The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-04

II reminded me very much or that
classic about the Chinaman hailed
before a court on charge Of MUIR
der. The judge instructs the in
fernreter. John. ask One Lung II
he killed this man." One Lung,
on being INTERCEPTED, bursts into
"a harangue which lasts fifteen
minutes. at the conclusion OF which
the interpreter, turning to the court.
saws blandly, Judge, he say Nor
It took the board Of review as
long to say that everything was all
right as It had for the court to
take all the evidence and reach a
finding.
This delay was making it difficult.
il not impossible, for me to appear
before the committees of Congress
who were again taking up the
matter of our national defense and
the organization OF our air power.
Bin after bill was being introduced
In Congress, both in the Senate and
House of Representatives. Party
lines were beginning to make them
selves felt on this important ques-
ton. This / have always hoped
could be avoided, because the Ques-
ton of national defense is one that
should be handled by all the people,
irrespective of political parties, and
judged solely according to its
merits.
Decided to Quit Service
At last, on January %, the rec
ord was transmitted by the War
Department to the President and
the Presidents decision on the sen.
tence was made known. This I had
been waiting for, pending the sub.
mission Of my resignation. The
conviction had been growing on
me for years, and it was perfectly
apparent now, that there was no
possibility Of bringing about any
improvement in our existing system
of national defense from within the
organization. therefore submitted
my resignation, to take effect on
February first, with the determine.
ton to carry the facts OF this mat.
ter before the people and let them
know what our contentious meant
for the country
At this time many interesting
offers to go into business were
received by me from various parts
of the country some quite dig.
nified and in keeping with what
an Army officer is supposed to be
able to de-; others, while impossible
OF acceptance, showed extreme
kindness Of heart on the part 81
these friendly persons deairous AZ
helping rae. 4 recall with mingled
amusement Il bgciHtf0n "a I,
offer TO edit q WeII-known beauty
culture magazine, several offers to
go on the vaudeville stage, to enter
the movies, and to sell Florida
real estate.
What / would classify as legiti.
mate offers included the heading
OF various commercial airplane
companies and positions as asso.
ciate editor, contributing editor,
etc, OF numbers of newspapers and
periodicals. However, had de-
termined to carry on the campaign
for a better organization of our
air power and national defense.
Served in Army % Years
The President accepted my resig.
nation and ceased to be an Off.
Ger of the Army on the first of
February, 1926, nearly twenty,
eight years after / had entered as
a private at the beginning of the
Spanish war in 1898. / was un-
restrained now by limitations on
my activities or the expression OF
my opinion.
Some time ago laid plan for a
series of lectures to be given
throughout the country to explain
what modern defense should con-
sist of and what its absence means
to the country. 4
Before starting out accepted