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Show _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ r pan Plan to Strengthen Strellgthen OurLand ourLand Our OurLand Landand Land and Sea DefensesLargest Defenses Defellses DefensesL L . " Largest Appropriation for Armyand Army and Navy N3VY Ever Lver Pro Proposed . posed in ill Time Tunc of Peace PC3ce Given Ghen Gi % en Conglessional ConglessionalConsideration Cong1 CongiessionalConsideration essional essionalConsideration Consideration . - By WILLIAM C UTLEY UTLEYBPpRoi'RivnoN PPROPIU&TIOh PPROPIUTIOh ' ' " ' & or ot of oppro'tlmotely approtlmutely approri oppro'tl opprotl approtl approrimately ' 4 BPpRoi'RivnoN BPpRoiRivnoN API'nopm'TIO APInopmTIO 4PPROPIU&TIOh mately motely mutely $1.1.0 11.0 110 $1'J 1J $1.3.i0000000 13.i0000000 13i0000000 $ . , . . . ' . . O000000 000 000 for mill mlll milltory mllltnry milltary tory tnry expansion on land on the thesea thesea thesea sea and In the air nlr Is going goingtrough goln gain , : , ; ' 'irough irough 1mugh trough ' the mill of ot lE'gl lEgl legislation ' latlln ) In COD con CODrcss conress conrcss rcss ress It Is the ( lie lirgcst I1rest largest : peace-time peace time - - or- or ap- ap orroprloton aproprintinn ap-roprlatlon ap roprlatlon - - roprloton roprintinn ! of or Its 118 . kind I.lnd Ilnd ever attempted attemptedr r the tJe ! United States Stotes Officials Officlols Omethis In Wnsh Vnsh Wnshgton Washg-ton Washg ton Vnshgton gton - hare have taken wken partlcniir pilrUcllhr particalar pains polns to'DphltSlze tonphaslze to tonpliaslzc ' npliaslzc 'DphltSlze DphltSlze nphaslze tlie the fact fnct that thnt all oil of ot the pro- pro proo8ed proosed pro-oscd pro oscd - - o8ed osed additions are nre strictly of ot n a defen defenVI defenye dcfcnvc VI ye ! nnturelnduded natureincluded nature nnture natureIncluded Included lnduded In the program prornm ; : are tire Itlrse large Itlrseidillon largelditions largeIdltlons ; idillon lditions to and nnd replacements for army armyhtlng armyhting arrayhting htlng hting equipment 'Qulpml'nt Qulpmlnt ( ' ' , , , naval novol replacementsid repl1cement'l1d replacementsad repl1cement'l repl1cementl replacements ' 1d ad auxiliaries , , ond-whot ond whot and-what and what and - what Is regardedi regJrdedI regJrded regarded : I most mOBt Important of ot all at ot least by byI bye bye I e . ' Japanese Jllp1nese Jnpanese nnd and other Orlentols-tnl Orlentols tnl Orientals-tae Orientals tae OrlentolstnloJection Orientalstaeejection Orientals - - tne'ejection tneejection ! -oJection oJection -ejection ejection - ' of at America Americas 8estl'rn s 8 \ western \\estl'rn estl'rn estlrn ' fron tron troner fronen fronr er en < ? r 2000 miles out Into the Pacific Pacificelln Pacificcan Pacificcan Pacificcan"The elln"I'he can"The elln can "The The "I'he Ihe " ' " world s a largest Inrgest air nlr base bose " as the thelflne theipanese theipanese lflne ipanese ( ! e press has hns been plea pleated pleased ed to torase torase torase rase It " would "ould ould consist eonslClt of ot a chain chnln ot of otr ofr ofr r bn bases hoses e8 stretching In a glnntlc gigantic giganticwping : , ofCCplDl reeping : cune curie from Alaska