Washington—An outline of the
.I'ry's part In the national defense
.'p pram to be submitted to contrrefj
•) ■ the admln'^tratlon was made pub
lic tonight by Secretary Garrison, dis
closing for the first time details of
the plan to ralre a great continental, or
Itlzen armv to supplement the regu
lar establishment.
in brief, 1f Is proposed to Increase
ihe tegular army from 108,008 to 1*1,
s 13 officers and men, changing the
term of enlistment from four years
with the colors and three years on fur
lough to two years with the colors and
four years on furlough; to organize a
federal citizen army of 400,000, to be
enlisted 133,000 a year for three years;
to strengthen the state militia by In
creased appropriation and closer co
operation, and to spend $20,000,000 a
rear for four years on coast defenses
and $21,000,000 a year for four years
in the accumulation of reserve mate
rial for use by a force of 600,000 men.
Better 8y8*eme in Theory.
Mr. Garrison says that the framers
of the new policy are fuly conscious
• the possibility of formulating mili
tary systems much better In theory,
hut that "after concentrated considera
tion of existing legal and other condi
tions they think It will be found that
almost Insuperable objections and dif
ficulties arise In the carrying Into
practical operation suggestions that,
from the military standpoint, might
otherwise he very acceptable."
The statement reveals that In the
preparation of the plans the depart
ment called In consultation specialist
In various lines of private Industry,
"It has been proposed,” It says, "to
make uvallable In time of need the
services of those in various lines of
employment requiring special knowl
edge and skill, such as railroad men,
bridge builders, engineers of all de
scriptions, etc., and leading men In
these lines and professions have been'
collaborating with the war depart-1
ment In an endeavor to formulate, by
legislation or administrative action, art;
acceptable ami useful plan with re-1
spect thereto.
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N»«d A'd of Employers.
"In thlB connection and because of,
patriotic spirit thus displayed, It seems j
desirable to say that If those who are|
the employers of the young men of the;
country cannot by reason of age or sit I
uatlon In life give their personal serv j
Ives, they can do that which will be
equallod useful by encouraging In every
way the participation of those In their
employ In the plan of national defense
If they would so arrange their busi
ness that a certain proportion of those
whom they engage could undertake
thlH national service without sacrificing |
their personal Interests, those who did ,
this thing would be acting In the most j
public-spirited and pntrottc manner [
possible.
"The citizen army would bo recruited
throughout the entire country and or
ganized In geographical divisions. It.;
members, though enlisted for six-year
terms, w-ould be required to report for
Intensive training only for short pe-1
lods each year for threo years, and
during the remaining three years
would be furloughed subject to the
call to the colors In timo of war. In
addition to officers who may be de
veloped In the course of its operation,
-Vlr. Garrison proposed to draw officers
lor this force from men who have
served In the national guard or the
regular army, or who have been train
ed In private military schools. Indivi
duals or organizations In the exist
ing national guard free to do so would
be permitted to come Into the citizen
nrmv without change of rank
*182-717,036 First Year.
"For the next fiscal year, when It Is
proposed to put this new policy Into
operation, congress will be asked to
appropriate $182,717,036: the second
year the amount will be $212,815,870;
the third, $226,315,870, and annually
thereafter, if the policy were continued
without change the armv budget
would he $162,231 559.
'The additions to the regular army
contemplated are ten regiments of In
fantry, four regiments of field artil
lery, fifty-two companies of coast ar
tillery, fifteen companies of engineers
and four aero squadrons, to be brought
In. half next year and half the follow
ing year.
"This plan when completed would
.lace In the Panama canal zone. Ha
waiian bi nds, the Philippines and
Maska 1 -I affects and 47,456 enlist
ed men. In the continental Fnlted
States there would be In the regular
establishment 2 956 officers and 66 968
men, Including eleven and two-thirds
-ogiments of cavalry, t\v- nty-slx and
two-thirds regiments of Infantry,
seven regiments of field artillery, 170
companies of coast artillery and about
4,000 officers and men In engineer and
signal corns."
