Show NATIONAL preparedness IS THEME I 1 I 1 OF PRESIDENT alc MESSAGE I 1 1 1 regular army of supplemented by force of 40 I 1 trained citizens Is urged gravest menace to the peace of the country comes from disloyal foreign born citizens plan for larger navy outlined I 1 washington dec i ries ident wilson today delivered ills his annual message at a joint session ot of tile the two houses ot of congress ile he said in part sine since a I 1 last ast I 1 had tile the privilege of addressing you on the state of the union tho the war of nations on tile the other side of tile ha bea w which tell hail had then only begun to disclose ilsc loso its portentous toua proportions ila has extended its threatening anil and slid sinister ster scope until it has swept within its flame some portion of every quarter of tile the globe not excepting our hemisphere hus hag altered the whole face of inter international n affairs und now inow presents presen a a prospect pro s P act 0 of reorganization anil and reconstruction such as statesmen and peoples liae have never neer been colled called upon to i before wo we hav leave a stood apart at studiously U neutral it was wag our manifest duty to do so in the day ot of readjustment anil and recuperation we earnestly hopland hope and belle believe that we can be of 0 infinite service in this neutrality to which they were bidden not only by their separate life and their habitual detachment from the politics of 0 f europ a but also b by a clear perception cep tion ot of international duty the states 0 o of america hae become conscious of a now new and kaoru vital community of interest and moral p partnership in affairs more clearly conscious of the many common sympathies and interests and duties which bid them stand together we have been put to tile the test in the ease case of mexico 1 14 exico and we line have stood the test whether wo we anve lave benefited benell ted mexico by the course we have pursued remains to be 19 her der fortunes ore are in ili her own hands but we have tit at least proved flat we will riot not taki take advantage of tier lit in tier her distress and undertake to impose upon tier lier an broer all aej government of our own choosing we will mill nid aid and befriend mexico but we will not coerce tier hr and our course with regard to tier lier ought to be sufficient proof to all america that we seek no political or 01 selfish control not hostile rivals the moral Is that tile the states of amer fea are not hostile rivals but cooper co oper abing friends and that their growing sense ense of community of interest alike lit in aters matters political find and in matters economic Is likely to gle them a new cinca cance as tailors factors in international affairs and in the history of tile world it II presents them as in a very ery deep and truo true sense a unit in world a affairs ff aars spiritual partners standing toge together 0 1 er because thinking together quick wit with h common VI and common ideas ideals separated d they are subject to all the cross currents of tile CO refused contused cont used politics 13 oc f a world of to rivalries united in spirit and purpose they cannot be disappointed of their peaceful destiny tills Is ran pan americanism it has none of i the hie spirit of empire in it it Is the ern em the effectual embodiment ot of the lie spirit of law lav and independence and liberty and mutual ser service vige there Is 18 1 I venture to point out an espe espa caal significance just now attaching to this whole matter of drawing the amer lias leas together in bonds of honorable partnership and mutual advantage because of the economic readjustments which tile the world must inevitably witness within the next generation when peace shall leave lave at last resumed ned its healthful tasks in th the a per ermanee e of these theae tasks I 1 believe the americas Amerl cas to be destined to play their parts together I 1 am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now be cause unless you take it within your i view lew and permit the full significance ot of it to command your thought I 1 cannot igind fand the right light light in which to set forth the ills particular matter that iles at the very front of my whole thought as I 1 address yott ion today I 1 mean nat national I 1 onal defense might to maintain right out of such auch thou thoughts gats grow all our policies wo we regard war merely na as a means of asserting the rights i of a people against and we are its as fler fiercely cely jealous ot of berche coercive oer che or dictatorial power within our own oun nation ns as of aggression from without we will not nain maintain tain a standing army except for uses which I 1 are as necessary in tleta of peace as in times bif 0 war nud mid wo we shall always see to it that our military pence peace establishment Is tie no longer than is actually and continuously needed tor for the uses 0 of days in which no enemies ene lilles move moio against us but we do believe lit in a body of free citizens ready and sufficient to take calif care of 0 thorns thern ivea and andoe of the governments which they have set up to serve them tit in our constitutions I 1 t themselves hem selves wo we have commanded that the right of 0 the people to keep and bear nuns firms shall not be infringed and our