Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-16
Finds 2,34e Delegates Eligible.

j Finds 2,34e Delegates Eligible.
| There are 2.349 delegates eligible to
seating and to vote in the congress, it
was announced by Mrs. Eliza Ferry
Leary. chairman Of the credentials
committee. OF 1873 chapters of the
D. A. R.. Mira Leary stated that five
! have Joined since March i and are not
entitled to alternates; four others are
not entitled to vote. and Pa chapters
failed to make report to the credentials
committee.
| Mrs. Lewis. as chairman of the pro-
gram committee, offered the program.
as printed, fo=~acceptance Proceeding.
! she said that II was her hope that the
great organization of the D. A. r. will
| stand behind the men of the nation
| ''ard show what we mean by being d.
! A. r.
She urged that the members of the
| D. A. r. sink their pride of different
| opinion and recognize the duty TO assist
| men with all their power of service
with intensity of enthusiasm. She sug
! Eested that the task generally present
| cd 10 to minister to the wants and needs
OF those at the front and help them
| Of lack Of provision against hunger or
| disease or wounds.
| AT the close of the morning session
| Mrs. Lewis made motion to recon-
!
the purpose Of eliminating the banquet
planned for Wednesday night. It was
explained that the banquet was planned
before . condition Of war had been de-
Duet Is untimely in view of the ma
tional crisis found unanimous approval.
Afternoon Session.
| Light the fires Of universal military
| training under this great melting pot
and we will fuse the varying elements
| Of our population and teach the world
that we are a nation indeed"
| Applause greeted this utterance of
Lieut.. Gen. S. B. NJ Young, T. s. A., re-
this afternoon before the D. A. r. Con-
gress, speaking to the theme ''Univer-
sal Military Training"
Gen. Young is president of the Ma
tional Association for Universal Mill
tary Training. The president general
Of the d. A. R.. Ms Story. has put the
| order on record before Congress as in
| favor of universal training.
| We win never have nation In the
highest sense OF the word until all
eur citizens render equal national serv-
| Gen. Young recited the fact that the
Constitution enunciated the principles
OF universal service. and that the ia
theirs of the nation proceeded to put
universal service into effect by the en-
| actment Of the old militia act. This
act provided that every able bodied cit
izen between the ages of eighteen and
forty-hvs should attend muster.
Demands of Old Militia Act.
] "In the old militia act" commented
Gen. Young. I'VE made greater demands
upon the citizen than any other coun-
/ try ever made or than Is proposed in
any bill pending before Congress. in
that 1t required him to furnish his own
uniform, ammunition ana arms, and If
in the mounted service he was requir-
cd to furnish his own horse.
"Our military problem Ia the same
today as 1t was hundred years ago,
simply because no permanent system
Of national defense. no national mill
| tary policy ever has been provided.
"Nationalize the old militia" he
urged. land organize 1t under law pro-
viding for modern military force. and
the question of securing a body of
trained citizen soldiers will be solved,
fn word, let US go back to the princi-
Piles of the Constitution and the mill
tary system advocated by Washington
and Jefferson"
| Program of Exercises.
The afternoon session began at .
O'Clock. The president general. Mrs.
Story; E. M. Wentworth. president gen
Ter National Society, Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution; NJ J. J. Jusserand, am
hassador Of France. and Newell B.
Wentworth, past president general. 8.
A. P. made addresses. A portrait of
the president general painted by ].
Campbell. was presented. Mrs. Simon
Haruch made the address Of prssenta-
tion. An invocation was pronounced
lby Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. and the
benediction was asked by Rev, John
Britain Clark.
The exercises were intensely pa
Itriotic THE Star Spangled Banner"
with Accompaniment by Erin Ballard.
III. F. IL Bowie sang The Story of Old
WAS sung by Mrs. Florence A, Otis.
who also sang Moonlight. Starlight"
Several scandinavian folk sonss were
sung by Miss Phillips.
D. A. r. NOTES.
| ~. Eliza Forry Y.Aary chairman al