The Washington herald., 1914-05-23
Chief OF STAFF
LAUDs OFFICERS
Gen. Wotherspoon Says Army
Is Commanded BY Keen,
Wel-trained Men.
PRAISE FOR GARRISON
Mexican Crisis Persades Speeches at
Closing Banquet Of Military Order !.
Of FoSeign Wars.
PRAISE FOR GARRISON

Interest In Mexican affairs was shown
by visiting military men at the panqte,
at the Shoreham Hotel last night tnas
marked the close of the seventh triennial
convention of the - Military Order OF
Foreign Wars. The speakers were as
signed special topics for their addresses:
but each managed to present his view OF
the Mexican situation IN Mexico.
Mai. Gen. w. W.. Wotherspoon, U 5
A, Chief of staff, whose subject was 'Tne
Army" said in connection with threaten
ed military action In Mexico:
The officers of the army today are z
clean, keen,@well-trained and nj class OF
men. and although It has been estimateo
that IL would take more than Soo.oU men
to guard the different interests in Mexico
allowing 100 men to each interest repre-
sentinr more than 100000, the officials
have decided that no commission would
be given to an inexperienced man in case
of a call for volunteers. The army has
in the present Secretary Of War very
tower of strength and his decisions can
be relied on as wise.
For more than year" said Rear
Admiral Richard Wainwright. u s. N.
speaking on The Navy, Admirai
Fletcher has had the difficult task OF
conserving our interests in Mexico with
out using the force at his. command. 1t
would have been easy to blow up Vera
Cruz but the thing most important and
most difficult in that engagement was
TO take the customs-house with the least
possible loss OF life on either side.
There is always a cry against ~ap-
preparations for the. army or navy. Peo-
pie refuse to see the necessity for pro-
lection. 1t is folly to be weak and GRIM
inal not to prepare for war in time OF
peace
Mai. Gen. George Barnett, U. s. NJ. c.,
speaking on THE Marine Corps" re-
counted the part that force has played
in the warks of our nation. He declared
the marines were essentially the only
force that could be sent to Mexico at
great speed.
The other speakers of the evening
were Maj. Gen. Charles F. Roe, Of New
York, whose topic was Military Orders"
Capt E P. Bertholf, U. S. R. c., who
told of the Revenue Service" and Col.
W. G. Bates, n. G. n. Y, whose sub
ject was "The National Guard"
The morning session of the conven-
ton was devoted to the election of Of
ficers and other matters in connection
with the ORDER .- -s.. ..
Officers and Guests.
The officers who will serve for the
next three years are as follows:
Commander general, Rear Admiral
c. F. Caperton, U. S. N; secretary
general Mai David Banks, New York
City; treasurer general, Gen. o. c.
Bosbyshell, Philadelphia, Pa; surgeon
general, Maj. Joseph Heller, U. s. A.;
registrar general, Rev. Henry n. Lane.
of Conffectfcut: Judge advocate general,
]. A cabelf. of Richmond. Va: chap
lain general, Rev. ]. Madison Hare.
Jersey City, N. J.; historian general,
Edward A. Smith, Oshkosh, Wis; re-
corder general Lieut.. Guy A. Boyle.
Indianapolis; deputy secretary general.
Mai. Reno A. de Russy, New York
City: deputy treasurer general, Col. o.
D. Clark, Vermont.
The members and their guests who
were at the banquet were Maj. Gen. c. F.
Roe, New York; Maj. Gen. w. w.
wotherspoon, Rear Admiral Richard
Wainwright, Mai. Gen. George Barnett.
Brig. Gen. S. W. Fountain, Rear Ad-
miral W. W. Mead, Rear AdmiralN w.
H. H. Southeriand, Rear Admiral G. E.
Remey, P A. Engineer ]. A. Kaiser.
Commodore George II. Peters, Capt. E. P.
Berthof, U. S. r. S.. Capt. H. H. Barroll,
Capt. B. c. Bryan, U. S. N; Col. Charles
H. Lauchheimer, U. 8. M. c.; Gen. ]. B.
Coryen, Pennsylvania; Col. w. G. Bates,
New York; Col. o. c. Bosbyshell, Phila-
delphia; Col H. A. Ramsay, Baltimore;
Mai. David Banks. New York; Col G. A.
Boyle, Indiana: Mai. George ]. New
garden, U. S. A.; Capt ]. G. Muir,>U U. q.
M. C.; Maj. Russell, Vermont; Chaplain
]. II. Hare, New Jersey; Francis H. Par
sons District of Columbia; Col. r. l..
Patterson, New Jersey; S. H. Reizenstein.
and Dr. James F. Mitchell.