The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-01-27
THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
OF THE NAVY LEAGUE
OF UNITED STATES
WILL REPRESENT THAT
ORGANIZATION HERE
IN BEHALF OF ADEQUATE
PREPAREDNESS

Washington, D, c., Jan. 26.-Oliver
| X. Marshall, J. o. Geise and Ham
mond Prosser, of Johnson City, Tenn
have been appointed to the Member
ship Committee of the Navy League
of the United States and will help to
represent that organization in their
district in the active, aggressive
campaign which it is carrying on in
all parts of the country in behalf of
adequate preparedness against inva-
sion and disaster. They will cooper
ate with the members of the Navy
Leagues state committee for Ten
nessee and will lend their energetic
and enthusiastic support to The work
undertaken to consolidate and organ
ize the overwhelming sentiment of
thinking people of that state in behalf
of measures of adequate prepared
ness. A special letter has been for
warded Messrs. Marshall, O'Geise and
Prosser, by the Navy League, notify
ing them of their appointments.
The letters are signed by Colonel
Robert NJ. Thompson, president of
the League, and read as follows;
Dear Sir:
In accordance with the instruc-
tions of the Board of Directors of
the Navy League, | am hereby ap-
pointing you member of the Mem
bership Committee of that organiza-
ton.
In the present days of internation-
al strife and hysteria, we believe that
it is one of the first duties of every
good citizen to work with all his
might to insure the provision OF
such naval defenses for this country
as shall render our country strong
enough to avoid being drawn into the
maelstrom of war, or shall render it
certain that no hostile army shall
ever set foot on our soil Should the
worst come and our nation be una
voidably drawn into the strife.
We believe that the best organized
and most potent of the forces work
ing for adequate national defenses is
the Navy League, and therefore do
not hesitate to urge you as citizen
and a patriot, to lend us your fullest
and most enthusiastic aid and coop
Grafton in our work to insure our
country absolutely against the possi-
bility of invasion by foreign foe.
The Secretary of the committee to
which you have been assigned will
communicate with you shortly in re-
gard to the particular manner in
which your assistance will be Of
most value May we not count upon
you to the fullest extent in this great
patriotic work?
(Signedl ROBT. NJ. THOMPSON,
President of the Navy League of the
United States.
Great interest is felt all over the
country in the Navy Leagues sensa-
tional campaign in behalf of ade-
quate national defense which has
done SO much toward the awakening
of the American people to the dan
ger of their undefended condition.
The Navy League is the oldest and
best organized of the National De-
fense societies. 1t was founded and
chartered in 1902, and among its of
fcers and members are Admiral
Dewey, Theodore Roosevelt, Cardinal
Gibbons, Rt Reverend Philip Rhine
lander and Dr.. Lyman Abbott, while
many of Americas most prominent
women are among the members of its
Woman's section. It's accounts are
and always have been opened TO in
spection. The headquarters of the
Navy League are in the Southern
in Washington, d. c., and
further information will be gladly
upon application to the Sec
retary.