Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-15
military NIGHT
HELD BY c. OF c.
Preparedness Championed
by Congressmen-Business
Concerns Get Certificates.

| Necessity for adoption by the United
! preparedness as a safeguard against
future wars was urged by Senator
! Wadsworth of New York, chairman OF
the Senate committee on military af-
! fairs. and Representative Kahn OF
California;. chairman of the House
, military committee. at the military
! night of the Chamber Of Commerce:
! in the large ballroom of the Willard
Hotel last night.
! Recently I had occasion to inves-
! tigate the total appropriations of the
government since the Inauguration of
George Washington said Senator
! in the period between that time and
the present our appropriations have
aggregated approximately $6S,000,-
O00. OF that stupendous sum 81 out
of every So have been spent for war
or to pay the bills of war: and yet we
call ourselves peaceful people"
Scores L. s. Delay.
Delay of an entire year in getting
our armies into the field in France
after the United States entered the
world war. he said. was directly due
to our policy of unpreparedness and
the national aversion to anything re-
sembling plan for universal military
training. Modern conditions, he de-
clared, made war a grim and CHASTITY
business. but 2 business nevertheless
and the sooner the people of the coun-
try realized that fact and established
safeguards against war in business
like way the sooner the United States
would be in position where other
nations would realize the danger Of
attacking us.
Representative Kahn, in his talk,
urged general support for measures
practically ready for presentation in
Congress establishing a definite pro-
gram OF national preparedness against
future wars. Isolation, he declared.
no longer exists in these days of
wireless communication. aerial trans
portation and murderous armament
To-day. my friends. he declared.
solemnly. mo nation in the world
may take refuge behind a Chinese
wall of isolation and remoteness No
nation among all the peoples of the
world is today the sole arbiter of its
own destinies. our own included"
Charles Grekelow, exalted ruler of
the Elks Lodge of Philadelphia. a
guest at last nights meeting, called
on by President Robert n. Harper.
presiding. for an extemporaneous
talk, spoke in a patriotic vein in sup
port of some policy that would render
the United States at least relatively
safe from attack by any foreign
power.
Concerns Get Certificates.
Preceding the addresses forty-one
commercial concerns doing business
in this city were presented with War
Depa rtment certificates of meritorious
service during the world war. The
presentations We're by Col. w. o.
Rivers. commanding officer at Fort
Myer. who acted for the Secretary
of War. and Maj. Gen. Bullar, in COM
mand of the Department of the East.
The concerns thus honored were:
American Bridge Company. Ameri-
can Radiator Company. American
Rolling Mills Company. Asbestos Gov
ering Company, Asher Fireproofing
Company( Barker & Ross. George NJ.
Baker Company, j. Baumgarten and
Cunningham Plumbing Supply Com
pany. A. B. Dick Company. Double
day-Hill Electric Company. r. E. Du-
vail & Co., G. w. Forsberg, Galliher
& Huguely. Harry J. Giclas. Grove
Lime and Coal Company. Hires-Tur,
Company. ]. w. Hunt Company & Nc
Cambridge. F. p. May, ]. A. Messers
& Co. Murray Brothers, E. J.
Murphy Company. George F.
, Mnth s,eD,v CO.. Nst On 4 P Ese
Lumber Company. Potomac Lumber
Company. Hugh Reilly Company.
Rosslyn Steel and Cement Company,
Rudolph & West. f. G. Schafer & Co.
Shull Company. Inc. Thomas Somer-
VILE Company. Southern Building
Supply Company. Southern Millwork
Manufacturers Emergency Bureau,
Typewriter Company. L.
:. steel Products Company and the
Washington Stair and Ornamental
Iron works.
The Fort Myer Band furnished mu-
sic during the meeting, which con-
cluded with an elaborate buffet sup
per.