The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-24
NAVAL MILITIA MAY
Be CALLED TO FLAG
Assistant Secretary Tells $50
Members at Dinner That
Emergency Exists.
WHITMAN ALSO SPEAKS

without alluding to my one from
North Carolina. It Is nevertheless a fact
,h,, the $50 members Of the naval
militia AZ dinner in the Hotel Aston last
,isb, almost cheered their heads of
nhen Supyeme Court Justice Shearn.
secretary Of the Navy franklin d.
Roosevelt and said he guessed that no.
bodv present would have his feelings
tpt, Il the word assistant were to be
irorped from Mr.. Roosevelt's title. How
they Yelled
That eager and plain spoken young man.
the Coloners cousin. would have been
,~oyful,y greeted under n circum-
stances, lat last night he had an in
,sres,,nc message for the active and
veteran members OF the seagoers OF the
national Guard. Preceding Gov. Whit
man on the platform Mr.. Roosevelt, Just
from Washington. finally waved down
the cheering.
On this national em~ergency-for IL liz
a real cmcrgency--it is distinctly within
the bounds Of probability" he said. that
the naval militia of the various States
may be cal led for service The country
mas no doubt as to what your answer
vii be-
When he could make himself heard
again he said II was patent to all that
the rcorle Of the country are waking up
20 the necessity for national defence
ard that men who wanted to speak the
truth were beginning TO get a hearing.
q believe that universal military train
Is coming said the Assistant Secretary
~ 'hc Navy, and the quicker II comes
the better, The regular navy must be
manned 10 the limit. There must be no
ships on the reserve list. | hold that
100000 men are necessary TO keep the
navy IN an efficient state. We will soon
lave 10000 additional men and we can
nave 1900 more next year. With a
regular force Of $1,000 men we will have
e1ouah TO man all existing ships. but
there should be i strong naval reserve"
GOV. Whitman congratulated the naval
r.litiamen on their fine record and on
heir present efficiency. which IL. ad-
mi,tedly. better than nat of the naval
militia " any other state. He promised
hat the state government would do all
IN rs power To provide necessary equip
ncnt
Justice Shearu. a veteran of the SER
We. aid the spirit that created the
raNdI reserve went! NV years ago was
m germ Of the idea OF national defence
which IS now sweeping the country. In
Offering the toast tothe President, JUS
tics SHcarn said
These are no times for pickering over
MA might have been. or for curbstone
advice IN how to run the Government
and conduct military campaigns. Efforts
20 make political capital out of official
action al such a time constitute the
hasest form Of treachery. The call Of
he hour is FOR patriotism and the corner
s'or- OF patriotism is loyal and united
s''rrort ~ Nv. nations elected aader
The long distance telephone between
New YORK and san Francisco was work.
Ing smoothly. although that Is no longer
a novelty. and Gov. Whitman and Jus
iUo seam talked to Lieut.-C;ov. Thomp-
son % California and TO Capt. q. w.
Bauer Of The California Naval Reserve.
\ Tot ~ cities eavesdrppped while tine
tax Hg WAS going on occasionally there
were comments from chicago. Omaha or
Sacramento.
Commodore Robert T.. Forshcw and
c~omnandant Robert X Crank also
spoke.
The naval militiamen presented capt.
H,thUrt l.. Satterlee with p c~hrononcter
mounted in oak and brass. taken from
IL 'ld man-of-war frantic State. which
was lard down in 1917 as the Alabama.
Gov Whitman conferred on Lieutenant
Commander Louis NJ. ~Josephthal a
brel"t commission az commander and
pl' .u,pector.