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Show WOODRING CITES ARMY WEAKNESS WASHINGTON, Jan. T (INS) Secretary of War Harry Woodring today warned that America's outer defenees the Panama canal and Hawaii are dangerously undermanned. under-manned. , Broadly hinting at tha probable contents of the special defense message mes-sage President Roosevelt will send to congress neat week. Woodrlng Indicated for tha first time that call will be made for a greatly augmented standing army, national guard and reserve corps He described the present standing army of ISO 000 officers and man as am irreducrbl minimum required for actual defense of ths continents' continen-ts' United States. In the scheme of hemisphere defense de-fense envisioned by President Roosevelt. Woodrlng emphasised that large army, as well as air force, is ssscntial The expanded national defenee program Indicated by Woodrlng. which will be provided under the chief executive'e extraordinary IMO.000,000 fund, la expected to Include In-clude as Its principal factors: 1. Oreatly augmented air force, t. Progrrsaive Increase of both officers and men Irs tha regular army, national guard, efflcare and enlisted reserve eerpe. g. Full, modern, mechanised and high-speed artillery and eemi-au eemi-au tome tie machine run and email arms equipment, with an adequate war reserve, (ar tha Initial protective pro-tective force, . Gearing af Industry for over-night over-night transition ta manufacture af war reeeds. |