Show PREPARE FORM FORMIN FOR VAR AR VARIN ARIN IN TIME OF PEACE PEA E Unprecedented Activity Noted w 4 in Both Army and I Navy Washington Jan 22 Under Under Instructions from President Roosevelt ll Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tar tary of ot War ar Tart Taft today Issued orders for a meeting of or bo board rd of or officers Immediately In West est Point to examine exam exam- ine the first class In the United States tea Military aca academy cm so that all those who ho houe are aro qualified may Immediately become becomer r officers In the army without walling waiting for Cor tho the regular period of ot graduation This order which had become known in advance nd army circles for the last month follows out tho time general plan lan of or ortho tho tIm government so to ma make malo o war preparations preparations preparations in itt time o of peace There has never been a period since time the Civil War nr when there was as such activity in the tile army and na navy Powder mills belonging to the tho government government government gov gov- In Delaware will start operations operations opera opera- on llon Monday ny next ant and will run at nt their full capacity for a considerable period The Time called so-called powder trust of which Senator Dupont of or Delaware Is credited with being tho the head hend has re received received received re- re a larg larger r ol order er than was as given gl during the Spanish American war The Tho Japanese naval department presumably pre lire um bly does docs precisely tho the same thing that thal the tho na navy department In Washington Wash Yash i ington does over every day that day that is is to give giveout giveout out officially word that shIps arrive c at or r l leave ave any given port but it 13 Is learned that great military preparations are un under er way In various parts of the island kingdom Little is known hero about the fortifications forti tortI or forts torts In Formosa The rhe only knowledge possible ble to get Is la that Japan Japen has been constructing In two forts Corts fortifications fortifications for for- that arc without parallel so sotar tar far as a's the thc importance t Or bf f the Island Is Iscon con concerned cornell Representatives of or the United States who have tried to get permission from Japan to visit Formosa For For- mosa mesa have o been delayed on various 1 pretexts |