Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1915, Page 11

GARRISON HINTS AT CONSCRIPTION Secretary Says Compulsory Military Service is Alternative of Plan for Continental Army. THINKS WAR IS DUE T0O COME WASHINGTON, Deo. §.—Secretary Gar- rison declares In his annual report to the president, made publio tonight, that if| the administration plan for a continental army fails, the United States will face | some form of compulsory military m—vim.{ “There are some who do not feel free | 1o base their conduct upon a rnnuldom!lnn; of facts or conclustons of reason because | of thelr interpretation of divine injunc-| tion,” he says. “They do not belleve in | resistance to physical force, and those | whose consclences are 5o convinced sur- ! i i | render life and all that they cherish and | fove at the behest of the aggressor. This| attitude concerns the Individual, and him | alone. It cannot be made the general| rule of conduct under our form of Eov=| ernment without departing from the basls | upon which our government ls founded, One s Impelled to query upon what proper consideration there is based any distinction between the right or necessity or desirability of using mental force to repel error, moral force to repel evil and physical force to repel wrong. It would seom, If reason wero applied, that in each instance the situation ls identical; whd that if we should properly prepare our | minds to be strong so that we can rejoet and our moral characters to be strong so that we can reject evil, we #hould likewiss make our physical foree strong In order that we may maintain the right as against thosg who would physically impose the wrong upon us. Thinks War Sure to Come, “There are others concerning whose clarity of vislon we are not advised, arnd concerning whose soundness of reason we are not informed, because the attitude which they take is admittedly not based upon either vision of reason. They are those who predict that war will never come to this country, and assert that therefore precautions with respect thereto are unwise and needless. Since wars have come upon nations from the earliest date of recorded history to this moment there 18 no basis of fact for such a position, but, an actual demonstration of the ndn- existance of such basis. We were early warned that there would be wars and rumors of wars, and that nation would rise against nation and kingdom agninst kingdom, and the end was not yet; and | w { " |number definitely identified in personnel, They will argue that the exhanstion of resources and the recollestion of the awful gutfering will have the effect of detorring nations from entering upon war. What basis is there for such belief? Certalnly such basis cannot be found in history—our own or that of other na- | tona, | Arbitration Not Effective, ! ‘“There will be those who belleve and @ssert that the time when war can be avolded by negotlation or arbitration or other like means, will be advanced, If we refrain from adopting a proper military policy, but will be met back If we ao #o. Ut is difficult to comprehend on what basis such a bellef can reasonably rest, and therefors it is difficult to rea- son about it. It seems to rest upon the idea that If we are feeble and weak in aotion, we will be strong and persuasive in counsel that by avowedly neglecting to prepare to protect our rights we will be the better able to secure their protec. tion by appeal, by arbitration, or by af- gument. - No one need have the slightest fear that our volee for peaceful settle- ment of the quarrels of nations will re- colve any the less attention because we vtand for the right and are prepared o gnatntain it st ahy proper cost. On the contrary, the v8ice of such a one is always listened to and usually Sontrols. | Half Million Men Needed. “If the determination arrived at by thoss whose knowledge, skill and experi- ence makes thelr Judgment practically conclusive Is mccepted, we should have | in this country a force of at least 500,000 | men ready for Instant response to a call in the event of war or the imminence of war. It s surely not necessary to state the many reasons why this force may not be supplied by a regular standing army of that number constantly under arms. There 18 no legal way that the National Guard can, in time of peace, be #overned, officered or trained by the na- tional government; and there is not legal way, except by volunteering, that it can be made avallahle to the nation in time of war to any greater extent than speci- fled in the constitution, which confessedly falis short of the necessary uses to