Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-28 | Page 1 | Quarter Million Men Needed for U. S. Navy

QUARTER MilliON MEN N NEEDED EDED FOR U. U S. S NAVY NAV WASHINGTON March 28 A A navy with about a quarter of ot a million men would be needed by the United States in time Of war wal Assistant Secretary Roosevelt said today to tb the he house naval committee England's England naval force had been trebled since the war warS he said and added that the United States tates would probably need as large an In Increase increase increase in- in crease in a war He gave it as his opinion that the United States navy was not sufficient to cope with a first cl class ss power it If if the American policy were to protect all its coast and possessions possessions possessions posses posses- and relations with pan-American pan countries