Show SUBMITS PLAN OF I NATIONAL DEFENSE Secretary of War Dickinson Makes Urgent Recommendations Rec to Congress SCHEME OF ORGANIZATION or of Regular Arm National 0 or 1 in Scheme In Iii his annual report to Congress Congre Secretary of War J l M out outlines lines the plan of tIme the war department for time the correlation of the regular army and the national Hard guard mis as tIme the first Inc line of defense of time the naton nation The plan not the lines of 01 or organization obtaining In tIme tho larger Eu European powers Is much tIme the same samo as that adopted In German England Eagland Franco France mid and Japan Japan though different methods of attaining the same result mire ure outlined That part of the report of oC the secretary of war relating to this subject is s as follows The military system or of tile UIL U States contemplates contemplate n a correlation or of orthe the regUlar arm with the National Guard It necessarily follows that the organization of the regular and the militia mita ium In combination should he be besuch such as to them to cooperate and practise In time of peace under conditions similar to those which would obtain In iii time of war For several years ears anti and m more Ie since 1903 the war department and the National Guard organizations have havo been working together in great harmony anti and with Increasing effective effectiveness ness toward this end Joint camps of instruction and maneuvers In which the army and Na Guard have taken part havo been tonal held biennially since 1903 in dif different different ferent parts of the countr country which have been of pronounced benefit to al all the troops engaged The participation of time the National Guard in these maneuvers has given to tIme the regular arm army tIme the In inestimable estimable advantage e not otherwise ob 01 obtainable tamable of experience In time the maneuvering ering of large masses 01 of men under condItions that may be expected when war Is on Time The Nat National nal Guard in iii addition additon had the opportunity to acquire ac acquire quire mitar military In association wIth professional soldier soldiers The num aum number her ber of men arm army and National Guard combined particIpating In these different maneuvers maneuver has ranged from to the fact that flint Congress not Ike likely to au authorIze authorize In line of oC pence peace so large an Increase In the sea c mst artiery artillery a an as n c f detail for 11 nil the tue guns of the const coast do de dof gns fim f br f time the UnIted States Slates the plan Ilis has been Inaugurated and put In sue or of relying on arm the mIlitia of time the sea ea coas coast state tates to fur UI nish a part of time the r er Tito time has now arrived when a rational plan should be devised for a similar co opel aU Oil of the tho arm army and the wIth respect to the mobie mobile army TACTICAL DIVISIONS In Iii order to t put such a a plan Ian Into op erton oration and permit of practise under war conditions in time or of leace b by the lie army anti time the miia militia In corn com the United States should be divided Into of and amid al districts so that time the organized mita militia ot of the states comprIsing such districts be conveniently corn com combined wIth the thc regular army stationed therein Into permanent brigades dl di and corps for instruction and tactical organization I It wf will probably be found desirable to have in imi each state In such district at least one ml tar tar ost time the said posts to be occupied bJ by troops of time the different arms arias of the service In such numbers that when the tue troops from al all the posts Included In InI the he district are assembled the they would I constitute a divIsIon Including time the proper of 31 nil arms arnis and auth branches of of time the regular service This Timis I regular organization should be the special educator and assistant ot time the militia forces or of these states and I should be time the center from gen genera general era eral instruction could bo be given No post smaller than a regimental one is of rel real value from a military stand standpoint standpoint point so far a as edu Uon discipline and dri drill are arc concerned The Tho reent s system stem or of departmental government should give way ivay to an organization tactically correct for war ivar purposes that Is these various troops both regular and mita i together should be permanently designated In iii name and organization wIth al nil the at attendant system which would be In exIstence In time of of war so that when whon time the troops retire to their propel stations they will wi not hose loso their their brigade or divisIon organizatIon and wi will bo be controlled by y their opel corn com officers stationed within tIm the thed d district JOINT INSTRUCTION In each tactical corps or em division dis distrIct triaL a central poInt for a camp alto should be selected wIth a vIew to the tho and economy of easy con concentration of both time tho r gular and mi ta tia forces In such district district rho regular and mita militia troop troops should bo be rated for instruction at these points Ints Such camps wi will answer th the purpose or of permanent blige posts so tar far as In a Is concerned and the tho march marchIng marching Ing to and fro from the regimental st sta tors to such points brIng time the an army before the people and more or 01 less In contact with them bern Should such a plan be carried out I it would be possible to concentrate abut abOut eIght t army and In case cae lie tho regular arr army alone should be required I it would bo be practicable t to at lest least eight Complete divIsions at eight different points pint each complete In Itself for S all possible use uso as an expeditionary force ore Should 3 a 1 lar larger er force be required then time the ml ta tin the tho other organizations of each corps could be quickly assem assembled bled nt at time the concentration points with I the regular army Every state should have hae 3 a young amid anu active ocr or of thu thur hi r regular Ular army aromy detailed at headquarters who should hould report direct to tim tho corps corp commander r and have general I slon sIon under the tho authorities or of orthe time the instruction of time tho m i tn There should be on the staff or of each corl corps an officer of tIme the an army who should have entire charge of nit aU I militia affairs In tle tIme corps distrIct Thic ho of each district In addition to tIme the reola hil his con control additon should hao general supervIsIon of all the national gard guard troops of time tho ni states Included In his district and amid In time of pace he has no to Issue order orders he could however by hil huts Interest and suggestion 0 b of geat geatZ geato great 4 o Z value alle to tIme the mita militia He should he be given tIme thc power to supervise the and and Instruction of the troops troop of his dis dia district I net amid and held responsible for their and generl condition DEPOTS OP OF SUPPLY In hams at tho ho points or of lon In each corps district there should bo be established supply depot depots so plan nci that upon the lie assemblage of the corps or divIsIons lucre thero would be available such equipment I as might possIbly be lacking In iii the various states for the equipment of their 01 or although It Is contemplated ed that timo tho states should themselves carry rr nil all that Is necessary for at least the minimum strength required At such depots could also alo be carried the tho for fOI an any additional volunteer force up to it Si a moderate number which might be deemed necessary to corn com pleto In iii Il its entirety tIme the organization of an any one of the arlous corps Is greatly gr tl needed Is ii I of oC time the powers of supply and initiative Time Tho present I always br breaks ks down tIme the mo mao moment ment It II is put to the tho test and tIme tho peace organization of time the arm army as It I stan stands s toda today Is incomplete and Im Improper proper for military purposes I It Is proposed to submit such plan Illan or of organization to time the governors of time the states assent thereto ns as al all this so far as time the National Guard la is concerned must be voluntary Upon receiving such assent from Crom the tho governors the war department should designate in each cach district the tho exact or assigning time the various of the tho service to theIr proper brigades or thIs wl will necessarily result In an incomplete or ns as there wi will bo be lacking In Inal al all branches certain organizations both bothIn bothin In the lie regular army arm and In the milItia sti still It w will bo be tIme the first step toward carrying out omit this lila proposed creaton creation There Thero Is a shortage of various militia organizations to complete the proposed corps In order to obtain necessary Ea sary the Ule various states should be urged to add to their Na tonal Guard such organizations as would be required In each euch district The queston question of coast defense defeno and or of utilizing the mita mIlitia In connection with the artillery 11 has been so far tIe de developed that it I may be assumed that time the present system wi will be continued until perfected and It Is therefore not considered at al all In the foregoing which n relates lates only to the mobie mobile arm army |