Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-08
ANNAPOLIS BRANCH
OF SECURITY LEAGUE
Holds Meeting at AnnapoIitan Club
Future Plans Formulated.
TO MEET AGAIN FLAG DAY.
Local Branch Hopes to Affect Strong
OrganizatiOn---The League to
Work Along Educational
Lines

The organization committee of the
Annapolis Branch of the Maryland Sc
curity League, met yesterday at the
Annapolitan Club at which time a gen
eral discussion was held and future
plans formulated. No definite plans
were made but the present members
are very enthusiastic and Wills do
everything to promote the prepared.
ness idea.
Another meeting will be he'd on
Wednesday, June l4th at which time
everyone interested will be invited
and the membership books will be
opened. No officers were elected yes.
terday because it was considered un.
fair to the new members who will
join if officers we're elected from the
small number now in the organization.
No limit is placed on the membership
and the committee hopes to make the
organization a strong zone. The mem
bership dues are small being 81 90 q
year for full membership and 500 for
contributing members.
This money will be used in various
ways to promote the cause which the
League is hacking Last year the
money was used by the Baltimore or.
ganization to pay the expenses of sew
eral TO the camp at Plattsburg, N. Y,
but this will not be necessary this
year, as a new bill has passed Con.
gress and been signed blythe. .Presdent
In which the government will pay the
expenses of recruits to the Plattsburg
Camp after July lst.
Membership tickets will sbe printed
as well as other literature setting
forth the true facts, and advancing
the cause of Preparedness Against
War. The League emphasizes the
fact that it is not military organza-
tion in any form; its purpose being
solely to arouse the people to the
present conditions of un-preparedness
to point out the true facts and set
them before the people in various
ways. 1t has no direct connection
with any training camp, but will as
sist those in any possible way. who de-
sire to receive training. 1t is a fact
that The country needs 30, 600 trained
officers. The cry of the anti-prepared-
ness advocate is that they are ready
to fight when necessary, but the League
brings out the facts as they have
been demonstrated in the European
war, that no matter how valorOus the
volunteer recruit may be, he is as
helpless as a lamb being led to the
slaughter, without trained officers to
lead them. Thousands and thousands
of lives have already been sacrificed
in the great war for the lack of train.
ed men. The members Of the Secur-
ity League do not desire war, the fun
damental idea is to prevent war by
being prepared.
The League works along educational
lines and membership TO it does not
obligate anyone to become trained in
arms.
The Annapolis organization is a
branch of the Maryland Security
League, of Baltimore. Before this
parent organization was formed about
one half of the Maryland members in
Congress were opposed to the prepsr-
edness idea, and since il was formed
about year ago, it has used its in
fiuence there, and today, the Maryland
members are practically solid for
preparedness.
The Annapolis branch has other
plans Under way but nothing definite
cah be ammo unced at present. Speak
ers will be brought here who know
the facts and can tell the people,
Demonstrations will follow and possi-
bly, preparedness parade later. The
League is on the right trail and should
receive the hearty support and CO.
operation of the people. Every person
able should attend the meeting next
Wednesday and become an enthusiastic
! member of the League.