Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-19
MEETING OF THE NAVY LEAGUE IN PHOENIX
 FIRST GUN IN STATE
Prominent Men at Banquet of Organization; Capt. Greenway, Col. PendIetOn and Congress- man Hayden Speak.


 The first gun in an extensive Navy League campaign in Arizona was fired at a banquet in Phoenix Tuesday night, according to Captain John C. Greenway, who has returned from the capital city. He was ore of the speak CTS at the banquet and is taking an active interest in the work of organi- zing the league in this state
 Others who spoke at the meeting were Colonel Joseph H. Pendleton, commander of the United States mar ines at San Diego and Congressman Carl Hayden.
 After a brief introduction by the chairman Of the dinner committee, | George J. Stoneman, Captain Green way took the chair as toastmaster. The internal troubles and social in justices of the nation were mentioned as questions that needed great deal of attention in the future but it was then pointed out that the chief ques- ton before the United States today is not so much future progress but the present condition of unpreparedness. Mir. Greenway then stated that the for eign nations considered America as Christian Jews who would not fight under any circumstances But the silver lining that brighteus the cloud that overhangs our nation is our na- tional resources; we have money with which to build an effecient navy for defensive protection Those who love their country as they should. ought not hesitate a moment to start this campaign to educate the people for the necessity of a more adequate first line of defense"
 Colonel Pendleton then gave some very interesting facts and statistics showing how any one of number of nations could land force of 20O.0O0 men before the nation could begin to organize. "Our country does not want conquest We are not in any way a warlike or warloving people, though the years of a to '65 showed there is certainly fight in the family Should the time come when we find a resort to arms necessary. we will find that military and naval preparedness has been very inexpensive form of i insurance, saving many. many lives and much treasure. The fact Of pre- paredness will never make us aggres- sive toward or unjust to others, but it may and doubtless will encourage others to a decent regard for and re- spect for our rights"
 Although brief. Representative Hay den's talk was very spicy and to the point He suggested that there were two ways to invite war: One "by being SO well prepared that we would want to go out and conquer other ma tions: and the other by being SO de- l fenseless that other nations would be tempted to attack us, especially at tae end of the present war, when the Un- l tied States will have all the wealth and Europe the soldiers
 ] "I am for a happy medium and have
 always voted for naval and military appropriations that would give our na- | tion a respectable representation a.
 mong the nations of the world"
 At the close of the meeting practi- ' cally everyone who had not already
 signed a membership card to the
 league, did so. Plans were then made
 to have State Organizer Saal make
 a trip around the state to organize lO-
 cal sections in all cities Petitions
 will be presented which are to be
 signed whether one cares to join the
 league or not; it will only be necessa-
 ry to be in favor of preparedness for
 preserving peace.