The Washington times., 1913-02-09
GEN. WOOD TELLS
OF PLAN To KEEP
BIG RESERVE ARMY
californians at Exposition Ban.
quet' Hear Addresses by
Statesmen and Others.

"A plan which he said would give the
United States an efficient reserve force
without going to the extremes Of the
european powers was outlined by Maj.
Gen. Leonard wood. chief of staff Of
he United States army. last night at
he third annual exposition banquet"
or the California State Association at
the Hotel Continental
I'VE do not wish q larger standing
Fmy," he said. but what we intend to
do 10 to give as many men training in
the army as possible by encouraging
-hort term enlistments. We also should
encourage the national guard Not only
VIII military training to q large number
Of men help the country In time of war,
but II has been proved that men who
have had the benefit Of military disci-
piine make better and more law-abid-
: ing -citisens. 49, -s.z--s------s
Program of Addresses.
AF. o'Donoghne, president of the
association. introduced Congressman
J. e Raker, as toastmaster. The pro-
gram, of addresses was Senator ]. d.
Works. California" Brig. Gen. Leon
erd Wood. THE National Defense"
MISS Audrey Harley. vocal solo; Con-
gressman-elect d. s. Church, ''The Pa
enc siope." J. p. Mealein, recitation.
sColumbus."s Congressman ]. r. Know
: nnd. The Exposition" G. W. McCord,
The Great West" Congressman w. D.
Stephens. Los Angeles" Col Robert
l. Montague. selected; Congressman
William Kettner. The United States"
. Col y. A. joyce. original poem, The
6lnC - re eItsornIo y, Nis. r,,char6aon
PIANO recital.
Among those present were Maj Gen.
leonard Wood, Commissioner Of Pat
ents Edward B. Moore, Senator John D.
Myers OF Montana. Representative-eiect
Denver s. Church OF California, Repre-
gentatives John Z. Ryker. Joseph r.
knowland and William D. Stephens OF
California. Rev. e. n. Mott. William
kss ssmsos g Hss sGsss haamIsl,sn ars sna
Estelie Barfeld. Mrs. c. ". Spencer.
Mrs. J. e. Raker. Mrs Grace Sterritt,
Edgsr B; Merritt and Mrs. Merritt, Mr..
SSssrss Sssr.R Reed ms. and Marie Ms1 Rffd SMITH
John d. Works. Capt J. w. Andrews
and Ars. Andrews, ]. Melville. Mlss
Mabel Boyd, Miss NJ. Paynter, and
George c, Hulse.
: Others Attending.
Others there were M. F. Kirtrey.
Joseph ]. Keefer. Z. lie Meux and Mrs.
lie Meux. T. p. Maitland and Mrs.
Maitland. Miss Audrey Harvey. Mrs.
william Kettner. w. II. Attwill and
Mrs. Attwili. Mrs. Nancy Skinner. A.
w. Prescott snd Mrs Prescott, Mrs.
C.. r. Doyle, Mrs. Amy L. Ormsby,.
Mn c. G Richardson, NM MafianF
Richardson. Miss tAfice R-- Snpers Mir
lillian r. Soper, Miss Audrey z.
Harvey, Bernard @. d. Almond, Col.
John A. Joyce. Mrs. Rosa L. Townsend,
Mrs Mida c. Peabody, Mrs. c. v. Spen-
Ger, Mrs. Pinckney, T. Bodeil. Mss
Sue Hinkey, Paul McGiesy, Mrs. II. s.
Rapley. Mies Richardson. NJ. w. Bay
Ls, w. H standemayer and Mrs.
benjamin Maxwell, Mrs. Guy Mccord.
man, George w. Ryan. elisabeth !.
weaver. Capt. Frederick Cook, Miss NJ.
p. Proctor. e. II. Peery. A. W Nc
Cord and Mrs. McCord, E. ]. King. A.
r. Nathan, Thomas Corwin J. r. LAM
son and Mrs. Lamson,~M Moore,
Mrs William s. Parks. Charles
Parks, c. 7. vogel and Mrs.
voeci, p. NJ Elkins and Mrs Elkins.
II. f. Ashton and Mrs. Ashton Miss
Hazel Ashton, r. A. Royse and Mrs.
Royse. Marie 8. Smith, Miss enc Mon-
roe, J. O'Reilly, Miss Pearl Verts, w.
c. wallace, j. D. Chew and Mrs. Chew,
Mrs c. Sick'es. Miss Grace Sickles,
Miss Elisabeth f. Perry. E: Zernia ana
Mrs.. Zernia. Addison Smith. Joseph ].
O.Brien. secretary: Mrs william Kett-
Montague, and Clement S. Ticker.