which an army may have to be put in the event of & war with a foreign nation. Would Provide Large Reserve, "It becomes necessary, therefore, to de- vise some method of making avaflable for the use of the nation in time of war @ national force in supplement of that part of the national force, to wit, the re; ular army, which is constahtly under arms part of the army, in other words, to be ralsed and maintained by congress and governed in all respects in mc- cordance with its directions, When this system s devised and made operative, the nation would militarily be in this situg- tion: It would have, as the constitution provides, an army raised and maintained by It, composed of a certain number con- #tantly under arms, and a much Inrger conclude that this great evil has been eliminated, and it therefore must be treated as are all other exlsting evils, and must be prepared against. Surely, as be- tween resting upon prediction or upon proparation, wisdom would not hesitate. ““There are others among us who are 100 intelligent and clear-sighted not to the facts and to realize their signifi- who counsel inaction because themselves and the nation. H, s which has such force iy likely ‘When it should not. nation may not be “toar that it may the fact Iy to the A proposed policy 1s exactly keeping with our traditions. will alao'be those who will ex- the policy heretofore lack of proper military pre- departed from because i 1 g an exmmple. It should ret, in considering this view, that we should protect and ‘which i i H £ ; | of military preparation already made pub-~ provided with equipment and organiza- tion, possessed of some training, and subject to instant call. The states ‘would have the organized militia, developed with federal assistance to the highest practio- able point of efficlency, avallable for the purposes specified in the constitution, and so ciroumstanced that in the event of & war with a forelgn natlon they | could, by their own volition, immediately take their place with the other military force of the nation.' The report takes up in detall the plan Break a Child's | Cold by Giving Syrup of Figs Look, Mother! Is tongue coat- ed, breath feverish and stomach sour? Oleanse the little liver and bow- ‘ els and they get well quickly, When your child suffers from a cold don't walt; give the little stomach, liver and bowels a gentle, thorough cleansing 4t once. When cross, peevish, listless, Pale, doeen't sleep, eat or act naturally; if breath, is bad, stomach sour, give a fonspoenful of - “California Syrup of Fga”" and in & few hours all the clog- god-up, constipated waste, sour blle and food will gently move out of frogronerl and you have a well, play- ful child again, If your child coughs, enuffies and hau oaught cold or is feverish or has a sore throat give a good dose of “California Syrup of Figs.” to evacuate the bowels no difference what other treatment is given. Sick children needn't be coaxed to take this harmless “fruit laxative.” Mil- liong of mothers keep It handy because they know its action on the stomach, liver and bowels is prompt and sure. They also know a ltte given today saves u siok child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a S0-cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs” which contains directions for bables, children | of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits #0ld here. Get the genulne, made by “California Fig Syrup Company."—Ad- vertisement, BAD BREATH Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets Get at the Cause and Removo it | Dr, Edwands' Olive Tablets, the substi- tute for calomel, act gently on the bow- | ©ls and positively do the work. ! People afflicted with bad breath find' Quick relief through Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar-coated tab- | lets are taken for bad breath by all who| know them. Dr. Edwards'. Olive Tablets act gently ' but firmly on the bowéls and liver, stim- ulating them to natural action, clearing the blood and gently purifying the en- tire system. I's They do that which dangerous calomel does without any of the bad alter esfects. All the benefits of nasty, sickening, | i &riping cathartics are derived from Dr. patients affileted with bowel and liver complaint with the attendant bad Dr. Kdwards’ Olive Tablots are purely Vegetable compound mixed with olive or twe every ulght for a note the effect. 10c and %c per. Cowpany, Columbus, | Amer use THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915 | the aaministration. Under that plan the m 5 VE | N first year's cxpenditure would be $152.