New Britain herald., 1916-02-11

upon the subject. The latter would at least leave it open for future set clement.
 II, of course, am not adVlsed as to the statements of intention made by MT. Hay to you in the conversations held with you prior to your message to congress at the opening of the present session. 1 have always felt, and have so expressed myself, to you, that the situation in the congress was such that unless you personally exerted the power of your leadership, you would not obtain any worthy re- suits in this matter.
 Hays Open Declaration.
 MT. Hay has now made open de- claration of his intention. He an- nounces that he does not intend to press for the enactment of the mili- tary policy advocated in your mes sage With respect to the regular army, he does not purpose giving us the organizations asked for and i'm perat1vely necessary if the federal volunteers (so-called Continental army) are to me properly trained he purposes adding few thousand men to the enlisted strength of the army Tn US present organization, the adding or d leW regiments of field artillery to me existing organizations of the regular army, the entire abandon ment of the idea of a federal force of national volunteers and the passing of Dill granting direct federal pay to the enlisted men and officers of the state troops.
 Tn my Judgment, the effect of the enactment of MT. Hays program would be to set back the whole cause of legitimate, honest national defense in an entirely unjustifiable and mex cusaple way. It would be, in my judgment betrayal of the trust of the people in this regard It would be illusory and apparently without any reality or substance
 There is, unfortunateIv 1yer,, 1++,o knowledge and very little intense ner- sonal interest in any of the members of the house concerning military a+- fairs Apart from the power that all ways resides in every chairman of committee, MT Hay has the addition al power of dealing with a subject concerning which the rest of the house has no knowledge and about which it has never concerned itself. In this particular instance his pro- posal of settling this matter by VOL ing money to the enlisted men and officers of the state troops appeals to the direct personal, political interest Of the members. Tn these circun7 stances it seems to me to be perfect ly clear that unless you interpose your position as leader of the country on this great subject, the result will be the lamentable one which I have just described.
 to that this interpretation should be immediate. If this proposal program of Mr. Hay is accepted by the com mittee and by public opinion and by the house as a real solution of this vital matter, any position subsequent- " taken will be negligible so far as substantial actual results are con- cerned.
 The issue must be plainly and clearly drawn. It has nothing what ever to do with the numbers of men to be raised or with the means Of raising them, as MT. Hay would have It appear that it has, It is between two absolutely different systems one o1 which is based upon the nation un- deftak1ng upon it's own responsibility the raising and management of the national troops; and the other of which leaves us in the position that we have always been in since the in- stitution of the government-to rely upon the states doing this thing for the nation-a situation in which the nation is relying upon a military force that 1t does not raise, that 1t does not officer, that it does not train, and that it does not control. A mere statement of the situation shows that he two diff ferent proposals are as wide apart 1c ject possibly can be-"
 Wilson for Large Army Reserve
 President Wilson has supported the Continental army scheme and con- tinues to believe that it is the best plan for strengthening the army. He has made it plain, however, in speeches and in talks with congress sional leaders, that the main thing is to get a large reserve for the United States army and that the details must be worked out through Common counsel"
 The president and Secretary Garri- son have been close personal friends since the administration came into of flee and have stood together on vir- tually every question.
 Secretary Garrison has been a lead ing figure in President Wilson's official family ever since the: administration began. To his urging has been as cribed in part MT. Wilson's determi- nation to carry to the country his plea for adequate national defense.
 The president is said to have agreed reluctantly to accept the resignation, but was forced to the conclusion that he must meet MT. Garrison's wishes if the latter desired to leave the cab met
 MT. Garrison is the third member or President Wilson's cabinet to resign. The first Justice McRevnolds re-