Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-27
COLONEL READS
SHARP LECTURE
To MR.. GARRISON
Secretary Of War Has No Right
to Object to Anything For
mer President Said at
PIattSburg Encampnent

fnr MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wisal
New York, Aug. 2G.-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, advised of Secretary Car
rison's telegram to Maj Gen. Leonard
Wood, late today said that he was en-
tirely responsible for his own re-
marks at Pittsburgh He also said
he considered the secretary had no
right 20 criticize General wood.
Announced In Press.
Nearly three weeks ago it was an
nounced in the public press, the state
mont being carried prominently in
every big newspaper, that in addition
to President Wilson and Secretary
Garrison some scores of private ciu-
zens had been asked to go to Platts-
burgh camp, where il was expected
they would speak to the men. Among
the names mentioned in addition to
my own were those Of former Presi-
dent Taft. Samuel Gompers and John
Mitchell, II u.s. of course, impossible
that Secretary Garrison can have
been ignorant that we were asked and
If he desired General Wood to notify
us in advance what we were expected
to say or leave unsaid it was clearly
his duty to direct the general accord
ingly 4
Should Have Objected Before.
when the war department after
three weeks public notice made no
objection to my coming they estopped
themselves from any right to criticize
General Wood because ! was coming
or because | did not submit my
speech i'm advance TO the adminstra-
ton for approval j am, Of course.
solely responsible for that speech and
until yesterday General Wood had no
more idea than Secretary Garrison
what ! was going to say In the
speech net only did / never mention
the president, but ! never mentioned
the administration. ! spoke purely Of
the nation. of the people of the Unit
ed States
II spoke on the assumption that the
men who paid their expenses in order
to go to this camp were citizens deep
H interested in the welfare Of the
country; men who know that the
greatest value of this camp life lies
not in the months training to each OF
the two or three thousand college stu
dents and business men. but in the OBJ
iect lesson afforded in teaching our
people what this nation should do for
all her sons by teaching them in time
.of peace how to do their duty by the
nation In times Of war.
Critlcizes Administration.
III the administration had dis
played one-tenth The spirit and ener
gy in holding Germany and Mexico to
account for the murder Of American
men. women and children that It is
now displaying in the endeavor to
prevent our people from being taught
the need of preparations 60 prevent
the repetition Of such murders in the
future, it would he rendering a ser
vice 10 the people of this country
General Wood issued orders that
attendance at my speech was not re-
quired Of any man, that it was option
al 10 come or not orders which at
once established the fact that he had
no responsibility for the speech Ii
was delivered outside the line OF
tents and one-half Of the audience
was made up Of men and women Of
the surrounding country"
The colonel seemed perturbed at the
idea that his own remarks might re-
fleet in any way upon the record OF
General Wood.