Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28

brought into association with what ]
lam glad to believe was one Of the most
efficient portions Of the national guard
Of the United states. | learned to adj
mire the men, 10 respect the officers,
and 10 believe in the national guard.
And ! believe that great arm Of our
national defense should be built up
and encouraged to the utmost But
YOU know that under the constitution
Of the United States 1t Is under the
! direction OF more than two score
states and that 1t is not permitted to
the national government directly TO
direct its appointment and organiza-
ton. And that only upon occasion Of
actual invasion has the president of
! the United states the right to ask
those men 10 leave their respective
states. /, for my part am afraid that
there is no way in which that force
can be made n direct resource rs a
national reserve under national au-
thority.
Wants Citizen SoIdicry.
What We need is body Of men
trained in association with units of
the army, a body cf men organized I'M
der the immediate direction of the
national authorities. body Of men
subject to the immediate call to arms
Of the national authority and vet men
, not yet put into the ranks of the reg
( ular army. men left to their tasks OF
civil life, men supplied with equip
ments and training, but not drawn
from the peaceful pursuits which have
made America ana must keep her GO
ing
Il am not a partisan of any one
plan. | have had too much expert
ence TO think that it is right to say
that the plan which | hoped, Is the
only plan that win work, because |
have a shrewd suspicion that there
may be other plans which will work.
But what ! am for, and what every
American ought to insist upon, Is a
body of at least a half million trained
citizens who will serve under condi-
tons of danger as an Immediately
available national reserve
Navy Easily Understood.
II am not saying anything about the
navy because | don't want 10 20 to
sea. ! want to stick to the one theme
tonight because for some reason there
Is not the same controversy about the
navy that there is about the army
The navy Is obvious and easily under
stood. The army apparently is very
difficult to comprehend and under
stand We have a traditional prcju-
dice against armies which makes us
stop thinking the minute we begin
talking about them; and we suppose
that all armies are alike, and that
there cannot be an American system
in this instance, but that II must be
the European system, and that is what
!, for one, am trying to divelst my own
mind of. The navy is so obvious an
instrument of national defense that |
believe that with differences Of opin-
ion about the detail. it is not going
to be difficult to carry out proper
and reasonable program for the in
crease Of the navy.
mo political party, no group of
men can ever disappoint America.
This Is a year Of political accounting
and the Americans in politics are
rather expert accountants. They
know what the books contain and they
are not going to be deceived.
mo man is going to hide behind
any excuses The goods must be de-
livcred or the confidence will not be
enjoyed: and for my part | hope ev-
cry man in public life will get what
is coming to him.
Leaving the Bitmore Immediately
after the close of his address. the
president and Mrs. Wilson went to the
railroad station, being recognized and
cheored along the route Before
boarding his private car, Mr. Wilson
said he was more than pleased with
his reception in this city and well sat
Lsfied with the manner in which the
first of his appeals for national pre-
paredness was received. The party
left for Washington at 1890 o'clock
this morning over the Pennsylvania
railroad.
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