The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-07
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 WeSM1aRNoM, Do. f-EUNA-~ 0EsN One year AseeT SA@ 1epaNeee at tAek On ReARA hNxNeT pseeeeaaate1 10 sete w&r> the UNSee& States hes tMe AAseesa saeMssa& tesces hs HS NfsteES
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 wnaS aA one year es var eAse eesasS> txy has bah sse stS ssRAtha& SeFvteee te the point where then SaxeAgth eNeeeaS substantially tAesr strength on ARwhaSAc@ Day, NNr> tl> NSa& after lS meMtMs es Wesaa War l. On that date the AreAS MaaANeee& SS1&&Se meM> WeaaA saeAtAa9 forces NAeAke~ esea sa the assa war were A$s&eee men.
 Speed wsSM wasoA the fseAshg machine hos been AAaaAt @se cen SN aaaeea Ag secaaasN3 that esa 1slAe % N9A0, the AvwnS, N&tseAaA Guard and Reserves sotsAea oMN &S&Sl& RN Sept, 30, lSte, sMaS MNaAAeT hA& risen so l.SSS!Sss. And sa the fSsSt year 0f war SAsS Notaa wsS ns0ge thAa sTeAaea.
 fA aesn the rNRsaar Navy pegsea> nea mssanoerea DIS SaA @ssSeesS and men pNas Navy mAS&tAve and state oreanazats@M tNsaN&ag NSfT> Msaaaem NHeM Overseas
 Nearly llN0A@0N Anaessean sSSAehs men aa1ea&N ase oversees, about three times as nAsNS aS were sent to Framce sM tho ccrTSSsecN6SNS De- sSoa os the hast war, and the hgare Is growing raNS&Se,
 Inc sarS1 W0Ta& War waS one year l0aa on Aagsa 6, aSa&, when . Rttle more than $sS@ee men Ms6 been szamspcrNeS eeeSSeaS Thus the movement csesseas sA this var has been al a rate nearly three times as rapid as sn the hast var, At the close c& the hast war, the Aaaegkean ES> peSstsonarp Force NssrMAeceG t.S&t>~ rOa men, smeAsSsng SzS$S Marines,
 Bat not @AaS Is the present arnNy strong sN nGsaAeFs> Rrs9, Gen R. F, Fowler, eMses os the sspsasr Givfskon an the ofs6ce @s the chief of engt> neeSS, recently Sa6S>
 ~TMe CMSte& States has today the largest and best ecsasppeG army aa its history
 He vas speaking os the poweSfGt array oS Asnesscan planes 90Sng into acton Sn world theaSerS RoeSnS F9yaAg PorSr0SseS and C0nsoss6ated four ~Motore6 AosMAeTS Douglas, North American and Martin twfn> engsne6 AonaAerS, and fighters ASe the twam~noaereS 10c&Mee6 P-SS LSgMsnsmeS, the SsaSae-Aosore6 Cur SSSS p~So seraes. the North American PSI MsassaAeS and the Republic P ~ Th@nae5@0saS, He vas taking about the General Grant and Gen. ersa Lee tanks wMSeA performed so wel sr the Asrsean desert, where they were recently joined by the newer and better General SAeTnaanS, He was taaSSMg about a whole Se- raes oS mobile weapons and about va Eao1s vehicles 0f transport from Seeps so landing AarwsS
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 It Is srnpoSSSAoes for security req sons, 10 scaAe precisely the srenaeN- 6oaS growth in the ArnsyS supply of weapons, In general. it is known that aSEpaAne production has passed 5000 planes a month. and the pro- 6ac1aon for the year wtl1 approach near the s0.0@e goal first advanced hy President Roosevelt.
 A measure os the eoantryS air ar maMensS is given eg the fact that the Army Air FogoeS personnel now Is estimated to number around L. 900 GOO, compared with less htan 100000 before Pearl Rarnor,
 The ArrayHS arn0Eed strength is indicated by the fact that nine new arm0Ce6 divisions were aetixated during the year. whereas only five existed at the close of lsat. And 31 new infantry divisions were created during the year. aS well as twc nex airAorme divisions.
 AN&S&A GAADA2AS11AA AAAS AGlA ksANG- AS sn the case 0s the Army. details are held secret for reasons of se- cnrsty. But all officials concerned have poace6 high praise for ship yards and ShsrA@i1derS and thecr record of saEning out warshipS ahead of schedule
 Congress acted speedily after Pearl HarAnr to enable the Navy to ex- pan1 the flesS to meet war needs, On Dec &2 lss1. it approved legfs- aatson amtharSzsng a blanket increase of n5@@00 t0ns i'm the fleets total Last May 13, ii paSSR6 . bill author izzmg 390@00 tons of new submarines. And on JaBv g. it a1th0rfzPd 1900 . GOO toms of neT w2rShfpS. practical ly d0uhlEng the flee1S authorizRd to- tal tonnage The Inst authorization pruEa6ed for 590ln00 toms os aircraft carrlerx. Su@@gIa tons 0E cruisers. and 9D0@D0 toms of de<srogerx and other escort veSse1S
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