Alosl.n Alosln . through throughe e lIn Ilaw Hawaiian " ollon allan Islands Islnnds to the Panamn Panama Panamninal Panamaanal Panamainal inal anal Zone 7.one 7one . . . . This would In military et of etct ofct efct ct make mnke the tile Pacific Pnclfie coast const the see- see sec- sec seednry secdnry sec-dnry sec dnry - - - dnry dnryestern \ western \\estern estern line of ot de defense feMe nnd and nndould andQuid andould ould Quid create of the nor heastcrn henstern Pa a ' n nA nI Y s A I $ rr 'c c ' i w wF F ' 5'r 5r ' Y Yh r h Lalt > t tx x es } Di , f / r 's s ' > 1 1rirmarauwipT rirmarauwipT rirmarauwipTCenter Center , Giant Guns of the U S S Indianapolis Left Left . , 12 Inch Railway Rahway Mortar Right Gen Can Douglas MacArthur Ic Ie a greit gre'lt grelt great ' "Inland Inland "Inlnnd Inlnnd " sia SO sca ( ' The plnnsv plansye plans plnns Iv v ye < been lol'Cn lolCn . ' In the m'lL.ln mlL.ln mlLln miking making ' . ; : for more thon than thonYEor thanyear tlinnyt-ar tlinnyt ar YE-or YE or year - - and ond are claimed clolmed by officials offieln1s otllelals to tove toye tove ve- ve ye veno - no relationvllatever relation whatever \vllatever vllatever \ to Japin Jnp1n Japan s seent scent scent eent cent abrogitlon abrog1t1on abrogation of ot the na\ na navil na11 naval \ 11 ' treoty treaty treatyhey treatyKey hey [ " , ey to the \ whole s hole project will be an an1000000 1000000 air base at ot Hawaii lIo\\all lIo all Ilnwall \ \ supple- supple supplented supplented supple-ntcd supple ntcd - - - ' nted by a lar large e naval nnval bise b'lse blse b'tse btse ' ' The en ene ene ene e new frontier trontler will wlll \ \ III of ot course re- re reIre re reire re-Ire re Ire - - Ire consldenble conshler'lble conshlerlble considerable ' added man po\\er po er power powerd poerd \ d equipment equlpml'nt equlpmlnt ' to O of 0crate 0crateTlie [ orate orateThe rote roteTbe Tlie Tbe The ormy army arrays s share of at the opproprln approprin approprian opproprlnn approprinn n w \ would auld ould betO be tOI $10i $ - $40 40 -tO tO $10 10 $ I 000 000000 000 as pro prosed prored prosed sed red by b > ) Gen Douglas Doultlos Mac\rthurlet Mac rthurlet Mae'trthurlet Iaerthur Mae'trthur Maetrthur Iae \rthur rthur \ ' rthurler ler let of ot staff stair The loud budget et of ot the n'lvy'Did navywld mvy n'lvy nlvy navy mvyuld ' uld 'Did Did wld ' be Increased Increosed to to2 $ .2.8il 2.8il 28il :4,871 4871 -2 2 - . " : ' ! ' ! . , 71 111 .3I7 3I7 . 17 ex exI exIth exishe exislve I Ith ishe ; e of ot tlie the $278007)000 278007000 $278000 278000 $ 2i8 000 ) 000 Q ( ) the 1\\ 1 1A PRA PRAlotted ' PWAlotted \ A , lotted to It for new warships The Thetter Thetter Thecter tter amount omount Is still stili largely larely : unused . . . Use rierchant Herchant Merchant r'anne ranne tlanine r'anneCesldec tlanineBesides rianneBesides ' Cesldec Besides ; this Pre President ldent nOOce\ nOOce Ronses Roosevelt nOOceelt ; \ elt eft has hasncehel hasneehel hasncclvcl ncehel neehel a n liuge hue huge : slJ subsidization snbcldizntion 11117.ntlon 11117ntlon . of ot the therited theiltod 1111'11 111111 rited ' Slates Stnte-s Stnte s States - roerclnnt ml'rcJ'Int mlrcJInt merchant ' ! ' mailne