The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-11
COLONEL TELLS PRESIDENT OF
 HIS WAR PLAN

Roosevelt. yesterday takes exalted rank ':% 7
 Not only did he confer with Presi dent Wilson at the White House fo an hour, but, later in the day, inau gurated, in whirlwind fashion, a cam paign in behalf of the administration army bill, so amended as to give hin what he wanted-permissio to or ganize and command volunteel army division for service in Europe.
 Acting, it is said, with the assen of the President, he had filled ths afternoon and night with conference in which the chairman and the lead ing minority members of the Senate and House committees on military affairs have participated.
 Senators Chamberlain, of Oregon and Weeks. of Massachusetts, anG Representatives Dent and Kahn came to him, one at a. time, for individua conference at the home of his son tn-law,3 Representative, Longworth They were followed by members o1 the Advisory Commission of the Council of Ntional Defense, each o1 whom was closeted with the colonel. !
 Many Distinguished Callers.
 Still later, Secretary of War Baker called at the Longworth residence and passed half an hour with the colone in a conference which the colone. spoke of as "very satisfactory" Right on the heels of the Secretary of War came Sir Cecil spring-Rice, the Brit ish Ambassador, followed by Jules
 
 and Almaro Lato, the Japanese Am bassador.
 Each of these diplomats talked ,ir private with the colonel, who had nothing to say publicly as to what was said. Senator Lodge and score more of the colonePs friends in the Senate and House were among his visitors.
 The one complete result, so far re- corded for this strenuous day, is the fact that an amendment to the Ad ministration's Army Bill, giving the colonel what he wants, is now upde1 consideration. As to it's prpbabl, fate, there is only conjecture. It is 2 fact, however that such an amend ment is under consideration, and the suggestion is that it shall be modelled along the lines of the bill passed ir 1898, to create the national volunteer regiments for service in the Philip pines.
 It was noon when the colonel start ed the operations that gave him, for g day at least, the centre of the na- Honal stage At that hour he called on the President and was cordially greeted. They met in the Green Room of the White House, where the colonel told the President that his war message held first rank among the great state papers of history, and that he, the colonel, thoroughly. in dorsed the army plans of the Admin- isuation and would support them with all the influence at his com mand. ,
 Interview PIeases Colonel.
 For an hour; the President listened as the colonel urged fla vorable action on his request to or ganize and command a. division of troops, for service at the French front, at the earliest possible moment The President was interested, courteously but distinctly non-commit- tai. His only definite assurance given at the close of the long talk was that he would carefully, consider" the matter.
 This sounded good to the, colonel, who appeared to be in high spirits as he left the White House.
 Escorted by Joseph P. Tumulty, the Presidents secretary, he waled to his obi1e, only to be intercepted and halted by small army of news paper men.
 'fNow, MT. Tumulty,' said the col that you are here Listen to me, and, if I go too far, censor me-
 His statement was:
 Mot being the seventh son of a seventh son, I think I can, neverthe- less, fairly we'll prophecy. I came here desiring to see the President per- sonally, to reiterate what I had said about. his message and to lay before him in detail and explain just what [ desired to have his direction to do in the case of the division, and why 1t was my earnest hope and belief hat it would be, we'll. that I should nave the authorization to raise such division, to be sent as part of an ex- peditionary force to France at an carly moment.
 "The division and myself. of course, would be- put under the command of whoever is at the head of the expe- litionary force. As I have said, I ion somewhat in detail before the President.
 ."The President received me with he utmost courtesy and -considera- ion and doubtless in his own due ime will come to a decision.
 1T will say that I am heartily in avor Of the proposals of the admin stration for universal military train ng. I would favor it, even if it was or the purpose of raising 3,000,00o nen. E.,
 Won't Interfere With Draft.
 ''The division have asked permis- ion to raise would be. raised exclu- lively among men who would be aken under the selective draft pro- ,osaI of men from 19 to 25 years of Lge. In other words, they would be iA addition to the men aised by se1ective draft
 The conference between the colonel nd the Ambassadors of England, Trance and Japan give color to belief that those govern nents are favorable to the coloneps 'lan, believing that the presence of he American flag on the battle line would kindle intense enthusiasm all the armies of the AL ies. Friends of the colonel are say ng that his action constitutes a ten- er of patriotic coalition with the