The San Francisco call., 1913-08-01
WAR SECRETARY
PLEADS FOR hN
ARMY RESERVE
Safety and Peace of This Ma
ton Depends Upon Ade-
quate Soldiers, Says L.
NJ. Garrison
MOBILE ARMY NOW
HAS $4,000 TROOPS
Advocates Change in Term
of Enlistment to Attract
Young Men

What we do need and what we must
have even if it take great crisis to
people forcihly. is an efficient reserve
back of the present army that will be
available for service at all times
That is what Secretary of War Lind
ley NJ. Garrison told the 150 members
of the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce who took luncheon with him at
the Fairmont yesterday before making
an appeal to all commercial organiza
tions to help the government to solu-
ton of its military problems.
Thoroughly efficient volunteer service
laws in the different states a more ef-
ficient national guard and a short term
service regula ton for the regular army
that will draw all of the young men
of the nation into the organized ranks
as patriotic duty. will provide the
pressing needs of the army, according
10 Secretary Garrison.
Although Secretary Garrison did not
commit himself TO the one year en-
listment policy which General Leonard
Wood chief of staff favors. it is un-
derstood his idea of creating an i'm
mense reserve by such an order is ex-
actly the same.
NATIONS YOUTHS WANTED
"We must arrange the law so as TO
bring the flower of the nations youth
into the army a patriotic duty said
Secretary Garrison. Let them come
into the army only for a short time,
so as not TO commit an economic waste.
Then they can go back to their pro-
fessions. but always will be equipped
for army service If the country needs
them s ra STR Oft N
this manner would be of inestimable
strength"
Secretary Garrison. General Wood
and the other members of the party
srrived at the Fairmont after a trip
TO the forts on the north peninsula.
Fort Baker and Fort Barry were in
spected. The party rode about the bay
in a government tug and stopped at Al
catraz island for a look at the military
prison.
William T. Sesnon, president of the
Chamber of Commerce. presided at the
luncheon. The speakers were: Alex
ander Nogelsang member of the county
hoard OF supervisors. who spoke for
Mayor Rolph; Charles c. Moore. presi-
don't Of the exposition company; United
states Senator Francis Newlands of Ne
vada and Secretary Garrison
MADE SITE POSSIBLE
Supervisor Vogelsang recalled the
great service of the army to San Fran
cisco during the fire of 1906. and the
more recent service of the army as
represented by the board of army en-
gineers in approving the water supply
plan for san Francisco and vicinity.
That the war department made the
exposition possible on the Harbor View
site by giving the Preside grounds
over to the exposition was the state
ment of President Moore in explaining
why the exposition wants to do every
thing in its power for the good of the
army"
With Secretary Garrison right by his
side. Senator Newlands did not lose
advantage of the opportunity to urge
the cabinet officer to investigate and
approve of his river regulation bill,
which the senator has been urging
for years.
The time will come soon when not
a drop of water that falls in the San
Joaquin and Sacramento valleys will
be allowed to flow into the bay and
ocean without first doing every bene-
fetal work it is capable of doing" pre-
dieted Senator Newla nds as he COM
pleted his argument for conserva ton
SENATOR NEWLANDS SPEAKS
Senator Newlands outlined the great
scope Of the activities of the war de-
partment. explaining he does not be-
nitude of the office.
Il come from a little strip of sand
in the east that has been long settled
and is now settling" said Secre-
tary Garrison. 'T never believed
1t was possible to find such triumphs
Of man over nature as / have seen in
California I have come to the con-
clusion that IL the quakings of the
earth and the ravages of fire have
no terrors for you. you are safe in this
world and In the next
THE optimistic spirit and wonder
full verve that Is characteristic of the
people Of California is needed in solv-
ing our problems he said.
ONLY $4,000 TROOPS
Il want you 20 realize facts and face
some problems he said, and when he
army in the United States" he spoke
in a low voice, as though he were not
very proud of it. He compared the
standing army to the combined police
force OF three of our largest Cities
and, let 1t go at that, proceeding to lay
down the reserve plan as fostered by
the short term of service
Senator Newlands, referring to the.
constructive work of the war depart
ment said that following the compile
tion OF the Panama canal the nation
would take up In a broad and compre-
hensive way the development of our
rivers for every useful purpose
He urged the cooperation OF the Sec
retaries OF war, interior and agricuI-
ture, acting as a water way commits
sion. to frame plans for team work
among states and corporations in rec
E5amation, transportation and irrigation
work
Secretary Garrison and his party left
last night for Portland at 500 o'clock.
after dining with the exposition direct