Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-29
ARMORY is URGED
FOR ATLANTA SOLDIERS
Need of Central Building Has
Been Proven.
SUM OF 100000 WILL BE NEEDED
Mayor Woodward Plans For Erection
of City Hall In Connection With
the Armory-May Bring the Matter
Before Council.

| oI SiIy Tali III SOHHSSAlOn WIN
the Armory-May Bring the Matter
Before Council.
Atlanta, Sept 2S.-The recent
trouble in Atlanta, when the military
companies were called out, has en-
| phasiZed more than ever the great
need for an armory and large hall In
| the city The call for the soldiers
was in an emergency when the men
were wanted at once in the central
| part of the city There was no ar
mory at which the soldiers could as
semble and the consequence was that
they had to gather in different places
and this caused much trouble and de-
| lay.
| From time to time many of the most
prominent citizens have spoken of
the urgent need of an armory, and
with this has been included a city
hall and convention hall.
AS early as the summer of 1904,
when he was making his campaign
: for mayor, Hon. James G.Woodward
issued a card jas one of the platforms
on which he based his candidacy and
in it he called attention to the great
need Of an armory for the military
and hall for the city, along with a
place where the large conventions
could assemble.
Since the experience of the past
week both Mayor Woodward and Col
onel Clifford L. Anderson have spoken
| OF the urgent need Of an armory.
Mayor Woodward will doubtless call
the attention of the general council
to the matter, and Colonel Anderson
will takesup the matter with him.
The colonel was in command of the
| military in the city and he became
aware of the confusion and delay
| that were incident to the assembling
Of the soldiers in different parts of
| the city.
Mayor Woodward is very emphatic
in what he has to say. He believes
that now is the time for the city au-
thomties to act. If steps are taken
Immediately, he states, the work OF
building a city hall and armory can
be started early next year
Colonel Anderson says that the
building Of an armory is now an i'm
perative necessity and that good
anmory will not only greatly facilitate
the military in times of outbreaks,
but will aid in upbuilding the COM
panies.
AS is too we'll known, Atlanta has
| not hall Of any kind in which large
| conventions can be held. She has no
armory at all. When large gatherings
come to the city they must either go
into one of the old buildings at Pied
mont park or use the skating rink
at Ponce de Leon The military COM
panies occupy different quarters, u.s.
ing chiefly the second and third floors
| over downtown stores.
When spoken to about the move
| ment to build an armory, Mayor Wood
ward said:
An armory for the military of the
city was one Of the planks In the
platform when I ran for mayor two
years ago. l not only advocated such
building In my public utteYancas.
but | issued card which / had pub.
pished and in which 1 stated that
there should be no delay In g!ylng the
soldiers a home. They go 10 a gfgAt
deal OF private expenSe and are a.
ways ready to put thefr lives In leo
pardy for the people in times of se-
rious outbreaks. We have Just seen
what the military are to community
in times of riot. The police did all
they could, but 1t needed the military
companies, 1000 strong, with their
rifles, to restore order The men re-
sponded quickly and willingly, but
| they had no central hall or armorv in
which they could asseI%ble. I believed
two years ago that the city owed it
to the soldiers to furnish them with
home, and now I know that that Is
| a duty we owe to the men who saved
our city from what threatened to be
serious race riot only few days
ago.
1T will be well when erecting an
| armory to build a city hall at the
same time. The armory can be con
| nected with the hall, and in the same
building we can arrange for a con-
ventiOn hall which will accommodate
the large conventions that so frequent
ly assemble here. Atlanta is now one
Of the recognized convention cities of
the country, and we have nowhere to
| take large bodies unless we use an
old exposition building or get the
Ponce de Leon skating rink. as we
did when Mr.. Bryan came here. Now
| is the time to make a move for a
| city hall, an auditorium and armory
and especially an armory. The pres
ent city administration can start the
ball rolling and by the time the mat
| ter takes definite shape and the pre-
| liminaries are arranged the new city
administration will come with a clean
slate and amply able to take up the
work and carry it on. There will be
much preliminary work to do such as
selecting a site, making plans and
| getting estimates of the cost. Such
building as | have referred to is
Atlanta's most crying need, and | be-
lieve everybody in the city will favor
it. And the sooner TIE work is start
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