The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-27
Will Be Used to Guard In- duStries or Other Property
 That Might Be Endanger- ed By Internal Disorders.
One of the Important Matters the Cabi- net Will Discuss at the Meeting To- day Will Be the Advancement of Money and Credits to One or All of the Entente Allies.

cuss the matter and no explanation was forthcoming from any other source that fixed the action as more than d question of administrative rou- | tine
 MT. Baker took occasion during the day to confirm the impression that the government is planning to deal | liberaly with German or other foreign i subjects resident in the United States ! Ill the event oof war. He was asked specifically if the war department was negotiating with the interior depart ment for sites for nternment camps.
 There is no such plan in contem- plation," he replied All resident aliens who are obedient to our laws will be perfectly safe from interfer- ence'
 Asked if that applied to German army reservists, the secretary said:
 'It applies to everybody who is here or wio may be permitted to come here end who behaves in accordance with cur laws while here
 In other quarters i, was indicated that German residents might be regis. tered in the event of war in order that tho government could have sOm9 knowledge of their movements and make certain that no persons guilty oi misconduct shall escape justice.
 Another phase of national prepared ness prompted Mir Baker to voiun. teer a suggestion as to the course which men and women who are sees. ing an opportunity to serve their coun- try might follow. Every day has brought several score letters to his resk asking how personal service might be rendered.
 MT. Baker pointed out that the regular army. national guard ana oi- ficers' reserve corps offered opportuni. ties to men who desired military se-y- lee. The reserve, he explained, of fered a wide field of choice, since the staff corps divisions were composed of men specially trained in. civil life form in war times.
 In addition to this, the secretary added the mobilization of national resources being conducted by the Council of National Defense furnished every man engaged in business or trade with a way to place his serv. ices at the nations disposal The pan being worked out, he added, was the coordination of every industry so that the government through small com mittee or organization could put it's hand upon any part of the widespread activities, He urged that men get into touch with their associates in trade so that the committee groups would be able to speak for all ele- ments oi any trade or industry when the time came for government service.
 For women the secretary suggested their utilization with the local agen- cies organized 10 enroll the woman power of the nation The National Security League the National Woman Suffrage Association and the National Association or Womeu's Clubs, nc said, were all engaged tn this work, and the defense council to which their services have been offered has been SC arranged that each snail cover separate sphere
 As to the place skilled labor shall fill in tbe movement. Mir Baker said the department Q labor and the civil service commission were cooperating ln securing such men for the govern ments arsena s and navy yards Any mechanic seeking place in the pre- paredness program, he added. could readily find his opportunity through either of these agencies.
 Mrs. John Hays Hammond and Mrs William K. Harcourt of New York offered and Secretary Daniels accept cd today the services of the Militia of Mercy to assist the families of such naval militiamen as may be called into service. The Militia of Mercy Is an organization of women who recently cared for children in New York crippled by infantie paralysis