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STRONGER ARMY _ AND NAVY IS ; WILSON'S PLEA Thorough Preparedness Theme of Annual Message to Congress. !NEED OF IMMEDIATE ACTION Increased Regular Army, Supplemented by Trained Citizenry, l? Plan? I Mobilization of Industries Important Problem?Gravest Threats Against Peace Come From Within. Washington, Dec. 7.?President Wilson today delivered the following message to congress: Gentlemen of the Congress: Since 1 last had the privilege of addressing you on the state of the Union the war of nations on the other side of the sea, > which had then only begun to disclose j its portentous proportions, has extended its threatening and sinister scope until it has swept within its flame some portion of every quarter of the globe, not excepting our own hemisphere, has altered the whole face of international affairs, aud now presents a prospect of reorganization and reconstruction such as statesmen and peoples have never been called upon to attempt before. We have stood apart, studiously neutral. It was our manifest duty to do * so. Not only did we have no part or interest in the policies which seem to ;have brought the conflict on; it was necessary, if a universal catastrophe was to be avoided, that a limit should be set to the sweep of destructive war and that some part of the great family of nations should keep the processes of peace alive, if only to prevent col j 'lective economic ruin and the breakdown throughout the world of the industries by which its populations are fed and sustained. It was manifestly the duty of the self-governed nations of this hemisphere to redress, if pos- j Bible, the balance of economic loss | and confusion in the other, if they could do nothing more. In the day of readjustment and recuperation we earnestly hope and believe that they can be of infinite service. American Nations Partners. In this neutrality, to which they were bidden not only by their separate life and their habitual detachment from the politics of Europe but also by a clear perception of international duty, the states of America have become conscious of a new and more vital community interest and moral partnership in affairs, more clearly conscious of the many common sympathies and interests and duties which bid them stand together. There was a time in the early days of our own great nation and of the republics fighting their way to independence in Central and South America when the government of the United States looked upon itself as in some sort the guardian of the republics to the south of her as against any encroachments or efforts at political control from the other side of the water; felt it its duty to play the part even without invitation from them; and I think that we can claim that the task was undertaken with a true and disinterested enthusiasm for the freedom of the Americas and the unmolested self-government of her independent peoples. But it was always diflicult to maintain such a role without offense to the pride of the peoples whose freedom of action we sought to protect, and without provoking serious miscon ceptions of our motives, and every thoughtful man of affairs must welcome the altered circumstances of the new day in whose light we now stand, when there is no claim of guardianship or thought of wards but, instead, a full and honorable association as of partners between ourselves and our neighbors, in the interest of all America. north and south. Our concern for the independence and prosperity of the states of Central and South America is not altered. We retain unabated the spirit that has inspired us throughout the whole life of our government and which was so frankly put into words by President Monroe. We still mean always to make a common cause of national independence and of po- , litical liberty in America. Attitude Toward Mexico. We have been put to the test in the case of Mexico, and we have stood !the test. Whether we have benefited Mexico by the course we have pursued remains to be seen. Her fortunes are in her own hands. But- we have at least proved that we will not take advantage of her in her distress and undertake to impose upon her an order and government of our own choosing. Liberty is often a fierce and intractable thing, to which no bounds can be set, and to which no bounds of a few men's choosing ought ever to be set.! Every American who has drunk at the true fountains of principle and tradition must subscribe without reservation to the high doctrine of the Virginia Bill of Rights, which In the great days in which our government was set up was everywhere amongst us accepted as the creed of free men. That doc- j trine is, "That government Is, or ought to be, Instituted for the common bene- ' ( ..Jr. i'#* nt, prauction ami security of the "people, nation, or community;" that "of ' alt the various modes and forms of government, that Is the b-sst which Is capable of producing the greatest de- 1 gree of happiness and safety, and is most ofTectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and that, when any government shall be found , inadequate or contrary to these pur-| poses, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal." We havo unhesitatingly applied that heroic principle to the caso of Mexico, and now hopefully await the rebirth of the troubled republic, which had so much of which to purge itself and so little sympathy from any outside quarter in the radical but necessary process. We will aid and befriend Mexico, but we will not coerce her; and our course with regard to her ought to be sufficient proof to all America that we seek no political suzerainty or selfish control. < The moral is, that the states of i America are not hostile rivals hut co- t operating friends, and that their grow- i ing sense of community of interest, i alike in matters political and in mat- ^ ters economic, is likely to give them ] a new significance as factors in inter- t national affairs and in the political t history of the world. It presents them t as in a very deep and true sense a unit 1 in world affairs, spiritual partners. 