The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-01
NEW MANEUvER
GROUNDS FOR
STATE MILITIA
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES
SECRETARY OF WAR TO AC-
CEPT TITLE TO FIVE THOUSAND
ACRES OF LAND - FLORIDA
NEWS AT NATIONAL CAPITAL
BY WINFIELD JONES.

Washington. D. c.. May 81.--Another
step was taken towards securing for
Florida permanent maneuver grounds
for the state national guard when SEN
ator Overman of North Carolina, in
troduced In the senate today joint
resolution authorizing the secretary of
war to accept title to approximately
5000 acres of land at Tullahoma, Ten
nessee on which to mobilize the mill
tia from the states Of Florida, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky.
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and
Tennessee. This is similar to the res
olution introduced In the house a few
days ago by Representative Byrns, of
Tennessee. Senators Fletcher and
Bryan are taking great interest in the
proposition, believing 1t has consider
able merit. A number of citizens in
the vicinity of Tullahoma have offered
to donate the land to the governm emit
il arrangements can be made to have
the mflitias from the eight states mo-
bilize there annually.
Geo. Leonard Wood, chief Of staff
of the army, is enthusiastically in favor
of the proposition and believes that 1t
would be an immense advantage to
the national guards of the country IL
several states would arrange to man
euver their guards at the same time
and place. 1t has been pointed out
on numerous occasions that what our
volunteer troops need most is expert
enc in maneuvering by brigades. Most
of our volunteers are fairly efficient IN
company drills, but have never had
the advantage of practicing brigade
maneuVers such as are essential IN
time of war
Duty on Citrus Fruits.
Senator Bryan has introduced IN the
senate an amendment to the tariff bn.
providing for a duty of practically one
half cent per pound on citrus fruits.
In framing the bill the house ways and
means committee intended to establish
a rate at one-half of one cent per
pound or one-half of the existing rate.
but through misinformation regarding
the size of the standard orange box,
drew the paragraph with phraseology
which would in effect, cut the rate far
deeper than one-h half cent.
1t is understood that Leader Under
wood will accept the amendment,
which ii is quite probable will be
passed by the senate. Senator Bryan
appeared before the sub committee of
the senate finance committee in sup
pert Of the amendment, and expressed
the fSief that it will be adopted. He
also yed before the sub committee
rs anread-nent to prohibit imports into
t'-c United States of citrus fruits from
countries infested with the white fly,
the red scale and the Mediterranean
fruit fly. The Mediterranean fruit fly
is even more noxious to the growers
O 4
which the Florida and California grow
ers have contended for several years.
War on Fruit Pests.
In August, 1912, congress passed an
act known as the plant quarantine act
and under it the secretary of agricul-
ture was given authority to prevent
Introduction into the United States of
any tree, plant, fruit disease, or of any
injurious insect new to not widely
prevalent in the United States by the
PRONUNCIATION of a quarantine order.
Senator Bryan has taken up the mat
ter with Secretary of Agriculture
Houston and urged that the order be
put into effect as to enemies of citrus
fruits and the secretary now has 1t
under consideration.
The amendment introduced by Sen
ator Bryan is not to leave the matter
of quarantine to any one officer of the
government but to make it mandatory
with respect. at least, to the Medi-
terranean fruit fly. He has called at
tention to the vast sums spent in Cali
fcrnia and Florida by the growers and
the government in fighting citrus fruit
pests, and TO the futility OF fighting
fruit diseases and importing diseased
fruits when the fight costs more than
the diseased fruit yields in revenue.
FIoridians in Washington.
c. NJ. Carrier, of Punta Gorda, ar