Show WON 10 I 1 message pleads for concerted carted and efficient acison A HEATER REGULAR ARMY 0 soldiery part of his hl plan i of commercial mobilization feted among car rutn elements Ele menta in our no N dional onal ufa life serious menace monaco to peace aton dec 7 president nt wll wit iglay y delivered the following mes wo congress men of the congress Congre aa since I 1 t the privilege 0 at addressing aft he a state ot at the union the war 19 s on the other aide side ot of the sea d then only begun to disclose its itoch proportions hae has extend ed I 1 reat ening and sinister scope t swept within ita its flame dame soma rt lot ot of every cuartor pf the our own hemi heral bas altered the whole face of at onal not af falis and now presents ct t of reorganization and reton euch such as statesmen and aye never been called upon t before ire 0 stood ap studio studiously us I 1 F n neu eu A waa was our manifest duty to do ift i only did we have no part or n a the policies which seem to I 1 abma the conflict on it was it if a universal uri versal catastrophe i avoided that a limit should I 1 be the he sweep of at destructive ar 4 ome part of at the great family ott 1 should keep the processes of alive if it only to present preterit col cot gnomic ruin and the break the world of at the in 4 y r which Us its populations are stained it was manifestly of the self governed nations of mi sphere to redress if it pos balance of economic lose iston man la in the other it they etling more in the day of ent t and recuperation we hope cud believe that they infinite service nations partners ia neutrality to which they I 1 n net only by their separate t their habitual detachment of europe but also by 5 ka eption of international states of 0 america have be clous claus ot of a new now and more unity interest and moral in affairs more clearly of f the many common sym interests Int aresta and duties which bal and nd together II 11 as a time in the early days great nation and of the re baing their wa to inde jude central and south amer lie 6 government of at the unit aked upon itself as ja in some ardlan of the republics to of f her as against en s or efforts at political con ie a other side of the water duty to play the part even vit stion from them ond I 1 wb can claim that the task taken with a true and die dis lenthus laam for the freedom of acas and the unmolested ament out of her independent tut ut it was always difficult to ch a role without i bot at the peoples whore free tree alon ton we sought to protect tl provoking serious miscon biscon rf our motives and every man of affairs must yel ivel mitered circumstances of the I 1 whose light we now stando Is no jalm of at guardian night of at wards but instead honorable atlon aa as of tween ouri ourselves elves and our la 14 the JUL knuist vest of all amer A nd id south our concern for iunce once and prosperity of the and ud south america ed IVA W reta retain in unabated t his inspired us through if I 1 life of our government t was wag eo so fran frankly itly put into resident esl dent monroe we WO still e 13 to make a common cammon cause CRUSO independence and of po pa 4 Y in america mexico 1 i been put to the teat test in mexico and ye have blood stood have a benefited I 1 the be course we wv have pursued 0 be seen fortunes are hode bat but we bare have at I 1 that we NO will sot not take ad ier er tn in he het distress dl itress and un impose upon her an order meat ent of our own choosing it td and burlend mexico but coerce wres her bar an I 1 our cottrall Col trall it I 1 to her ought to be to nil afferica Ana Arf erica that we dl or elsah fish 1 I rs is that the flutes states of at cot not hostile but to foudy abid hd that their grow lot f community of interest etere political and in mat bic a likely to give them matti As factors in inter batra AIM anit in the political the world th america americas together 11 11 venture to point ont out an Ift fance atIce just now attach whole matter of drawing together iu ila bonds 0 of bon and mutual adran ol 01 the economic econom lo readjust read s menta ments whit h the world must tau 11 ably tably witness within the next genera gene ra lion when peace pence shall havo have at last resumed u med its he talks in the per firmance fon for nanco mance of these tasks I 1 believe the americas Amerl caa to be destined to play their parts together I 1 am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now because unless you take it within your view aad permit the full significance of it to command your thought I 1 can not find the right light in which to et set forth the particular matter that lies iles at the very front of my whole thought ax an I 1 address you ou today I 1 moan mean na lional defense no one who really comprehends the spirit of the great people for whom we are appointed to speak can fall to perceive that their passion Is for peace reace their genius best displayed in the practice of the arts of at peace great democracies are not belligerent they do not seek or desire war their thought la Is of individual liberty and of the free labor that supports lito and the uncensored thought that quickens it conquest and dominion are not in our reckoning or agreeable to our principled but just because we demand unmolested development and the undisturbed government