El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-04

is like getting home to get back to this
country. My father served in this
country years ago."
The lieutenant told Of the service of
the army in far off Alaska, the Philip
pines and at the Panama canal. The
officer referred to the fault found by
some citizens with the expense of the
army. He defended the service IN its
requirements in this respect making
mention Of the effective service Of the
army in widely separated parts Of the
world.
Need for An Army.
in a political campaign that party
which provides the best organization
in advance of the election, insures
itself against defeat" he said.
Among you, the cattleman who pro-
vides the most efficient men on his
ranch, insures himself against STAN
pede and other caIamities.
The better the police protection OF
any city the better the municipal in
surance against robbery, murder and
rOwdyism.
so II is with our army and navy.
They are your insurance and the in
surance of coming generations against
national destruction.
mo one advocates a well trained
and organized engine crew in our city
fire departments and then asks these
men to rely upon volunteer hose and
hook and ladder crews. in time Of need.
to work with them. This is what we
are called upon to accept in our ma
tiOnal service
Army Is Peace Insurance.
ITO provide you the best and cheap
est insurance we have a properly or
ganized army and one adequate for the
demands upon it.
Il have been asked many times why
the army costs so much-why its cost Is
around q per capita Of one dollar for
our population. This is erroneous in
the extreme.
IF We deduct the cost Of maintain
ing the Alaska cable and its inland sta
tons: our army engineers engaged on
river and harbor works and their as
sistants; the various military forces
which patrol and guard our national
parks; the enormous cost of relief
work in different parts Of the country
and, in short, If the cost Of all strictly
non-military duty is deducted, you have
reduced the expense of your insurance
to a comparatively small figure.
Politics and Posts.
Many of our army posts, as you we'll
know, have Outlived their usefulness.
4 tons which have long since ceased TO
exist When the war department de-
sires to abandon any post, in the in
| terest of economy and efficiency, the
local civic bodies get into action and
a mighty protest goes up
Representative of this part Of the
country in Washington generally sue
coed in preventing the needed reform,
! yet these same men, in and out OF our
/ legislative halls, criticise the cost OF
our military establishment and they
would be very much insulted if you
! held them guilty for any part Of the
! cost Of maintaining our army"
"Nhy Is FL PasO On the Mnps"
Judge Dan N. Jackson was intro
! duced amid great applause. His open
I fq7or p VnTl1ntp with n
Z humorous references to prominent 10
! cal political lights.
'I want to explain briefly why
/ think FL Paso is on the map" he said.
/ The architect Of the universe has Civ
! en- US a splendid location and a won
l derful climate. He has planted US Ut
! here, near the moon and Atlas. Why
/ you can almost stand on top Of Mount
] Franklin and gather in the stars in
/ clusters as you would gather flowers
| "EI PasO is on the map because the
map is built around El Paso."
Judge Jackson then said FL PasO was
/ destined to be the future great cattle
/ market of the southwest and gave
! figures to show why it should be. He
! showed the large area of cattle coun-
! try in Arizona, New Mexico, west
( Texas and Mexico Immediately sur
! rounding FL Paso, and that FL Paso is
the natural market for all this section
Cobb for Texas.
y. l. Cobb, Of FL Paso, collector OF
/ customs, was introduced and paid a
! tribute to Texas.
! IF public speech and public press
have brought to your thought the idea
! Of dividing the state OF Texas, I ask
( you men to lift your hands against
: any such movement" he said.
To what state will you allot the
! glOries Of a Sam Houston or Jim Hogg,
/ il Texas is disrupted?
ITO the last I shall lift my humble
voice for the union Cf Texas, now and
I forever"
The cattlemen showed their approval