Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-01


1 u want the congress Of the Tnite
states 10 do great deal for the ma
tional gunrd. but / do not see how IN
| congress Of the United States can pu
the national guard at the disposal O
| The nation, therefore II seems absQ
| mtcly necessary that In addition I
| the national guard there should be
considerable body Of men " som
training ~ military. who are willln
to pledge themselves to come at III
call of the nation. ] have been tot
by those who have "a greater knacl
&C guessing statistics than | have. tina
there are probably several million mel
IN the United States who either IN thi
country or IN other countries iron
which they have come to the tnitc'
States. have received training In arms
II may be. l do not know, and | sus
pect they don't either, but even II |
be true. these men are not subject (,
the call Of the federal government
'They would have to be found
They would have 10 be induced to en-
list. they would have to be organized
Their numbers are Indefinite, and the.
would have 10 be equipped. Such arr
not the material which we need. w,
want to know who the men are, ant
whore they are. and hnye everything
ready for them II they should come e
our assistance. for we have now Rol
down. not to the sentiment OF nationa
defense, but to the business Of ma.
itional defense. II IL a business prop.
POSITION aud II must be treated as
Isuch
There are abundant prcccdents foI
THE proposals which have been made
Ito congress Even that arch-demo.
Icrat, Thomas Jefferson, believed that
there ought 20 be compulsory military
trimming for the adult men Of the ma
lion because he believed, as every true
believer in democracy believes, that II
Is upon the voluntary action Of the
men Of great nation like this that
| il must depend for It's military force,
No Doubt as 20 Result.
There Is another misrepresentation
THAT / want to remove from your
minds. DON'T think that | have come
! to talk 10 YOU about these things be-
onuse / doubt whether they are go-
ling To be done or not: / don't doubt il
I for n momont---but 1 believe that
iwhen great things Of this sort are
going to be done the people Of this
leouniry are entitled to know Just
what IL being done Az friend Of
mine said i am not arguing with
you, | am telling YOU ! am not try
iing 70 convert you to anything because
/ / know IN your hearts you are con-
vertcd already Hut / want YOU To
know the motive for what Is proposed
and the character of what Is pro-
posed IN order that We should have
only one attitude and counsel with re-
gard To this great matter
1T ~ being very sedulonsly spread
abroad IN this country that the i'm
pulse back of all this ia the desire Of
the men who make the materials Of
war TO get money out OF the treasury
Of the United States. / wish the people
that say that could see some things
Ike this Did you come here for
that purpose2 Did you come here be-
cause you were Interested TO see some
Of your fellow citizens make money
tout OF the present situation OF
course YOU did not. am ready TO
admit that probably the equipment of
those men whom we are training Will
have to be- bought from somebody ana
know II the equipment IL bought
will have to be paid Tor. and | dare
say that somebody will make some
money out Of II.
III IL also true that there are men
now. "A great many men in the bell
lgerent countries. who are growing
rich out Of the sale Of the materials
needed by the armies Of those coun-
tries. If the government itself does
not manufacture everything that an
army needs, somebody has got to
make money out Of It, ana J. for my
part, have been urging the congress
Of The United states to make the ncces.
sary preparations by which the gov
eminent can manufacture armoi
plate and munitions SO that being in
the business itself and having the
ability ta manufacture all That II
needs If IL is put upon in business
arrangements IL can at any rate keep
the price That II pays within a mod
crate aud reasonable limit.
Tho government of the United
States Is not going TO be imposed upon
by anybody and you may rest assured,
therefore. that while believe you pre-
fer the private capital and the private
initiative should btstir themselves In
these matters, you will nevertheless
believe that Il is also possible and ]
assure YOU that it is most likely, that
the government of the United States
win have adequate means Of controll-
INK this matter very thoroughly in
deed. So there need be no fear on
that side. Let nobody make you sup
nose TINT is a money making agitation.
! would for one. be ashamed to be
such dune as 20 be engaged In it II
II had any suspicion Of that type.
Not 80 Innocent.
hut | am not as innocent as ! look
and believe that | can say for my
colleagues, in Washington, that they
are Just az watchful in such matters
as you would desire them to be,
"Now there Is another misappro-
hcnslon that | do not wish you to en-
terrain. Don't suppose that there is
any new or sudden or recent made
quaey on the part OF this government
with respect to preparation for ma
tiuhN defense.
Il have heard some geeltmen say
that We have no coast defenscs worth
talking about because defenses are
not nowadays advertised, you under
stand and they are not visible TO the
matted eve SO that il you passed
them ANA nothing exploded, you would
not know that they are there. And the
coast dofvnses Of the United States,
~ nllg Unf uunarpuo gnourh are