Show V PREPARING fOR WAR WITH SPAIN V Significant Utterance of Roosevelt Asst Secretary of the Navy V L V V MAKING READY FOR SUDDEN CALL Difficulties Encountered In Manning Our Navy Efficiently Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Has to aunt Them With a Tine Bake Seven Thousand Will Be Needed For the Merchant Cruisers Another Correspondent Who Asserts As-serts That Woodford Served Hotice New York Sept 22ThS country is on the verge of war wth Spain Iti sa were the words of AEsfetasst Secretary of the Navy Koosevelt He I used them at a conference of some cf V the commaaidrs of t5ie naval mil aJJ wiKMn bs tad summoned to Washtms I i ton to 1 eCU of the state off tJieir commands com-mands and the number of men tihat can be depended on to complete tie complement of the worships and the aujahary navy Aittstont Secretary Ro eeveH cautioned cau-tioned the gentlemen who had been called into the conference not to un f dcrestJmaite the gravity of the situation I situa-tion tionThe department is preparing to uuJl1 navy gi ai I uJl1 use very available man ot the naval mttftxu The commanders of ths i < a serve who have been failed to Washington I Wash-ington during the last few days have of getting I understood the importance treur dSviwciis in such shape that a suddw all wHl find them in readmits I impressed upon them It is for just such a crisis as that which now seems smminerii Jhat tie navad reserve was j f dt re I I established and maintained and the yvung mon who have been playing at i I n to be called upon I being moxla may e I enact tter pas in real ernest Atioag the navaS militia commanders I I command-ers caSlei vspn by the navy depart I I meet wee Commatidera William H i Stayton and AY Butler Duncan These jWtfem ccmmand lespectively the Br vXlyn ant oXew York battalions It IB bcj efrd that at the c < fereice at the navy department within the last fev days the question was put as to J ixrvt jnaely men t2 commanJers cf th > 2 J New YcTh and BivxiJclyn battalions wouJdU d rt u as 3yaUa1 1 fl aert9rn Com marker Stayton is porte to have J arswered that h wouid guarcuaftee2T5 1 I mtn wyt cf his baSoiton Duncans estimate es-timate jb said to have ben 325 We ar rrepartd the assistant secr ctiry fu f r < autttfvl a saying to cancer a larg flotilla cf merchant iren lAf j vsarshirs The quesiicn anses as to w n JMM the naval ni3iua would do rstt < r urk OT th improisad cruisers tr on bard the regular ships cf var Command Staj ton deeiared it to beN be-N i Eli hat the proper place for the riial mji tia was on board of the ieg uar u RJIsri1S In ail there are about iiOOO navil mlusaman in the United StaiUs Tie largest battalion in the country fc > at San Fraicisco Organi zati < ns on the Pacific coast exist atm at-m Diego Las Vngees Son FranCisco pcUand and OlynuYia The ravy departments estimate is i that 7000 mn n ill be ni led for the 25 merrfiai rru er > rs Of this number 3 OMO will 1 c < me rrum the ivgular warps 1 war-ps Tl1 ilaCvS of the regular men of ar irm u III e takta by th na > al triia Tae loportioci cf naa3 mill Ca to a gular uarstop will be about 25 p > r cart of tl a erev Tle sl8 1i rtlca re of Rotsevelts re nvan jorid v < iti tTi ac mblage of Ilia rntttiV2 CCmman1Els at Waieig ton and the bunching of the warships an 3 the maneuvers cc the torpedo lo tilla is very gixjat |