Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-01
More Than a Score of Atlantic and Gulf Ports Are Made Bases For U. s. Submarine Chasers.
INDUSTRIES ARE
 BEING MOBILIZED
Captains of Industry Aid Gov ernment In This Important Defense Work-Details Are Still Secret.
(By Review Leased Wire.) ]


 WASHINGTON, Mar. 31.-The
 governments war preparations de-
 veloped important steps today in
 all three branches of national de- fense.
 At the war department orders were issued calling into the fed eraI service, 1000 additional na- tionai auardsmen and it was an- nounced that detailed plans had been worked out by the general staff for raising any larger army which congress might advise.
 "Subr chasers Busy.
 The navy department establish ed on an official basis the coast patrol of submarine chasers, and ordered Captain Henry B. Wilson detached from his post as com mander of the super-dreadnaueht Pennsylvania to take charge of the mosquito feet" Bids for more chasers were opened at the department Secretary Daniels said he expected soon to have
 
 large number of the boats in com mission.
 Plans for coordination of all defense resources outside. the army and navy were worked out by the council of na' tional defense and its advisory com. mission, which abandoned it's previous program of mobilizing the country's in dustries on a peace basis and turned its attention to more direct prepara' tions for war.
 60,000 Guards Now Active.
 National guardsmen from five states and the District of Columbia are af. fected by today's order. bringing up to nearly 60,00O the number who have been summoned for police protection to industrial plants and other strategic points.
 N. M. Infantry Dropped.
 At the same time the war depart. ment ordered that the First New Mex ico militia infantry, which never had attained the national guard status re quired under the new defense act, be mustered out of the federal service No explanation was made by depart ment officials. but it was indicated that the regiment probably was dropped from the federal force in order to avoid any confusion which might arise because of its unusual status.
 While official explanation was that the national guardsmen ordered out today were required for police pro- tection it was assumed the Texas or. ganizations probably would be used for border protection, relieving ap- proximately an equal number of reg ulars for duty elsewhere.
 Fix Patrol Bases.
 Orders for submarine chasers are being placed in great numbers, but details are withheld for military req sons. It was stated officially that with the designation of Captain Wilson to command the new fleet all arrange ments for organization of the patrol forces has been completed in detail with more than a score of points along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts designated as patrol bases and supply depots.
 More than fifty small boat builders submitted proposals for the construc' ton of chaser and patrol boats of the no and 50 foot types. Secretary Dap iels said the proposals assured the department it would be able to get all it wanted within the shortest pos. sible time.
 To mobilize industries. the plans of the defense council for industrial mob ilization have been worked in consul tation with the captains of industry and are regarded by all officials as among the most important measures in the entire defense program. Details have not been permitted to become public, but it is understood steps taken to secure a united nation behind the President in the event of war and to make the most of every industrial resource are exhaustive and specific Even tentative suggestions for legisls
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