New-York tribune., 1908-03-04
DICK BILL NO PANACEA.
Colonel Thursfon Harms against
Orrr-reIiance on National Guard.

serious note of warning against too great de-
-e.5ence on the volunteer regiments turning into
al soldiers simply by being mustered into the
s,'sr serH ice. sounded, last night by Colonel
,-.l,s, el b Fhursson of the general staff of the
,,a.ionsf Guard Speaking at the opening of the
~ section of the Army anc Navy Club house in
r-.ss sSd street. he told his hearers not to jolly
,e,-seiS-es eith raiHbovs He said rather pes
;,,<r3csliv that in spite Of whatever might he
"a The country would keep in the present way
!. looking at things military until jolly
--cll licked
-T,orr jaliv yourselves into thinking that the
.,,,l hill is gons make a regular army establish
-. ,s,t of volunteer regiments" he said. earnest
:, .s-e viii GO on as are, and in time of wa
: IL, csrI an the volunteer regiments and the
- plo has the biggest pull somewhere will get
. ,ha head Of the regiments, regardless of every
sc else We are glad to get the regular army
n 10 teach Us but that fact, il appears, does not
hear great weight The influence is the real tnihs'
g that sets the POSTS
W. will so on in that fashion. ] imagine, until
- -. t,rl, well licked Then there may come a
..snse If the President had So,oooG8 to do it
-, row he couldn't 90 .ery differently. / inag-
=. that is the way things Will for time.
g son-t Jet the raiRbevs lead YOU astray-
.o.ber sneaker was Rear Admiral Joseph B.
,--tla, tretired). who vas to speak about the
- .Tnasr7uch this investigation is going
>, am uncertain whether We have a navy or
:. , o ssid 1t would be q delicate subject to
u CHI 4
g., -17is 1 may say, that get generally where
~ s.s-t fo~ and what We go after. That's what
= ar,n,, friends say, SO going TO give them
+ chance 10 say II
r5izh words Of praise for the regular establish
-srf were given by Colonel Leven c. Allen COM
-,.,as7+ II Fort Jay. The National Guard was
,7-a3eed BY Colonel Z r Glenn of the sd United
states TnfautTy special duty in New YORK
The tine has come when we must be prepared
10 meet an enemy, he also said. which will be-
helere an enemy to be met OF the Pacific Coast
u-sether II be &C China. Japan. or where.
care not But VIII have enemy TO meet ana
fl viii not be enemv OF Oregon. Washington,
o. California bua of the whole United States
We have got TO prepare a line of defence of the
Tinted States that Will be sufficient 10 meet any
enemy Of The United States
As commander OF The National Guard of this
state" Major General Roe said II can say that
Re have IN New York = body OF hfteen thousand
men, pra ctically. thoroughly equipped, and which
,an mobilized in tweuty-four hours at any poin;
n TIE state, fast the railroad trains carry
ihel. They are prepared to 60 into camp, dc their
opn cooking, and live as soldiers should
There We're several ether speakers at the dinner,
raost OF whom spoke OF the club and its aims. Gen
ersl J. Z. Pierson presided the dinner, which
Major Oliver B. BTidgman- Of Squadron A did
auch 10 bring about. Many well --nown persons
were present. a toast the army and navy
vas drunk the dinner. 1t this:
Our natien. its government. God and the world
knows; its defenders heroes; its homes, she knows
God bless thern all