Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-25
WILL SUBMIT
 GREAT MILITARY BUDGET
 BEFORE COMING CONGRESS
Council of National Defense and Industrial Leaders Map Out Mobilization Plans For Countrys Economic Resources; A Destroyers Ordered Built and Censorship of News papers Begins To Apply.
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 be needed to keep an army, if the army is to be called upOn."
 To Be Speedy Craft.
 In awarding contracts for the "A destroyers on the same day that bids were opened, the navy department es- tablished a precedent. All of the vessels, which will duplicate the B knot type already building, will be built on a basis of cost plus ten per cent profit. Contracts for ten went to the Union Iron Works, San Francisco; eight to the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Mass. and six to William Cramp and Sons, Philadel- phia
 Emergency funds provided by con gress are to be used in hurrying these and other naval vessels to com pletion. Builders engaged on bat tie cruisers contracts conferred with the compensation board today. which tion.
 The council of national defense and the advisory committee were in ses- sion virtually all day. It was stat ed that an official attached to the committee, a retired business man of wide experience, recently had spent several weeks in the quartermaster's department, going over the army pur- chasing system. As a result of his study, he has reported to Secretary Baker, he was filled with admiration for the efficiency. zeal and adequacy of the service.
 Army Supplies Ordered.
 Contracts for quartermaster's sup plies. such as clothing, shoes. tent age, etc, have been placed up to the limit of avilable funds with provis- ion for the automatic extension of the orders on large scale as soon as additional funds are available. In this connection, it was stated official ly today that the country was in better position to get quickly an ade- quate supply of army rifles than ever before in it's history. The general military budget to be laid before con gress is expected to include many army measures which failed at the last session, and which now are being restudied and co-ordinated. The na- ture of any recommendations as to changes in army organizations, such as the adoption of a universal ser vice policy. has not been disclosed.
 Fire Bugs Feared.
 A possible new element for the con sideration of the national defense council was called to its attention by Richard M Bissell and w. k. Mallal- GU. president and general manager, respectively, of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, of New York. The board has offered to organize and di- rect for the government the working out of broad plan for dealing with fire prevention requirements. The theory on which the suggestion was based was that campaign of incen- diarism might follow an outbreak of hostilities with Germany.
 The underwriters have detailed in- formation as to fire fighting facilities the country and a highly trained corps of engineers and inspec- tors. These agencies were placed at the disposal of the government, to- gether with all the administrative ma chinery the organization has. to meet any emergency. Secretary Baker re- ferred the matter to the advisory com
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