Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18
CHAMP CLARK ADVOCATES
GREATER PREPAREDNESS
Inspired by Reception to Liberty Bell
in San Francisco to Discuss
Nations Needs.
NO "rEAcE-AT.ANY-pR1cE" MAN
Finds This Amazing and Degrading
Doctrine-Relic's Triumphal Jour
ney Across Continent Reaches Fit
ting Climax In Exposition City.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 1.-THE
Liberty Belrs triumphal journey across
the continent from Philadelphia .reac "a
climax to-day in its welcome at the
Panama Pacific Exposition. where 1t
will remain until December.
! Noisy whistles and changing bells
| throughout the city. the salute OF guns
I from battleships in the bay many
bands playing patriotic airs and thou
sands OF citizens OF San Francisco and
California extended greetings TO the
, relic
The ceremonies OF the day began
through the city to the exposition.
Champ Clark was the principal speaker
at the exposition grounds.
Speaker Clark was inspired by the
reception of the Liberty Bell here to-
day to discuss the need of greater mill
tary preparedness TO preserve to cit
liens Of the United States that liberty
OF which the bell is historic symbol
In the course Of his remarks. he
said
Il differ toto caelo with the propo-
nents OF peace AZ any price That is
an amazing. a demoralizing. deErad-
ms doctrine
'on the other hand. am utterly op-
a
standing army and to those who advo-
cate navy equal 70 the two biggest
navies In the world. 1 am not a lingo
God forbid! hope most profoundly
there will never be another war-par-
ticularlv another TO which we are a
party-hut knowing that human nature
has not changed a iot or little since
| Adam and Eve were driven with fam
Ing swords from Paradise. am In fa-
ror OF putting the country in such pos
ture that II war should for any reason
! become necessary We may emerge from
| It conaueror, as We have been in all
our wars.
FAVoRs DOUBLING NUMBER
| OF CADETS AT WEST POINT
Towards the contamination OF this
! plan am in favor of doubling the mum
| Der OF cadets al West Point and Of
making II obligatory upon the Score
| tary OF War to.detail an army OFFICER
to any school, college or university,
which will furnish a minimum OF zoo
| students to drill. In that way and at
| the least possible cost we would In A
few years have enough drilled men
TO offlcer a volunteer army of a mill
lion soldiers. II needs be.
! in fact, there would be wisdom in
scheme by which, in addition 10 the
cadets educated free by the government
at West Point and Annapolis, any boy
possessing the prescribed qualifications
might on reasonable terms be educa ed
| at those two great institutions The
surplus West Pointers could be used
to advantage in drilling the youths of
the land. while the surplus naval
graduates would make splendid oficers
for the great merchant marine which
President Wilson and some of the rest
OF us are determined to place upon the
high seas. from which our flag has
almost entirely disappeared
| We should also have a well-drilled
and vell-equipped National Guard, to
be used for strictly national PURPOSES
on the principle erunciated by Thomas
JEFFERSON, a well-disciplined militia
our best reliance In peace and for the
hrst moments OF war TIL regulars NAV
relieve them
| 1t seems that II little Switzerland
can mobilize In few days an army OF
halt million well-drilled men bv
means OF her system of military educa- :
ton and disciplinc-the cheapes, svs
tenn known among men. and suf'cientIv
efective-we could. by such application
OF her system as fits our case in a
year or two be able TO mobiliz. an
army OF 100000 OF wen-dtscin,ined
men At cost which to US would be q
mere agatclle-which would be a most
effective insurance for this country and
all ner citizens and their interests