confidence tins hag been that our safety in times 0 of danger would lie in tho the rising of the nation to take care of itself as tile farmers lose at lexington hut but war has never been a mero matter of men anti ami guns guna it Is athing a tiling of disciplined might it if our citizens are ever eier to light effectively upon a sudden summons they must know how modern fighting Is lone and what to do when the summons comes to render themselves available and immediately effee and the government must be their servant in thu this matter must supply them with the training they need to take care of themselves and of it the military firm arm of their a government which they will not ow to direct them they rimy may properly so a to serve them and make maka their independence ani and not their own can independence I 1 merely but the rights also of those with whom they have made common cause should they also be put in jeopardy vhey must be fitted to lo play the great role in tile the world orld and ana particularly lit in this his hemisphere foiw which they are qualified fied by aliday add by chastened chasteney chast ened abbl ion to play it la is with ith these ideals in mind that the plans of the department of war for more adequate equate ind national defense were wera conce conceited ivel which will by laid isid before you and which I 1 urge you to sir sar alon and put into effect as soon as they can be properly ecru and discussed they seem to me the essential first steps and they seem to me for the present sufficient they contemplate nn an increase of the standing lorre force of the regular army from its lt present strength of 50 13 officers and ia 1 enlisted men of all services to a strength ot of ofil cers and WW enlisted men or 1113 all told all services rank awl file all by tho the addition of 62 01 companies of coast artillery 15 35 companies of engineers ten regiments of infantry fu four regiments of field artillery and tour our aro squadrons besides officers required for EL a great variety of extra service especially the all important duty of training the lie citizen force of wille which 11 I 1 shall presently speak 7 92 non commis stoned officers for service in drill recruit ing anti and the like and the necessary quota i of enlisted men for the quartermaster corps the lie hospital corps tile tho ordria ordnance nee department and other similar au auxiliary I 1 illary ser services vi ces these lira are the additions necessary to render the army adequate for its present duties duties which it has to perform not only upon our own continental coast and borders and at our interior army posts but also in the philippines ip pines in the Ila hawaiian wallan islands at the Is itimus and in porto nico force of trained citizens uy way of 0 making tho the country ready to assort assert some part of its real power promptly and upon a larmer larger scale allou should lj occasion arise the plan also contemplates contemplate supplementing tile army by a tone force of disciplined citizens raised in iacre mints merits of luoto a year a period of three years ears tills it la is proposed to do by a process of enlistment under which the serviceable men of the country would he be naked to bind themselves to serve ECHO with the colors for purposes of training for short periods throughout three years yearn and to come to the colors nt at call at any time throughout an dional furlough period of three years ears this force of men would be provided with personal accoutrements ns as fast us its enlisted and their equipment for tile alie field made ready to be supplied at tiny any time thre they would be assembled for training tit at stated intervals at convenient places in association with suitable units of tile the regular army their period of annual training would not necessarily ex eed two months lit in the year it would depend upon the patriotic te feeling I of the younger men of tile the country w whether hether they responded to such a call to service sen ice or not it would depend upon the patriotic spirit of tile the employers of the country whether they made it possible for the younger men in their employ to under favorable conditions or not I 1 for one to do not doubt alie patriotic devotion elther either of our young men or of those who give eho t them lien employment hoso choso for whose benefit and protection they would in tact fact enlist I 1 would look forward to the success of such an expert experiment intent with entire confidence at i least emt so much by way of reparation preparation for defense seems to me to be absolutely so sol imperative now wo we cannot do less program for the navy the program to be laid before you con templates tile construction within five years of 10 battleships 6 battle battla cruisers 10 scout cruisers GO 60 destroyers is 15 fleet submarines 85 coast submarines four gunboats gun boats one ona hospital ship chip two ammunition ships two fuel oil ships and one repair ship it II Is proposed that of tills this number we shall the first year provida for the of two battleships two battle cruisers three scout cruisers IS 15 destroyers five fleet rines 28 25 coast submarines two gunboats gun boats and one hospital ship the second year two battleships one scout cruiser ten destroyers tour four left alart submarines IS 15 coast