The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-02

totives for - states aud territories ua-
animously dccirr"d the plan unfeas-
ible." reports Ger erai Chase.
mot that there wax. or 10, any de-
sire to hinder the President s1d Sec-
retary OF War in responding . The
popular demand for better prepared
ness. but the plan for a Continonkaa
Army along the lines outlined by Mr..
Breckenridge could never be carried
out
I'm answer to on. opinion that the
plan would not work Mr.. Brecken-
ridge declared that 1t would nave to
work But every National Guard
officer knows the weakness OF the plan.
We know the difficulties of inducing
citizens to enlist In the National Guard
simply because of the present deplor-
able apathy toward participating In
this great function of citizenship and
government. We know the Difficult
ties of keeping these citizens enrolled
after they once enlist and how hard II
is to have them continue their military
training simply because Of this lam
eatable indifference totheir present
and future interests.
"Yet the administration proposes to
enlist 100000 citizeas-133,O 900 each
year for three years-and with max
lmum of two months training each
year convert these citizens into de-
pcndable soldiers ready for any en-
ergency. There is no adequate pro-
vision for staff officers to train this
great mass of recruits in the first
place. The regular army cannot pro-
vide them. 1t is keeping $500 OIL
GERS busy at an expense of $3,O0O,00O
now to keep up our present small
standing army"
General Chase, like the other Ad-
jutant Generals in attendance at the
San Francisco meeting. believes that
the government should concentrate In
building up the National Guard In
each state leaving the Guard under
state control in times of peace and US
ing the Guard as the nucleus Of sec
ond line of national defense in case of
attack by fol cign power.
"The National Guard is a natural
military training school for the citi-
Zcnry of the nation, so localized as to
secure best results, and with proper
popular support can aid greatly In
solving the problem of national pre-
paredness. However, the military
branch of the State Of Colorado stands
ready to cooperate IN any other plan
which the war department may devise
but the Continental Army along the
lines proposed is sure to prove a dis
appointment to it's sponsors" says
General Chase
Recruiting for the Colorado National
Guard will be given special attention
in the cavalry and in
fantry branches of the service-durins
the next few months. The enrolment
in the artillery and other branches Is
very satisfactory.
The Recall Election Likely Not to Ne
Held
AlthO Judge Burke and District At
tCrney Van Bradt filed no objections
or protests with the Secretary OF State
the chances for an election being held
has gone glimmering and inspIte of
the fact that DR.. Fisher ct al did their
best to make the public believe that
an election was desired by a large
majority Of the people of the 18th
judicial district the people themselves
have expressed far different opinion
on the subject
Petitions have been filed with the
Secretary of State signed by over 800
persons asking that their names be
with drawn from the original recall
petition for the recall of Judge Burke.
Individuals from each OF the counties
in the 18th Judicial District have filed
protsts for the following reasons:
That hundreds Of persons have ap-
pointed no one to represent them and
cannot be served with a notice of hear
ing: hundreds of names not sworn to
at all: hundreds of addresses and
dates and many names invalid because
written by other persons: hundreds Of
names invalid because no street and
number address given: many sigma
lures not genuine: many persons give
no address: many addresses outside OF
thirteenth district
The legal objections raised are:
First the recall amendment was not
legally passed; second. that It Is not
self-executing. and third. that It does
not apply to district judge and district
attorney.
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