The Washington times., 1916-01-18


try's army or navy,
John HAYS Hammond asserted that
military and naval defense, even IN IN
the case of a peace-loving nation; rs
imperative in the present status Oh III
ternational relations"
Mission of u. S. Navy.
Arthur H. Dadmun. secretary Of the
Navy League of the United States, SAID
the mission of the American navy IN
cludes not only coast defense. but also
must include ability to drive an enemy's
fleet from the seas. as England has
been able to drive the German heet
into a corner.
Emmet O'Neal former governor oil
Alabama. urged that America should
not place its entire reliance on It's nrst
line of defense. it's navy. but raise an
efficient army and an ADEQUATE reserve
force.
Senator wadsworth said he wished to
apparent absurdities" in this country D
we have the knack. of spending
ing touches on the job he said. Thus
we jeopardize all we have spent. we
have spent millions on harbor deIehses;;
But IL trouble came today we WouIu
not have enough men to furnish one
shift to operate the guns we have. All
our ammunition would be fired OH IN
forty-five minutes, II we had enough
men to fire it. ,,, . a.. ,ru,.od
States would have Just enough ammu-
milton to last through one action, then
IL would be stopped
Turning to Mexico, Senator Wads-
worth said the possibility of interVen-
tion there had been staring us in the
face for five years. with that idea in
mind" he said. 1--WE haye not taken one
step to meet situation that may be
forced upon us. 1t would take 100000
men to enter Mexico and police 1t until
the country was reorganized and the
government re-established. We would
have trouble to raise 10000 troops to go
across the border"
No Confidence In Volunteers.
Senator Wadsworth said he had no
confidence in any system for raising
volunteer armies. volunteer armies
are undemocratic," he continued. Like
wise they are inefficient. When you
call for volunteers you gamble with
the result. We haven't got over the
idea that when you give q man a gun
and put uniform on his back you
make a soldier of him. When you do
that and send him to the 1rSnt you
come pretty nearly committing murder
of your own people!
A part of preparedness is to be men
tally prepared. Compulsory enlistment
is democratic. ! should like to see the
son of the man who earns 81 a day serve
side by side with the son of the man
who does not have to work for a living.
They would get to know each other
better"
"As the result of the European war"
declared Samuel Gompers there is
hardly a citizen who has not in some
degree modified his opinions upon pre-
Aaredness and national defense
He said preparedness involves also
nower to coordinate and to utilize ma
ttonal resources Whatever plan for
dnfnnan ha I'D AI I.o
said, "the organized labor movement of
America demands certain fundamental
principles must be regarded. All policies
and plans for national defense must be
determined by representatives of all the
people. The organized labor movement
which is the only means of expressing
the will and desires of the great masses
OF our citizenship asserts its right to
missions. or bodies that decide upon
military defense. The working people OF
all nations are always those most vitally
arected by military service in time OF
peace or war"
Indemnity Right of Victor.
The crowning reason for an adequate
army and navy for the United States
said Talcott Williams. lis not war. but
peace. The boundaries of the country
need defense. but no more than its
duties need discharge"
II defeated in war, Mr. williams
estimated, the United States would
have to pay an indemnity reaching
as high as $4,000, 900, 900, if the trib-
Ute laid on France BY Germany In
1871 may be taken as a measure.
The present does not alone need to
be defended" he continued. THE
future needs to be made secure from
burdens sure to be laid on any land
today which has failed to arm in
peace and is forced to mortgage its
future to meet the sure indemnity to
come after defeat in war, an indem-
nifty which the German chancellor de-
clared a year ago to be the right of