Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 327, 2 October 1910 — Page 17

T1TE RICHMOND PAIXADIUSl AXD SUN-TELEGIIAM, OCTOBER, 1910.

TO ASK CONGRESS FOR DIG RESERVE CORPSJF TROOPS War Department Wants Men Who Have Seen Regular Ar

my and Militia Service,

Ready for Emergency. REPORT ON DEFENSES

WILL BE SUBMITTED

Department Has Acted Under Congress' Instructions to

Show to Public the Need of

Coast Defenses.

" BY RODERICK CLIFFORD.

Washington, Oct. 1. Congress will be called upon by the war department at the coming session to create a re

serve corps of trained soldiers men

who have seen servile in either the regular army or the militia organiza

tions, and who will be In immediate readiness for war. To this end, it is said, the department will work hand in hand with the militia organizations or the various states. A program for the general betterment of the fighting force of the nation Is to be discussed, outlined and decided upon when the war department experta attend the coming annual session of the militia organisation of the various states, which Is to meet in St. Louis, beginning. October third. When congress convenes, it is expected that the department will Immediately submit its report on the McLaughlin resolution, adopted by the house, which seeks accurate Information as to the ability or the United States to defend Itself against the attack of an enemy, with especial reference to the defenses of the Pacific coast The resolution waa Introduced

in congress by Representative Mc

Laughlin, or Pasadena. Cal., who reflects the general sentiment or the Pacific coast members over the Japanese war scare. Report of Department. The report of the war department. It Is, said, will be olaln and truthful and 'will show that the country la woefully deficient in the ability to defend Itself, were it to become engaged In a conflict with a world power. At present there is only an available army of 140,000 men for Immediate defense, men trained in the art of war. Sixty thousand of these are militia men and eighty thousand regulars. As a defender or either the Atlantic or the Pacific coasts, Ihls'army would be absolutely Insufficient, it Is said by army officers. A world power war would mean a mighty naval conflict ir we were at war with Japan, the righting' would be on the Pacific. ' Defeated and our Pacific fleets destroyed, Japan would practically have this country at her mercy In landing an Invading army. Within a month she could land more men from transports than pur combined regular and militia strength- It would be impossible to protect the Pacific coast line, It is said, with' 150,000 men, three hundred thousand trained fighters at least needed. On the Atlantic and Southern coasts the same conditions would hold true,

It la declared, were we at war with a European tower, such as Germany or England. With our fleet destroyed. It Is said, that at least 600.000 trained

men would be needed. to resist an In

vasion.

"The o'd Idea" said an officer the

other day "that the patriotic Amerl

can farmers, armed with pitchforks, can hurl back all Invaders of our soil

Is "tommy rot" in these times. It was formerly true, but not now. We

must have available fighting men.' Measure ef Relief.

One of the measures of relief, that

It Is said will be suggested to con

gress as practicable, is the creation

or a "reserve corps." This body It Is

contemplated, will be made up of all

men who have served an enlistment in the regular army, or who served a

definite period In the militia organ cations. It is suggested that the members of the reserve be paid about $30

a year and that for a period of ten

days in each year, they "join" the col

era. They would be maintained In companies, arma be set aside for their use snd opart from ten days annual

drill and encampment all they would have to do would be to keep the officers or the reserve In touch with their

address so that they could be reached

without delay.

Experts have figured out that while the regular army costs $100,000,000

n year to maintain 80.000 men in train

ing, $5,000,000 a year would keep a reserve corps of 200,000 men in camp of instructions for ten daya each year.

pay all transportation and commissary

expenses and provide for the small

yearly salary the members of the re

serve corps would receive. Such a

reserve corps of 600.000 could, within

ten years, it Is pointed out. be built up and maintained at amall cost As

tbe years progressed the corps could

bo increased until a million men. cltl

n soldiers of -the United States, would be trained, equipped and ready

for Instant warfare. Could Gt Good Men. Under the present arrangement a man discharged from the regulars or militia drifts away. There are thousrnds of men who have seen service who could be brought Into the reserve in form a basis for the corps. If conrress accedes to the plan, and provides the necessary appropriation. . Not only do war department officials favor the scheme, but It Is said. It Is one tint mtlltla officiate heartily

approve of. It la a plan that will be

freely discussed and probably acted upon at tbe St Louis convention. .

