The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-28
NEW YORK LETTER.

(From Our Regular Correspondent
n EPoRTS of conditions attending
X the mobilization Of the National
Guard on the Mexican frontier.
which reports reveal scandal Of
grave proportions, are being deliber.
ately suppressed by Secretary Bak.
or, according to army officers famil.
lar with the facts. Ultimately. OF
course, these reports will become pub.
lie but everyone who has knowledge
OF the conditions has been forbidden to
discuss them until after election. Scan
dal in connection. with quartermaster
supplies, startling discrepancies be.
tween the paper strength and the &C.
tual strength Of the militia organiza.
lions, almost total failure Of tho South.
-ern states to recruit their organiza-
! lions up to anywhere near the mini
mum war strength, with the result
that the commands they have sent for
ward, after being allowed three
months~to recruit, are so small as
to be practically worthless. and SINH.
lar details are being determlnedly sup.
pressed. The purpose Of this conceal.
mont is. presumably, to prevent the
voters from learning what an object
failure the Hay army bill has proved
until November Z.
"lese MaIeste":
The fate of any national guards.
the truth reflects on the Wilson ad-
ininistration, Is strikingly shown by
the arrest and Imprisonment of Frank
Corey, corporal In the Federalized Ma
donal Guard Aero Company OF New
York. There has been much scandal
in connection with this aero com.
pany and finally, Corey was SO incau.
tious as to state some Of the facts to
o newspaper reporter. He explained
to q representative Of the New York
Sun that he and his comrades had
been woefully deceived, that they had
been led to Join the aero company on
the representation that they would be
taught aviation, that they had been
kept for weeks without any opportun.
ity TO learn aviation, and had been In
FORMED by . regular army officer. that
their chances Of learning II were
mighty Slim" Twenty-Five Of Cor.
eyss comrades, who were present when
He gave the interview, gave their
names to the Sun man and affirmed
the accuracy Of his statements. I'm.
mediately the interview appeared In
print and was seen to reflect on the
Wilson administration. Lieut.. Joseph
D. Carberry, q. g. A., presumably
acting on instructions from Washing.
ton. caused the arrest Of Corey and
hs 70 confined to the guardhouse on
he charge Of violating section SO Of
tie Articles Of War. which section
deals with Fundamental military prin.
ciples and discipline" It is gener.
ally believed that an example Of Corey
q being made in order to brighten any
other national guardsmen from tell.
Ing the truth regarding the mobiliza-
don Of the National Guard, scandals
both In home camps and on the Dor
Ter, and the lamentable failure OF the
Hsy> Army bill.
War with sarto Domingo:
The killing Of two United States
Domingo. with which republic this
country has been at war for many
months. has leaked through the strict
military censorship which the Will
SON administration has been able to
throw about its military operations
u Santo Domingo. The war with
5anto Domingo began on May 6. More
than 800 Santo Domingans have been
killed and probably q fourth as many
Americans, although the administra-
don has succeeded IN concealing the
facts except whan officers have been
oiled.
Would Corner Raw Material:
That determined effort to corner
raw materials, to buy In foreign mar.
kets only raw materials and to export
only manufactured products win con.
stftute the chief feature OF the com.
mefcial alliance formed by the Euro.
peau allies at the Paris conference,
bis become evident to those who havo
been studying tho agreement there
reached and Watching its development,
Article III Of the agreement reads,
THE Allies declare themselves agreed
b conserve to the alliod countries,
before an others, thor natural re.
sources during the whole period OF
ypmmercial, industrial, agricultural
nd maritime reconstruction, and for
his purpose they undertake to sstab.