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Evening star., 1916-05-07

Columbia Lodge, No. 10, is holding
weekly rehearsals preparatory to the
comforting the degree upon a large
class Of candidates now in waiting. The
Bulls and Bears are working hard in
closing. The defeated side will pay for
supper for the winners. and the
penalty requires them to stand on the
side and watch the winners eat. Each
side has a large number of applica-
tions.
Federal City Lodge. No, 30. will meet
at 1880 sharp Wednesday evening.
After its business is transacted the
lodge will proceed iu a body to l. o. o. f.
Hall to pay fraternal visit to Eastern
Lodge. No. I, and confer the first de-
gree upon class of Eastern Lodge
candidates. Members who cannot at
tend the meeting at Northeast Temple
will meet the officers and members of
the lodge at /. o. o. F. Hall not later
than s:l5 o'clock. Eastern Lodges de-
gree team at previous meeting of
Federal City Lodge conferred the initi-
atory degree for that lodge. The team
Of Eastern Lodge is preparing for the
contest at the next session of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge in Chattanooga
next September.
Friendship Lodge. No. ~. met We'd
nesday evening. The second degree was
conferred by the degree team of Fed
eral City Lodge. No. ~ under the di-
rection of Past Grand Master John H.
Wood as degree director. Several ap-
plications for membership were re-
ceived. After the close of the degree
work repast was served in the ban
quet room. Remarks were made by
Past Grand Masters Mead and Wood,
Grand Warden Humphreys. Past Grands
w. G. Lang. w. F. Dement, and Ralph
Wright. warden of Covenant Lodge, No.
13. The special meetings of the lodge
are said to have been full of interest,
Friday evening Grand Master w. j.
Hope and members of the general de-
gree staff were present and the initia-
tory degree was conferred by the gen.
eral staff. Grand Master Hope acting as
degree director. The first degree was
conferred under the direction Of De-
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Masonic.

LODGES.
Monday. Dawson. No. l8. f. A.
Tucsday-FederaI. No. l, social: Ia
kolna No. -, L. 4.
wednesday-Grand Lodge. second stated
communication; King solomon. 40.
81, special. IL am. +. e.: spectai,
ppm. NJ. NJ; st. Johns MITE Ass"-
citation.
Thursday--Temple-N Moves. No. 30. spe-
cial. 7:30 pm. f. \.
Saturday Harmony. No. II. special.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS.
Monday-Mount Vernon. No. ;, II. A.
Tresday-Mount Hcrcb, No. :. $50 and
1:3o pm. X. \.
Friday-Capitcl. No. IL. mark Mount
Pleasant. No. Il. X. A.
KNIGHTS rEMPLAR COMMANDMENTS.
Monday-Gra1d rommandery. annual
Conclaye. election and installation
of officers.
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH
RITE.
Evangelist Chapter, knights hose
Croix, business.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Knights Of Pythias.

LODGES.
Monday-Decatur, No. 8. grand vista
ton; Caianthe. No. IL. business.
Tuesday-webster, No. 4; Excelsior,
No. IA; Capital. No. "a, and
Myrtle, No. 25, business.
Wednesday-Columbia, No. %, grand
visitation; Mount Vernon, No. 3;
Hermoine. No. L., and Union, No.
%, business.
Thursday-Harmony. No. 81. business.
Friday-Syracusians, No. 10, and Rath-
bone-Superior, No. 90, business.
UNIFORM RANK
Wednesday-W1shington Company, No,
I, monthly assembly.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
Saturday-Semi-monthly meeting.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Order of Eastern Star.

