The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-10
Congressman Gardner Makes
Startling Argument for His
Resolution for Investiga-
ton Of National Defense
VIGOROUS RAPs AT
BRYAN PEACE POLICY
ChautauQua Lectures and Pc
titons, He Says, Will Not
Take Place of Eowitzers in
Time of Stress.

Washington. Dec. 10. Representa-
tive Gardner addressed the house to-
dav on his resolution Tor Investigation
of the preparedness Of the nation Tor
war tie prefaced his remarks by an
aouucine that he had introduced a
biil o. enact into law secretary Car
risou's recommendation lea his an
uua report published today to re
crut the United State lrI.y tn lts
fuu war strength
large portion of his speech Mr..
Gardner devoted 60 az analysis of
President Wilson's reference tp MAJ
uonal defcnsp m his annual address
tu congress Tuesday He declared the
president had set up a "hogc, man ~
straw" and that 'if war were i0 break
out to-day 90 would bc found our coast
dcfcnses have not sufficient ammuul-
sion f0r an hours hgnung
"Ny, mus, depend in every TINS sf
national peru Hron citizenrt trained
and accustomed tn arms. SAYS tEc
president said Representative card
uer Eut how are we 90 ect enough
ciiizenr, as ht calls as ordinary pe"-
pie Does thc prpudcnt realize that
there are ouiy f-U.npN miiiUaWer in
1is whole nation Docs no under
stand that $4,000 of them did NOT
even show up last vrar for annual iu-
spcCiIon' Docs be know that 80 600
dld NOT appear go tHe annual enrlmp-
ucutr D. h. aAHrc that $4,000 ur
nearly haif of fnIs chlzcnrs never
appeared ai fhr rifle range dur.uE tho
whole gsursc uf lsf year
where is this .itzenry to gen tne
weapons af var According Co tho
last report 90 thr chief of etan wc
are short li6 ueId guns and Ifl asa
rouuds of ,umwuuifion ae0cssar. to
equip our miirH H time ~ wur last
year General Wood lsked for enough
guns aud lmmuu .pn Co bring the
United states up f' ne standard of
BULGARIA. Thn. mmodrst demand
was eelfiy hut rruly rejected.
20 will not r1y hat wc have ony
enough FIELD artillery nn'Hr.niti'n q"
as. for % single DAVIS battle .t IN
cur guns were ,UEleed. hul ! viii say
thar such Is the 18temeni which has
been made to me Do. one of she hish-
est officers in ths United States army.
/ do uot. however hesitate to assert
ihat % war were t1 break out tuda>
o. would bo fpu9H that our coast de-
fenses have not suhcient ammunition
for an hour trhung The chief -
stan tells us that the ammunition for
The coast defense mprtars would luf
ous-haif hour ard FOR the coast de-
Tense guns three. larters of an hour
I'm short. tnen our officer ans
officials have tnlo us that We Iarh
men for our NAV, man for nur coast
defense. and meu Tor cur army ihW
We lacks great Wsrships a. sail the
seas and little scouts 90 act ns uses-
seugcrs and their cNes, tnat We have
"A sadly dencirnt uudcr-sea navy. and
practically no overhead heet az all
"a have proposed That an iudepend-
ent commission he appointed 90 'n-
vestirntc an these things 10 recon
mend 90 us "a definite policy for our
fuNre guidance.
'lfor the nfsi time iu the history
OF this countr, SD Gar as know, a
committee Of this house has refused
hearing 90 one ~ the house mem-
/ hers
.Arnitrationi What a erand word
| An ttaf Carneele has to show Cor his
money j. an unprcpared Englaud and
an unprepnred nclgium. Possibly
ought 20 accord him one other soalp
to MS temahAwk althouFh thar seaip
h. made 81 imitation hair. rae pae'
lncisis boast char their efforts have al
/ least made every naiion disclaim thf
responsibility for the war Had hei'
/ rium. ike Switzerland and HOLLAND
= pat moro confidence in her troops and
issa in arbitration and scrsps of pa
per she miFhi today be- free IRON
the asorf Of Invasion.
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