- IN mmons PLOT. 77,006, and a force of regulars, m'litia | men and continentals of §70,%3 would be produced within three years, which | would be more than doubled by Including — the reserves of each branch, which ¢ would be created within tie first six Secreury of w‘r Outlines &hemc year continental enlistment period. The Which Will Put Million and | annual upkeep cost of the war colle . : | plan after the system is in full opm Hnlf on h‘htlng B”"' ation s estimated as $9.47200 as s og Tl against $182.254.560 for the administra- COST HALF BILLION FIRST YEAR| tion plan AT Recretary Garrison’s statement shows { ollege een asked to WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Secre-| hat (he war colese has booh asked to tary Garrison made public today in in order that certain of its estimates connection with his annual report the | may be more fully worked out. special national defense report pre- | pared at his request by the war col- | lege division of the general staff. It shows that the army itself considers | | that as a proper military policy to se- cure continental United States from | attack, it is necessary to have a mo- | bile army of 1,600,000 fully or par- | (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) | tially trained men. It makes the fol-| I4VERPOOL, Nov. %.Beethoven in a Moving picture theater is no Uncommon lowing specific recommendations lor:m"! in Liverpool. In the best “mov- the organization it belleves neces-|jes,” Beethoven is not only heard often, CGreat Masters in the Movies in | ‘ur)" [but 1s far from being alone, Wagner, | [ REGULAR ARMY | Schubert and others of the great mas- | With the colors " .., 121,000 | ters are played ag well. It is not be- Reserves at end of elght-year | cause vne owners are wrymg to educate e | “enistment period . | the public, but because the class of O@ crowrEYs | Total reierreienserr. 500,000 | music is popular In its best sense, and CONTINENTAL ARMY | atter coming to know it the public does - == |Under trdining three months a _ [not care for the inferior popular music. lic and endorsed by President Wilson, i(.;““;U:"":m’!;‘"!'I“‘M"_"o‘;“"'f,“";‘;m_ #0909 | " One music lover reports hearing move- and declares the Swiss and Australian | months' additional training bes ments from Beethoven's fiith symphony, system are founded on governmental in stitutions and powers differing so rad- leally from those in the United States that any attempt to adapt elther to would mean great' delay | “Enough has been said to democrats,” the secretary concludes, “that to get something done now-—something that 1s well worth while—the best course is to recognize and operate under existing conditions. The other course is to imag- ine a vain thing and accomplish noth- ing." BUFFALO COW BREAKS WORLD’S BUTTER RECORD BUFFALO, N, Y., Dec. 9.-—Lady Pontlac Johanna, a cow valued at $20,000 has just broken the world's record for butter production by yielding 668 pounds of milk In one week, from which was mede 4181 pounds of butter, This eclipses the former buttor record by 5% pounds. Lady Pontlac Johanna s owned by Oliver Cabana, jr., of Buffalo. fore IBkIn!’ the fleld.............. e | ORGANIZED MILITIA No provision beyond annual ap- propriation of $7,000,000 and re- peal of all acts requiring state roldiers to he recelved into Unit- ed States service in advance of any other forces In time of war, | Grand total, regular and contin- ental Bty s S . +..1,500,000 | . In estimating the cost of this estah- | Ushment the report figures as follows for the first yea 0,000 | pastoral and | tions from the moonlight sonatas, Wagnerian operas, | cluding “Parcital” apd ““Tristan” from Schubert’s unfinished symphony bits from | “Tristan” and Hoydn and such modern works as Tschalkowsky's casse nolsette suite Grelg's “Peer Gynt,” Sibelius's “Fin- landia” and the like, all performed on or- chestras of from six to_ elght players. | Yet in the early days of the film theater | the only music was a succession of tunes, | such as were whistled on the streets, played by an expressionless planist Regular army | Continentals | Militia | Wotal Half Billion Fiest Y In addition to these figures, Secretary | Garrison points out, in a digest of the special report, an anndhl expense of 20,000,000 for each of four years would be necessary for harbor defenses and re- serve material would cost for the first year alone $129,763,786, making the grand total for the first year $303,228,786, It_was the cost of the war college plan which led Secretary Garrison to devise the modified plan which has been pro- | sented to congress with the backing of Use The Bee's “Swapper” column. COLONEL WELSH LOOKS FOR SNOW ANY MINUTE “Snow” is the seasonable word th.