Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-25
WAR PLANS TAKE
ON NEW IMPETUS
Industrial Leaders Advise
on Mobilization of
Resources.
RUSH WORK ON NAVY.
Army Purchasing System
and Other Details Thor
oily Examined.

WASHINGTON. March 24.-IIav-
ing taken virtually every defense
measure possible before the assem-
bling of congress, President Wilson
and his advisers are concentrating
their efforts to prepare for the more
sweeping steps for which congress
; sional authority will ho sought.
The details of the 49, to be rec
ommended are held a atlosest conf |
Ience, but officials ltt IT be known
today that among the rest "A general
military budget co-ordinating many
items of expense deemed imperative
Will be laid before the house and
senate when the extra session begins
Steps of One Day
: Beginning today the council of ma
tional defense held a long conference
with its advisory committee of seven
industrial leaders, who mapped out
mobilization plans for the country's
economic resources, the navy depart |
: mcnt awarded contracts for destroy
, ers and called a conference of steel
> and other material companies for
) next week to consider means OF
Ipeeding up naval construction, the
war department announced that fall
uro of the army appropriation bill at
the last session of congress would not
he permitted to handicap the army's
preparations and regulations were
promulgated to guide the country's
newspapers in voluntary censorship
= preventing publication OF details
which might embarras the govern
ment.
with these details President Wilson
kept in close personal touch. Late In
the afternoon after walk he ana
Mrs. Wilson went to the state, navy
- and war building and paid visits to|
, Secretaries Baker and Daniels.
/ Regarding activities of the war
department Secretary Baker made
q this statement to newspaper men:
q "Of course everybody knows that
q the international situation is tense.
: The war, like every other department..
. is busy.
( Just Getting Ready.
t Everybody realizes that this Is a
sort of unnatural situation. we are
making preparations and buying sup
y plies and all that sort of thing and
, yet the policy OF the country Is still
to be determined by the legislative
p body. and just what will happen is to
be determined by the president and
congress"
"All that you can say of the war
1 department is that 1t IS pressing
{ ahead all purchases of everything that
% will be needed to keep an army, IL
o. } the army is to be called upon"
t New Naval Record.
c In awarding contracts for "a de-
. stroyers the same day the bids were
: opened the navy department esteb-
lished record for quick work. All
!. vessels will be duplicates of the 35-
! knot now building. and will be built
on "A basis of cost plus 10 per cent
e profit. Contracts for ten went to the
r Union Iron works, San Francisco:
Q eight to the Fore River Shipbuilding
. company, quincy, Mass, and six toI
A William Cramp & Sons. Philadelphia.
Emergency funds provided by con-
gress are to be used in hurrying
l these and other naval vessels to COM
pletion
Builders engaged on battle cruiser
/, contract ,DnfCrred during the dlyI
with the compensation board which I
will allot the emergency appropria-
70 ton.
., The council Of national defense and
{ the advisory committee were IN ses- |
! sion virtually all day considering re- T
y ports on what had been accomplished. |
It was stated that an official attached
- 10 the committee. retired business
q man OF wide eNpcricnc" recently hauU
spent several weeks in the qGartermns-
7 ,ers department going over the army
q Purchasing system.
4 As result Of his stuCy he has re
- ported to Secretary Baker that ne w1s|
a filed with admiration for the eff |
} cheney. yea! and adequacy of the|
e service.
arrange Tor Supplies.
Contracts for quarternastcr's sUp-|
} plies. such as clothes, shoes. tentage,
ETC. nave been placed up to the limit|
OF funds available In this cOnnec
:ion It vas stated officially today tha{
the country IS in better position toI
gct quicKly an adequate supply OF
army rifles than ever before in its|
a history.
The general military budget TO be-
- laid before congress is expected to in
clude many army measures which,
failed a. the last session. and which
y are now being restudied and co-ordin
u ! ated. The nature of any recommend
l dations as to changes in army organi-
e zation such as the adoption of al
. universal service policy has not been
l disclosed.
A possible new element for the con-
Z sideration of the national defenseI
u council was called to It's attention dur
r ing the day by Richard NJ. Bissell andI
I Wilbur L. Mallalieu OF New York,
president and general manager respect
| lively of the board of fire under-|
a. writer's. The board offered to organ
.ze and direct for the government the
working out Of the board plan dealingI
4 with fire prevention requirements.
l. The theory on which the suggestion|
was based was that campaign OF in
II cendiarism might follow an outbreak
OF hostlities with Germany.
II Seek to Prevent Fires.
II The underwriters have detailed In
formation as TO fire fighting facili-|
ties thruout the country and a highly
trained corps of engineers and inspect
tors. These agencies We're placed att
the disposal OF the government. to-
yether with all the administrativeI
machinery of the organization to|
meet any emergency. Secretary
Baker referred the matter to the adj
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