New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-15
LIKES A WARLESS DINNER
Peace Advocate Cheered by
Military Order of Foreign Wars.
FIGHTING MEN, TOO, SPEAK
W. D. Murphy DEGREES Dinncrl2ss
Wars, as He Calls Recent
Carnegie Hall Affair.

The Military order OF Foreign Wars held
its annual dinner last night i'm the Myrtle
Room Of the Waldorf and there emitted
those beIlicose ardors which are the foun-
dalton Of it's being Amory :. Carhart'
commander Of the order, acted as toast
master. He selected as speakers an officer
each of the army. the navy, the national
guard and the naval militia, aud a repre-
sentative of peace.
The last mentioned WIS William -. Muir
ply. He began by saying the remoter the
war the nearer It is to my heart and
added that his experience on tho battlefield
was limited
But on second thought" he continued
II find my experience has been perhaps
greater than | at first Indicated TO you
have attended the national meetings Of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution ana
more recently served through the peace
meeting in Carnegie Hall. There sa"
those dogs Of peace, Joseph H. Choate An
drew Carnegie and Henry Watterson. with
rufed feathers while now ] see before me
the eagles of war calm in their evening
dress. Ia rather come here To a warless
dinner than 20 to one of those dinnerless
wars"
Mr. Murphy introduced a serious con-
sideration of the greatness of Uncle sam
with the remark that some nations make
war on their foreign relations and others
on their domestic industries. lie put IN
a plea for peace. quiet and constructive
craftsmanship bat he said that the
inited States suffered less from the spirit
Of unrest and discomfort than did the ma
tons OF Europe. and for a good reason.
Cheers greeted his prediction that II crisis
arose in thu nations affairs the prayer or
patriots for the right leader would be fully
answered as it always had been answered.
Praise OF Enlisted Men.
Colonel +. f. Hardin. L. s a, the first
speaker, praised handsomely the enlisted
man Of the regular service.
The enlisted man is all right said he.
put him Oh guard and go out in the
middle of the night and you'll find him
there. Don't you believe that the trouble
with the army is the material it gets. ]
never found any trouble in getting all the
good soldiers | wanted
Rear Admiral r. \. Glover. L. :. y. IRE
tred) who followed Colonel Hardin, said
the personnel of the navy was bang up
too. and that as for the ships they were
the equal Of those OF any navy in the
world SO far as they went And OF both
ships and personnel ne 1cludIktu.
ITS wonder to me now that ] have
stepped down how the navy improves
Uaughter).
Colonel William 6. Bates. Of the list Leg
imcnt. n G. y. y, and Commander J. W.
Miller. y. Y. y. NJ. took more to heart
however, the problems Of defending the
Republic but with regard to their respec-
tive arms Of the nations reserve Com
mander Miller was more optimistic than
Colonel Bates.
Commander Miller traced the inception and
growth of "A naval reserve in this coun-
try and pointed to its present state Of ef-
ficiency Colonel Bates also pointed with
pride" 10 the strides made recently by the
national guard, but he spoke of the in
creased difficulty of enlisting recruits, due
largely, he thought to an tneXplicable OPP
position on the part Of the employers OF
labor to the enlistment of their employees.
They seem perfectly willing TO let their
men do jury duty involving. perhaps. three
months of their time every four years but
they are unwilling that they enter the ma
tonal guard and do twenty days OF field
duty 10 man is called upon to do both.
1t is a serious problem and ought to be
faced by all thoughtful citizens