The San Francisco call., 1907-01-13
ANTHONY TAKES UP
MILITARY END
San Francisco Senator Has
Bills That Aim to En-
courage Citizen Soldiery
SCHOOL RIFLE CORPS
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO. jan 12.-Senator
Marc Anthony of San Francisco has
two bills TO be introduced on Monday
that are intended to encourage interest
in citizen soldiery and national de-
fense.
Anthony believes that any attempted
menace to the United States in the
near or remote future would arise in
the Far East and that California
should be the first State to prepare
for it. He himself fought in the
Philippines during the Spanish-Am
can war. comes from family whose
members were veterans OF both the
Civil and Indian wars and has had
other relatives who were in sea fights
with Decatur and Farragut
Anthony's main bill provides for the
Encouragement by the State Of enlist
ment in the regular army. navy and
marine service. He would have Cali
fornia pay TO every one of her citizens
who enlists in any branch OF the ma
tionaI service a bonus Of 81 month
and increase this by % per cent in
time Of war. A supplementary bill
provides for the establishment of
practical rife corps for boys OF the
public schools at the expense of the
State.
why the State should accelerate in
terest in the subject Of national ef-
! fciency and preparedness may seem a
bit strange to some" Senator Anthony
said today: but il should be remem-
/ bered that we in California occupy q
different position than most Of our
neighbors. Any Asiatic invasion TO be
feared viii first affect California and
! CalifOrnians. and it il our duty as good
citizens Of the State and country 70 be
! prepared for il. I am not an alarmist
I do not believe in raising the cry OF
I ~ 70 4
/ platitudes on the great MOngol horde
and what is TO be dreaded from il.
do think however. that we should bs
prepared for all contingencies. If we
should take the initiative in this mat
ter other States would be bound tc
follow and it would mean that Cali
fornia would be assisting herself and
the country at large.
L believe that the question Of en-
couraging interest in the navy is. il
anything. an even more important
matter than encouraging interest ir
the army. Our forefathers took to the
sea with a spirit that was bred in the
bone. This spirit is rapidly disappear
ing and as a State with great coast
interests we should do all in our pow
er to foster and revive 1t. If possible
I would even have the State give boun-
ties to our sailormel who go north
after FISH and fur-the men whom we
possibly read about too much and as
sist and practically appreciate toe
little False romance makes US lose
sight of a lot of real things in life
that we shouldn't. Instead of writing
verses about these hardy and enter
prising Californians I would have the
State give them real evidence of its
appreciation.
"As for rife corps in the public
schools. 1 think it will be only
question Of time when they will bt
regarded as necessary as calisthenics
or other gymnasium exercises. The
public schools will eventually teach the
boys Of California how 20 shoot with
modern automatic guns, as il will teacf
them long division and how to spell
/ personally think we can't start it too
soon"