Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-13
Sherman Says "Ship of State
Draws Near Breakers Hear
ing the aPeace at Any
PRICE, Sirens
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brought from the delegates round after
round of applause, Conlmander-ln-
Chief Charles F. Sherman today
lopened the business session OF the
thirty fourth annual encannprient Of
the Sons Of Veterans
He made scathing attack uron the
peace-at-any-price people whom no des.
iignated as ssoOthsayers who are
Iesinging their siren song of peace
while the ship Of stata draws nearer
land nearer tho breakers . Mr.. SHEER.
man declared that the lullaby II Did
Not Raise Ny Boy to BE Soldier Is
.'damnable' and Is just as reasonable
las 81 Didn't Raise Ny Girl to Be q
Mother"
AFTER outlining the needs OF the
Icountry the command er.in.chief called
upon every camp OF Sozs or Veterans
lin the United States To pass resolu-
ltions for national defense and asked
1.-THE conlmandery before Il adjourned
to make known its attitude on this
question IN the course Of his address
Observation-Disclosures Sherman said:
Unptepareddess Of Country.
No mans patriotism fis-s higher
than his realization Of the need that
his country has for him.
and what shall be said nf the I'M
lpfeparedness Of our country? Fifty
years ago we lost much tinno and
many valuable lives because the
North did not believe war was lunmf
lnent But our defenseless condition
ibid not deter the enemy, and we paid
dearly for our sins OF omission. The.
price we paid would not have been.
too dear, however, IL we had learned
| the lesson But we did not. and today
we give but q sorry exhibition Of what
nations preparation should consist.
The fathers OF onr country feeling
that large standing army was men
acc. ordained that our army In time
Inf peace should not exceed $4,000
| But think of what the United States
Eecnsisted OF at that time IN area
lS92.135 square niles and population
lof less than l.00o.o0o To-Day We have
ian area Of 1. 7433 a06 square miles, with
linsular possessions ALMOST equal ~
l6figtnaI territory. and the population
| n aomaWhnt N excess OF 100, 00DsQ 90
| Few Mobile Troops
With such enormous increase III
territory and people 01ir. standing army
has been slightly Increased from time.
| to time until now We have q regular
army, stan and line. Of only 1906.
Within continental United States We
have IS 42S REGULARS or these 1898
must be kept IN Qualifications There
fore our mobile troops, including en-
| gineers. capalfy infantry and field
| ARTILLERY. consists Of 30,4S1 men. The
militia with paper strength Of ~. 900
has but $4,000 In readiness Tor ser
vice. Regulars Of $4,000 and~ militia
loo 10000 gives us an army Of 10S.Q00.
Ibut on account OF manning the forts
we could make an army Of but 80. COO.
General Leonard Wood recently said
THAT it wonld take at least 80 days to
mobilize our puny army Of $4,000 to
| say nothing Of the militia, and then.
we would have no reserve.
ITO be reasonably well prepared for
defense, we should have an available
army Of half a million men which
would be but oiie-tenth the size OF
IGefmany's and one-twentieth the size
of Russia and one-half the size Of
Japan.
ct is not only men that are lacking :;
I've have neither guns nor ammunition
sufficient to assure success for our
army, If our nation was threatened
with war. II guns are not supplied
lon the battlefield with the ammunition
(which they can be reasonably expect
| ed to use, they are not sufficient. and
when gun has exhausted the ammii,
milton supplied it becomes as useless
as junk; in fact 1t Is worse than jnnk.
for 1t must be protected by other
troops.
Half Million Needed. $50,
THE war department believes. after
lextended study, that IN case Of war
with a. fiEst-class power an army OF
| SOC, 900 men will be needed to give this
country any chance Of success against
invasion and that this force viii be
needed al. once. To make it efficient
1t must be given its proper quota Of
field artillery. To do this, this artil.
t1ery must be on hand. for # cannot be
tsupplfed after war is started. rI1u-
nicipality might as we'll talk about
1 buying its fire-house after the confa-
grafton has started" A fire depart.
| H6nL WITHOUT IIS pFOpeT euuI pHtSAt 10
worthless irrespective of the number
of men it has: and so would be your
armies, unless you provide in peace
the material which will make them
effective in war,
"A city without police protection
would be q mecca for al evil doors
and deserve the opprobTium which
would be heaped upon 1t for its mis-.
taken policF-and in large sense our
nation needs equally to. be projected
or it may suffer as never before.
Siren Songs Of Peace.
AT the present time the soothsay
ers are singing their siren songs OF
peace. while the ship IT state draws
nearer and nearer to, the breakers mn
on which we are in danger of founder.
ing unless our policy of uHreadiness
is corrected And the racifcist. or
peace At any price' people are hum
ming the lullaby 4 Didn't Raise My
Boy to Be a Soldier Damnable.
There would be just as much iusttfica.
ton for song entitled. 4 Didn't
Raise My Girl to Be Mother
Before the president can get funds