Round-Up | 1898-03-19 | Page 2 | Week's Warlike Preparations

weeks warlike preparations washington march 13 the history of the week just closed will form a splendid record of what can be accomplished by the nation in a short space of time under the necessity to provide for the national defense beginning with the appropriation of to be expended by the president without limitation there follows rapidly the placing of orders for enormous quantities of war supplies the institution of negotiations for the purchase of ships abroad the enlistment of men for the navy the creation of two addi dional regiments of artillery the commissioning of monitors cruisers and rams the manning of new posts along the seacoasts aud finally the rearrangement of the great military departments to meet modern conditions in military practice