The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
ORYAN PLEADS FOR
NATIONAL GUARD
Says II Has Greatly Improved
and Advocates the
Pay Bill.
FOR UNIFORM STANDARD

wAsHrHaroN. Feb. 1.-The National
Guard Of tho states had a hearing TO-
day tefore tire Senate Committed on Mil
itary Affairs on the subject Of prepared
nere Representatives Of many States
we're present, but tho principal witness
was Major-Gen. J. r. Organ OF the
New York National Guard.
Az the outset Gen. Organ disclaimsd
any desire on the part of tho militia OK
,bc state TO get on the Federal payroll.
lie explained that tho officers or the
guard realized that when they Tot on
tho Federal payroll IL would impose
,lpor them certain exactinS REQUIRE
mcnts.
lie declared that the guard a peen
greatly improved In the last three years
and its commissioned personnel was pet-
ter than ever. lie told ember Oh INC
committee that All enlisted man snould
he ppld in order to hold him to account
for p~roper,y neglected or misplaced.
There are a large number OF college
man. said gen. O'ityan, who are espe-
cL,lly available for officers or the VA
,ional Guard, because Us "A ruie uley
have the time. education. physical re-
ouiremcnts and in most cases possess
the martial spirit. But NO cannon set
them. The reason for this IS 'na' tne
average man Just out OF coliese cehno'
anord to spend $500 or $foo Tor ms
equipment The militia pay OIL ~ INC
eol,rtSou for that problem.
.It a generally believed that 100000
or soc. 900 men are necessary Tor our
first line defence. And X this number
cannot be attained by the expansion oil
tho regular army because OF the expense
some other method must be devised
The day Of the small professional army
il paSt 1t a been abandoned bY
all big nations except England ana the
United States" $500, -,
The witness advocated the deta'l OF
moro regular officers TO the work ot
,,.iniu~ the militia. He declined TO ex-
press an opinion on the continentai army
pjsn submitted by tho War Department
obeervfne that he was ga soldier amen
ahae 3 discipline"
Ope Of tho defects in the militia as
an instrument for national defence. the
Osnerai remarked. WAS In the fact ina
cooditSone requirements and quaiIhcs,
ttono differ IN the States lie observed
that there were as many standards as
thAre are States. and he advocated the
c~sts6ikshment OF a uniform standard
Wnlyu CUul0 w ptoueh
cert Of action among the states. Hs
insisted that Congress had the power
under the Constitution To do It.
Developing this argument. Gen. Ryar
commended that Congress had power anc
Jurisdiction over the militia TO do every
thing except TO designate officers pre-
scribe training and send the militia out
side OF the country.
The Nationaa Guard representative
also appeared before the louise MIL
tary Affairs Committee. which sho"e'
entire sympathy with plans for fede'"l
izinx the National Guard and expand
ing IL Into "a reserve force OF So"'oo'
or moro.
Members OF tic House commute
freely predicted that a bill viii be re
ported which will require each state u
furnish a quota Of National Guard an'
providing Federal pay II the quota u
filled.
Brig.-Cen. w. J. stewart. Pennsy!
yania Gen. \. Il. Critchneld. ONO. an'
Gen. W. +. Sadlcr. New Jersey. wer'
among those who appeared before IN
committees.