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Show A MAKING THECLASH Work at War and Navy Department Moves Swiftly Forward; the Naval Militia and Reserve Re-serve Called to the Colors; Col-ors; Supplies of All Kinds Ordered. CONGRESS WILL DECIDE ON ARMY Entire National Guard tv1ll Be Drafted Into 3 the Federal Service if X.Authority Is Given; Cavalry Regiments to Be Trained on Border. WASHINGTON, April 6. Measures to make ready for actual hostilities with Germany went forward swiftly today at the war and Davy departments, and President Wilson issued a statement urging urg-ing the prompt enactment of the general gen-eral staff's army plans, to be taken up tomorrow by the house military committee. com-mittee. Complete mobilization of the navy was ordered by Secretary Daniels immediately im-mediately after the cabinet meeting. The naval militia and naval reserve, totaling nearly lo.OOO men, will join the colors within two or three days. Every preliminary arrangement had been made. Mobilization means the immediate organization or-ganization of the coast patrol service and the taking over of the swift, privately pri-vately owned motor craft already enrolled. en-rolled. Volunteer crews for these boats will be called out also. Orders Wired at Once. While the men were assembling, telegraphic tel-egraphic orders to contractors in all parts of the country were on the wires providing supplies of every kind that vill be necessary. The messages were riy for instant dispatch when Secretary Sec-retary Paniels Cave the word. Under the call for the reserves, scores of retired naval officers are starting to posts previously selected for them to relieve every active officer now on shore duty and whose services can be spared. The active men will go to the fleets, active and reserve, and to merchant mer-chant craft nlrcadv surveyed and listed and to be dratted into the federal service. Army Waits on Congress. ' In the war department further moves toward mustering a great army await . action by congress. Everv preliminary . step already has been taken, however, to carry out the project of raising and training a million men in a year ami supplying them with full war equipment. equip-ment. News that the war status had been F reclaimed by President Wilson was lashed to army and navv posts and ships throughout the world as soon as the war resolution was signed at the White house. The only other thing that- can be done at the war department depart-ment without congressional action is to order the regular army expanded to full war strength. Supports General Staff. In his statement President Wilson formally set himself on record as supporting' sup-porting' the general staff plans for the armv in every detail, including the provision pro-vision for selective draft to obtain men. Later in the day Chairman Dent of the house military committee called to see Secretary Baker, who will take the staff plan and its accompanying 3fi).i)OO.ilOO budget before the com-fftiee com-fftiee tomorrow. The conference had to do with the clraft clauses of the bill, to which con- (Continued on Page Two.) J UNCLE SftM MAKING READY FOR CLASH (Continued from Page One.) siderable opposition is expected, at the capitol. Mr. Dent said afterward that he could not forecast the sentiment of congress, but that he personally was prepared to surrender his own objections objec-tions to compulsory service and do all in his power to secure harmony of action ac-tion between congress and the administration. admin-istration. Will Aid All He Can. "I have been opposed always to the draft," he said, "or to conscription systems for the army, and think it should be invoked only in time of actual ac-tual necessity or emergency. However, I shall do what I can to keep the administration admin-istration and congress in agreement on the question and to avoid any conflict, especially at. the present time"." Plans 'have been laid for calling the full strength of the general staff to Washington to help in administration of the huge task of army building before be-fore the department. Only half ot the authorized strength of the staff can now be on duty here under existing law. Congress is expected to remedy this at once, however. Pending a decision by congress on the methods to be employed in raising the armv. a detailed scheme for appointment of new general officers and getting highly high-ly efficient soldiers in command of each regiment cannot be worked out. The basis for this work, however, already, has been established by staff action. President's Power. Wide latitude has been left to the president in the selection of generals under un-der the staff plan. They may be appointed ap-pointed from any part of the forces to be raised, or from civil life. Up to and including the grade of colonel, however, how-ever, it is desired by the military officials of-ficials that men who have had recent experience in handling troops shall be selected. So far as possible it is proposed pro-posed to select regular army officers of experience to head all new regiments. With thirtv-two infantry and four cavalry divisions to be organized there would' he at least thirty-six major generals gen-erals and three times that number of brigadiers to be seicted and commissioned, commis-sioned, with colonels and majors in proportion. pro-portion. The grade of major is the highest provided for reserve officers and that of captain for the provisional list of enlisted men. O.valry at Border. The cremation of sixteen training centers cen-ters would provide for tv'o infantry divisions di-visions at ea.-h post. Presumably the centers for the tour cavalry divisions would be somewhere in the region of the Mexican border, so that this mounted force can take over the border patrol work to a large extent, relieving the ma-1 j-jriry of the 00,000 regulars now assembled assem-bled there. With the calling out of the first 300,-noo 300,-noo of the new army, provision would be made for a new complete division at each training center, the forces already there supplying the instructors and all other machinery of organizations, so that the half million young men could be absorbed into the army structure with little disorder or delay. President's Statement. No further steps toward calling out the iifitiunal guard will be taken until cencress has acted. Tt is proposed to craft tiie entire guard into the federal service, divorcing it from its militia status at once, instead of summoning them under their dual allegiance organi-: organi-: zation. This can be done only with the authority of congress. When that has been granted, even the HO.OOQ guards-mcii guards-mcii Aa'w federal service on police duty will be drafted formally so ns to do 'away with any possibility nf dual authority over them or restricOoii their use. The president s statement follows: The principle embodied in tiie leg- T lslatlon presented by the war depart- ment to the military committees ol the senate and' house have- my fn- tire approval, and its specific rcconjj mendations embody the best Pigment Pig-ment of the officers, of the waiTae-partment. waiTae-partment. It proposes to raise the forces necessary nec-essary to meet the present emergency by bringing the regular army and the national guard to war strength and by adding the additional forces whii h will now be needed, so that the national na-tional army will comprise three elements, ele-ments, the regular army, the national guard and the so-called additional forces, of which at first 500.00 aro to be authorized immediately and later increments of the same size as they miy be needed. - In orde- that all these forces may comprise a single army, the term of enlistment in the three is equalized and will be for the period of the emergency. Draft if Necessary. The necessary men will be secured for the regular army and the national guard by volunteering, as at present, until, in the judgment of the president, presi-dent, a reeort to a selective draft is desirable. The additional forces, however, are to be raised by selective selec-tive draft from men ranging in ase from 19 to 2r years. The quotas of the several states in all of these forces - will be in proportion to their population. popula-tion. This legislation makes no attempt to solve the question of a permanent military policy for the country, chiefly chief-ly for the reason that in these anxious and disordered times a clear view cannot he had either of our permanent military necessities or of the best mode of organizing a proper military peace establishment. The hope of the world Is that when the European war is over arrangements will have been made composing many of the questions which have hitherto seemed to require the arming of the nations and that in some ordered and just way the peace of the world may be maintained by such co-opera-tions of forces among the great na-tions na-tions as may be necessary to main-tain main-tain peace and freedom through'p the world. When these arrangements for a permanent peace are made, we can determine de-termine our military needs and adapt our course of military preparation to the genius of a world organized for justice and democracy. The present bill. therefore, is adapted to the present situation, hut it is drawn upon such lines as will enable us to continue its policy, or so much of it as may be determined to be wise, when tiie present crisis has passed. |