1 standing together because thinking i together, quick with common sympa- i thies and common ideals. Separated 1 they are subject to all the cross cur- f rents of the confused politics of a 1 world of hostile rivalries; united in spirit and purpose they cannot be t disappointed of their peaceful destiny. 1 This is Pan-Americanism. It haB t none of the spirit of empire in it. It 1 is the embodiment, the effectual em- t bodiment, of the spirit of law and in- i dependence and liberty and mutual I service. < Drawing the Americas Together. t A very notable body of men recently met in the city of Washington, at the invitation and as the guests of this government, whose deliberations are likely to be looked back to as marking a memorable turning point in the history of America. They were representative spokesmen of the several independent states of this hemisphere and were assembled to discuss the financial and commercial relations of the republics of the two continents which nature and political fortune have so intimately linked together. 1 earnestly recommend to your perusal the report of their proceedings and of the actions of their committees. You will get from them, 1 think, a fresh conception of the ease and intelligence and advantage with which Americans of both continents may draw together in practical co-operation and of what the material foundations of this hopeful partnership of interest must consist?of how we should build them and of how necessary it is that we should hasten their building. There is, I venture to point out, an nonnnlnl o I r.? I O t > vuj'wiui oi^iiuiv miLc juni iiuw miut'ii' i ing to this whole matter of drawing < the Americas together in bonds of hon- I orable partnership and mutual advan- 1 tage because of the economic readjust- 1 ments which the world must inevitably witness within the next genera- t tion, when peace shall have at last re- ] sumed its healthful tasks. In the per- t formance of these tasks I believe the < Americas to be destined to play their 1 parts together. I am interested to fix : your attention on this prospect now ( because unless you take It within your < view and permit the full significance I of it to command your thought I can- < not find the right light In which to set < forth the particular matter that lies s at the very front of my whole thought as 1 address you today. I mean na- I tional defense.. i No one who really comprehends the i spirit of the great people for whom ] we are appointed to speak can fail to perceive that their passion is for ] peace, their genius best displayed In the practice of the arts of peace. Great democracies are not belligerent. They do not seek or desire war. Their i thought is of individual liberty and of t the free labor that supports life and the uncensored thought that quickens it. Conquest and dominion are not in 1 our reckoning, or agreeable to our ' principles. Hut Just because we demand unmolested development and the undisturbed government of our own lives upon our own principles of i right and liberty, we resent, from i whatever quarter it may come, the aggression we ourselves will not practice. We insist upon security in prosecuting our self-chosen lines of national development. We do more than that. We demand it also for others. We do nnt pnnflnp niir onthiinlnum tr\ * vidual liberty and free national development to the incidents and movements of affairs which affect only ourselves. We feel it wherever there is a people that tries to walk in these difficult paths of independence and right. From the first wo have made common cause with all partisans of liberty on this side the sea, and have deemed it as important that our neighbors should be free from all outside domination as that we ourselves should be; have set America aside as a whole for the uses of independent nations and political freemen. Question of Preparedness. Out of such thoughts grow all our policies. We regard war merely as a means of asserting the rights of a people against aggression. And we are as fiercely jealous of coercive or die-, tutorial power within our own nation as of aggression from without. We will not maintain a standing army except for uses which are as necessary THE LANCASTER NEWS In times of peace as in times of war; and we shall always see to it that our aiilitary peace establishment is no ' turgor than is actually and continu- J ously needed for the uses of days in ( which no enemies move against us. ^ But wo do believe in a body of free I citizens ready and sufficient to take i care of themselves and of the govern- I inents which they have set up to servo them. In our constitutions themselves we have commanded that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall net bo infringed," and our confidence lias been that our safety in times of ( ianger would lie in the rising of the " nation to take care of itself, as the j farmers rose at Lexington. But war has never been a mere mat- s tor of men and guns. It is a thing of 2 lisciplined might. If our citizens ai;e 1 sver to fight effectively upon a sudden lummons, they must know how mod- - jrn fighting is done, and what to do 1 when the summons comes to render * :hemselves immediately available and f immediately effective. And the