CHAPTERS.
Monday-Temple, No. 13. degrees and
entertainment; Columbia, No. Is,
entertainment.
Tuesday-Electa. No. 2, degrees and
program.
Wednesday-Naomi. No. 3. degrees and
entertainment.
Thursday-WilIiam F. Hunt, No. 16.
entertainment program.
Friday-Takoma. No. II. patriotic en-
tertainment; Cathedral, No. IL.
business and choir program; st.
Johns Lodge, No. 1s. donation
night
Evening star., 1916-05-07

Communications be received by
The Star Thursday each week. Items which
relate after contain and
poant earlier, will
ceived Saturday, but later.
Communications written both sides Of will
accepted All be signed with the
addresses of the persons sending them.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Pythian Sisters.

MISUNDERSTANDING Temple, No. 9.
initiation.
Friday--Rathbone Temple. No. 8. ini-
| tiation.
Evening star., 1916-05-07

| Senior Warden John c. Hodges will
head the official line in the E. A. degree
in Temple-Noyes Lodge, No so, Thurs-
| day evening.
Evening star., 1916-05-07

Harmony Lodge. No II, whose COM
munication Wednesday evening is can
celed by reason OF the Grand Lodge COM
munication. will have q special for the
Evening star., 1916-05-07

Mount Pleasant Royal Arch CHAPTER.
No. 10, VIII have the Royal Arch degree
Frid1y evening. Prominent yisttorS
are said 10 be expected
Evening star., 1916-05-07

Late announcements Indicate that the
New Jerusalem Lodge. No. 9, will have
the F. c. degree Thursday everino go
the q. A degree May 25. followed by re-
freshments. and Mount Vernon Roval
Arch Chapter. No 3. will have the Royai
Arch degree tomorrow evening and the
Mark degree May 22 ~
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Sons of Veterans.

The great sachem was q Wsi
)sceola Tribe recently.
Evening star., 1916-05-07

Temple-Noyes Lodge. No. 81 is to
hold a special communication next
Thursday evening promptly at 1880 for
the E A. degree. social session, with
special features. is to follow the exem-
pnhcatlon OF the degree, according to
Worshipful Master Clement w Huske
At the stated communication Thursday
evening. May 25. at o'clock. the F.. c.
degree is scheduled The business will
include action on an important amend
nent 10 the bylaws. the attendance of
two thirds of the mem bership being es-
sential
Evening star., 1916-05-07

Dorcas Lodge. No. 4. Friday evening
Evening star., 1916-05-07

Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter. No.
VIII begin work early Tuesday even
ing, starting at $50 O'Clock. with the
Royal Arch degree. which also will he
presented az the regular communica-
tlon later III the evening. High Priest
Raymond =. Dickey says he has enough
:na'eria! or hand to keep his ritual
ISIS busy for some time TO come and
l:ift new supplies are constantly
arriving There has been a thorough
revival Of interest in the old chapter.
ne says. and the enthusiasm is of a
character that portends busy sum-
fner and much 10 do beyond then.
Evening star., 1916-05-07

La Fayette Royal Arch Chapter, No.
5, has the mark degree scheduled for
Ma
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

"Mr. President, how about doing it anyway? Suppose the president callS for volunteers under the existing law. Those problems will have to be met of course, as they arise. l assume that when congress has authorized d thing 10 be done, any contracts made bv the president or by the War De- partment for the necessary equip ment would be legal, and would have to be appropriated for by congress. They certainly would have to be pro- vided: but the whole thing is experi- mental.
 The senator from New York in orires: 'Is this to be permanent army. a volunteer army, and kept up year after year. or are these men simply to be called into the service as volunteers for a, year or two years or six months?''
 do not know. I do know that section 56 provides that those things are to be decided by the president of the United States.
 'I think the president could main tain 1t for years, if he wanted to, dur ing his term, or think he could limit it to a shorter time. However I have not given that sufficient consid- eration.
 "Mr. President, there need be no attempt to misrepresent this question i at all. There is no use in attemp ptins 1 to raise on the floor of this body the l idea that anyone is hostile to the militia of the states. This question 1 is before us now because the country
 has been clam bring for preparedness | to protect the country in case it was 1 attacked. Under the Constitution of | the United States, which places the 1 officering and the training of the
 militia in the states under the con- i trol of the states, I do not think in an
 emergency they can be successfully
 called upon by the president to CO.,
 operate with the regular army against
 veteran troops. When I say that I
 do not think I have anything hostile
 to the militia of the states. They
 are very good bodies undoubtedly for 1 the purposes which they are accom-
 plshing. It may be that the kind
 of training they keep up and the kind l of physical condition they preserve are sufficient for them to perform | their duties in the states, and with the additional training they could get
 in being put into service of the United i States, or if they were relinquished
 from their daily employments as bus
 mess men, bank clerks and profes- sional men, merchants and storel1eep-
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

