The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-05
IS WHOLLY
UNPREPA AIRED
German Officer Says
America Is in Need Of
a Great Army

New York. Dec 5.-Anothcr disun-
guished foreign military authority is
the guest ol New York city today.
He is General Ernest Won Reichcnau,
the German armys chief authority on
artillery. He comes to America 10
witness some government tests Mt
Sandy Hook as the representative OF
the Ehrhard company. manufacturers
OF guns and ammunition. This con-
Germ, which labors officially under the
title OF "RheInische MetalIwaaren und
Mashinenfabrik. Dusseldorf" IL the
chief German competitor Of the krupp
works.
General Won Reichenau comes with
wars alarms. The United States is
not prepared for war. he declares. A
large reserve army IS needed, for rich
nations must fight Asked as TO
whether in his opinion. America would
! have to fight Japan, and whether she
was prepared for war. he said.
"As to a war between America and
Japan. | cannot speak, but | have an
Idea, is II not so? II | should speak.
1t would get into the papers and at
home make trouble for me But ! can
say that America is not prepared Tor
NdE, anu lndl Is pdu
the general continued:
1 General Wood was perfectly right
in asking congress TO give him mon
ey with which TO keep a large re-
serve army OF several hundred thou
sands at his beck and call | would
go much further, | would urge univer-
I sal oonscrlptlon here. as we have In
Germany. SO you win see 1t. first in
, England. and then in the United
/ States It Is a necessity. The time
for disarmament is not approaching.
/ Will the time ever come when men
cease to eat? No. Well. a great
many people think civilization and
peace are one and the same. II is
just the opposite. The richer a ma
tion becomes the more she must arm
! herself A poor man does not need
protection; it is the rich who must
defend his goods So with the ma
tions War is a natural function. q
law of nature. We see 1t all around
us in the struggle for existence, the
struggle for life itself
Where Will 1t all end? Well, each
nation must arm herself up to her ca
pacity II 4 man strikes me- would
not hold one hand behind my back
No. would fight with both hands an(
both feet. So will the nations always
prepare TO fight with all the power
they have. They must
1t is necessary to prepare for wal
in peace You can't count on mill
tia. YOU must have an army. so mus
tered and equipped that IT cnn bc
modified on the frontiers in the leas
possible time, After war has beer
declared. a nation must not wait t
strike, she must strike Immediately
The Japanese did not wait after tn,
Russian war started. General Moltk,
said. when asked what he would d,
If war were declared that he woul,
press an electric button. and that i
he had to fight after that he woul,
consider himself q bad soldier"
The remark of II, H. Rogers, OF
his return from Germany. that th'
American army was employing tactic
200 years old, General Won Reiche
nau did not agree with. He explained
that the American army, what ther
was of it, was up to date. but that
on account of its lack of size. ii coul,
not practice those maneuvcrS whicl
made large army most effective an,
which we're necessary In these day
for the successful conduct of war.