The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-26
ROTAR|ANS HOLD A
ROUS|NG HOLIDAY
LUNCHEON TODAY
DR. Clark, of the University Of
New Mexico Delivers an Inter
esting Address on Mobilization
of American Scientists.

The Rp,arians held grand holiday
rally today and much ~ the time az
the weekly luncheon held at the Al
yurado WIS given over 10 renewing
acquaintance dimmod by the long in-
fluenza quarantine
Dr David X. Boyd Of the university.
was ordered To Introduce every Ro-
tartan present and give his address
and was able To do 4 successfully. Dr.
l.. : Peters was assigned the task of
naming the absent Rotarlans and of
stating whore they were This pro-
duccd some rather astonishing infor-
nation.
A committee on "A permanent sol
dicrs' memorial was announced 10
work with other organizations Inter
ested ia the same thing. The person
mel Of the committee lE y. 7. Chase,
chairman. Ivan Grunsfeid. A. H. Me
Millcn. Or. David H. Boyd. Paul q.
Rodington.
g. NJ Barber. chairman Of The com.
mittee appointed 20 work with tho
Chamber Of Commerce on the propo.
sition OF locating big labor SAINT
tnTium In Albuquerque turned In n
very interesting report, the details OF
which are not a. yet for general pub
licatlon While in the east, Mr. Bar
Der visited Detroit ana other manu-
featuring ccnters and had personal in.
terylcws with some of ,he largest labor
employers In those centors.
Tho speaker OF the day was Pro-
fessor John y. Clark OF the University
of New Mexico who read a very able
paper on the mobilization ~ American
scl"utlsts for the war Dr. ciark's
paper was particularly interesting
when viewed from the stnndpo NJ OF
the permanent Hcientific progress
made by American and the lasting
results that will accrue from the thor
ough arousing Of Americas latent sell
entific resources
Among the guests present wera
Lieut. Y \ S,aab OF New York city.
Lieut. =. !. Ach of Dayton. O.. II. 7.
Bowen of Atlanta, Ga. ] II Newell.
formerly ~ Albuquerque and now OF
Las Cruces. and Harold &. Perry and
+ Pitt Ross. both OF Albuquerque
Or Clark delivered the following
address az the luncheon;
T Mobilization OF American Scientists
4 Fifty years ago leaders In Germany
began planning on a war. We are
familiar with the evidence which IN
shows this so clearly and most Of Us
have read, al least extracts. from the
writing Of Frohenius, Treitschke, and
Eernhardi.
In 1915 this country showed tho
first evidence that IL feared war might
be thrust upon H. During the sum .
met and early fall % thai year. the
naval consulting board took a census
~ the industries Of tho country. from
the point of vicw of what these In
I fuatrles could do ~ csse ~ war. That
We were wholly unprepared ~ wei
known The extreme Illustration OF
this ~ seen from the report of Major
Herman. who showed that n We were
90 depend on tho sources Tor making
cannon which existed a. that time. 10
would 'ahe ua thirty five years 90
cure enough artillery % begin modern
warfare.
Recent reports from the war depart
mcnt tell ~ that five hundred guns
per month We're being turned out IN
November. and that two thousand per
month would be forthcoming in June,
That the situation could be 80
changed ln 50 short a time is due n
the mobilization OF the men Of science
ana the industries. and IL h with this
rapid assembling and active advance,
ment OF our technical resources that
am 20 deal. / viii confino my re.
marks largely 10 one of the numerous
branches. the chemical. for this 4.
truly typical, even u u Is the mos,
remarkable In itg development. I shat
not burden you with figures or sta.
tistics though ! hope that the slsni.
ficanee OF the few figures which ID