The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-18

General Leonard Weed. cOmander-iH-
chief of the Department of the East
of the United States Army, uttered
strong denunciations of the state mi
litia system of national defense last
night before nearly a thousand New
York bankers at their dinner at the
Astor Hotel,
The Secretary's speech was a vigor-
Gus one, in which he declared that
now was the time to settle the policy
which the country is to follow in ma
tlonal preparedness, and condemned
what he termed the sham solutions
of the problem. General Wood was
texen more emphatic than the Secre-
tary of War. and it was he (Wood)
who aroused the bankers to such an
and cheered him when he had con-
Guided After that the and struck
UP For He's a jolly Good Fellow, :"
and the diners sang it Justify,
General Wood told the, bankers
that they represented one Of the very
powerful organizations in the coun-
try today and that. to be efficient for
war a nation must be organized in
advance, must be able to fall back
instantly upon perfected economic
and Industrial organization in the mo-
ment of an emergency He uttered
a warning, too, which seemed to inn
press his hearers
VIII Regret Volunteer System.
IF you retain the volunteer system
and meet a country well organized
for war; he said, and paused. you'll
regret 1T; but youth regret it too
late =
The persons who listened to and
appIauded the speeches for prepared
ness were some of the most promi-
nent men in the financial world.
Secretary OF War Lind1ey J. Garri-
son said that he wanted to, speak of
national defense.
Il want to ten you the facts, SO that
you may act inteligently in the light
of knowledge" the Secretary said Il
want all those who are honestly in
favor Of real measures OF national de-
Tense to know, that unless they dis
play at least one-half as much inter-
est in securing something real as the
opponents of national defense are dis
playing to secure a sham, bitter disap-
pointrner1t awaits them with respect to
the results ito be achieved. Although
the sentiment for real national defense
is Soverwh Ginning in this country, its
and dispersal Of effort at this critical
period are making it difficult, If not
Impossible, to secure IT
SOne Of the compelling reasons for
the formation Of the Union was to
provide for the common defense, and
Thai souby was eHJolnsu up the Ion
gress of the United Statess, acting for
the nation. 1t was given the fuIlests
and amplest authority to do this. The
States reserved to themselves the
rant 20 raise ana MAINTAIN Tor Ineir
own purppss Troops OF their OVID ana
tns Conslltul1on proVldes lnat these
to aid in enforcing the laws, suppress
ing domestic instructions, and repe1-
ling fnvasions- tt provided that these
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