The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-01-30
rnE NATIONAL GUARD BILL

er militia bill has passed. TIC C |
at.ts. senate. it having already pass
a III. house He said that within
three or four days a call Would pe
sueS fer all officers of the state guar
TO meet in convention at RdielsH
make arrangements Tor car SIhS
the provisions of the bill. Whlcn plaCe'
ali af the companies of the North Car.
alina state guard under the care oI
United States government. ACCol ulli9
TO the provisions of this Dill the KoS,
ernment will have authority 10 Can
.nt fae state troops in case of any ma
tiopzl trouble the same as II no" eH
ereises over the regular army. Inns
n for q period of nine months service
Lexington DfSpatcn.
This ia certainly news to US. anu we
-ould ike TO know how and when anu
where the United States government
derived the power to take the state
e11ars of North Carolina under It's
care. If this means anything IL iiediI.
that the state guard becomes PAL,
AZ the limited States. subject 10 can !
sntv In suDpressing strikes, riots, ETC. |
NO. What business would North Car
olina guardsmen have In Chcdso
shooting down Haymarket rioters vi
i'm Homestead pouring not ledu ~
Hungarian miners? None d ,,,rI, on,
say-and we further rise 10 reiliiIN
that the state guard of North Carohna
eugbt not to be subjected TO uuty
sutside the state. unless each lieiiI -.
assents for himself alone anu JolIi9
thr regular army When trouble Is on
80 Sorth Carolinians can be found
,uithaut blowing bugles and sounuliiS
var-drurns In time of peace we IL IN AT.
tend TO our own business--Greeiis'iii
Reflector
The massage OF the Dick bill, above
r-f.rred TO, has been the SUBJECT OIL
1opch comment in the press ana mas
s+;rrsd up p good deal of excitement
i seems
., eurnrising that the federal gov
-rnant has delayed for nearly q
century and n half in adopting sunni
s,,,A measure. That congress had the
constitutional power to make Such "
law no one would doubt after readlhs
C1anse 1s. Section S. Article L, OIL Ihe
federal constitution. which in deiirlhs
the duties and powers or congress-
provides:
.-T,o nrovide for organizing. armlns
ax,5 disciDIining the militia ana Ior
governing such part OF them as me-
be employed in the service OF oo oIll.eu
states reserving to the states leSpeC $50.
+ive3x the appointment or tne olllCeh' ~.
I'D the authority of training the mil
to according to the discipline pre-
scribed by congress-
Cangress has never before passed
a-.I .ct carving out the proVls-
lens OF this section Of the conStiIu'loi
,r,,fcb rave it the power TO make he
gate militia national guard IL
tbe sense of that term, but II mas
from time to time passed laws hiih.
ing provision for tEe arrlliS ''''
.ouiping of these state forces oE aP'
nropriations from the natlonal treas
rry therefor The states nave hi''u'
great clanor for the exercise p'
congress of this latter power cohIerre'
hy the constitution; they all "ah'e'
the clothing, the improved arms d''
other equipments. Now Wheh II coliie
IN the uniting into effect of this othe
,,-o,,,s,o, of the same section or tn
constitution we do not see where an.
lick can come Whether expeoleil
es rot. It is in accordance with III
SOMA constitutional provision unde
which the states for years have pee
drawing funds from the federal treas
ury for the maintenance OF thei
state troops
Thorn Is no denying the fact that l
recent years conditions have SO chails
I'd; that we cannot go pach 10 III
small standing army OF less ina
twenty-five thousand regular troop
and a nominal naval fierce. Whlch
considered sufficient q few years as'
That is out of the question. We haV
got to keep pace with the other ol
nations of the world in the matter
military end naval preparations {
well as in other things. 1t has AWAY
been held that = large standing arm
was the greatest menace to the lie
a republic Under the foreign poIC
which our government has establish
ed and from which it is not going
withdraw. no matter what par
comes in power, the maintenance OF
= large standing arm will be fore
upon us by tho necessities OF prese
and future situations unless we c
sanizs an effective national guar
of citizens trained and disciplined,
on which the federal government c
rely in cases of emergency. Exist
conditions force one or the other
these steps upon the government
large standing army or we'll orga
lied national guard" The nuesu
is: Which of these is the lesser e
and the least menace TO the republ
It seems to us that the latter is
preferable to the other. These op
ions are based-not upon approval
the course of the Mckinley and Roo
Welt administrations which NJ
brought these conditions upon US,
upon these conditions as we find tn
now existing. AS to the former tn
Is difference of opinion to be FOL
among stasach members of both p
ties As - the later we do not
how .,7crr can be any difference
opinions Were the strongest al