New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1916, Page 14

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Mr. bgee’s latest remarks on the and upon the necessity for an te army and a large number of I men, were in part as follows: senator from Maryland (Mr. other senators have taken t that we can rely, in ney, to augment our ne of defense—which, in case invasion of this country by the p troops of other countries, fneral board has estimated take a force of about 500,000 upon the militia of the several commendable as they ient as they may be in the s,~train, as has been de- , on an average of one p ek in an armory under le These gentlemen who want upon separate organizations everal states of the state icr the officers appointed vernors of the states, to efficient aid to the regular the United States to repel an | r to conduct one, seem to be basing their hopes upon hing that in the past has al- met with disaster; and, in my n, unless in some way, under onstitutional authority granted, ate troops can be drilled and | d efficiently to the approval and ction of the commander-in- will in the future prove to be ken reed President, the senator from and skips very lightly over the tutional inhibitions against the ssful use of the state troops in rst line of defense. What we in this country, if I correctly Phend the situation and the feel- | f the people, is an effective, drilled, well trained army in of emergency. Tt is not in my opinion, after the emer- - is upon us in time of war that the president may call into the e of the United States the troops e several states and commence lain them and discipline them give ithem the necessary endur- suffi- | emergenc; riot think the people will be satisfied with that kind of preparedness. Mr. President, that is no preparedness at all. “I admit freely that the troops—their efficiency varies in the several states—are, so far as they g0 and to the extent to which they are trained and to which they are com- retent, of course in advance of any green volunteers that could be Taised on the spur of the moment; and they have some equipment, and that could 11 be availed of. But one of the rurposes and objects of section 56 is that in time of peace the president, if he apprehends an emergency and desires to call upon the country for volunteers, may obtain a supply of riien that he can put into camp and discipline and train in the field, and not in armories, to supplement the regular force of the United States The trouble is that the provisions «f the committee bill and of the Ha Lill which are mandatory in tone are not mandatory in faet, and can not be made so under the constitution of the United States. The militia need not, in time of come out at the call of the The attempt of this bill, and of the Hay bill, is to. induce the nilitia to participate in these train- ings, and so forth, for the purpose of getting the pay provided in the bills for so doing. Any state militia that is willing to forego the pay provided for in this bill need not come in re- cponse to the call: so that it is im- state ossible for the federal government, | though we call it federalizing the state militia, to .impose over the i militia of the several states that de- gree of military discipline which is | necessary to make an effective regu- . *Section e done. 56 would allow that to It would also do this, Mr. President: If the president of the United States is proposing somo diplomatic course with some foreign power and we have not yet gone to war, but the president is apprehen- sive that ultimately we may get into it, although war may not be immi- nent under the language of the act of April 25, 1914, and he desires to preparc himself and the country for eventualities if he has te enforce his Lolicy, or if some foreign nation is n:aking demands upon him which Fe nnot then disclose to the country, ut which he thinks may result in an he can call for 100,000 volunteers or 200,000, volunteers, and | state that, in his opinion, it is neces- sary under section 56 for him to do S0, Everybody will then know that, in the opinion of the president, it is desirable that there should be 100,- 000 or 200,600 volunteers put into the field and trained. Too Much Literature. “T am rather inclined to think that might have some effect in making some diplomacies more successful than the mere conducting of literary correspondence on the subject : “I want to see an army in this | country that is an army and an ef- to act with the regulars. I dokfcu(i\e one. If we can not have an NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 Gez‘ Your Doi{f;rsi?tq'ady — S. M. BARD | it ALL IN READINESS 10 RAISE $85,000 Preliminary Arrangements for, Boys' Club Campaign Made Preparations were put under way at a meeting of the Boys’ club offi- cials today to sweep the city in a | whirlwind campaign to raise $85,000 for the purpose of erecting a new building for the use of the club. The leaders of the movement in this ci spent several hours with S. M. Bard, a successful financial campaigner, and plans for a thorough combing of | the town for every possible that may be available for