The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-29
BOOST PLANS To
HELP CH|CKASHA
GET GUARD UNIT
Fighting Patsy" o'NeIl strona for
National Guard and American
Legion In Talk Given Here
Saturday Night.
OTHER SPEAKERS STRESS
IMPORTANCE OF BATTERY
Takes Either Big Standing Army or
Efficient National Guard TO De-
fend Country. Is Statement:
Movement Helped.

'fNffNts
The United States must malntali
either a large standing army or
strong National Guard organization
This contention was stressed a
The National Guard-American Leglol
booster rally held Saturday nigh
IN the ilj block on north Fourtl
street Speakers were col. pats,
o-'eii AdintantGenenl 'Chas. Bar
ieit. OF the Oklahoma Natlona
Guard Major Whitney. OF the ord
nance department. and Hon. jed J.
Johnson OF Walters. member OF the
state senate and champion of the
American Legion interests in that
branch of the state legislature. Ma.
Jor Orval Johnson and Col. II. b.
Markham. who were billed to speak
were unable to reach Chickasha in
time for the affair.
Patsy Pleads for Legion.
Fighting Patsy" first speaker on
the program, made strong plea for
the American Legion and National
Guard, pointing out that both are
essentials. Anyone eligible for mem.
bership in the American Legion and
who fails and refuses to affiliate
with same, is Stacker He may
not have been during the world war.
hut he is today II he refuses to join
the Legion he said.
D'Neil related many instances he
encountered during the war and de-
clared that ii was not necessary to
lead or push the Texas-O Oklahoma
troops on the field of battle. Hold
'em back was the problem" he said.
Col. O'neil was the only American
general injured in the world war.
He stated Saturday night that he
was wounded while chasing down
troops to give them the halt com.
Inaad and stop their death-defying
onward march
Col. O'neil discussed the need of
a strong National Guard organiza.
tion in the state and set forth that
such was necessary to meet the
situation brought about by the dis
armament program.
N. G. Protection Cheaper
The purposes of the National Guard
wer discussed by Adjutant-General
Barrett who pointed cut that the
cost of maintaining the National
Guard was Just one fourth of the
amount necessary to maintain the
same number of standing army men,
Some of the features Of the National
Guard were outlined by Adjutant.
General Barrett as follows:
Members of the various units are
not removed from their vocations
and commercial production.
The training is beneficial to the
young man.
The National Guard helps main
tain law and order and protects the
home and property.
Big decreases in the strength of
the standing army makes the need
of the National Guard more apparent.
Nations who realize the United
States have large numbers of train
ed men who could rush to defense
Of the flag would not wage war on
America.
Support of the officers who are
organizing the service unit here was
urged by the AdjutahtGeneral.
Walters Law-Maker Talks
A short talk was made by Hon.
Jed ]. Johnson of Walters, state
senator from Cotton-Comanche coun-
ty district and champion of the Amer
lean Legion interests in the upper
house of the eighth Oklahoma legis-
lature.
Johnson openly condemned con-
gress for having failed to provide
care and attention for the disabled
soldiers. Partisan politics entered
into the issue, and. as result, moth
ing was accomplished, he said.
The Walters law-maker outlined
the benefit to be derived from the
state soldiers hospital bill and the
progress that is being made toward
the erection of the hospital for the
dependent veterans. Fifty thousand
dollars appropriated for the benefit
of children, wives or mothers of
dependent ex-service men is now
available, he said.
Johnson sang two songs in French,