AMERICA PUTTING HER HOUSE IN ORDER.
UNIVERSAL SERVICE BILL BEING DRAFTED. SUBMARINE BASE AT PANAMA CANAL ENTRANCE. [Australian and N_T. Cabla Association.] (Received 10.30 a,m.) WASHINGTON, February 11. __• General Army Staff is drafting a universal Military Service Bill, providing for the enrolment and drilling of half-a-milfion nineteen-year-old youths annually. . The immediate creation of a submarine base at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal has been recommended by Congress. The Secretary' of the Navy asked for £300,000 for the purpose.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 37, 12 February 1917, Page 5
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80AMERICA PUTTING HER HOUSE IN ORDER. Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 37, 12 February 1917, Page 5
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