Democratic (socialist/proto-fascist) President Wilson signs the National Defense Act of 1916, authorizing a nearly five-fold increase in the army of the United states, from 24,000 to 220,000 Soldiers over the course of the next five years.
Question: Was Wilson preparing for war?
[restored 6/11/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 8 [Clause 12]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 288.
Current U.s. National Debt:
