The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-06

New York, Aug. 6.---Denounc1ng the Chamberlain-Kahn bill for re- organization of the army as tending by conscription to foist Prussian system on the United States, the Ma tional Guard Asso riation of the Unit ed States, in conference at the 1lst Regiment armory, yesterday after noon sent the following telegram to the members of the Senate and House Committee on Military Affairs:
 -Four million veterans of the great war are a sufficient nucleus for the organaiztion of any army which may be require5 for some time to come.
 "The American people will not tol- crate the ruthless abandonment of a policy which created great civilian army which answered the call, never finched in the face of the severest fire, and whose record of achieve ment stands as a guarantee or US al !lity to handle any situation which may confront 1t.
 Abolishes Citizen Army.
 'The ChamberIain-Kahn Dill abol- ishes the citizen soldiery of the Unit cd States which public sentiment de- mands shall be the backbone of its military strength: and, at a. time when the people are struggling under the burden of excessive taxation, creates at enormous expense. the machinery for the establishment in America of tInt detesta ble Prussian system which is abhorrent to the American people
 The League of Nations and the Charaberlain-Kahn bill can never go hand in hand.
 Either the League of Nations Is snare and c. delusion or there is no necessity for the passage of the ! Cha Kahn bill.
 1 The Chamberlain Kahn bill is the i swan song of the General Staff. Fail ! ing utterly in it's efforts to secure necessary recruits for the regular army it now attempts in time or 1 peace under the guise of a universal service bill to resort to conscription. and to seize from their homes the youth of America for service in the regular army in the Philippines, in | Hawaii, in Porto Rico, in the Canal Zone and oven in Russia should the | military dictator created by the pro- [ visions of this vicious bill determine that the emergency demanded 1t.
 Creates an Oligarchy.
 The Chamber1ain-Kahn bill de- stroys and places q stigma upon the citizen soldiery which bore the brunt of fighting as shock troops, and ere ates a centralized military olfgarchy with dangerous potentialities for po- Utical abuse, and the destrution of the freedom which is vital to the ex- istence of the country.
 Therefore the National Guard As- sociation of the United States through its officers, executive and legislative icomnlittees in conference assembled, representing that great body of citi- zen soldiers whose record of efficiency entities it to the fullest measure of support, opposes the passage of the Standardization bill"
 | The Chamberlain-K Kahn bill provides Ithat every male citizen from IS to 26 years of age may be called upon at any time to serve six months in the army and for such further time as
 may be necessary for enrolment mobilization or demobilisation."
 If a man enlists in the National
 Guard he is freed from reserve duty
 The Guard, however, ceases to be ar
 overseas force and it's members may
 hover be required to serve more thar three months in any ppe year. The Idanger of this provision, as GT1nEd
 omcsrs ess C, is that . 1aa wAs so-