The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-04-22
THE PRIVATE ARMIES.


 The Pennsylvania railroad has it's own private armories and private guards ready for all emergencies. The investigation of the Industrial Relations Commission showed that. That is one form of preparedness and also serves to explain the anxi- ety for large army in this coun- try.
 Meantime the industrial chiefs gre taking no chances and we quote from the Army and Navy Journal of FeBruaryf5 to show that this con- dition is not quite rare:
 For various reasons am not at liberty to mention the name of the firm, says the writer of the article quoted from, "The guard is orga nized on military basis and con sist of a captain two senior liuete- nants and three junior lieutcnants, The men are divided into three com panies and each on duty for eighI consecutive hours. There are forty five posts including patrol. The du ties of the sentinels are governed Dg by the C. O. for sentinels of the United States Army, with such mo- diGcation8 as are necessary. TAe men are comfortably uniformed and have been 5fneularly free from sick ness dHe so exposure Pho discipline i5 scyaaa-mea aee d5seh rsed in- wadl7lalg for 3Jmheeesa. s..e#H2 on post. quitting post, smoking On u1st ate. rba men Ira nj a har- els rarfa.lg aaulrr .hg 4urua. Iasga. Are ua.f u.l lighted nH latel and has.as.. ..sI uaae.n e-s- N.niaaa.s, shower baths rae." aa rooms o.- nd.a e..aaa.l'. oI.#ea r.aHa.t a.d .aui.al "a. @
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 lou euAmy Navy and .@aTra Corps mon; for employment a w.. mist have served at least two r. u,.mants and must show "eTceHaEs d charges. Ar draa and fifty men we. ,...-.. u.. .tn.I second lieutenant Philippine Scouts, a warrant officer, |. s. Navy retired, from the army we have fourteen men with retired sergeant rank after thirty years service; two nine to twelve years service; three six to nine years; eighteen six to twenty-five years; thirty five corpo- rais and forty-tiye privates Oi former navy men we have one former Chief Master at Arms, twelve years; one master at arms first class twelve years and lesser ratings from four to sixteen years service. From the marine corps we have three sergeants and one corporal ot eight years service and eighteen privates with from eight to twenty years.
 That the company has been highly impressed with the mainly bearing reliability, alertness and general forcefulness of men who had mili- tary training the following will show: It has been recently consoli- dated with other large companies whose guards were composed entire ly of civilians and men supplied by the various detective agencies. These men are all being replaced by ex-service men. When Recruited up to Tireir Proposed Strength Of 600, They Will Form One Of The Ablest Amd Most Efficient Organizations Of Hts Skiud In The Cosntry".
 So far from the writer in the Army and Navy Journal.
 This organization of which he speaks is concerned with no national matter whatsoever, but the protec- tion of the dollars and cents of the companies. They are tho private rotainers of tho industrial ovH lords and paid by them. Now every case of violence reported within ths past five or ten years in labor troup-