The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-25

army BWEAK
Chief Of staff Says American
MilitaryFOrce Does Not Com
pare With Turks
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lean soil, and General Scott produced
tho figures Of experts showing tim,
Italy could land $1,000 men In two
weeks and follow that with los. OOC
I more in as short time.
What would happen 20 the frst
1 T2,0Q0l Y asked Mr.. Anthony
I wF'Onee, on shore and established thew
would be safe TO hold out TIL the next
! contingent arrived, y. General Scott re-
pied. Equipped with the proper ar,
tillery, they would be quite secure. II
would be 20 trouble for the transport,
70 bring any number Of guns and
munitions.
He then read the estimate 10 aho,,
that Germany could land 3S7. 900 mar
In the first fifteen DAYS and 4l0.0N
more every thirty days ,therea .ster. with
full supplies. Mr.. Anthony fell back
on disbelief. ...,. ~ a, N
q must express doubt a. IN An.
length Of time and MS 10 the 6yures h
he said. ssAt anv rate 7 haltes,a ",
should nave at least sixty days warn.
ing And Youldn t any European pow.
ef be taking an extremely shazardous
rsk IN landing forces on the soil 81
TINS free and vigorous peoplefU
MOI Equal toeTurkey
81 don't think Germany, or anv ~
those countries think IL much Of 4 yisl,
10 send troops to the United States. =
replied General Scott. ~, 49,
'Couldn't we do as well az Turkey
has against the British invasion9,p
representative Shallenberger interrupt.
ed. g.. ''s1fEf
"No; wes haven't nearly as, large n
force as Turkey, -. said the general Z
Earlier in the hearing General SEAT
had given the figures Of the force nee.
essary for defense. II had previously
been stated that 100000 men would be
necessary to hold the coast while the
strength of the country was being
mobilized. Representative Littlepage
asked how many officers would be need
ed in case of war.
mot less than 10000 or 10000, -
was the answer.
And how many menf',
Between 100000 and. 1000. 900
Not for the. peace organization, but in
time of war we would have TO have
nearly 100000 men or accept disas.
terri g'Na ~"
Representatite shallenberuer brought
out that the cost of! the American army
is much higher than those in Europe,
General Scott explaining that il was
largely because the European troops
serve as Patriotic duty, with little
pay.lg Z ...N4htr-. AK
aDo you favor universal servicef',
the Representative asked. ), X,
Fayors Universal Service Z. ,iy,,g (
Z ~ Yes, :. declared the general. q mat
would make Il more equitable, and nut
an equal burden on every citizen. 1T
would be a Fundamental benefit in peace
or war!''H r.. -. tFs 4t,.t. - .1gt
Isn't this plan intended TO bring
about universal service9', u.s. :
An countries have, come to It. Even
England is coming to itsnow.s,sE y
The national guard question was
taken up by members Of the committee
who are guardsmen. Replying to Rep
resentative Quinn, the general declared
that when he began the study of the
problem he had believed that the ma
tional guard could be used, but as he
went into II he became convinced that
constitutional Limitations prevented
this and the plan, had to be abandoned.
Representative Gordon asked whether
the power of congress to prescribe the
discipline for the militia would not
make it possible to build it into an
effective force. ,ry-,.,.., =, O.
Congress can; prescribe, but cannot
enforce said the general sssThere
would be nothing even, to prevent, the
states from mastering out their troops
in case of war which they didn't like.
The, United States would be trusting its
honor and safety to something it could
not control" 49,,