AMERICA'S WAR PLANS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3092, 24 May 1917, Page 5

AMERICA'S WAR PLANS

HUGE EXPENDITURE FORESHADOWED NATIONAL GUARD TO BE AT FULL STRENGTH Washington, .May 22. fhe Secretary of (be Treasury (Mr. William M'Adoo) stated Unit he expects the United States will spend in the first year of war two millions sterling. Contracts for' the construction of thirty-eight now submarines within twelve months have been let to private corporations. The War Department announces that it is raising the National Guard to its full strength of four hundred thousand, in addit'on to raisin" j twonty-three thousand men for the Naval ! Militia.-Aiis.-N.Z. Cable Assn. I BIG SUBMARINE BUILDING PROJECT New York. May 22. A company headed by Simon Lake, tho inventor, with a capital of ten million dollars contemplates buildinff 10,000ton submarines.—Aus.-N.Z. Gable Assn. [Simon Lake is a naval architect and mechanical engineer. Ho is the inventor of the even-keel type of submarine torpedo boats, and built his first experimental boat in 1894. The Argonaut, the first submarine to operate successfully in the open sea,.-was built by him in 1897. He has deigned and built many submarine torpedo boats for the United States and foreign countries, and has spoilt several years in BussiSj Germany, and England,' designing, building , , and acting in an advisory capacity in the eonstvuclon of submarine torpedo boats. He invented tho submarine apparatus for locating , and recovering sunken vessels and their cargoes, while tho, submarine apparatus for pearl and sponj,'© fishinsr was created by him. He also invonted the heavy oil internal combustion engine for marine purposes.] AMERICANS IN BELGIUM AND GERMANY STATEMENT O* , THE ENEMY'S ATTITUDE DEMANDED. Washington, May 22. The State Department has demanded from Germany a statement as to Germany's attitude towards and treatment of Americans detained in Belgium and Germany, whoso departure is delayed.— A.US.-N.Z. Cable Assn.