Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-12
GRIDIRON CLUB PANS
PREPAREDNESS WITH
DOSE FOR BRYANITES

Winter Dinner of Famous Wash
ingtOn Correspondents 0rga-
nization Is Unique Affair; Much
Doing in Very Little Time.
WASHINGTON, Dec 11.-Peace and
preparedness advocates alike came i'm
for a raking fire Of jest at the Winter
dinner of the Gridiron Club tonight
At the close the preparedness ranks
appeared the stronger but their cas-
ualties from verbal shrapncl were al
most as heavy as those of the pacifsts.
President Wilson. Vice-President
Marshall, members of the Cabinet
Senators, Representatives and men
prominent I'm public life from many
parts of the country were among the
clubs guests. The chorus of the song
introducing the President follows
We take our stand back of YOU Mr.
Wilson,
Strength to your arm we give;
You're the leader Of all,
We respond to your call
We stand firm with you for the red,
white and blue
No party or faction divides us in
twain
We're just plain Americans, proud
of the name;
Let the world realize
b. Naught can sever our ties,
We take our hats on TO you
A figure representing Williams Jen-
nigs Bryan was prominent in the
evenings entertainment. He bobbed
up in three skits. always in stellar
role
THE saccharine Soldier" perhaps
the liveiiest Of an the sketches,
brought the former Secretary Of state
to the fore as the leader Of band of
soldiers armed with marshmallows,
bon bons and other candies. and eX-
. hibited as relics of a barbaric age.
/ Among the officers were General Gum
drop. Colonel Caramel Major Marsh
mallow. Captain Candy, and others
bearing names of, CONNECTIONS The
soldiers weapons" were huge red,
white and blue candy canes; which
they waved quite recklessly
Announcement Of the loss of all of
the army's chewing gum TO a girls
school and the destruction Of two
wagonloads of chautauqua contracts
caused great distress in the camp. Mr..
BRYAN then Obliged with Goodbye,
Chief Pm Through Here is the
chorus:
Goodbye, chief Pm through,
pray you1l not forget
say goodbye to you
with more or less regret;
n / so to save the nation
with lecture and Grafton.
SO bid a fond adieu
Goodbye chief God bless you,
I'm through
AS Mr. Bryan finished singing, Gen
eral GumdroD broke out into In Days
of Old. When Knights Were Bold,
and the entire company mutinied. The
. skit closed with the singing of q
strictly preparedness chorus.
The Gridiron Rockies sketch brought
out Colonies Roosevelt Harvey Wat
terson and House. and Secretary Gar
rison. General Leonard Wood, Mayor
John Purroy Mitchell of New York
Dudley Field Malone, of New York
Collector Of Customs; Representative
Il Augustus p Gardner, Of Massachu
/ sets: Oswald c. Willard, OF New Yorl
Mr.. Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt
Jr., as candidates for the army. Scarce
ly had the squad assembled when Col
onel Roosevelt leaped forward and be
/ gan TO assail those who are trying t'
| 'Chinafy America" As the eXamina
ton for candidates proceeded, Colone
Roosevelt was asked if he desired Il
| join the cavalry.
81 want to organize gas-bomb bri
sade,' he replied.
What do you know about gas
bombs?" an examiner asked
Everything; why I fred one a
Plattsburg."
Did it do any DAMAGE"
ct almost killed Leonard Wood
Mr. Gardner, clad only i'm a shir
/ and a barrel, rushed In complaining
that Secretaries Daniels and Garrison
had stolen all Of his outfit except hi
press agent. Secretary Garrison. nm
/ der cross-eXamination stated that hi
l idea of a hero was a man who stoo'
on the administration firing line ant
/ permitted Roosevelt to shoot speeche
al him Colonel Watterson declares
his belief that preparedness just nov
is a good thing because it win demon
/ strate that a single-track mind car
run both ways. Colonel House wa
/ assigned to the Household cavalry
Dudley Field went to the Boy Scouts
To prove that newspaper men IL
Washington are not handed informa
ton on a silver platter, -four exhibit
Of raw material" with whom the re
porters have to work Mr. Bryan, Sec
Rotary Redheld Senator James Han