* rings out from the local weather bureau today. It was snowing hard up in the Dakotas yesterday and Colonel Welsh white mantle any minute. The tempera- ture was mild, 8 being the lowest regis- tered Friday morning. If Victor- Victrolas are Displac- ing Diamonds, Furs, Pianos, Furniture; Ete, as Xmas.Gifts. in Thousands of instances,—THEN— Why Shouldn’t This Exquisite Model X Victor Victrola be the Unanimous Xmas Choice of Your Household? 75 Buys It! It’s & Vietor-Victrola of the first water, too. Nothing lacking. cutting out of this part or trat. It's one of those large styles and has everything a Victrola should have. Plays Victor records ss they should be played.' It's as pretty as a French clock and as entertain- ing as & Minstrel Show and Grand Opera rolled into one. It's the gift of today. You\want ome. You know you want ome. You've wanted one since your neighbors secured thelrs. Vietrolas are usual in the households of today as pianos were twenty years ago. Better be modern-—at a cost of only $76. Own it for cash or on easiest of time payments. Have it sent to any address on FREE. TRIAL if you wish. Buy by mail as satis- factorily as you would in person N Y Spend more or spend less and you’ll still have a genuine Vietor-Vie- O Other Talkin Machine Plays a VICTOR RECORD as a CTOR-VICTROLA Plays It! English Theaters in- | was looking for the arrival of the earth's | | Argues With His Pé.l; Now Shy an Eyebrow Pete Fedyk, laborer at a South packing house, is minus an eyebrow this morning as a result of an argument with a pal, Walter ZJonyak, Thirty-sixth and Q streets, Thursday evening at that loca- tion. Officer Ballew of the local police caught the two men fighting and took them both to the police station Zdonyak asserted the | | to volice chat | | |belong to him. He was trying to get it back when arrested, Captain Vanous re leased Fedyk on bond of $%, which wa furnished. COMIC OPERA TO BE GIVEN BY Y. M. C. A. GLEE CLUB A comic opera will be given early In {the new year by the Glee club of the | Youhg Men's Christian association. This |male chorus, which has been organized for over a year under the direction of | Side | Fedyk had taken $ from him that didn't | |Len G. Kratz, now niumbers twenty-four members. Works on the coml is already under way. Improvement Clubs Oppose Fire Alarm Box System in City The United Improvement clubs, an ore ganization consisting of ten of the Ime provement clubs of Omaha, went on rec- ord as opposing the proposed new fire | alarm box system for Omaha. The United clubs held a meeting at the city hall Thursday night and the opposition to the | alarm system was in the form of a reso- \ lution. The United clubs also incorporated in 1(}\" resolution a suggestion that if any money is to be Invested in adding to Omaha's fire protection that the expendi« | tures be confined to Increasing and im- proving the equipment in the Yesidential districts. More stations or motorization Is advised so that fire apparatus may more speedily arrive at reported cone | flagrations. opera . Without Griping or Discomfort. Indigestion and constipation are two conditions that are closely related and the cause of much physical suffering. The tendency to indulge one's appe- tite is more or less general and most people suffer at one time or another from rebellion of the overtaxed organs of digestion and ellmination. A pleasant- ly effective remedy, that will quickly re- | | | ach waste and restore regularity, is the | compound of simple laxative herbs sold | In drug stores for fifty cents a bottle | under the name of Dr. Caldweli's Syrup Pepsin. This is a mild, pleasant laxa- tive tonic, free from oplates or narcotic drugs, and has been the standard house- hold remedy in thousands of homes for many years, Mre. Oliver Young, Merrill, Wis., writ- Ing to Dr. Caldwell, says, she knows of nothing so effective for regulating the stomach and bowels; since taking Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin she feels ten Vvears younger; her work seems easier and she has regained her appetite. | lieve the congestion of poisonous - stom- | The Standard Remedy in Countless Homes Relieves Connlipatjon Eaul; Get a bottle of Dr, Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin from your druggist and have it in the house. A trial bottle, free of charge, can bs obtained by writing to Dr. W. B, Caldwell, 44 Washington St., Monticello, Iil. 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