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Home Guard Chief
Tells of His Life
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orders. and not his superior as Mills
had previously stated.
COULD NOT BE CALLED
out Of Civilian Director Mowt2 3 own
mouth II was further developed that he
drew mp the scope and plan of the re-
organization enrolment blanks which
so clrcumscribc~ the activities of the
reserve that in the widest imagination
they could not be called out for effective
service unless martial law were declared,
aud then under the oath Of enrolment
they would not be Obliged to respond
Members enrolled. Il is agreed, upon the
distinct understanding and condition,
THAT the reserve Is intended to he an
auxiliary police force, and is created
t. serve solely IN ease OF an cmcr-
Eeucy which might threaten the lives
and property of the citizens of phila-
delphia and their families requiring
the pr"Scnc" Of large part ot the
uniformed police force ~ particular
section Of the city IN winch event
the members Of the reserve shall pa
troll the beats of their rcspertiv" dis.
tricts and divisions temporarily va
Gated by the uniformed policemen and.
IN case of urgent necessity, Shall tenn
porarily serve ps an auxiliary police
't' ans where within tl. INIT Of
h, c.jr Of ph had Dhla. and rruder
such assistance under the command
80 ttClr superior ON 'rrS rs The nNl-
s1ncH may demand"
'..u.r D...'o. Nowtz ,oif,s.as TO
authorship Of this restrictive clause in
the enrolment which virtually bars the
=, H. H. Il. from any duty whatsoever,
because not even the most dyspeptc pes
slmist can conceive OF war situation
which would render The rolicc ineffective
and the military not called out TO pre-
serve law and order
Should such situation develop It
might be expected that the r. H. u. II.
would get into action 70 perform mill
tarE and provost marshal duty. But
they canuct be cNprctcd to do any such
thing, for the regulations drawn up by
Mr.. Nowit2, civilian director. specifically
state:
They can be summoned for cmer-
/ EcncN uNtE only by the Mayor of tho
I city Of Philadelphia through their duly
constituted officers, ana cannot bc
called as an organization by any State
/ or Federal officer or authority, or be
, required to do military or political
duty by reason of their membership i'm
tho reserve.
These regulations aro promulgated
over the names OF William B. Mills, act.
ing colonel y. II. u. H., and Arno u
MoWit2. civilian director, L. II. d
WONDER At MAYORS SILENCE
Many Interested persons, friends OF
the home dCfenSe-as Il started out tc
be, and rs many of its patriotic mem
berS still wish II TO he a genuinely con
stitutcd medium for municipal defense
are wondering why Mayor Thomas B
Smith has taken SO little interest ant
has apparently delegated all his author
ity, carelcssly or otherwise
The determination Of an emergency
Is a vital question which remains a mys
terry.
1t came out I'm the nature Of n NOR,
or less reminiscent talk of Civilian hi
rector Nowtz. who. as has been said
is n lawyer by profession, as well as :
hosiery manufacturer in Kenslngton
that Mr. Mowitz has had military ex
perienCe to NJ him for hts new duties
ilc was STUDENT In military school il
Germany when a boy. lie continued.
MY activity in the Home Defense Re
serve is purely Of an organizing anC
. civilian character, and when Gcorg,
Wentworth Carr stepped out last fail
Just happened to lead in the reorganiza
ton Of the reserve, and so became civil
ian director
MOWtTI BORN IN GERMANY
40, | never belonged to the stat,