Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-11-08 | Page 6 | Should Heed Lesson

SHOULD HEED LESSON. An increase in the effectiveness and numerical strength of both the army ami navy of tho United States is seemingly assured, oven though tho country is the central figure in the world-wide peace movement. Secretary Daniels will advocate ad-vocate the building of two additional battleships in hin annual report and will ask for a lump sum to bo used in building submarines, t Ik; number not being Htated. The leyiuu ol. the European war has not been lo:-;t in lliis respect, at least so far as the head ol' tho navy department in concerned, and it, 1H not probable that GnngrehH will fly in tho faea of providence by leaving leav-ing our coae.tij at the merry of a pos sible enemy. The question uppermost in the mind of Secretary of War Garrison is how to provide a Hyntem of reserves for the army, and it. is understood a plan is being evolved which will be fully set forth in the annual report of the secretary sec-retary to the president. The seal intent of the people of the Cnited Slates i: f.jid nlwayn has been against, nuitnlaia-ing nuitnlaia-ing a large slnidnig nnity. At, the, mi mo time it is realized that our present, military est ablitdi merit is entirely too mall to withstand attack in case the country Fiiiddenly bconmu involved in war. The handicap under which Great Britain Brit-ain is laboring vl the, prcient time while endeavoring lo organ i,n a great army should bo Mit'fiiMenl, warning to the f.; eminent ul' the. Failed Slate-: lo .im ub-a. ub-a. re: er ve fuiv o ol' sold icr;4 who can be r;t.d to the r,(ilojrt and ient lo the I'ronl. without having I" bo drilled i.ii; j juoipi hi beforo Ihev urn fit lo Her v. Germany has been able to put corps after corps upon the firing lino while Lord Kitchener is engaged in drilling a million or more recruits in England. Tho German general ptuff took the un-preparedne?s un-preparedne?s of England for war upon bind into account when they started their armies upon the mad rush to Paris. It is probable, moreover, that the smallness of the British army influenced in-fluenced the German government to declare de-clare war upon the British empire.