The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-18
WAR SCARE DER|DED
BY TAFT At FEAST
Army and Navy Ready for Any
Emergency, but Fortify
Canal, He Says.
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ness of the county for war by say
ing:
We probably ought to see to il
that we have ammunition and guns
enough for ready use in cases Of emcr
gencv We have n small but very eff
fcicnt army of 10000 men. We have
n militia of about l25, 900 men The
army is so constituted that VIC could
enlarge it from n skeleton organization
into a much larger body We ought to
have more trained officers so as to fur
nlsh the teachers to a larger body of
men that war might require as to en-
list
There has been good deal of talk
in the papers and some reference i'll
congress To the supposed helpless con
dltlon OF this country in the event of
II foreign invasion ! venture to think
than the facts, calmly considered. would
Justify.
'We have very good navy, and
with the opening of the Panama canal
1T Will be much more effective one.
1t would be useful to prevent the COM
ing Of an invading army across the
seas -
Sees Little Chance OF War.
In deprecatiug the idea Of war
scare, the president said that ga little
more forctbought, little more attcn-
tion TO the matter on the part of con.
grcss, and we shall have all Of the
army and all of the munitions and ma
tcrlal Of war that we ought TO have IN
q republic. situated AS VIC arc three
thousand miles on the one hand. and
five thousand miles on the other, from
the source of hostile invasion.
''Our army is much more expensive
,l.-l l..
and II Is not an unmiXed evil that it is
so, because it necessarily restricts it
TO the maintenance of n force which is
in the ordinary policing
of this country and our dependencies.
and furnishes au additional reason for
our using every cndeavor to maintain
peace.
81 congratulate this association on
tho recent foundation of Mr., Carnegie,
Mr.. Eihu Root. Mr. Knox and their
associates, an income of half a million
of dollars annually is TO be expended
in the practical promotion of move
ments TO secure permanent peace. The
wide discretion given TO the trustees,
and their own ability, foresight and
sense, insure the usefulness Of
the gift. -
Two Nations May Take Load
. Speaking Of the achievements in the
past of courts of arbitration, Presi-
dent Taft said:
"If now we can negotiate and put
through positive agreement with.
some great nation to abide the adiudi-
cation of an International arbitral
court in every issue which cannot be
settled by negotiation, no matter what
it involves, whether honor, territory or
money, we shall have made long step
forward by demonstrating that it is
possible for two nations al least TO
establish as between, them, the same
system of due process of law that ox
lists between individuals under gov
ernment.
General Stewart l., Woodford. United
States ambassador to Spain when the
Spanish American war broke out, was
POSTMASTER at the banquet. Among
the speakers were the French embas-
sador. Joseph II. Choate, Major Gen
eral Frederick d. Grant. Richard Bar
tholdt, Martin w Littleton, Thomas
Nelson Page and w. Bourke Cochran.
The banquet concluded three days
of speeches, principally on
the question of establishment of a per
mancut court Of arbitratal justice.
James Brown Scott, president .of the
society, said conference of tins char
acier had never been witnessed before,
in this or any other country.
Army Bill Nearly Ready.
The general trend Of the discussion
was toward the abolition Of war, an
ideal for which Andrew Carnegie has
Just donated $ll 100000.
The army appropriation bill. carry
ing little less than $93, 100000, will
be ready TO report to the house from
the military affairs committee before
enters upon its holiday recess.
Final action. however, may be delayed
so as TO prevent the submission of the
report until after the recess.
Secretary of War Dickinson believes
that if congress would authorize the
scientific reorganization Of the army
and militia forces the United States
could be prepared for a war without
the expenditure of any large sums OF
money. The war department is not
asking for enormous additional appro-
priations, but for the authority to
bring The armed forces of the repub
lie to an up-to date standard of fitness.
Secretary Dickinson has called at
iention to number Of bills prepared
which he has been unable TO get any
action. These bills, he has pointed
out, call moi for the appropriation of
hugo sums Of money. but for various
forms of reorganization, costing com
paratively little.
Plans Volunteer Army.
One of these bills provides plan
for raising. on short notice, an army
of volunteers who have had military
training Tho United States army dis.
charges about 10000 soldiers a year
These men go back into private life
thoroughly trained fighters, and it is
these men particularly which the coun-
try would need in time of war to re-
inforce the regular troops service. I'm
der present conditions, however, the
war department loses all trace Of these
men. No record of their changing ad.
dresses is kept.
The bill advocated by the secretary
Of war would enable the department
to pay discharged soldiers a nominal
sum- Il month for example 70 keep
the staff Informed of their changes Of
residence.
In addition i, is proposed that these
IiSr ha rucd soIlicrc bo maid "A small