Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-14
Jane Adams Opposed
10 Any Defense Plan
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q Onllnutu from rage Du'fJ
of the European war will he a re-
newod campaign for disarmament
said Miss Adams. "The United
States should await the conclusion OF
the war in order that it may go into
that movement with clean hands
Disarmament may be possibility if
the United States then has clean
hands 1t will be an lmpossibility
without that
Compulsory service.
Miss Addams said preparedness
agitation in the United states already
was having its effect on other nations
Many of the immigrants among whom
she works, she said, came to the
United States to escape military serV-
ice and were bewildorcd over the talk
of compulsory service,
General Bliss told the house com
mttee that American plants could
build two hundred aCroplancs month
and that there was no immediate
necessity of increasing the army air
craft fleet except to equip the new
aero squadrons proposed In the de-
partment's plans. He believed bal
anced organization with proper pro-
portions Of all arms of the service
was the vital need Of the army.
Replying to a question, General
Bliss said il was impossible TO deter
mine the relative value of the navy,
coast artillery or the mobile army in
any plan Of defense. 1t would be as
easy, he said. to decide which was
most necessary to the body, the heart
lungs or brain. He argued in behalf
of the war department plan TO add a
number of new regiments to the army
to make up the skeleton formations
Of the three infantry divisions con-
templatod as necessary by army cX-
perts.
Value OF Trained Men.
To Chairman Hays suggestion that
the 1000 additional men asked for
be added to existing organizations. the
general objected because, he insisted,
the skeletons Of an adequate army
We're essential to the proper handling
of recruits i'm time Of war. He said
he would rather command in war a
division i'm which all the arms were
represented i'm proper proportion of
units, although the units were at
peace strength and had to he filled out
with raw recruits than to lead an
unbalanced division of full strength
command
General Bliss endorsed the CONT
mental army plan fully and said he
had been unable i'm months of study
TO see any practical way of employ
ing the national guard to meet the
nations needs He disaDprOvcd sug-
gestions that the regular army be
concentrated at several large posts.
Nations Like Boys
Miss Addams' argument against in
creased army and navy appropria-
tiuns before the senate committee
brought forth a flood of questions.
Senator Fletcher asked whether
she believed it safe to assume there
would be disarmament after the war
She responded that no nation would
have enough money or men left TO
carry on another war senator
Thomas suggested Bulgaria and
Serbia were going through the third
war in short period of time.
Miss Addams remarked that nations
were like boys and that the boys with
knuCkles were the ones likely to get
into scraps. Senator Catron said he
was willing to assume that Germany
was the boy with knuckles, if she
would tell him what she would have
recommended TO France about throw
ing away its knuckles.
Plenty of Time.
There is naturally much sympathy
for France responded Miss Addams,
but our case is not analogous. We
have not had an enemy since 1872 It
will he time TO prepare when one
comes. If we think there is an enemy
in the orient, let us appoint a COM
mission to see how differences may be
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