• 'ailing Cards at the Nueg.-i •iflOce
AIRMEN FIGHT
WITH COURT
By William Philip 81mm*
Unltod Press Staff Correspondent.
Between French, German airmen
exists a strange camraderle, a fratern
ity of chivalry and dramatic courtesies
which stands out from the mud-sllng
ing and butchery of war like a dia
mond on black velvet.
While French and British and Bel
gians and Germans and Asutrlans on
the ground are killing each other by
methods that mnko one’s blood run
cold, the airmen of the allies and the
blrdmen from the Central Empires are
putting each other to death, high In
the sky, with the utmost courtesy.
Psychologists ask If the warfare In
the sky Isn't developing the super
hero to whom killing Is a sport and
death but defeat, like nrrlvlng second
in a hundred yard dash.
Every time a French aviator has
met death In enemy’s territory, Ger
man aviators carried to France news
of the event. After Pegoud died In
a inld-nlr duel a wreath and a card
fell from a taubo soaring two miles
above the French lines.
When Garros was taken prisoner a
German airman dropped a note In
France praising the French pilot's
conduct.
When a German wnrpluno Is sent
crashing to earth In one of these won
derful air duels, flowors for tho Ger
man aviators Invariably aro dropped
by tho French fighters whenever the
duel has been fairly fought.
It Is said that never a British avi
ator disappears but news of him is
brought to his waiting comrades by
German airmen. Such and such a
thing has happened to so and so says
a note which comes plunging down out
of tho sky, a bullet attached to give
It weight.
Tho British do the sumo for tho
Germans. It has become a sort of j
unwritten law of tho air.
THE VALUE OF ZINC
IN WAR TIME
(youth’s Companion.)
Zinc Is so essential In war that It
has risen enormously In prlco In tho
paBt year. Costing originally, only
two-fifths as much as copper, It now
costs decidedly more than copper, In
splto of tho fact that copper Itself has
sharply Increased in value. Zinc U
a constituent of cartridge brass and
shell fuses, and Is used also as a cov
ering for Iron barbed wire fencing.
In 1913 tho United States, Uormuny
and fiolglum wero the loading producers
of zinc. Of the throe only tho United
States smelted domestic oroa. Belgium
and Germany relied, mainly on zinc
concentrates that they Imported from
the Broken Hill mlnos In Now South
Wales, whore, for ono ronson or an
othor, It does not pay to do tho smelt
ing. Kranco, Spain and Groat Britain
also produco substantial quantities'
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Of course there are exceptions;
there are sportsmen In all contests
who cheat and use unfair means. But
generally the war In tho air la clean
It is beenuRo the men of tho air are
heroes of a superior sort. Such, at
least, Is one answer. For, It is pointed
out almost anybody can face bullets
on the ground when hundreds of
others are facing them.
Everybody's courage is given to the
individual and almost to his own be
wilderment ho finds himself doing the
bravest of deeds. Rut In tho air the
aviator Is practically alone. His fight
for life is fought unseon.
When such a brave man meets and
brings down mother of hla own par
ticular kind, ho seems to feel no per
sonal animosity towards his oppon
net, but merely a keen rivalry plus,
perhaps, a certain amount of admira
tion, depending upon the other’s skill
and courage and Qualities as a "clean"
fighter.
hut not enough to supply their own
needs. Austria arid Germany have
considerable deposits of ore In Silesia,
Hungary, Carinthin and tho Tirol. As
the zinc smelting furnaces of Great
Britain aro not well adapted for deal
ing with ttie Broken Ilill concentrates,
It buys tho hulk of Its supplies from
tho TTnltod Staop.
NEW METHODIST
CHURCH FOR SEWARD
A. P. A- Service.
SEWARD, Jan. 13.—Local Metho
dists arc preparing to build a new
•hurcli here. Tho new sacred edifice
"or which plans have already been
drawn, will cost $5,000.
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