Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
Chamberlain=Kahn Bill Denounced As PruSSian
 Revival Of Militarism
NOT TOLERATE THE DRAFT OF THEIR SONS-CLAIM FOUR MILLION VETERA MS ARE SUFFICIENT NEU- CIEUS FOR ARMY.

New York, Aug. 6.---Denouncfne &he Chamberlain Kahn bill for re- organization of the army as tending by oonscription to foist a Prussiar system on the United States. the Ma tiona1 Guard Association of the Unit. ed States, in conference at the 71s' Regiment armory, yesterday after noon sent the following telegram tt the members of the Senate and House Committee on Military Affairs:
 -Four million veterans of the great war are a sufficient nucleus for the organaizt1on of any army which may be required 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 hfnchcd In the face of the severest
 fire, and whose record of achieve ment stands as a guarantee of its ability to handle any situation which may confront it.
 'The Chamborlain-Kahn pill abol- ishes the citizen soldicry 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 ct enormous expense. the machinery for the establishment in America of that detestable Prussian system which is a.bhorrent to the American people.
 '-The League of Nations and the Chamberlain-K Kahn bill can never go hand in hand.
 Either the League of Nations is a mare and c delusion or there is no necessity for the passage of the Chamberlain-Kahn bill.
 The Chamberlain Kahn bill is the swan song of the General Staff. Fail ing utterly in its efforts to secure necessary recruits for the regular army it now attempts in time of 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 even in Russia should the military dictator created by the pro- visions of this vicious bill determine that the emergency demanded it.
 Crcates an Olignrchy.
 ''T-he Chamberlain Kahn bill de- stroys and places a stigma upon the citizen soldiery which bore tho brunt of fighting as shock troops, and ere ates O centralized military oligarchy with dangerous potentialities for po- litical abuse, and the destrution of the Freedom wn1Cn IS vltsll to the ex- istence of the country.
 Therefore the National Guard As- soctation of the United States. through its officers, executive and legislative committees fin 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 Kahn bill"
 The Chamberiain-Kah bill provides that 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, or demobilization.''
 If a man enlists in the National Guard he is freed from reserve duty. The Guard, however, ceases to be an overseas force and its members may never be required to serve more than three months in any one year. The danger of this provision, as Guard officers see it. is that a man who en- listed in the Guard under such cir would be likely to be branded as a draft dodger.
 The guard conference will now take up a discussion of the proposals of of War Baker for a three months universal service plan. Indi- cations are that Mir. Bakers plan will be opposed.