mallne mntlne whichiuld \ which whichu1d hlch hlchmId mId iuld > u1d [ rernilt iermlt ermlt modcrnlyatlon mOllernl7ntlon modernhatlon and andren andrengthening andrcngtiiening ren rengthening thenlng of ot sblp ships alolibasIc along aloli/ aloli / ! ( basIc basIc1M basicins basicins 1M ins of the navy nny nary , Thl Thlollid This ' ! \ would \\ollid ollid wosild make maL.e maLe . It itssible Itsslble ssible " lhIe for tor the ships to ( ' offer 'lITer lITer a ma magi magitm ma\lim ma lim .1 1 \ > . .11m 1m tm amount of ot usefulness useflllnc"s useflllncs " as nuxlll'lry nuxllllry auxiliary nuxlll'lryal auxiliarysal auxllliryval ' \al al sal \ equipment In time otar of ot \ war \\ar ar Wsan Ills IllsIIn Illsan IIn an al also < ; o Includes Inclul1es gradual gr:1luol gr1luol : ! rl'placeml'ntJOO replacement rl'placeml'nt rlplacemlnt ' ' 100 JOO auxiliary uxlllarv naval vessellIh Teasels vessel vessels \\lIh lIh with withnstructlon \ withnstrnctlon lIhnst nst nstructlon rUltlon : of ot SO 30 vessels vcsqels during dllrlng the thext thext thext xt t\\ t two t0 twn \ 0 iears sears Mrs , . , at n a cost of ot nbout about aboutSO 00 50 000 000The 000The 000 000The The l t 1 resent personnel of or the nrmy army nrmyclu armyclu armyclules clu les lea appro\lmitelv appro lmitelv approelmately appro'tlm'lt approtlmlt \ ' ' 'lV lV < ' J 1187 118 187.0 1870 7 10 . > 0 men menIe menie menie Ie expansion pro program rnm would wOllld Incre'l Increl Increase IncreiseIs Increaseis ' e eIs Is by at least leact ; one-third one third - - - on ani mini 1 "ould ould would wouldId " wouldId 111 Id 2 220 2120 320 ' ! plines phnl's phnls planes ' to the air olr service serviceccldent serviceecident serviceesldcnt ccldent ecident ; Rocsevelt Rncsevett nO ( sevelt \ would ould he be given the theI'r thewer thewer \\I'r I'r Ir wer \ ' of or augmenting ugmentln:1 ugmentln1 : ; the personnel personnelIth personnellth lth ith a limit Umlt of ot lC 1C5000 105000 000 The nrlDY nrmys nrmysdret nrmysdret 8 8d"et d/"et d "et et dret d"etouM / " \ would \\ouM ouM \ be Increased Increnct'd Increnctd ; ' by O $ ! ) $90000 90000 $900000 900000 $ 000 0 ( ) the bud budget et only a short time o ago agoas agoas o oIS IS as : stepped steppell up more than $48 48 $4800 4800 $48roo $48.00 48.00 $ roo . ' ' 000 000he 000he 000lie he cxpinslon eXf'lnslnn eXflnslnn expansinn ! ' requires an on amount amountout amountout amountout out double the a\era a era average aserage \ e ai 01 al proprlatlon proprlation proprlatlonthe proprlationthe the War "ar ar " department tor Cor for military militaryI militaryrrpost militaryirpos I rIJoSl rrpost < s sAs sAs sAs As In Indicated lcnted In a II fcerlcs berles series of ot meetingsthe meetingsthe meetings meetingsthe the military mlllt.uy mllltuy . affiirs alf'llrs alfllrs affairs ' committee ot of otI ofe ofe I e . ' hoi BC se of ot representatives representath representatls es the army nrmy s s0 0 . > 000 000001) 000001 ( MM ) 000 OOC ) ) \ would ou1l1 . be 1.11 111 ' spent some\\ some somebat somessbat somessbatoug somewhatout \ bat batOUI OUI oug ; ; these lineslIIew linesNew lines linesNew New lIIew and Improve lmpro\e lmpro e improsel \ 1 munitions sup