gov- ( srnment must be their servant in this t matter, must Bupply them with the t training they need to take care of t themselves and of it. The military I irm of their government, which they will not allow to direct them, they may < properly use to serve them and make :heir independence secure,?and not :helr own independence merely but he rights also of those with whom ;hey have made common cause, should hey also be put ir. jeopardy. They t must be fitted to play the great role ? n the world, and particularly in this 1 icmisphere, for which they are quail- ' ied by principle and by chastened am- 1 jition to play. It is with these ideals in mind that he plans of the department of war . for moro adequate national defense were conceived which will be laid before you, and which I urge you to { junction and put into effect as soon 1 is they can be properly scrutinized 1 ind discussed. They seem to mo the f essential first steps, and they seem ' 0 me for the present sufficient. Larger Army Plan. They contemplate an increase of the itanding force of the regular army rom its present strength of 5,023 jfflcers and 102,985 enlisted men of ill services to a strength of 7,136 ] rtticers and 134,707 enlisted men, I >r 141,843, all told, all services, ank and file, by the addition >f fifty-two companies of coast irtlllery, fifteen companies of engileers, ten regiments of infantry, four egiments of field artillery, and four icro squadrons, besides 7"0 officers equired for a great variety of extra service, especially the all important luty of training the citizen force of which 1 shall presently speak, 792 loncommissioned officers for servee in drill, recruiting and the ike, and the necessary quota of enisted men for the quartermaster corps, the hospital corps, the ord?ance department, and other similar luxiliary services. These are the adlitions necessary to render the army idequate for its present duties, duties 1 li(?K 4# */v ? * . iiv.il ii uao in jii'i lui :n uui umy upon >ur own continental coasts and borlers and at our interior army posts, nit also in the Philippines, in the Hawaiian islands, at the Isthmus, and n Porto Rico. By way of making the country ready o assert some part of its real power promptly and upon a larger scale, should occasion arise, the plan also contemplates supplementing the army cy a force of 400,000 disciplined citizens, raised in increments of 133,100 a year throughout a period 3f three years. This it is proposed to do by a process of enlistment unier which the serviceable men of the country would he asked to bind themzelves to serve with the colors for purpose of training for short periods throughout three years, and to come to the colors at call at any time throughout an additional "furlough" period of three years. This force of 100,000 men would be provided with personal accoutrements as fast as enlisted and their equipment for the field made ready to be supplied at any time. They would be assembled for training at stated intervals at convenient places in association with suitable units of the regular army. Their period of annual training would not necessarily exceed two months in the year. It would depend upon the patriotic feeling of the younger men of the country whether they responded to such a call to service or not. It would depend upon the patriotic spirit of the employers of the country whether they made it possible for the younger men in their employ to respond under favorable conditions or not. I, for one, do not doubt the patriotic devotion either of our young men or of those who give them employment?those for whose benefit and protection they would In fact enlist. I would look forward to the success of such an experiment with entire confidence. At least so much by the way of preparation for defense seems to me to be absolutely imperative now. We cannot do less. The Naval Program. The program which will bo laid before you by the secretary of the nary is similarly conceived. It involves only a shortening of the time within which plans long matured shall be carried out; but it does mako definite and explicit a program which has heretofore been only implicit, held in the minds of the two committees on naval afTalrs and disclosed in the debates of the two houses but nowhere formulated or formally adopted. It seems to me very clear that It will be to the advantage of tho country for the congress to adopt a comprehensive plan for putting the navy upon " I 4NR- - IMRMft, , DECEMBER 10, 191^ ^ I I ei nnai looting of strength and elta-; I ziency and to press that plan to com-. I pletion within the next five years. J We have always looked to the navy of ' the country as our first and chief lire of defense; we have always seen it to b* our manifest course of prulence to be strong on the seas. Year by year we have been creating a navy (Continued on Page Nine.) (Second Section.) I CITATION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster, ly J. E. Stewnian, Judge of Probate. Whereas, Kate Shute has made suit to mo to grant her letters of aduinlstration of the estate and effects ; f !~) _T fihlltp floPOQOQ/1 These are, therefore, to cite and idnionish all and singular the kind- j ed and creditors of the said? deceas d. that they be and appear before 1 tie. in the court of probate, to be held] it Lancaster on the 18th day of De-' 3 ember, litis, next, after publication j hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,! o show cause, if any they have, why; 1 lie said administration shotlld not: >e granted. 1 Given under my hand, this 3rd day j if December Anno Domini 1915. J. E. STEWMAN, 'Probate Judge. 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