The Washington herald., 1916-05-01
BAILEY SCORES
Big ARMY men
Says Recruiting at Present
Can't Keep Pace with
Desertlons.
ANTI-WAR LEAGUE MEETS
Sulloway. Texas Demo-
crat. Charges Wilson Makes Cam
paign Capital Of War Scare.

Nearly one-ffth Of all the men who
enlist in the United States army desert
before their terms of enlistment expire,
declared Representative Warren Worth
Bailey, of Pennsylvania, yesterday aft
ernoon at the meeting OF the AntiWar
League at Mount Vernon Place Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. I'm recent years,
nearly 5000 men have become deserters
from the American forces.
Shall we turn out more criminals than
we are now doing by having a larger
army than the present one? II we can
not recruit fast enough now to make
up for desertions, then how can we en-
large the army except by compulsory
military service?
Are you ready TO sign the death war
rant Of this free people? Militarism has
always been this death warrant in the
history Of nations. There Is subtle
poison in this preparedness agitation
which is breaking down our national
spirit"
Representative Bailey regretted that
much of what he called the lingo talk
Is coming from pulpits and then asked
the audience Of 500 persons of whom this
nation is afraid and who is threatening
it, He quoted President Wilson as hav-
ing stated that the United states is in
no danger.
Nation Gone Mad with Fear.
Rev. Martin L. O'Donoghue. OF the
Glenarm CMdJ Roman Catholic Church
told the audience that miltarism is mere
" nation gone mad with fear
I'VE always knew the preparedness
aEitators were money-grabbers,' de-
clared Father ODonoghue, and men
who will try to blind the eyes OF the
American people with war scares are
not citizens OF this country, either hy-
phenated or otherwise. We have nothing
to fear from any other country. and the
United States does not like the ideas
being expressed by these agitators. There
will be no war with a foreign nation.
We are prepared, but this preparation
Is for the purpose OF not making our
selves slaves"
Representative Oscar Galloway. Of
Texas, a member of the House Naval
Affairs Committee, stated that he would
never argue with a man who had his
reasons in his pocket instead Of his
head. and that this was the condition of
the preparedness men.
"I am against a military establish
ment for ACKNOWLEDGMENT, but do be-
lieve in an army TO protect US from in
vasion," said Mr. Galloway.
He said that Hudson Maxim was the
prime mover in the preparedness agi-
tation, but that this was because Mr..
Maxim WlSned TO enTlCn MS pockets Win
$50 OO0,O 600 by the sale of 5oo, 5000 pounds
Of smokeless powder to the United
States.
Former President Roosevelt always
gets on the back OF any seemingly popu-
lar question, and this preparedness talk
has offered him q mount" stated the
speaker. Now, r. r. is as much out
of the ordinary as to cause people to
travel miles to see him. just like they
will go similar distances to see a two
headed COW.
Democrat CrIticises Wilson.
THE President should so fiji his office
that when election time rolls around he
could be reelected without taking up
such causes as war scares," asserted
Mr.. Galloway. He said he knew that
President Wilson and Secretary Daniels
are engaged in this prepa redness cam
paign to choke off the effect of what Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Maxim are saying.
Rev. l. Morgan Chambers. Of Nc
Kendree NJ. E. Church, and Rev E. X.
Hardin. of the Mount Vernon Place NJ.
f. Church, also spoke Senator Varda-
man, of Mississippi. was not present.
Zinc production Of the United States
during 1915 amounted to $4,000 tons