sun-los sun los . - . Il'tI IltI lee ' and IInd pur pun In IIt ht II t e a of or re ent's ents ernes er , ' cs $45 45 $45Ac100 $450000 450000 $ Ac100 ( } IJOO air corf corti corp " ' . , estpnm eXIIIDJ expani ( Ion ton a as , rec rev recum revumcnded rccucnnded um umcnded n ed by the tbe report of ot the Caker Baker nJ.er nJer . board boord hst last icar senr ) enr $90000000 90000000 $ ; 00 000 000 nntlllir nntlllircraft anti air aircraft aircraft craft equipment $3.i 3.i 3i $ . $35000000 35000000 $3 3 $ ? ( ) 000000 ) ( 000 coast coost dp OP dpfensec OPtenses detenses fensec tenses ; $23 23 $23000000 23000000 $ 000 000 mechanization mI'Chanlzntlon mIChanlzntlon ' ot of otIIrmy ofarmy ofarmy IIrmy army units unite $10000000 10000000 $16000000 16000000 $ lGOOOOOO mini an nn 1 I procure procurement procurement procurement ment of ot new t tvpes types ) l's ls ( ' developed deeloICd de\ de \ eloICd [ since the theWorld theWorld World \ orld \ war nr $18000000Housing $18000000Housing $18000000 18000000 $18000000Housing $ Housing the armyould army \ would \\ould ould take tnke a n gen genuous generous gencroiis uous erous ; slice clIce of ot tlie the total air olr ( corps orllS con constructlon constructlon constructlon structlon $44 44 $44000000 44000000 $ GOO 000000 0)0 00 ' ) army nrmy Quorters quarters Quortersand quartersand quartersand and birracks burnct'I burnctI barracks . ' $80100000 80100000 S0100000 $ U 100 OO l\ntlon'll l ntlon'll ntlonll tsatlnnal lntlon'llGuard tsatlnnalGuard \ NatloniGuard ' ) Guard camps cnmp'l cnmpl ' C,400000 C400000 $6,400000 6400000 $ G.400 G400 . , 000 and nnd automo automo- automotive automotive automotive - - tive equipment eQulpml'nt eQulpmlnt ' $22 22 $22189000According $22180000 22180000 $22189000 22189000 $22180000According $ IS ! ) 000 000According According to General Gt'nl'rol Gtnlrol ' ' .l'lcArthur .llcArthur llcArthur MacArthur MacArthurarmy ! . MicArthnrarmy .l'lcArthurRrmy ' Rrmy army equipment equlpml'nt equlpmlnt ' Is In n a dt'plomhle dtplomhle deplorable dt'plomhlest'lte deplorablestate deplorablestile ' st'lte stlte state ' . . . The boS boys bo } ) s are ore still drilling with \ with1003 IIh 1003 1903 Springfield Sprlngfie1c1 rifles rlOes he SI1) SI1 ) sais sass s III lie lieurged Heurged . ' urged that thot 175 liG pursuit 200 :00 00 : hombln:1 hombln1 bombing bombing140 : ; 140 obser\ obser observation obsertlon \ tlon 100 training trnlnlng tralnlng nnd ond and Co G.i Gi G.icargo C.icargo Cicargo . . cargo lares lores tares be secured for tor defensive defensivepurposes defensivepurposes defensivepurposes purposes and asked osl.ed osled . that thot $10000000 10000000 $16000000 16000000 $ be beset beset beset set aside nllide for tor modern arms orms and ond mech mesh mechonlsm meshanlsm mechnnism mechnnismMechanized onlsm anlsm onlsmMechanized anlsmMechanized Mechanized Equipment EquipmentThis . . Tbl This ' ! amount nmount nmountoull1 \ would \\oull1 oull1 equip only one oneregiment oneregiment oneregiment regiment with wllh medium \ weight elht ) : tnnlcs tanks tanksono . , ono one onoUb \ with \\Ub Ub light I1)ht I1ht ) : tanks wnl.s wnls . a mechanl1ed mechanlred mechanl1edbrllade mechanlredbrigade