Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-30
Chamberlain Tells President
 He Has Power to Bring Army and Militia To War
 Strength Immediately.
PRESIDENT FAVORS
 UNIVERSAL SERVICE
But Has Not Announced Which Plan He May Ask Congress To Pass. Sup plies Wanted For Million Men.
lBy Review Leased Wire)

WASHINGTON, Mar. 29.-Plans to forward further preparedness meas ures for the army began to assume definitet form today.
 How an increased army force may be promptly secured for the present emergency as well as universal train ing as national policy were discuss ed by President Wilson with Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of the senate military committee. At the same time Secretary Baker and ad- ministration leaders in congress con sidered legislation needed immediate ly for the military establishment.
 Senator Chamberlain told the
 President he believed the esecu-
 tive now has authority without
 further action by congress to
 raise at once an army or more
 than 100000 men, by increasing
 the regular army 10 war strength
 and calling out all of the national
 guard at war strength.
 {. There was no intimation that the President was considering such step immediately. but the whole field of measures necessary to secure larger force was discussed.
 To Offer Old Army Bill
 For present needs the war depart ment has decided, Secretary Baker said, to submit to congress a budget containing virtually the same provis- ions as the regular army appropria- ton bill which failed at the last ses- sion.
 Another Bill Later
 Estimates for the expense in con nection with an enlarged army or for any emergency activities will be pre- sented later. This decision coincides with the house plan to re-enact the appropriation bill without change and send it at once to the senate.
 Senator Chamberlain also agreed to expedite the bill in the senate. To this end he said he would not again offer his universal training bill as a rider if it would delay prompt action on the supply measure.
 Favors Universal service
 The conference between the Presi- dent and Senator Chamberlain, at the latter's request, was primarily 10 dis cuss the senator's universal training plan. He asked the President to en- dorse the general principle of com pulsory training in his forthcoming coming message to congress. The President, it was said, gave no indi- cation of his probable course. He was said to favor some plan for providing military training, but was non-com- initial regarding the Chamberlain plan, to which he is understood to have some objections.
 After leaving the White House the senator said he was still hopeful of administration endorsement of his bill and predicted the passage by the senate of some sort of universal train ins measure.
 Plans to Drill 500,000
 Another amendment, the senator said. would be to create 36 divisions in the country for the segregation of the training work with facilities for training an army division of from 22. 900 to 27.000 men in each divisional camp. While some of the divisions. Senator Chamberlain thought. would have larger bodies under training than others. he believed at least 800, 900 young men would be thus secured.
 Opposes Staff Bill
 The Oregon senator impressed up on the President that his plan would not entail the enormous expense of the army general staff training bill. He estimated that without providing costly permanent barracks at train ing camps and by having the students live iu tents the annual cost of train
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