Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-04-19
LINTH|CUN ON
DEFENSE HIGHWAY
A Preparation Of This County to
Meet All Emergencies.
IN EVENT OF HOSTILITIES.
Maryland Representative in Congress
Urges Passage of Act There As
Recently Passed BY Legislature
and Signed by Governor.

and Signed by Governor.
Among the numerous bills signed
Yesterday by Governor Harrington
was that appropriating $250.0O0 for a
I National Defense Highway between the
| United States Capital Washington ami
/ the State Capital (AnnapoIis.)
A similar bill has been introduced in
Congress and the Hon. J. Charles Lin
/ thlcum, m,rcpresentatiye Of the Fifth Con
sressional district has the following 20
~ ON the National Defense Highway
IT seems to me that in the prepara-
uon OF this country to meet all emer-
gencics in the event of hostilities. tina;
The roais of the country ought TO be
/ one of the first considerations. This
has been recognized by nations for sev-
orol thousand years. and. in a number
of instances been the one thing which
enabled them 20 win victories over enc
mics threatening their destruction.
Certainly, il the Government want
10 protect it's various sections. one al
hese sections ought to be its very ya,a-
able ami necessary adjunct the Naval
academy at Annapolis Whom We real
i4a that the defense Of this country
primarily depends upon The navy and
I .hat the officers of that navy mu
necessarily De prepared at The Naval
Academy at Annapolis. We can readily
see the value of that great institution
to fbe nation at large
TO reach Annapolis as the present
timc nom inc National Capital IS uos
only nifhcui but lengthy. and for the
Capital not 10 pe IN direct comm mica
tion with It's great institution at An
u8uois is surely not looking out for
he best interests ana welfare of our
people
The state of Maryland has certainly
dore its part toward the Improvement
ui the highways surrounding Washing
ton. j has given to the people of that
uaneuiiccnt city roads second to none
.n the United States These roads are
uo, only OF vast advantage to the peo-
pie Of Washington in pleasure way
but products from all over our State
are carried into that city at the least
possible cost and with quickness and
dispatch
Our State has gone One step further
ami has said to the great United States
with ds one hundred million people.
Ifyou will give $3.50. 900 to construct
direct highway between Washington
and Annapolis, the site of the Naval
Academy, We will do the same thing
Certainly no greater or better PROPOSE
tion could be offered to the National
Government than what the Common
wealth OF Maryland has rendered.
For Congress to do IT'S part toward
connecting Annapolis and Washington
which would enable them TO transport
troops and ammunition by highway 10
that city in the event of hostilities. is
a thing, it seems TO me, to the best in
terests OF the country
There is one thing we must realize
ami that is this the railroads do not
10 al the transportation work and that
the increasing demand and the use Of
automobile trucks in war operations is
most wonderful.
II have no doubt that if the National
Government wanted quick dispatch
from Washington TO Annapolis for the
protection cf that city and its property
located here a large part + the things
upccs sary would be carried by rapidly
moving automobile trucks from Wash
ncfuu to Annapolis and likewise woulu
automobiles bring the officers auitheir
mon from the Naval Academy to Wash
ingIon iu the event OF necessity.
We must realize that automobile
although very much improved in re-
cent years. and largely used in all man
uer OF business. are really only in their
infancy and as they are even move i'm
proved viii likewise become more gen
orally used throughout the country. au-
tomobile truck communication viii be
one OF the established means not only
Of pleasure communications but of
freight, and especially war munitions
IN the event OF hostilities.
Il am heartily in favor OF the con
struction of this highway and viii do
all can to bring it to the attention OF
my colleagues in Congress and 10 DEM
onsrate TO them the great necessity for
the construction of theNationalDefense
( Highway as provided in a bill already
introduced in Congress and in the Act
recently passed by the General Assem-
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