New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-12
u. S. I'm DANGER,
SAYS GEN. WOOD
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although we may be bit slow in get
ting to them.
Returning to the question of anna
ment, we never got a quota OF volun-
teers in the Spanish-American war.
Both the Confederacy and the United
States were forced TO resort to the
draft system in 1862: To-day we cant
depend on the goodwill of unknown
people who come to us from every
where.
"As old Thomas jefferson recon-
mended in a letter TO Monroe, we must
train and organize all OF our male clti-
zens and make military instruction
compulsory in our colleges: Until we
do. we will not be safe That is true
to-day. We must have a system of
trained citizen soldiery similar to that
of Switzerland and Australia.
"You men have done perfect won
ders in the few days that you have
been here. But to raise an army for
defence, we would require forty thou
sand officers. SO you see that in train
ing YOU we have made only small
beginning. We should have sixty thou
sand troops for foreign garrisons and
one hundred and sixty Thousand to one
hundred and seventy thousand mobile
troops within the continental boundar-
les of the country.
1--WE don't care about the small, dis
organized countries. The country we
have most reason to dread is fully pre-
pared.
Muniton Plants in Peril.
Another thing I wait to call to
your attention is that ire district in
which we man fracture munitions OF
war is al embraced wi hin a small
field on oar Eastern seabo'rd. GU can
very readily imePin, what a force OF
10000 trained soldiers. once landed
on our shoes. eoul. do. You know
that 4 you hav- a s,rarPlt hold on a
mans throat it does 10. 4 Ike any dlt-
ference now much Q ti,ks or hits
wildly at you.
"Our coast defence svsttm. without
mobile army, would ~ absolutely use
less. You lave heard m"ct of new IN
ventions which Won - kC.n our coast
defence sac. but tn would be of no
value without mob c army.
"Too. we want a big havy perhaps
not the biggest ANY n the world. but
certainly g., secon. biggest and as
efficient as the biggest. Elt let re say
to you in CLOSING that tP' re is nothing
in Gods void that taxes the place Of
A trained soldie- on his feet"
General Wood in less than minute
after he ad finished - eaklng was
headed for Lis cent in the reservation
of the regu ar ARM. lLst beyond the
military ms rucuon camp. Some of the
men who mad 1een free by his talk
wanted to shake hi, HAND and express
themselves, but the gem raj hurried
away. in Il great storm. Of applause.
And when the business men. scattering.
turned back 10 THEFT tents, they sat. IN
tented groups. for seve al hours dis
GUESSING the speech.
That General Wood expects trouble
there can be no denying. And that he
expccts it to come within very short
time is just as clear. Army officers
here of high rank who are in the conf
dence of General Wood are certain that
the men now getting an officers train
ing at the instruction camp will find
use for that training sooner than they
have anticipated.
One of these officers said tonight:
"Most Of these men in camp here will
see real military service before they
take off the uniforms they put on for
four weeks"
In line with General Woods talk the
remarks to-day of Robert Pacon, Am
bassador to France under President
Taft, are Of important interest Mr..
Bacon and his two sons are receiving
instruction at the camp. The former
ambassador, by the way, has not been
interviewed before since last November.
II am here in protest against our
unpreparedness," he said. Il hope the
idea of this camp will make a striking
impression out there" swinging his
right arm to take in the whole country,
"for | fear that all our previous efforts
to arouse the nation to our condition
seem not to have gone very deep. 9th