the use of the club were thoroughly discussed. Mr. Bard and his assi nt, H. 8 Rard, expect to be in this city for about five weeks and have taken their quarters in the New Britain club. Offices for headquarters have been secured in the National Bank build- ing on the third floor. From this vantage Mr. Bard will instruct and supervise the work of his liecutenants. The hearing rooms of the board of public wor in the city building will be used for all meetings of the gen- dollar | eral committee which will be large in | number, It was stated to raign would follow systematic line { clubs and - that the cam- | in general us throughout the | country for similar objec A citi- zens' committee of poss will be selected among Ttusiness men and city the addition of fifty men prominent official 5] omunitte { of worlkers will probably be in- { sed to 500. Mr. Bard feels that | this number of workers will he able | se the required amount in a very | short time. In fact, so confident is Lie that he has undertaken to run a campaign in New York before the warm weather sets in. It is im- pessible to say at this time on just what day the active work will be started but it will be as soon as the | zeneral committec has been selected, a matter which is now under con- sideration. Need Is Great. “The necd of larger quarters for the boys of your city is obvious,” caid Mr, Bard, “Onc of the first things I did after arriving was to proceed to the present quarters and look over the situation. It took only a moment to convince myself that the campaign was justified. You may be sure that my whole heart will be in the work.” “It must he just as clear to the citizens of New Britain as it is to nie that better accommodations are warranted,” he added. “Taking that into consideration 1 am assured that we will succeed. The 000 will be forthcoming as it was in Haverhill, Mass., a city of ahbout this size.” It was stated that the committee had decided to build upon the land at the corner ~of East Main and Center streets, known as the Eliza McMahon property. Tt is 80 by 165 feet and in a more suitable location than the property on Court street. Mr. Bard told of campaigns that ke has recently conducted for boys’ ssociations. Three of his campaigns were staged in Haverhill, oston and New York. In Haverhill he raised $81,000: $115.000 in Bos- ton and $125,000 in New York. At a campaign in Worcester he had a | jarge number of individual contribu- tions which totalled 12,000 in num- ber, There were 7.000 contributors | to the llaverhill campaign. army as well as a navy tnat can transact the business for exists we ought to abolish hoth branches of the service and ce: making any pretences that we are do ing anvthing to prepare country for eventualities. ‘Mr. President, [ was extremely sor- ry to hear today that there had heen which it | an amendment to this bill the other | day providing that field service under section (providing for a federal volunteer force) should not exceed 30 days in'any one vear. If the desire be to hamstring the ion and, un- | der color of giving the president au- thority to call for volunteer forces and put them in the field and train them, to pretend that when they say he can not do it fo more than 30 d of course I admit that there is no use adopting section 56 under these circumstances. “But it would not be enough at all, they have given it | as everybody knows, to put men into | 7 lupon. T should like to see it tried. condition to do what our troops are called upen to do in Mexico now—to endure the rueling marching and countermarching day and night, the loss of sleep, the enduring of a trop- ical sun, the going without food, the being inured to har No 30-day training could do tha nd it T un- derstand the object of this section, it is to put in the president's hands in time of peace, i e emergency comes, the pos ity pf developing a force which will be in training and fit to do the duty which they are called upon to perform, “What T assume is that the presi- @ent would not call for a number of wolunteers, in addition to the Regu lar Army provided for in this bill, and in addition to what he could get we got into war from the militia of the several states, unless there was some emergency. For the purposc of my femarks, and the purpose of tablishing what section 56 proposes as far as I am concerned, T would bhe perfectly willing to write into the sec- tion the words “the president. when. ever in his opinion any emergency shall exist.”” 