The sun., 1916-01-06


New president of the advisory board
of the American Defence Society.
the prominent members as an accurate
summary of his speech was obtained
without much travail Col. Roosevelt
made his speech in nominating DR..
David Jayne Hill as president Of the
advisory board.
Suffrage" he said means above all
the obligation to defend ones country.
II We can get Vincent Astor and the
man from Mulberry street-or from
Roosevelt street. the worst street in the
city-under a dog tent In training for
military service IL will be good for both
OF them. II would mean greater cohe-
sion and each man would learn some
thing from the other and both would
be better of.
1T is a fallacy TO depend on yolun-
teers in time of war. You would laugh
at any suoh pronunciamento as they
have been making in England. such as
Be a sport and join the army just a.
YOU would laugh at any one who would
say. Be sport and pay your taxes
The thing can't be looked at in tina,
way. It's n matter OF duty. a case OF
must.
mo volunteer soldier is worth any
thing until he Is perfectly trained ! was
In the National Guard myself for three
years and | WAS no better soldier than
anybody else. II had been IN a n2ht
would not have made a better Hxht
than any of the members OF the Ma
tional Guard at Santiago.
We cannot have real National
Guard except under Federal control. 1t
must be made what the name implies
national force instead OF a state force
The proposed continental army is a fall
lacy, "A makeshif, and useless rival
OF the National Guard
Here the Colonel turned toward n
criticism Of the Wilson Administrators
policy Of forbiddiug army and navy Off
GERS to talk publicly on preparedness
needs.
This society" said Col Roosevelt
must emphasize the service opinion. II
10 pity to gag experts OF the army and
navy who have received lifetime educa-
tion and who are qualified to be the pub
lies advisers"
None of the members OF the advisory
board could recall that the Colonel had
anything to say about the crisis with
Austria NJ the general tightness OF rela-
tons with the Teutonic allies. or that he
especially took occasion To ridicule the
Wilson policy OF preparedness.
Must Have Cnined America.
lie ended his speech with this declara. +.
ton:
I'VE must have a unified America
Persons who have come to this country
To md security and happiness should
have left everything behind them wnen
they became Americans r'
One of the especially interesting reve-
lations az to the trend of discussion at
the luncheon was the statement of one of
the best known men OF the company that
everybody who discussed prepa mess
against possible enemies had in mind
preparedness against Germany and
Japan.
That was accepted as matter OF
course. this man stated
DR.. HILL the new president OF the ad-
vsory board. said after the meeting that
the American Defence Society did not
purpose to set up for rivalry with other
preparedness organizations. No specific
International situations had been dis
cussed at the luncheon. No definite pro-
gramme of action by the society had
been worked out, but the beginning had
been made with the first definite state
ment OF what preparedness should actu-
ally consist of.
Calls II First Deanit~ Plan,
For the first time.' said Henry Reu-
terdahl. "a really definite statement has
been made as to what must constitute
adequate preparedness, The resolution
unanimously adopted was based upon
the views Of the service"
Those who sat with Col. Roosevelt and
DIR. Hill and who participated in the
table talk and speechmaking were Tru-
man III. Newberry, Capt Laurence Angel,
L. :. A, retired Henry ReuterdAh hi,
Lee DE Forest, Richard $. Emmett. G. s.
Thompson Paul Thompson, c. Ward
Champion. Philip j. Roosevelt w. X.
Starrett. Capt. Richard Stockton. Jr. of
the New Jersey National Guard, Julian
Street. Cleveland Moffett. Cushing Ste,-
son, j. Flavel Hubbard, Leslie ]. Tomp-
kins, Hudson Maxim. Charles Colt.
George +. Sweeney and Dwight Part
ridge. Henry G. Qulnby, who was TO
have been the host, was unable to at
tend because he had to go suddenly to
ha leQal his