The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-15
COL, GLENN CALLS.
ARMY PATHETIC"
Sphinx Club Clasps as Gen.
Woods Aid Tells Of Its
Needs.
YEARS TO CATCH VILLA

Col. Edward F. Glenn. chief OF stan
under Gen. Wood In the Department O!
the East. discussed army conditions Ias'
night with n frankness that caused mem
hers OF the sphinx Club ahd their
guests 10 gasp. The ballroom OF the
Waldorf. Astoria was SO quiet that the
low voice Of the speaker carried per
fect,y TO all parts Of It as ne bluntly
told them OF the military situation
Conditions in this country are such
he said, that after the Columbus aid
the question was not asked II the
soldiers had kept, in pursuit OF the ban
dts. bu, II they a crossed the bound
AIRY line. The pursuit OF the Mexican
bandits will be a matter of a long u'he'
perhaps wears. as every one knows who
has tried TO follow a bandit over a
country where he knows every COW trail
said col. Glenn Evidently the speaker
expects opposition from the Mexican
Government, AID asked II MEXICO wou'd
| no, forfeit her seif-respect II she did
no, oppose the Invasion OF an army or
N 900. $1,000 or 2o.0oo. Finally. he
said. we are in commercial conhict with
a country on the west and II ever we
! become involved OH the Atlantic We wiz
be struck from the west by 3'ooo'ooo
men.
Wood and organ AVA.
Preston =. Lynn. president Of the
! c,ub. could not BE- present last night
-. =, ,t,.ss and after "A telephone
had been arranged 50 he could lie III
rod and hear the speeches at Sleeps
head BAY. r. r. r. Huntsman, toast
! master. announced that o;en. Wood, VINO
was TO have been a speaker, ana MAYOR
Cen O'Ryan, head Of the state guard
| could not be present. Later some one
said they were kept away by the MeNi.
can situation. Earlier in the day II
was said that Gen. Woods Engagement
had been crossed. cot Glenn WAS III
PRODUCES as the first speaker.
The United states army has had '"o-
thirds OF it's entire force. 22,0oo men,
down on the Mexican border for four
wears. he said. watching the situation
Following IN. recent raid on Columbus
the first question asked was not 'pld
they follow the bandits. did they Keep
in contact with them but "lhd theA
cross the border" The Colonel hld 'o'
say who asked the question. ou' iddeh
I'VE did not pursue them and now Inc
country Is asking why
The Colonel said he could tell why ana
that was because the border - 80 great
so wide that we have not enough men to
go In. II would he possible to lcit on!
.. 900 more men over the border OUT OF
the regular army and there ~ a LOU
mile border line TO guard.
"As a matter Of tact Col Glenn con
tinued, the American army "oulh h'
faIcical II 1t were not patheti'. Inc
American arms IL the most pa'li"t'
thing that ever came along In history
and other nations know II better thai
We 10"
OF course It was all right, he "N'
plaincd. to receive pats on the "A and
hear talk about imam for man but thal
awaited nothing. when the United
States went to war with Spain In 1889
she assumed certain international obi
cations az a world Power and one OF
those obligations calls for fora
You've got to have force behind the
notes our President may send he de
clared, "or anything else he may do