congress should provide equipment for r an army of at least three million M men by W wellington MASSEE headmaster masses mane country school bronxville Bronz Bronx ville N Y because congress is given to stinting our regular army unduly many of our regular army officers in order to rouse a general interest in preparedness pa redness have suggested all sorts of devices to get the entire country into a military frame of mind trying carefully in each case to make suggestions which would not be of any great expense to the national government such plans however according to the greatest authorities on preparedness do not very materially if at all help to prepare the nation against EL a foreign enemy and such plans are only sidestepping the real solution if a real preparedness is desired to be prepared well even in a small way congress should vote much of the following three million uniforms and complete outfits and commissary provisions for soldiers complete kitchen outfits for camp and for travel light and heavy automobile transportation trucks armored automobiles machine guns cannon both of field and siege artillery A supply of ammunition for all of the above to last at least six months should there be any real danger this slight preparedness would tide fis over for the first year in real danger such euch as france is under with all this in reserve and with a strong navy our people old and young could follow the pursuits of peace with a tranquil mind the enemy would hesitate a long time before making an attack on this side of the water by the end of the first year we could put into the field hardened gardened and trained soldiers