Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-04
MARYLAND WILL SPEED
PREPAREDNESS PLANS
Campaign Begun to Raise Roster of
National Guard to Full =.
Strength.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
AL1IMORE. June 3-The prepared
ness movement in Maryland will be
pushed vigorously as the result of
conference held at the home of Gen
Clinton l.. Riggs formerly a member
of the Philippines commission. during
the week. At this conference. which
was attended by the National Guard
officers of the state and the owners
and editors of newspapers it was de-
cided to begin at once a campaign to
bring the roster of guardsmen mp to
the full strength demanded by the new
law recently passed by Congress
Under the provision of this law the
National Guard of the state must mus
ter $500 men. and at the present time
the complement is far below that num-
Der
Under the conditions that have pre-
vailed for years no remuneration was
provided for officers or enlisted men
the new program effective this year
provides that privates in the National
Guard of the state will receive S4S a
year. and this allowance is increased
according to rank up to the sum OF
5000, which is the salary of a colonel
Governor May Enforce Service.
Under a new state law. which be-
came effective June /. the governor is
given power to compel service in the
National Guard to the extent of draft
ing sufficient numbers of men to COM
plete requirements. should the volun-
tary enlistment plan fail. The gov
ernor Is also given power to order an
enrolment of all male citizens between
eighteen
and. after the names of all those ell
1gible for military service shall have
been secured, to order the list filed
with the clerk of the superior court of
Baltimore city, as constituting the Ma
tional Guard of the state
Sunday Base Ball Controversy.
| The long drawn-out fight between the
| advocates of Sunday amateur base ball
and the Ministerial Union of Baltimore
| City will come to close on Monday
next. when the city council committee
! will hear the arguments of those OPP
posed to Sunday recreation. The ordi-
| nance now before the council provides
| a referendum for and against Sunday
| base ball to be voted on by the people
at the coming November election. A
year ago the Sunday base ball advo-
| Gates were strong enough to PUT
! through both branches of the council
an ordinance permitting the game to be
played Sunday between the hours of
and in the afternoon, despite the fact
that Mayor Preston exerted every in
fuence to defeat the measure. Failing
in this. he vetoed the ordinance. Since
then the open Sunday advocates have
kept up the fight. with the result that
the ordinance will be passed by the
council during the present session.
A strict enforcement of the roadside
tree law has been determined upon by
the state board of forestry and a can
vasS was begun this week to destroy
all illegal advertisements and to prose-
cute all viola tors of the law. Forest
wardens throughout the state are con-
fronted with a big task as there are
more than 5000 miles of road Dis to COW
er and more than 1000. 900 trees to be
given protection, and care
Unique Plan to Keep Streets Clean.
In connection with the clean city
campaign now in progress. Mayor Pres
ton has unique plan to keep streets
clean. This plan is to employ school
boys during the summer months to
keep clean the streets on which they
live. 1t is planned at present to en-
ploy one boy each block in certain
sections of the city. pay him at the rate
of 10 or Is cents an hour and permit
him to work three or four hours a day
cleaning his block from building line
to building line.
During the past week the insurance
gents of the city We're called in con-
ference with the mayor and their aid
sought in the cleanup movement. The
mayor told the agents that they could
give great assistance to the city au-
thorities by spreading the propaganda
among the residents of the poorer sec
lions of the city and in reporting TO
the proper authorities conditions in
neighborhoods that should be corrected,
such as the removal of garbage filling
in of stagnant pools and other unhy-
gienic spots.