Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-01
League OF Women
Voters Hear E. Brooke
Lee AT Tea Meeting
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by Homer Lea which prophesized
the present situation in the Pa
cific all too accurately. / was 10
and that book alarmed me greatly.
/ asked my father, who had just
been elected to represent Mary
land in the United States SEN
ate, what could do to help de-
fend the nation.
HE suggested that / enlist in
the nearest National Guard or
State Militia Company which was
at Hyattsville, and so / enlisted
at Hyattsville in Prince Georges
County in F Company of the LIST
Maryland Infantry where ! served
for two years as a private and
corporal. / attended two sum-
mer training camps with the
Hyattsville Company. I then par
ticipated IN the organization Of
X Company of the LIST Maryland
Infantry at Silver Spring and
transferred to that Company as
sergeant and served as LIST SER
geant for more than year. 1
went to the Mexican border in
1915 as LIST Lieutenant of X Com
pany and was in charge of the
Company for six months in Texas
while the Captain was assigned
to the Brigade Headquarters on
special duty.
"In the LIST World War ! went
to training Camp in Alabama as
Captain Of X Company, 115th In
fantry, which Company included
$50 Montgomery County men and
more than 100 from Baltimore.
continued to France as Captain
of X Company of the 115th In
fantry, went where the Infantry
went and did what the Infantry
was expected to. During this
service 1 was promoted to the
rank of Major and placed in COM
mand of the End Battalion then
with a strength of 900 men, in
the same 115th Infantry.
upon my return to the United
States in 1919 / was nominated
by the Democratic State Conven-
ton without primary election
opposition as candidate for
Comptroller Of Maryland and
elected to the important office.
My opponent was a leading Re-
publican and former Lieut.. Col
onel of the same 115th Infantry
in which we had both served.
I'm the HardingICox campaign
I organized the Maryland Veter-
ans for the League of Nations
and more than 5000 Maryland
Veterans Of the LIST World War
Joined this Maryland organization
which urged the candidates then
before the people Of Maryland to
take the position that the United
States take our full responsibility
in world affairs through voting
to join the League of Nations and
the World Court. This course
seems to have been more impor-
tant today than it did even then.
We lost the election.
"As the Maryland member of
the Democratic National Conven- !
ton at Madison Square Garden
which nominated John w. Davis
for president, / voted in favor of
Americas support of the League
of Nations, in favor of our join
ing the World Court and against
Americas withdrawal from the
Philippines and in favor of forti-
flying the Philippines. None of
those positions were sustained by
the American people in the subse-
quent voting.
During the past half dozen
years I have supported by word i
of mouth and in my writing the
efforts which have been made to
arm and defend America and
which have been led by Franklin
d. Roosevelt, the President of
the United States.
During the past eighteen
months / have devoted great
deal of time in helping to 0rga-
nize the Maryland State Guard
as authorized by the Maryland |
Legislatuge of 1871 of which ses-
sion 1 wasN member, and the
Maryland Minute Men of the Re-
serve Militia as suggested by |
Governor Herbert R. O'Conor and
approval of Major General Milton
A. Reckord and as now appar-
emily generally accepted by the
people of the State. Today in
MONTGOMERY County there are 3 |