of our own lives upon our own principles of right and liberty we resent from whatever quarter it may come the ag gresslin gros gres slon we ou ourselves selves will not practice wo we insist upon security in prosecuting our self chosen lines linen of at nation at al develop development mett we do more than that we demand it also tor for others question of preparedness out of such thoughts grow all our policies we regard war merely aa as a means of asserting the rights of a people against aggression and we e arc are as fiercely jealous of coercive or dictatorial tat orial power within our own nation as of aggression from without we will not maintain A it standing army except for uses nelch are as necessary in times 0 at as in times of yar ar and wg we shall always alays eee see to it that our military peace establishment Is no larger than Is actually and contina bously needed for the uses of day days in which no enemies move against ns us but we do believe belleve in a body ol 01 free citizens ready and sufficient to take care of themselves and of the govon goven which they have act set up to serve them but war has never been a mere mat ter of men and guns it Is a thin disciplined might if our citizens are ever to fight effectively upon a sudden summons they must know how mod ern em fighting Is done ani an I 1 what to do when the summon summons comes to relder themselves immediately available and immediately effective and the government must be their servant in this matter must supply them with the training they need to take care of at themselves and of it it Is 19 with those ideals in mind that the plans of at the department of war for more adequate national defense were cence conceived ived which will be laid before you and which I 1 urge you to ariolo Ar sanction itlo and put into effect aj soon u an they can bo be properly scrutinized and discussed they hoiem to me the essential first steps vi they seem to me tor for the present sufficient larger army plan tj TP j contemplate an increase of the standing force of the regular army from ftp present strength of officers and enlisted men of all seiT eel vices ices to a strength of officers and ep enlisted lIsted men or all told all services rank and file by the addition of fifty two compan companies ls of coast artillery fifteen companies of aa ten regiment regiments of infantry four regiments of field artillery and four aero squadrons beside besides officers required for a great variety of extra service especially the al important duty of training tu tl citizen force of which I 1 ahall shall presently speak noncommissioned officers for sery too in drill recruiting and like and the necessary quota of enlisted men for the quartermaster corps the hospital corpe corps the ordnance department end and other similar auxiliary cee theeo these are the ad necessary nece necos aary sary to in render the enny army adequate lor or tte its present duties duties which it hae has in t perform not only upon our 0 own an fn continental coasts and bordere borders and ai at our interior army posts but also in the philippine philippines in tho the hawaiian Ila wallan island islands at the isthmus leth mus and la in rico dy by w way of making the country ready to ansome bome part of its real power promptly and upon a larger scale should occa occasion sinn arise the plan aleo also contemplates supplementing the army a force of citi zens raised in increment increments ot of a year throughout a period a 0 three year years this it la Is proposed to do by a process of un dor der which the serviceable men of the omary would woud be asked to bind them s ailtee ites to serve with the colors for purpose fit pt training tor for short period periods throughout three year and to come to tho the colors at call at any time throughout an additional furlough period of three year years thi this force ot of men would be provided with personal accoutrements tie a fast last As a enlisted and their equipment for the field made ready to be supplied at any time they would be assembled for training at stated intervals at convenient place places la in asso elation with suitable eul table unite units of the regular army kneir period of annual training would not necess necessarily artlY exceed two months in the year at least so 0 o much by the way war of preparation for defense seems to toe me to be absolutely now ue e cannot do less the naval program the program which will be laid iw bt fore tore yoa you by the secretary of tle navy Is similarly conceived conc elred it involves laro ire only a shortening of the time 1 within STRIKING POINTS IN PRESIDENT WILSONS MES MESSAGE AGE the department of war contemplate contemplates an increase of the landing standing force of the regular army from itt its present strength of officer officers and erill sted men to and enlisted men and supplementing the army by a force of disciplined citizens it will be to the advantage of the country for the congress to adopt a comprehensive plan for putting the navy upon a final footing of strength and eale lency the gravest threats against our national peace and safety have been uttered within our own borders it Is necessary for many weighty reason reasons of national effi efficiency clency and development that we should have a great merchant marine it seems to