Washington, Oct. 18.
President Roosevelt yesterday disclosed Administration plans for further naval expansion and announced that the next regular session of Congress in January would be asked to authorize increases in Army, Navy and Marine Corps personnel by 100,000 men.
The President did not indicate what new warships would be requested for the Navy, but observers pointed out that the United States would have its largest regular fighting force since 1919 if Congress authorized the President's request for increases in Army, Navy and Marines personnel.
The President told the press that the nation's present naval expansion programme, designed to give America its greatest pedee time Navy, still will not provide the country with a completely adequate Fleet.
The President said the nation's rédl need was for a Navy which mirist be expanded and improved in accordance with changing nával standards throughout the world,
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