army as we'll as a navy that can transact the business for which it exists we ought to abolish both branches of the service and cease making any pretences that we are do- ing anything to prepare this country for eventualitles.
 MT. President, I was extremely Sor- ry to hear today that there had been an amendment to this bill the other day providing that field service under section 56, (providing for q federal volunteer force) should not exceed 30 days in any one year. If the desire be to hamstring the section and, un- der color of giving the president au- thority to call for volunteer forces and put them in the field and train them, to pretend that they have given it when they say he can not do it for more than 30 days, of course I admit that there is no use adopting section 56 under these circumstances.
 But it would not be enough at all. as everybody knows, to put men into condition to do what our troops are called upon to do in Mexico now-to endure the grueling marching and countermarching day and night, the
  | ical sun, the going without food, the l being inured to hardship. No 30-day 1 training could do that; and if I un. | derstand the object of this secton ii | is to put in the presidents hands ir I time of peace, in case emergency l comes, the possibility of developing a force which will be in training anC fit to do the duty which they are l called llN1on tO DerfOrm
 l What I assume is that the prcsi- l dent would not call for a number ot l volunteers, in addition to the Regu- 1 lar Army provided for in this bill, anC l in addition to what he could get ii I we got into war from the militia o 1 the several states, unless there was some emergency. For the purpose l of my remarks, and the purpose of es l tablishing what section 56 proposes l as far as I am concerned, I would b, 1 perfectly willing to write into the sec l ton the words "the president. when ever in his opinion any emergenc e
 shall exist" I had not any Idea bu | that it would never be exercised ex
 cept under those conditions, althoug,
 the bill does say that the presiden is authorized at any time to do it. "T am perfectly willing that i should stand just as it is; and 1 vii
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
ALL IN READINESS
 TO RAISE $85,OOO
Preliminary Arrangements for
 Boys Club Campaign Made

Preparations were put under way at a meeting of the Boys club off, cjals today to sweep the city in a WhirlWind campaign to raise $S5, 900 for the purpose of erecting a new building for the use of the club. The leaders of the movement in this city spent several hours with $. M. Bard, a successful financial Campa igner, and plans for a thorough combing of the town for every possible dollar that may be availa ble for the use of the club were thoroughly discussed.
 MT. Bard and his assistant, H. s. Bard, expect to be in this city for about five weeks and have taken their quarters in the New Britain club. Offices for headquarters have been secured in the National Bank build ing on the third floor. From this vantage MT. Bard will instruct and The hearing rooms of the board of public works in the city building will be used for all meetings of the gen. eral committee which will be large in number
 General Plan
 It was stated today that the cam raign would follow systematic lines i'll general use throughout the country for similar objects. A citi- will be selected among prominent business men and city officials By the addition of sub committees the
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