me a clear dictate of prudent statesmanship and frank finance that in what we are now to undertake we should pay as we go we should be following an almost universal example of modern government if we were to draw the greater part creven the whole of the revenues we need from the income taxes we have been put to the test in the case of mexico and we have stood the test whether we have benefited mexico by the course we have pursued remain remains to be seen our concern for the independence and prosperity of the states totes of central and south america Is not altered which plans long matured hall shall bo be carried out but it doca does make definite alte and explicit a program which has heretofore been bee anly held hold in the minds of abo two committees on naval affairs and disclosed in the debates of the two houses but nowhere formulated or formally adopted it seems to lue tiry clear that it will be to the advantage of the country for or the congress to adopt a compre hea give plan for or putting the navy upon a final footing of strength and em clency and to press that plan to corn com within tho the next live five years wo we hare have always looked to the navy of at tho the country as via our first and chief line of at defense we have always seen it to be our maniff manifest st course ot at prudenco benco to be strong on the seas year by year we hare have been creating a navy which now ranis very high indeed among navies of the maritime nations wo we should now definitely determine bow how we shall complete what we have begun and how soon the program to be laid before you contemplates the construction within five years of tn n battleships al six bat tie cruisers ten scout crul Mrs fifty destroyers fifteen fleet submarines eighty five coast submarines four gun boats one hospital ship two amount tion ships two fuel oil and one regular repair ship it Is proposed that of this number we shall the first year provide for the construction rt ri two battleships two badda sn three scout cruisers floten et five fleet submarines fi alv a coast submarines two gunboats and ono hospital ship the second year two battleships one scout cruiser cruser ten destroyers do et st four our fleet deet coast submarines ono one gunboat and one fuel oil ship the third year two battleships battleship i one battle cr croniser crol ser two scout cruisers five destroyers two fleet submarines and fifteen coast submarines the fourth year two bat two battle cruisers tro scout cruisers ten destroyers two eject aub sub Inart fifteen coast one ammunition ship and ono one fuel fast oil ship and the fifth year two battle ship one battle cruiser two scout cruisers ten destroyer destroyers two fleet submarine fifteen coast submarines one gunboat one ammunition ship find and one repair ship more men for the navy the secretary of the navy Is asking also for the immediate addition to the personnel oc at the navy of sal salk ore art 1200 apprentice seamen and 1500 marines this increase would be sufficient to care for the ships which are to be completed within the fiscal year 1917 and also for the number ot at men inen which must be put in training to man the ships walh will be completed early in 1918 19 8 it Is I 1 also necessary necee eary sary that the number of men at the naval academy at annapolis should be increased by bv at least three hundred if it this full program should be car ried out we should have built or build ing in 1921 according to the estimate estimates of at survival and stand standards erds of chassin cation followed by the general board of the department an effective nary consisting of 27 battleships of the first line 6 battle crul cru leere sere 25 battleships of at the second line 10 armored cruls ere ers scout cru cruls cr erx S 3 second class crill cruller serel 10 third claf class cruisers destroyer destroyers IS 18 fleet submarines aub alib marines coast submarines 1 6 monI tais 20 gumboil gun boil 4 hips ships 15 fuel ships 4 transports rane porte 3 lenders to torpedo vessels ve isela 8 res ves eels sels of at ape dal types and 2 amount em ships this would be a fitted to our needs and worthy at 0 our traditions but armies and instruments of war aro are only part of what has to be he con if it we are to consider nelder co the eu on preme matter of at net belf clen cy and in all its I 1 aspect there are other buat gibat matters which will be threet upon our attenni I whether we will or not thep ther la is for example a very pressing 1 question of trade and hipping shipping involved in this great problem of national adequacy at t ie Is necea ear for many weighty rea zone of national efficiency and development that wo we should have a great merchant marine it Is high time we repulsed our ml mis take and resumed our comm commercial erdal independence pen dence on the seas need of merchant marine for it 1 IR it R que tion ot at ence it other nation nations go to war or eek seek to hamper each othere corn merce our merchants merc liante it seems ar at their mercy to do with ae as they their please we mutt must we ape their hipe ships and ue use them as they ther d tern lermine itne we have not ships enough of our own we cannot handle pu ou own commerce on the feas seas our independence la Is provin caal and la to 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