The Washington times., 1924-08-29
OUTLINE PLAN
FOR DEFENSE
DAY TEST
National Committee Meets
Officers and Citizens
Speak--Dinner Tonight


Speak-Dinner Tonight
The first meeting Of the national
committee formed for the support
Of Defense Day convened today
at the Memorial Continental Hall
to discuss ways and means Of en-
couraging nationwide participation
in the Governments plans for the
observance Of the test.
Generals Speak.
+, The morning program was opened
with a short talk by the presiding
officer, Brigadier General Henry J..
Reilly, past president Of the Re-
serve Officers Association. He was
followed by Brigadier General Hugh
l.. Drum, who spoke on THE Army
Of the United States and the De-.
Tense Test" and explained the pur-
pose Of the test and the history of
military organization which led up
to the passage OF the National De.
Tense act Of 1920.
Other speakers were Lieutenant
Colonel ]. Watt Page, Of the Militia
Bureau of the War Department,
who talked on National Guard"
Lieutenant Colonel F. B. Ryons, Sec
rotary of the Reserve Officers Asso-
citation, who told of the "Offlcers
Reserve Corps" General Louis F.
Arensberg, newly elected COM
mander-in-chief OF the G. A. R., and
E. F. Colladay, president Of the
Washington Board of Trade. who
told Of what Washington is going
to do in the observance Of the test
Must Learn Citizenship.
General Drum, in his talk de.
clared that "the art Of citizenship
does not come to men by nature;
it must be learned and facility &C.
quired by practise" He told Of the
great lesson learned during the
great war, when only the help of
our allies saved US from catas-
trophe. He asked what would have
happened If the combat in 1917 had
been brought to our coast line,
when we had no troops available
for defense Of our frontiers, and
we had no real army to fight until
September, 1918.
He said the germ Of the present
military policy of the country is
embodied in the statement made
many years ago by John C. Cal
'houn, that the leading .principles
Of the military peace establishment
ought to be that at the commence
ment of hostilities there should be
nothing either to newly model or
to create" but that augmentation
should suffice.
He then pointed out that the
present military establishment of
the United States, as outlined in
the National Defense Act calls for
three branches of the army. the
Regular Army, the National Guard
ana the Organized Reserves, in the
RATIO OF 1t. 2-0 and S'6 respectively.
Details Present Plan
These officers and enlisted men
are organized into cadres. each
forming the basis for a war INIT
he declared. Under this Man mo,
bllization in time of war could bo
accomplished at or near the homes
OF the men instead Of at big central
cantonments. which we used in the
last war.
Major General John L. Hines.
deputy chief of staff, will be- tho
main speaker in the afternoon SEES.
sion: Brigadier General c, II. Mar.
tin will talk on Personnel Prob.
lens of National Defense" The
committee on resolutions will then
report and there will be a General
discussion Of the report.
Addresses at Dinner.
A dinner tonight at the New VIII.
lard Hotel will wind up the proceed.
ings OF the day. Secretary of War
Weeks will make the main address
Of the evening.
Other speakers will be Louis F.
Arensberg, recently elected COM
mander-in-chief Of the Grand ARMY
OF the Republic. Major J. FRANKLIN
Bell, engineer commissioner Of the
District, will make a short address
OF welcome to the committee.
The dinner will be featured nv the
singing of Miss Kathryn Browne. a
star Of the Chicago Opera COMPANY
Miss Browne is a member Of the
Chicago chapter, D. A. r. Vocal
selections will also be rendered bv
Louis Thompson. well.known local
tenor.
Drain TOastmaster.
General James A. Drain, will be
POSTMASTER. Other speakers will
be Doctor Kate Waller Barrett, past
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary; Mrs. Isabel Worrall Ball
or the Women's Relief Corps: Mrs.
Amos Fries, representing the d. A.
R.; Mrs. III. H. Mcclure, National
War Mothers and Charles B. Pike.
head Of the Military Training Campo
Association.
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook. presi.
dent general of the D. A. r., and
chairman Of the National Commit.
tee will be unable to be present at
the conferences, but will be repre-
sented by Mrs. Amos Fries, publicity
director for the D. A. r.
Others In Attendance.
Among those attending the meet.
ings today will be Major o. C.
Luxford, representing the Military
Order of the World War; Miss Marie
l.. Obenauer, National League for
Women's Service; Colonel James n
Mitchell, Coast Artillery Corps:
Thomas Kirby, Disabled Veterans Of
the World War; Mrs. Sydney Frost
Ladies of the @. A. r., Mrs. Charles
Latham, Daughters Of the Revolu-
ton; Colonel G. A. williams, Sara
toga Society; William Seaman Bain.
bridge, Military Order OF Foreign
Wars and MR., Mary Logan Tucker,
president ofNthe National Society
Danes Of the Loyal Legion.