CTS and could have 60 or go or lZO days, they could very likely get Ill d condition for hard field service.
 But the trouble is that this bill and the Hay bill contemplate treating them as though they were not regu- lar, hardened, disciplined troops, anc as though they could over nighttall be called upon to cooperate effectively and efficiently with the Regular Army of the United States in competition and conflict with veteran troops, and that, in my opinion, is the deadly de- feet of both the Hay bill and the Chamberlain bill. Excellent as 1 think the Chamberlain bill is in many other respects, it is absolutely fatally defec- tive upon the state militia as the first line of defense They could with a
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

list of workers will probably be in creased to 500. MT. Bard feels that this number of workers will be able to raise the required amount in a very short time. Tn fact, so confident is lie that he has undertaken to run a campaign in New York before the warm weather sets in. It is inn possible to say at this time on just what day the active work will be started but it will be as soon as the general committee has been selected. q. matter which is now under con- sideration.
 Need Is Great.
 "The need of larger quarters for the boys of your city is obvious," |" said MT. Bard. "One of the first things I did after arriving was to proceed to the present quarters and look over the situation. It took only q moment to convince myself that the campaign was justified. You may be sure that my whole heart will be in the york;
 Tt must be just as clear to the citizens of New Britain as it is to me that better accommodations are warranted he added. Taking that into consideration I am assured that we will succeed. The $S5,00O will be forthcoming as it was in Haverhill, Mass, a city of about this size"
 It was stated that the committee had decided to build upon the land at the corner of East Main and Center streets, known as the Eliza McMahon property. It is so by 165 feet and in more suitable location than the property on Court street.
 MT. Bard told of campaigns that Ee has recently conducted for boys clubs and associations Three of his campaigns were staged in Haverllill Boston and New York. Tn Haverhill he raised 1000; $115,00O in Bos- ton and $125,0 900 in New York. At campaign in Worcester he had a large number of individual contribu- tions which totalled T., 900 in num- Ter. There were 1000 contributors to the IaVerhill campaign.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

trust the president of the United States, whatever political party he may belong to, to defend the country if the section is passed as it stands If that were done, and the president wanted to avail himself of this au- thority in order to prove what the country could do, if he simply did it as an eNper1m ent to find out, in case an emergency should come where he would be compelled to call for volun- ters, how quickly they could be vol unteered and mobiized and trained to see what the difficulties to be en- ; countered were, r. would be willing to ! let him call for 50,00O volunteers and 1 see what happened. I would like to 1 test the sentiment of the country on 1 that question.
 great deal has been said about 1 our not being able to get volunteers 1 A great many people assume that the 1 volunteer system would utterly break 1 down. Others insist that the militia 1 system would break down if called
 upon. I should like to see it tried I have no doubt that if the presi- ; dent called for volunteers we could
 raise three or four regiments in the city of Chicago alone.
 Period of Enlistment.
 Another feature about this section l is that these men would be enlisted for such times, and so forth, and un- 1 der such conditions, as the president ! might prescribe. I have heard it 1 stated, and I think it is probably true l that volunteers, could be secured in
 the large cities for one period of en- 1 liStmcnt and under certain conditions
 and l think that in country places 1 and in other sections of the country
 they could be secured for other terms
 and under other conditions. I see nc
 reason why the department, might
 not vary the conditions of volunteer
 ing to suit the needs of the people
 in the several parts of the country.
 Tt is said that this is an expert,
 ment. It Is Ro more of an expert
 ment, of course, than the act ap.
 proved April 25, 1914, which has
 never been operated under. The
 Senator from New York (Mr Wads. i worthy suggests what of course would
 occur to any thoughtful man: "HoN
 about the headquarters? How abou the encampments? How about fur
 nishing the equipment and supplie:
 and wagons and tentage, and so fortl for these troops?"
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

few months training be made most excellent second line of defense.
 50 1 hope most sincerely that sec ton 56 will be retained in the bill, and ] hope as fully and sincerely that the amendment which the senate added the other day, which restricts the good it may accomplish, may be reconsld- cred and defeated. l
 Three members of the Connecticut delegation in the house are absent from the city. Representative Tii- son has gone with his family down to Tennessee where his wife aLd cf1ilG1 will visit for d time with MT. Tilson's father in the old mountain homo of the New Haven member. Represen- tative Oakley and Hill have been in Connecticut some days.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

