The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-27
ALL BOYS OVER [ Y INCLUDED IN
 PLAN FOR ARMY
Compulsory Training Three Months in Year for Four
 Years Urged.

Washington, Dec. 27-Col. Webb c. Hayes of Ohio has laid before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs a universal military training plan by which all boys from the ages of IT to 21 will be required to undergo course in military instruction for three months a year for four years. The plan would not interfere with the National Guard and would avoid the objections to a one-year training plan.
 Col. Foote, in charge of the Coast Artillery school at Fortress Monroe, assisted Col. Hayes in working out the details.
 The 435 Congressional districts would be the units for selecting the recruits to undergo the prescribed course. It is estimated that ], 100000 boys reach the age of IT each year of whom about 50 per cent. probably would be exempted for various req sons. Approximately 1,200 would be availaV le annually in each Congress sional district. The first year that the plan was put in operation each district would provide one regiment and after the fourth year a brigade of 4,8OO men would exist in each dis trict.
 Selection of Officers.
 One field officer and a captain from the regular army would be detailed to each training camp, who would act as recruiting officers during the re- maining nine months of the year. The captains and junior company officers would be taken from the National Guard.
 Tn event of war, those in active training would be called out first and those who had most recently com pleted their training next. taking in order those who were the most re- gently trained and with the least family responsi binties.
 The following protest against his compulsory military training bill was received by Senator Cham berlain from the World Peace Association of Minnesota, the message coming through the American Union Against Militarism.
 No member of the World
 Peace Association will be forced
 into military training. Neither
 will we pay taxes to help nain
 tain < such an insane policy,
 WHICH means that the pOuCICdl
 jingoes pass such a law the bot
 tom will fall out of the United
 States government. Speak for
 us. ~t
 Navy to Train Civilians.
 The Isucess of the naval practice cruise for civilians last summer has led the Navy Department to make plans for the training of at least 10,- 900 civilians in naval training camps next summer, according to an an- nouncement made by Secretary of the Navy Daniels Yesterday.
 The Nevy Department proposes to establish training camps at Newport, Chicago, Norfolk. Va, and San Fran cisco, in, which a course of instruc- tion will be given for one month sim- liar to that given to recruits for the navy.
 An advanced training course for those who participated in the cruises last summer will be given this year on battleships of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. It is expected that 10 or 12 battleships under the command of flag officer will be detailed for this purpose.
 Preliminary training in certain sea- ports on battleships of the reserve fleet will be given during the winter by officers of the navy. The battle ships Minnesota and North Dakota | will be used for this purpose at Phila- delphia, and the battleship New Jer- sey-at New York.
 The Navy Department announces that it. will form and train motor boat fo ha despatch vessels. Camps of instruction and cruises will be held between July 2 and Aug. 4. The manoeuvres | of the motor boat squadrons will be | carried out the first two weeks in