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Show GARRISON BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE Says No Military Post Now in U. S. Can House and Care For Full Division. NEED DEFINITE POLICY Any Perfect Military System Must Be Based on Compulsory Com-pulsory Service. Washington, Jan. S. There is no military post in the "United States wher a division of troops can be housed and cared for, Secretary Garrison Gar-rison told the house military committee commit-tee today, when hearings were resumed re-sumed on tho army bill. That condition, condi-tion, however, he said, would not limit the effectiveness of the continental army for the training of citizen-soldiers. "What we want is an articulated skeleton that can function," he said. laying stress on uis proposal 10 Duim the foundation of a definite military policy. "It makes no difference now whether we have a little or much flesh on an arm or leg." Need Compulsory System. The secretary said that unquestionable unquestion-able any perfect military system must be based on compulsory service. Many army officers, in his opinion, viewed the continental army plan as a final test of the volunteer army system, doomed to failure, but valuable as a direct step toward some form of universal uni-versal military sence. Asked -what steps had been taken toward working out a system of organizing or-ganizing railroads and commercial enterprises en-terprises for the military emergencies, Mr. Garrison said a careful study of the subject was now 'being made by his order nnd had been In progress for some months. Plans for tentative contracts con-tracts for war munitions to become ef fectlve only in the event of war and for tho assembling of equipment to alter commercial plants so that ammunition am-munition and arms could be quickly turned out on army calibers, has been In contemplation by department officials, offi-cials, he said. on . |