submarines one gunboat Kun boat and one fuel oil ship the third year two battleships one battle cruiser two scout caul sers sero live five destroyers two fleet submarines and 15 I 1 coast submarines the fourth year lear two battleships two battle cruisers two scout cruisers ten destroyers two fleet submarines 15 coast submarines one ammunition ship and one fuel oll oil ship and the fifth year ear two b battleships a ono one battle cruiser two scout cruisers ten destroy era two fleet submarines 15 16 coast submarines one gunboat one ammunition ship and one repair ship tile the secretary clary ot of the navy Is asking MISO for tile the immediate addition to the personnel of tile the navy ot of sal sailors lors 2500 2600 apprentice seamen and 1600 mailhes marlhes tills this In increase Inc rensa creasa would be sufficient clent to care tor for tile the ships which are to be completed within tile tho fiscal year 1917 and also tor for tile number of men which must be put in ili training to man the ships which will bo be completed early in 1918 it Is also necessary that tile the number of midshipmen at the naval academy at annapolis should be 10 increased inci eased by at least in order that tile force of officers should bo be more ra rapidly p added to and author authority ltv Is asked to appoint for engineering duties onla ap graduates of engineering c dei 1 I and for or service lit in tile the aviation f r ill 11 a retain number of men lien taken from civil life V this full program should be carried out wo we should have built or bul building liling in 1121 1921 according to the estimates of survia of nl and standards of followed by the hie general board of tile the department nn an effective navy consisting of 27 21 battleships of the first line six battle crul cruisers serg 5 battleships of the second line ton ten ui ill ammil cruisers 13 scout cruisers five first arst class cruisers three second class ten felt third class cruisers tie de irrera irr ers ial 1 fleet submarines 17 coast submarines six monitors 20 gunboats gun boats four supply ships ship 13 15 fuel ships four transports three lenders to torpedo vessels eight vessels of special types and two ammunition ships tills this would be a navy to our needs and worthy of our oui traditions trade and shipping nut but armies and instruments of war are only pait of what tins haa to be considered if we are to consider the supreme matter of national self sufficiency and security in all its aspects there are other great matters which will be thrust upon our attention whether we will or not there la is for exan example itile a very ry pressing question of trade and shipping involved in this great problem ot of notional national adequacy it II tg is necessary for many weighty reasons of national effi efficiency clency and development that we should have a great merchant marine the great m merchant n reliant fleet we wa once used to make mains us rich that great body of sturdy albors bailors who used to carry our bur flag it into t to ev every ry sea aw and wit who were the tha pride a and nd often the bulwark of the nation we li have a almost driven out of existence by I 1 inexcusable n eve CUB a ble neglect and indifference a and nd by A hopelessly blind and provincial policy of so bo called e economic c protection it I 1 Is a high time we repaired our mistake and r resumed eini nied our conin commercial independence on t the h a song seas for it la Is a question of independence I 1 if 0 ther other nations KO go to war or ok seela to imper hamper each others commerce our merchants it seems seeing are at that r mercy to 10 dewith do with me n they please L we must use lisa 1 their heir ship I 1 use n as they determine we h hn lot ships enough of our own wo we catiti cannot ot handle our own commerce on the seas aann our independence ee la Is provincial and to Is only on land and within our own borders we are not likely to be permitted to lo use ilse even the he ships of other nations in rivalry of their own trade and are without means to extend our commerce even where tile tha doors are wide open and our roods goods desired 8 such lich a situation Is not to be en endured endur dureJ eil it Is I 1 0 of f capital importance not only that flat tile the united states should be its own carrier on the seas and enjoy tile lie economic independence which only an adequate merchant marine would give it but also that the american heiti hemisphere laphere as a whole should enjoy a like independence and self it it Is not to be drawn into the tangle of Nur european affairs without such auch independence the whole question of our political unity and self belt det determination ernil nation a very seriously clouded and complicated indeed moreover we ran can develop no truo true or effective american policy without ship of our own not ships of war but ships of peace pace carrying goods and carry carrying inn much more creating friendships and rendering e services to till all interests inheres ta on tills this side aide of 0 the water they must move constantly back and forth between the americas they are tile the only shuttles that can weave tile the delicate dell cata fabric of sympathy comprehension confidence and mutual dependence in which wo C lothe clothe 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