Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-05

| Washington April 4-Detailed plans lofe the war department for raising an army numbering millions, if that is necessary ito bring the German gov ernment of the German empire to terms" were placed in President Will sons hands today in the form of a bill,
 viewed and revised in part by Secre- tary Baker and the general officers who are his military advisors
 The president, as commander-1n- Iadopted fo rthe war army and prepara- tions have been made at the war de- apartment for presenting the measure to the military committee of congress. 100000 Trained Men.
 Secretary Baker said today it would go to the house and senate committee as soon as the war resolutions had been tadoped. Major General Scott, chief of staff, will explain the plan and the mil- itary reasons for the need to train the number of men the bill will produce. This is believed to be not less than
 Navy Department Activities. I In the navy department. Secretary Daniels announced during the day that ldred submarine chasers or coast patrol boats had been let and. additional con- tracts had been signed each day. Preparations to take into the service huge fleet of small motor craft, for in- shore patrol work, also are being com pleted-
 Mir Daniels conferred today with Captain Wilson, recently commanding the superdreadnought Pennsylvania,
 but now assigned as chief of the entire
 patrol service on the Atlantic sea- board. Conferences also were held with the engineering experts of the departments as to the possibility of in creasing the number of 110-foot patrol craft to be ordered The department
 will order all that can be built and is
 receiving new proposals constantly. | Construction on the cost plus ten per cent profit plan will be avoided if possible, because of the enormous amount of booking and inspection in volved- Contracts already let are on a fixed price basis.
 War Departments Army Plan. The scope of the war departments army plan is gradually becoming clear, although the details are being with held until they are sent to congress.
 Included in the scheme must be the funds and equipment necessary to es- tabIish military training on a basis never before attempted in the United States.
 Warfare has changed in the Eu- lropean struggle. Trench fighting is the predominating feature of the bat I ties today. Mimic trench warfare, re- replace much of the old order skirmish alistic to the last possible degree, must drill, supplemented with hard march | ing and vigorous physical exercises to
 harden the men as quickly as possible. Men In Their Tewnties. There are many indications that it I is proposed to build up a fighting ma chine composed exclusively of men in their twenties and each man free from responsibilities or cares that might embarrass his soldierly qualities. A
 perfect military weapon is to be fash
 toned. officers say, if the armys plan is accepted by congress. It will take time and money, but will furnish such a force as will make It's weight tell against any troops in the world. Pre- sumably the oldest men within the prescribed limits would be called out first. These classes would yield the smallest number for training, for the percentage of men to assume family responsibilities goes up rapidly after twenty years is reached. They would be however, men in their most V1g- orous years, ready for any hardships. Each succeeding increment of 5OO,O0O called out for training would probably have reached the same stage of physic- al development by the time the train ing had been given. Physical stand ards of the regular army will be rig1dly maintained.
 Registration of Single Men. Registration of all single men be-
 tween the fixed ages will be a big task Cooperation of state and municipal au- thorities may be sought under the plan
 for state cooperation in the nationai war measure programme being framed by the council of national defence. Several million men must be enrolled and examined physically before the
 process of selection can be applied.
 Probably workers of certain classes,
 whose labor. is vital to maintainance of the food and war supplies of the na- tion. will be exampted as class No PIsc for Volunteer Forces. Army officers indicated that the governments policy leaves no place for volunteer forces. They are pre-
 pared also to urge against any pre-
 mature effor to send an army abroad
 to fight. To be of any aid in the
 world struggle, they say, only a very
 considerable force of fully trained, and highly equipped and organized troops,
 with adequate independent supply
 lines. should go to Europe. To do
 otherwise, one officer declared. might make American roops menace rath- Ter than an aid to the entente armies. It would further tax the already strain