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Show DEFENSE OFTHE UNITED STATES Admministration Has Extensive Exten-sive Program of Military Preparedness. Washington, Aug 29. The admin-'stratlon's admin-'stratlon's full legislative program for he coming session of congress, ex-1 lusive of comparatively minor meas-ires, meas-ires, will be as follows, according to luthorltative Information obtained today: to-day: "National defense, meaning a strengthening of both the army and the navy and the coast defenses of the country. "Revenue legislation, including the re-enactment of the 'war revenue' bill which produces about $S0.000,000 annually. an-nually. "The conservation bills, for which the west is clamoring Secretary Franklin K. Lane Is anxious to have these measures, most of which went through one house last session, approved ap-proved by both houses at this session Rural Credits Act. "Rural credits legislation, which was sidetracked In the closing days of the Sixty-third congress "The paring down of ordinary appropriations ap-propriations and the reduction of "pork barrel" bills to the minimum, in view of the demands elsewhere and the treasury deficit" In addition to these general matters, mat-ters, the senate will hnc-in pnrlv rnn. slderation of tho cloture rule and the revival of the shipping bill is expected. ex-pected. The senate also has pending pend-ing the treaties with Nicaragua and Colombia. The administration plans to make defense the dominating feature at the coming session of congress. It will strengthen the navy, the army and the coast defenses. With this plan In view the general naval board, of which Admiral George Dewey Is chairman, will, It Is understood, under-stood, recommend the following program pro-gram of construction At least ifour battleshjps of, the su-perdreadnought su-perdreadnought type; two battle cruisers crui-sers or two heavily armed scout cruisers, crui-sers, one fuel ship, one hospital ship, sixteen torpedo boat destroyers, sixty to Beventy submarines. Announcement Awaited. i"c ojicwui aunoui UUdlU Will, It Is said, endeavor to carry out such a program. Formal announcement awaits the return of Secretary Jose-phus Jose-phus Daniels to Washington. It Is probable that two fuel ships and two hospital Bhlps will be requested. re-quested. Tho value of the submarine la being be-ing impressed more and more upon naval experts here. When the estimates esti-mates are prepared for congress the number will be much larger than It would have been six months ago. Secretary Daniels favors an appropriation appro-priation of at least $1,000,000 for aeroplanes. aero-planes. With such an extensive program, it Is believed congress will remain In session until the presidential campaigns cam-paigns are on next summer. National defense and revenue legislation, legis-lation, tho former making the latter Imperative, -will be tho headllnors. This Is admitted by Senator Simmons, the administration spokesman in the senate, and the chairman of the finance fi-nance committee, and Representative Kitchin, chairman of tho wayB ajid means committee and floor leader In the houso. Slmmons's Statement Senator Simmons is authority for the statement that If necessary there will be an Issue of bonds or short-term short-term notse to Insure adequate national nation-al defense. He says such an issue would not be radical, in view of the conditions existing today and the nation-wide demand for preparedness. |