Telegrams from Washington state that Mr. Stimson, Seoretary of State for War, in his annual report says that s war with a first-class Power would find the United States practically unprepared, This would be mainly owing to the army being scattered in the interior, and to the lack of reserves.
He strongly urges reducing the period of enlistment to less than three years in order to enable many as possible to undergo training in the regular army, and then to form a izen reserve.. Reuter.
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