Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-11
GARRISON MAKES THIRD
TO QUIT WILSON CABINET
continual from First Pn2el

tCOntlnhcu from faSc.D
day, suggcsting that If lie was not in
fundamental agreement with him on
army and Philippine legislation, he
could not with propriety" remain his
seeming representative in respect
thereto" Mr.. Garrison called on MIR.
Wilson to express his rnal determinu-
ton on both questions. 80 that l may
act adviscdly in the premises.
The President replied to-day admon-
fishing Mr.. Garrison in all of his utter.
anccs to draw very carefully the dis
tinction between your own individual
views and the views OF the admins
tration.'
| INTENDS TO ENGAGE
IN PRACTICE OF LAW
Mr.. Garrison thercupon immediately
wrote his resignation. AZ $40 this at
tcruoon President Wilson accepted it.
Mr. Garrison was then on j train bound
for New York. lie is understood TO
have told friends that he is out OF poll
the practice of law.
Assistant Secretary Breckenridge.
who had been fully advised of the cx-
listing differences OF opinion. submitted
his own resignation out OF loyalty to
in fun accord.
Ever aince Mr.. Ciarrison's proposed
military program has been before Con
gress. observers have seen tho breach
between the President and his Score
tary OF War grow. Mr.. Garrison has
stood firmly for a continental army OF
reserves. to he wholly under Federal
control as opposed to "a state militia
system. Representative James Hay, %
Virgin chairman OF the House Com
mittce on Military Affairs. has favored
the enlargement OF tn, militia under
Federal pay. Willie the President
originally approved Mr. !Ciarrson's plan
for continental army. lately he ha.
shown more and more sympathy with
Mr.. Hays ideas
In his letter yesterday MIR. Garrison
wrote:
II consider the reliance upon the mi
litia for national defense an unjustin-
ablo inpcriling OF the nations safety
] could not accept 1t or acGuiesce in IT."
GARRISON FIRST CLASSIFIED
WITH REPRESENTATIVE: HAY
Secretary Garrison FLASHED with Rep
! resentativc Hay long before he DIFF
fcred with the President himself To
begin with. Mr.. Garrison formulated
his military policy with the counsel
OF War Department officials, wholly
ignoring Chairman Hay. He devised
plan whereby reserve of civilians
, numbering 100000 would be raised.
minimizing the part of the State militia
IN the entire scheme OF national de-
! Tense. The President approved this en-
tire plan, as Mr.. Garrison took occas sion
20 remind him in the correspondence
just exchanged.
Rut Representative Hay. with the
. opening of Congress. presented II ten
tative draft OF a bill which. while pro-
Niding for the continental army. added
a clause providing for liberal Federal
pay FOR state militia. Provision also
was made to fcderaliZc the control OF
the militia i'll the event Of war Mir.
Hay from the outset was hostile to-
Garrison ana high officers OF the army
appeared at the committee hearings
almost unanimous in their denuncia-
ton Of the militia plan. Mr.. Garrison
contcnded that constitutional limita-
tons were such that there never could
lie anything like a liberalization of
the militia in any sense calculated to
promote its military efficiency. Spurrcd
, on by thci! chiefs example, high army
officers openly advocated compulsory
military service as the ultimate end.
should the continental army plan fail.