UNITED STATES ARMY
PROPOSALS FOR INCREASES,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright WASHINGTON, October 11. Mr Lindley M. Garrison, the United States Secretary for War. proposes an enlargement of the American standing army to 120,000, and of the trained reserve to 300,000, with a reorganised National Guard of 150,000 men. He asks also for proper aeroplane equipment and the doubling of the artillery ammunition supply. Mr Theodore Roosevelt has recently been carrying on a vigorous campaign against the unpreparedness of the United States, pointing out that America is behind Australia, in spite of the enormous disparity in their populations. i Whether Congress will approve of Mr Garrison’s proposals remains to bo seen.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9173, 13 October 1915, Page 7
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