Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-14
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which lasted until nearly midnight last
night.
The Adjutant General, who has been
in close touch with the War Depart
ment at Washington since the United
States severed diplomatic relations
disguise the concern he manifestly !
felt at what he bluntly described as
the military unpreparedness OF the
State and nation.
Now on Brink of War
He declared that the United States
was on the brink of war; that mo AM
erican knows what is going to happen
peXt, nor need be surprised IL the gov
ernment should be found impotent In !
case of war;"
we do not know when our soldiers
VIII be ordered into the trenches. III
we go to war, it will not be singly, for,
IL we do not join issues with the Allies,
where will we stand? We must get
ready not only to defend our own
shores from invasion but get ready
to send men abroad to help those with
whom we must ally ourselves IL we
are not to be found fighting alone in
some great crisis which the future now
has hidden from u.s."
The hearing at which the Adjutant
and other members of the State
Armory Board had previously agreed
that at least $4,000, 900 must be pro-
vided by the Legislature for the con-
struction and equipment OF adequate
quarters for the National Guard Of
Pennsylvania IL 1t was to be placed
upon basis of genuine military pre-
paredness.
The Adjutant General announced
that bill providing for such an ap-
preparation would be drawn up and
introduced in the Legislature at the
earliest possible moment. Senator
Buckman, of Bucks, chairman of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, sat
with Representative Woodward, of AL
legheny, chairman of the House APP
preparations, at the hearing.
Besides the Adjutant General, there
We're present Brigadier General AL
bert j. Logan, of Pittsburgh; Major
General Charles Bowman Dougherty,
of Wilkes-Barre; Brigadier General
William G.. Price, Jr.; Colonel Louis
A! Watres, of Scranton. former Lieu
tenant Governor of Pennsylvania; and
Colonel George c. Richards, all promi-
nent officers of the Guard and all
members of the Armory Board, of
which Governor Brumbaugh is the
president
Adjutant General Stewart cited facts
and figures to show that the govern
ment had already invested vast sums
to bring the National Guard of Penn
sylvania up to its present war strength
and that the State would be certain
to receive q substantial return upon
the S3,000,000 asked for in case the
Legislature provided that amount for
State armories and stabling accommo-
| dations for the government horses be-
longing to cavalry and artillery.
| He sounded a note of warning that
If the "call to arms" comes that no
State would require more real pre-
paredness than Pennsylvania if only
because of her great munitions making
and other industrial plants.
n. G. T.. Among the Best
| None of us can tell when some
body is going to do the most damnable
| things right in our own State" de-
clared the Adjutant General. Il have
only just received from a certain cor
poration information that it alone pos
sesses twenty eight magazines which
are veritable arsenals.
mo State is better prepared from a
military standpoint than Pennsylvania.
| I'VE should be proud of our Ma
tional Guard but we should take
proper care of it. These are serious
times and it behooves Pennsylvania to
set an example to the rest of the coun-
try in proving it's military prepared
ness. Upon such a State as ours the
national government depends. Let us
not be unworthy of her confidence in
us. She has shown that confidence in
the vast sum she has expended upon
our Guard. Why should we not do
our share?
eff our house is In danger the first
thing we do Is to care for It. We
might as we'll realize that we could
not afford, as q State or as a nation,
an Independent peace between the al
| lies and Germany. No greater MILL
RNiata than
country. In the event of war with
Germany we would have to not only
guard that prize but join with the al
lies In helping to make war.
General Dougherty, reading from q
letter from Major Moseley, u. s. A..
quoted that army officer as aging that
the National Guard of Pennsylvania
States army officers who saw it,"
ut is time to come up to the
scratch" said the General. "It is
time to serve notice on the rest of the
Union that Pennsylvania stands for
real military preparedness and is will
ing to properly house and care for her
citizen soldiery.. Why, the State of
New York has $26 100000 invested in
armories alone and / do not hesitate
to compare our Guard with hers"
AS the hearing DIRE VITO close, Sem
ator Buckman remarked that the State
must have money to appropriate be-
fore it can make appropriations"
I'VE trust that we will receive your
support in the event of our deciding
upon certain revenue measures in or
| der to meet urgent financial require
ments," asked the Senator.
You certainly will have mine and
that of every member of the Armory
Board" declared Adjutant General
stuart-and there the hearing closed.