,
gust
7 Mobilization Of moto:-boar suuadrons
for mancuvers would fake place early
IN september \ winicr training
course. preliminary to the summer
cruise. would he provided those apply
ing on hoard designated battIeships AT
! l'hiladelphu and New York
TKtININ,s,SIMII.AR TO THAT
GIVEN APPRENTICE SENMEN
The suinme" training cruise which
J " ~ p' NiIl'iiE' 10 TIE JOnh f3ni Jones
cruis. of last summer. in which about
e.oho civilians were given training
probably Will he held again this year
coincident viii: naval war game
Training AT the camps will il. similar
TO thai given apprentice senmem for
one month. The expenses to each man
Will he about $40. but Congress will
he asked to authoriz" cnrollnlent or
those who qualify in the naval voHun-
;cer reserve fur one wear with A pro-
vision that their expenses for trans
portation TO aud from tn. camps and
Tor subsistence he met by the GOV
ernmem;. ~ present there is no au-
th"ritr under which The civilians can
bind themselves for war service
In organizing tho notcr-boat patrol.
sQuadr"nS the department will carry
:nto cffect the provision Of the last
naval bill. authorizing formation Of q
. naval coast defense reserve Motor
boat owners and operators taking part
In these maneuvers will he asked 10
join the permanent reserve. which is
designed 10 furnish the navy with y
feet "f fast armed motor auNiliaries
for use along the coasts and particu-
larry adapted for attacking subma-
rines.
During the maneuvers fuel oil will
he furnished 10y the Government.
CREATION OE TRAINED
FORCE IL PROPOSED
The creation OF trained military
citizenship. from which il would ne
possible 10 draw such forces as NAV
he needed. by enrolling The country's
%ounS lncH more than seventeen years
old, and training them ;hrce months
Year for four successive wears. is
contemplated under - universal mill
tan. Affairs Committee by colonel
Webb =. Hayes. Of The Ohio National
Guard
senator Harding. OF ohio. through
whom the Hayes plan was submitted.
said tonight that the great advantage
of such training would be Intensive
military schooling foY cvevy able
bodied citizen. and ina. the training
could be- obtained with but slight in
reference with reg ular school courses.
~ with business. Farm and labor con-
diliunS.
seventeen each wear. but about 80 i.er
cen, OF ths number would be exempted
fol One cause OF another. 1t is eSti-
mated that loo would become avail
all" 50" strict military service in each
Of TIA" 80 congress oral districts each
"-ar Under the Hayes nInn this would
"rstitute, in the hTst lear minimum,
"c3 iulHut. two regiments i'm the second
sea-. three reg imentS ia the third year
and thereafter brigade "f $500 young
nsen :" lie trained in each district
II var should compe! the calling OF,
Of this trained citizenship for active
service. the classes then in training
would be dra wn upon FIRST
y strenuous protest aSriNS; uuiver-
81 training "as forwarded "a the COM
uittce 10y tn" World neac. N-socin-
lion. Of Minnesota The telegram,
signed b. William NJ. Hicks. al North
G"id Mimi. declared that "if jh" politi-
"a! LIMOGES pass such II law. tho hot
tom VIII fall out % the Uui;"d States
government The association has
REPRESENTATIVES here working ngAiust
10" paSs:." - IL ihe bill