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Show i' ' MONEY FOR THE OGDEN ARSENAL In f lio list of recommended appropri- : :illons by congress for the coming year uppenrs (ho following: For Ogden arsenal. $475,000 for the construction of thirty-three mapa- j zlnes, one warehouse and necessary railroad tracks and roads. This must be part 01 tho original appropriation of $2,198,000, as the magazines were provided for in that program. At present thirty-five magazines maga-zines are under construction, along 1 five sidetracks. The railroad tracks have been laid j I and work Is progressing on a large j warehouse, y Other appropriations ure 10 be e-e e-e pected, if the arsenal la enlarged on 4 the plans as worked out by the general gen-eral staff However much the new administration may desire i.-. 1 i-niio 1 mize, the retrenchment cannot be ap- j 1 plied to the imperative d fenses of I the country, based on the experience j I of the great world war. One of the J strongest criticisms of the Wilson ad- j j ministration, as set forth by the Re- j publican leaders, lias been the neglect to prepare this country In a military way to meet the exigencies of war. 1 Governed by the expert opinion of I tho general staff, the government must proceed to make America less miner able to sudden attack, and to accom-, pllsh that purpose large sums must be spent in preparedm ml |