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———I'm a gorgeous dividing line———

Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate and House of Representatives,

Yesterday, December 25, 1914 — a day of shame that must always be remembered — the United States of America was subjected to a sudden and deliberate attack by the Imperial Chinese Navy and Air Force. The United States and China live in peace and, at China's request, are still holding talks with their Government and Her Majesty the Empress with a view to maintaining peace in the Pacific. In fact, we did not receive a note of declaration of war from China until an hour before the Chinese air strike team had begun bombing the American island of Oahu, and later that day we received a note of declaration of war from China's accomplice, the Imperial Japan.

History will show that Hawaii's distance from China shows that the attack was orchestrated over many days or even weeks. During this period, the Chinese government deliberately deceived the United States with false statements and expressed desire to continue to maintain peace.

Yesterday's attack on the Hawaiian Islands caused serious damage to the US Navy and Army units. I regret to tell you that many Americans have lost their lives.

Yesterday, the Chinese government launched an offensive against Indochina.

Yesterday, Chinese troops attacked Hong Kong and Guam.

Last night, the Chinese and Japanese coalition forces attacked the Philippine Islands.

Just now, the Sino-Japanese coalition forces have landed on several islands in central Hawaii.

As a result, the Sino-Japanese coalition forces launched an all-out and sudden offensive throughout the Pacific region.

The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The American people must have formed their own opinions, and they know very well that this concerns the security and survival of our country, and that the United States is facing the most serious crisis in a century!

As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have instructed to take all possible measures for our defence.

However, the nature of this attack on us will always be remembered by our entire nation.

No matter how long it will take to defeat this deliberately premeditated invasion, the American people will win a complete and full victory with their own power of justice.

We now prophesy that not only will we do our best to defend ourselves, we will also ensure that this form of despicability will never again endanger us. When I say this, I believe that I am expressing the will of the Congress and the people.

Hostilities already exist. Needless to say, our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger, and the enemy could attack the continental United States at any time after landing in Hawaii! To resist the imminent invasion, we must immediately arm ourselves and prepare to defend our homeland!

Believe in our armed forces - relying on the unwavering determination of our people - we will achieve inevitable victory, God help us!

I ask Congress to declare that there has been a state of war between the United States and the Chinese Empire and its accomplices, the Empire of Japan, since December 25, 1914, when the Sino-Japanese coalition launched a long-planned offensive.

—Toms Woodrow Wilson, December 26, 1914 at the Capitol.

In the afternoon of the same day, after President Wilson's speech, which was full of emotion, the US Congress passed a resolution declaring war on China and Japan.

That night, Secretary of the Army Stimson and Secretary of the Navy Daniels were summoned to the White House for dinner with President Wilson.

"I need to know if the army and navy can keep the West Coast and the Panama Canal safe."

The president got straight to the point.

War Secretary Stimson, with a broad face and a pretty goatee, nodded slightly, and reported to the president first—or rather, tried to reassure him.

In fact, just six months ago, the U.S. Army was a paltry force, with only 126,306 soldiers and 7,139 officers as of July 10, 1914. The National Guard (independent local forces) is 121,000 and 70 men.

The country's strong anti-militarist movement has limited the government's ability to increase military spending in peacetime, while also preventing it from expanding the army.

This situation aroused great dissatisfaction in the US political and military circles long before the outbreak of the war in Europe.

Congressman P. Hobson once wrote, "Any European power can take a base on our shores, but we can't take a base in Europe." For this, a large army is needed...... We don't have an army, and even if we do, we can't use it, because we don't have the tools to send it across the ocean. We are the only power that does not have a merchant fleet and therefore the tools to transport large numbers of troops across the ocean. ”

He called on Americans to end the general slumber and concentrate their utmost attention on "national defense" and "general peace," that is, to build a strong army and navy to intervene in the politics of the world.

In order to widely publicize the military and arouse the people's attention to the military, through the efforts of Hobson and others, various militarist groups such as the American Peace League and the Court of Arbitration were established, the purpose of which was to propagate the idea of strengthening the country's army and navy to a scale sufficient to fight against any great power.

The aggressive expansion of the East Asian Alliance on the Pacific side undoubtedly contributed to the militarist movement of Hobson and his ilk.

As a result of efforts from all fronts, the small US Army is equipped with first-class light weapons. In 1911, during the Great Army Exercises, motorcycles began to be used for reconnaissance and trucks were used to transport supplies. The U.S. military is also trying to use the aircraft for military purposes. In June 1910, a test of throwing a model bomb from an airplane at a model warship was conducted on Keuk Island. From the end of 1910 to 1911, pilot Erie successfully conducted experiments on take-off and landing on the cruisers Birmingham and Pennsylvania. In 1913, twenty-eight aircraft ordered by the US Army were already equipped with armored cockpits and machine-gun fire correctors. In 1914, he even tested a three-inch cannon for airplanes!

From 1910 to 1912, the War Department and the General Staff made extensive preparations for the reorganization of the army, and the reorganization program was drawn up by the Officers Committee of the General Staff, headed by the Chief of the General Staff, General Wood. General Wood believed that it was necessary to equip the army with regular cadres, to expand the number of peacetime officers, and to bring both the regular army and the National Guard under unified command.

The plan provided for the creation of an army capable of fighting any Eurasian power, and required the mobilization of at least 460,000 soldiers, 43,000 coastal artillery (guards) and 300,000 reserve troops within three weeks in the event of war. In order to facilitate the formation of the army and to ensure that the army can have reserve troops, it is proposed that the country be divided into 16 militia military districts.

After the outbreak of the European War, in view of China's rapid seizure of the German Pacific colonies, the advance base advanced to the Marshall Islands, only 2,000 nautical miles away from Hawaii (the usual combat radius of armored warships at that time was 2,500 nautical miles), the Philippines was deeply surrounded by China, in order to cope with the possible outbreak of a full-scale war between China and the United States, and also to deter China, Congress passed the Military Expansion Law and the Military Appropriation Law in September and October 1914, according to the military expansion law, it was proposed to increase the original 31 regiments to 65. Thirty-two barracks were built on the American mainland (sixteen for the regular army and sixteen for the National Guard) on the American mainland. Each barracks could accommodate 41,000 soldiers, and from the autumn of 1914 they were trained by a small number of national officers, cadets and officers who had managed to be hired from other countries.

By December 1914, the total strength of the US Army had reached 600,000, but most of them were still in training, and there was a serious shortage of qualified officers.