1 had not any idea but that it would never be exercised ex- cept under those conditions, although the Dbill does say that the president is authorized at any time to do it. “I am perfectly willing that it should stand just as it is; and 1 will president of the ites, whatever political may be United party he ong to, to defend the country ection i passed as it nds. I fhat v e dn nd the president wanted to avail himself of this au thority in order to prove what the country could do, if he simply did it as an experiment to find out, in case n emergency should come where he would he compelled to call for volun- te how quickly they could be vol- unteered and mobilized and trained, to see what the difliculties to be en- countered were, I* would be willing to let. him call for 50,000 volunteers and see what happened. T would like to test the sentiment of the country on that question. A great deal has been sald about our not heing able to get volunteers. A great many people assume that the volunteer system would utterly brealk down. Othe insist that the militia system would break down if called I have no doubt that if the pres dent called for volunteers we could raise three or four regiments in the city of Chicago alone. Period of Enlistment. “Another feature about this section these men would be enlisted “h times, and so forth, and un- der such condition ht prescribe. T have heard it 1, and I think it is probably true volunteers, could be secured in | the large cities for one period of en- and 1 think t in country places and in other sections of the country they cotld be and under othe conditions. reason why the department, might not vary the conditions of volunteer- ing to suit the nceds of the people in the several parts of the country. “It is said {hat this is an experi- | ment. It is Ro more of an experi- ment, of course, than the act ap- proved April 1914, which has never bheen operated under. The Senator from New York (Mr, Wad worth) suggests what of course would occur to any thoughiful man: ‘“How out the headquarters? w ahout the encampments? How about fur- nishing the equipment and supnlies and wagons and tentage, and so forth | for these troops?” ““The Reliable Credit Clothing Store’’ Offers Specials in New SPRING SUITS Spring Waists The very latest patterns, material and colors. A large, complete assort- ment from which to choose. NEW SPRING SKIRTS $1.98 to $7.50 | | | For Ladies and Misses HIS week we offer a special value in Ladies’ and Misses’ New Spring Suits at $15.00. These suits embrace the very lat- est ideas in Spring style; may be had in any material desired, and are carefully tailored by a leading American manufacturer. 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The senator from New York in- quires: “Is this to be a permanent army, a volunteer army, and kept up vear after year, or are these men simply to be called into the service as volunteers for a year or two years I do not know. T do know that | section 56 provides that those things are to be decided by the president of | the United States. “I think the president could main tain it for years, if he wanted to, dur- ing his term, or I think he could limit | it to a shorter time. However, I | | have not given that sufficient consid- | eration. “Mr. President, there need be no 15 the president | tment and under certain conditions, | cured for other terms | I see no | atempt to misrepresent this question at all. There is no use in attempting | to 1 on the floor of this body the idea that anyone is hostile to the militia of the states. This question is before us now because the country has been clamoring for preparedness to protect the country in case it was attacked. Under the Constitution of the United States, which places the officering and the training of the militia in the states under (he con- trol of the states, I do not think in an emergency they can be successfull called upon by the president to cc operate with the regular army agalast veteran troops. When T say that [ do not think T have anything hostile | to the militia of the states. They are very good bodies undoubtedly for | the purposes which they are accom- plishing. It may be that the kind of training they keep up and the kind of physical condition they preserve are sufficient for them to perform their duties in the states, and witn the additional training they could et in being put into service of the United States, or if they were relinquished from their daily employments as bus- | iness men, bank clerks and profes- | sional men, merchants and storeke rp.l President, how about doing it | ers and days, the s made | lar, as though they called upon to of i fect could could very condition for hard field service. “But the trouble is that this bill and tion 56 will be retained in the bill contemplate treating I hope as fully and sincerely which the senate the other day, which restricts the gond be reconsids bill them as though hardened, disciplined could over nightfall be it may ac co-operate effectively and efficiently with the Regular Armv United and conflict with veteran that, in my opinion, is the deadly de- son has gone with his both to Tennessce where his wife ard chi Chamberlain bill. the Chamberlain bill is in mar respects, it is absolutely tive upon the state militia as the first line of defense, Near Franklin or 90 or 120 likely get in a were not regu- bill and the Excellent as T think could with a few months’ training be ma “So 1 hope most sincerely amendment troops, avd omplish, may ered and defeated competition delegation in the troops, and from the city. will visit for a time with Mr. y other father in the old mountain fatally defec- the New Haven member. tative Oakey and Hill have Connecticut some days. 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