rot think the people will be satisfied with that kind of preparedness. MT. President, that is no preparedness at all.
 1T admit freely that the state troops-their efficiency varies in the several states-are, so far as they go and to the extent to which they are trained and to which they are com petent, of course in advance of any green volunteers that could be raised on the spur of the moment; and they have some equipment, and that could all be aNailed of. But one of the purposes and objects of section 56 is that in time of peace the presid ent, if he apprehends an emergency and desires to call upon the country for volunteers, may obtain q supply of men that he can put into camp and discipline and train in the field, and not in armories to supplement the regular force of the United States.
 The trouble is that the provisions Cf the committee bill and of the Hay bill which are mandatory in tone are not mandatory in fact. and can not be made so under the constitution of the United States
 The militia, need not, in time of peace, come out at the call of the president. The attempt of this bill and of the Hay bill, is to, induce the militia to participate in these train ings, and so forth, for the purpose of getting the pay provided in the bills for so doing. Any state militia that is willing to forego the pay provided for in this bill need not come in re- sponse to the call: so that it is i'm - possible for the federal government, although we call it federalizing the state militia, to impose over the militia of the several states that de- gree of military discipline which is necessary to make an effective regu- lar.
 "Section 56 would allow that to be done. It would also do this, MT. President: If the president of the !! United States is proposing some diplomatic course with some foreign power and we have not yet gone to war, but the president is apprehen- sive that ultimately we may get into 1t, although war may not be immi- nent under the language of the act Of April 25. 1914, and he desires to prepare himself and the country for eventualities if he has to enforce his policy, or if some foreign nation is making demands upon him which I1e ] cannot then disclose to the country | but which he thinks may result in ar 1 emergency, he can call for ,00( volunteers or 100000, volunteers, anG
 state that, in his opinion, it is neces
 sary under section 56 for him to dc
 so. Everybody will then know that
 in the opinion of the president, it i.
 desirable that there should be 100,
 GOO or 100000 volunteers put into tht | field and trained.
 Too Much Literature.
 T am rather inclined to think tha ] might have some effect in maxim | some diplomacies more successful
 than the mere conducting of Hterar l correspondence on the subject.
 1T want to see an army in thi 1 country that is an army and an eff fective one. If we can not have a
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
CONSTITUTIONAL,
 (ANDEGEE' PLEA
CtiCut Senator Continues butt on Chamberlain Bill
al to the Herald.D

Especial to the HeraldD
 ] Slington, April 5.-Senator |gee of Connecticut continues
 attention of the senate to his
 ition that the provisions of the 3erIain army reorganization
 e so-called administration bill, *ting to place the national or state militia under federal
 are unconstitutional. MT.
 egee's latest remarks on the
 and upon the necessity for an ] te army and a large number of f men, were in part as follows: senator from Maryland (Mr. Btnd other senators have taken I Rbn to say that we can rely, in If emergency, to augment our ' ne of defense-which, in case l invasion of this country by the : n troops of other countries, eneral board has estimated | take q force of about 500,00O Iupon the militia of the several who, commendsble as they 'aR2Neient as they may be in the
 6, .es, train, as has been de-
 b. Ire, on an average of one
 Week in an arm ory under
 e These gentlemen who want H upon separate organization L several states of the state k, under the officers appointed Ie governors of the states, to an efficient aid to the regular ] of the United States to repel an fon or to conduct one, seem to l be passing their hopes upon lining that in the past has al- fmet with disaster; and, in my bn, unless in some way, under Constitutional authority granted, hate troops can be drilled and Id efficiently to the approval and [action of the commander-in will in the future prove to be ken reed.
 President, the senator from hand skips very lightly over the Etutional inhibitions against the |ssful use of the state troops ir Erst line of defense. What we in this country, if I correctl! khend the situation and the feel If the people, is an effective drilled, we'll trained army il of emergency. It is not suffi
 in my opinion, after the emer r is upon us in time of war tha
 tho president may call into thu be Of the United States the troop be several states and commenc, lain them and discipline then give them the necessary endur
 to act with the regulars. I dt