mcchanlredbrigade brllade brigade : of ot cavalry cnralry a battery botlery of ot Oeld field Oeldnrtlllery fieldartillery fieldartillery nrtlllery artillery se\ se seven seen sesen \ en troops \ with Ith nrmored armored nrmoredcnrs armoredcars armoredcars cnrs cars . , and ond wen se\en se en sesen \ Infantry Infontry com companies companieswith companieswith ponies with \ Itlt light tanks This force would wou1l1 re- re reQuire require re require - - quire the acquisition ocqulsltlon of ot 285 2SJ : lIhht'lghttnnl lightweighttanks lightweight lIhh\t'lght lIhh t'lght tlght lightweightanks ) : \ ' anks tanks tnnl . . li2 IG2 162 ( medium tanks tnnks 43 4S 48 armoicd nrmolt'd nrmoltd nrmored ' cars cnrs 44 combat cars cnrB 33 scout cars cors ond and ondiO and70 iO 70 holf half halftrack trock track trucks trucl.s trucls . . . All these would wouldbe \ wouldbe ould ouldbe be armed ormed with . .30 30 . 0 and ( ; 50 0 caliber cnliber mo ma mocblne machine machine cblne chine guns . . Increiscs Incre'lses Increlses Increases ' In the \ rational t\ntlol101 t ntlol101 hatlonal Guard per personnel personnet personnel sonnel sonnet from 1.10 110 1.0000 10000 1 . JO . 000 to 210000 would wouldrequire wouldrequire wouldrequire require $2 2 $2500000 2500000 $ ( ; 00 000 and ond an nn additional additional&j additionalj .I I $ & . $5,1000 51000 $ & , , 1000 < 000 a year } ) ear eor for milntcnance m1lntenance maintenance . . . Pnv Pay Pnvclothing Payclothing Pavclothing clothing and nnd tlie the necessities necessltle-s necessltle s - of ot life lite for forlid foradlltional forndlltlom lid adlltional mlon'll mlonll ' ) o officers lcers and ond menould men \ would \\ould ould \ t'll.e tll.e tlle take tike$25000000 tike25000000 tike$25000000Not ' . $25 25 $ 000 000 000fsot Not fsot ot Included In this outlay Is $600 600 $ COO COO000000 000 000 w \ which hlch Mich w \ will \ 111 iii go to the CCC ceo for forthe forthe forthe the nL nixt ntxt _ t ) icar sear ear the administration admlnlstrotlon pl'r plr per pl'rslstln persisting persisting ' slstln sisting : ; In Its declaration declarntlon tlint thnt that the thec'lmps thecamps theGimps c'lmps clmps camps ' are nre In no0) no wai \\0) 0) 0 stay \ ) mllitar mllitarentures mllitari military ) \entures entures senhires senhiresAsked \ venturesAsUd enturesAsl.t.d Asl.t.d Aslt.d Asltd Asked . . If It It \ would ould not L Ie le e more ad\ ad adIs adds addsable advisable \ Is Isable able to doi dOl dot ble loll tile ' the stand standing in : army nrmy thon than thonto thanto tlianto to double tlie the CCC ceo personnel p'rsonncl prsonncl ( ' General General'Ioc Generallac GeneralMaeVrthur 'Ioc Ioc 'Iocrthur ' ( lac \rthur rthur \ + , replied 1 \ Vcs es es , , the nrgu argu nrguments arguments argumcnts ments aie me ate Invlncille Invlncil Ie . . It costs you ) vou ou less lessby lessby lessby by a third for tor n soldier tlian thnn than n 0 CCC CCsC CCCboy CCsCboy CCCboy boy the training tralnlnl ; Is le I just as ns good nnd and andyou andiou you ou arc are Insurln Insuring ) : the future of ot your yourcountr yourcountry yourcountry yourcountryLong countr country ) countryLone Long Lone Lon : ; held ambitions of ot the air olr |