New-York tribune., 1922-07-02

But IN January there was some
thing appeared in the papers stating
that we now had over 1000 resertcs,
irC am not surc whore u Was .H'-
liahCd: but. a. any saic, u was
brought O. the Scrr.'ary's n;ieHiioH'
and hr sai that Dr. H1ric4 thc en-
roiimcnt stopped. Tie said, we have
got enough mon now. We ha
got enough men tor n year OK
course. we told him what our nc'c'
were, and that wc did not have
CROUCH mon: that We were Just on
peace basis. and wc were short about
/ 600 reserve officers and $4,000 re-
serve mon and wc ought 90 hump II
along and enroll just as fast as we
could and gct these people IN. lie
said. "No. want 10 stopped
Tho Chairman Who said that no
wanted 10 stopped?
Captain paimcr-The Secretary.
Tho Chairman said tnai he
wanted the enrolment stopped
Captain Palmer - Yes; and no
gave the order that they should be
stopped.
The Chairman AT thc close Of tho
war. o. the 100000 men. substan-
italy, that We had in the navy, how
many were In the reserves
Captain palmcr-Thcre were moro
mon in the reserves than In tho reg
ular service. When I left the hu-
roau. which was the last day Of Oc-
tohcr. 1918. think wc had approx
matcly 100000 reserves.
The Chairman Practically . % %
Captain Palmer Yes. sir; 100000
reserves; arc al that time We had
anproximateiy-wcll, wc had over
10000 reserve officers. Now, jus,
that fact that wc got those people
and that they kept on going showed
no frsf The department was really
pleased tlat . was done after % was
done. know we were often called
on 90 give tic number a. reserve of-
lccr and men whom tho Scrcrc-
tary Was % make speech. and 10
was always a question IN ny mind
whether the storm Wolld Ilt break
after be found out that more mon
had been enrolled than be knew of
the last time; but ia pretty nearly
every case fhr Secretary was pleased
With tho numbers. Ne WAS pleased
with the fact that the barracks were
irilf. He went GA and inspected the
Great Lakes and ho was delighted
with tie barracks. and really be-
licro that everything that WAS done
along tkat line was done s1 that it
rcGounicd 90 the departments
credit. in fac'. go far as The enroll
rent ~ receives was concerned. and
when it pas ordered stopped 20 ono
time told Nr. Daniels: These people
are goin. o. save i'e day for the
navy " cannot afford 20 sfon cu-
r0iiir~ ffcu." 7 said: "Wc started
with an initial shortage and this viii
ret us out o. q very difficult p4elica-
mcnt" j! we had been required. Il
course, 90 80 into the war with
single enemy on the 9Th n April.
1917, we woui; no. have been able
% take any OF tho officers and men
from tho ships which would be- re-
ogircd 90 90 into the aroa ~ onor1-
tiors and engage in actual battle.
! could not have induced ANYBODY
20 let me get them OF thc ships;
and. therefore, 70 would not hayc
tocn possible for u 20 do any o.
that training. / want 90 say that
conditions were very favorable 90
far as the conditions % this par'ic-
ular war are concerned. and we
ought not 90 make conclusions that
because we won out on that promo
si;.on that we would win out again
u we had 20 go right out and fcht
The Chairman Did The Secretary
ovo- Criticize ~Ov fOr not crrrf-i q ~
out his orders; OF did be ever talk
20 you about the fact that you had
not done So?
Captain Palmor-Wel. tho sccre-
tary sent FOR ne several times on
the subject. ln fact. ! was in the
Sccrctary's Office ~ least n dozen
times each day. This was an. ccn-
orally. in regard % the details Of
assignment Of man or an officer,
or something Ike that, that he