U.S. Forces In Europe

Northern Advocate, 28 October 1949, Page 5

U.S. Forces In Europe

NEW YORK, Thu.—lf there was an attack tomorrow the United States would have almost 100,000 army, navy and air force men in Europe to meet it, said General Omar Bradley at the convention of the National Guard, in Montgomery, Alabama. “We might find it expedient to reinforce these men,” added General Bradley, who said that militiamen must be ready to move overseas quickly because “war could strike suddenly.” He said that the nation’s military chiefs were planning "immediate retaliation in kind” to any aggressive blows against the United Stales or her allies. Italian Defence

ROME, Thu.—ln the next five years Italy will rebuild her navy and modernise her air force with jet planes and equip a highly-mobile army of 12 divisions. The Senate has approved the country’s biggest military budget since the time of Mussolini. Won't Be First

WASHINGTON, Thu.—Major-Gen-eral Anthony McAulifle, chief of the Army Chemical Corps, said that the United States must be ready to strike back with gas and germ weapons because Russia would not hesitate to use them in the event of war. General McAuliffe said he thought that the United States would never be the first nation to use gas and germs in war, but he would look upon them as purely retaliatory weapons. He described the Russians as ‘‘ruthless militarists who will use anything they can get hold of.” He said that the United States Chemical Corps was “very actively” working on gas and germ warfare research.