With the plan In operation the war

department would discourage the reenllstment of men, excepting those who were not commissioned officers or were recommended for promotion

as non-commissioned officers fr excel

lent service during their first enlist

ment As a rule, it is said, men. who

enter the army when they are young do so not with an Idea of staying In the army for life, but simply to get an opportunity to see something of the world. Especially ls this true now

when the Philippines, Hawaii, Alaska

and Porto Rico have to be garrisoned,

These men do not Intend to reenllst when they are discharged simply drift away and the war department looses track of them. They enter into com

mercial life or take up a trade. A

small yearly compensation would be

an Incentive, It is said for them to

Join tbe reserve corps when they sev

er their connection with the regular

army.

The reply of the department to the

McLaughlin resolution, it is said, will

not only touch upon remedies that

congress can apply to provide a bet

ter fighting machine, but will startle the people of the nation when the

weakness of our defenses are boldly made known.

. It is the general belief that the reply, excepting' such confidential portions as pertain to the rifle, ammuni

tion and powder supply on hand, etc will be made public

BRYAII IS TO SPEAK

(American News Service.) Springfield. 111., Oct 1. The gates of the Illinois State Fair will be opened tomorrow to permit the visitors to listen to an address by Wiliam Jennings Bryan. Mr. Bryan will speak on a religious topic.

HEW STOPOVER RULE

Chicago, Oct. 1. Railroads covering nearly every section of the coun

try today discontinued the practice of

granting stop-over privileges on limit

ed tickets wherever such stopover

has operated to extend the original

limits of the tickets.

Travel in Undeveloped Algeria f Is An Interesting Experience

New York.' Oct 1. A correspondent

of the Evening Post writes i Along

the province of Alberta, and through

the pack trail between Wolf creek In

the Canadian Rockies to Tete Jaune Cache, in British Columbia, on the Fraser river, lie 281 miles of undeveloped closed country. From Tete Jaune Cache down to Soda creek the broad river to which Simon Fraser

gave his name flows through 470 miles of virgin land. : The outlet to the civilized world and the railroad from Soda creek is the' stage road through the old Caribou mining district over a distance of 167 miles. It is proposed to set down in this article an account of a trip made over this route this summer. Not the least curious and singular feature of the adventures that befell, and the minor incidents of each day's travel is that they were explicated by

other exploration parties Jho went ov

er practically the same ground in 1SC2 and in 1874. . So little , has the country changed, it would be possible to make an account of the whole sum

mer's experiences with tbe paste pot and frhears snfi copies of the journals

of Milton and Cheadle. who made

what they called "The . Northwest

Passage by Land," . in 1862 and '63.

and the Rev. George M. Grant's account of the adventures and incidents

attending Sir Sandford Fleming's ex

pcdltlon through Canada In 1873. Sir Sandford had not been knighted at that time and was engineer-in-chief of

the Canadian Pacific and Intercolonial

railway, then projected and under construction.

Any one who cares may now see, before it Is too late, a reproduction of tbe conditions that obtained In our own west when the first transcontin

ental lines were opening up the coun

try west of the Mississippi river to settlement The route we traversed

and the country to the north of it is

indeed a "last west" on the North

American continent It is without per

manent habitation or settlement of hu

man beings. Five Types of Men.

When you go "into the bush" you

must take enough food, clothing and other necessities to satisfy all of your demands until you come back, for

there is no way of replenishing your

supplies. The widely scattered few white men now in the country are the

best type physically and morally, if

not 4 mentally, of the male human be

ing. Hardy, courageous, competent versed in woodcraft, they are doing

as they always have done, the diffi

cult pioneer work for the men and

women who are to come after them

and make this great expanse of wilderness a place for homes and organized

human society.

Their hospitality Is limitless and genuine. We never found a man, pros

pector or fur trader, who was not will

ing to share his tobacco, flour, beans, bacon or whatever we needed. Or one of them might travel for miles

over a rough and broken ' country to warn us that a river was high or a ford dangerous, or that a certain trail was closed because of windfalls.

Whatever the message la it was ah ways delivered casually, so as not to

make us feel a sense of obligation.

We soon learned that men In that

country do not go out of their way to

visit camps of strangers for social in

tercourse or to exchange small talk.

What they have to say by way of ad

vice or warning, however casually .lt is said, has a meaning and a value.

The two deadly crimes of the country aro curiosity and that propensity we all call "butting in." The people of the trail quickly put beyond the pale

a man guilty of either. That ! why.

when a man has something reauy important to advise or to warn another against, he endeavors ' to - cast ' hie

warning or advice into a. jojrm mat

will make it clear tnat he recognises it is absolutely none of his business and that he is not attempting to force his views or suggestions.

POOR FOR SAVAGES

London. Oct 1. -That civilisation

does not always come as a blessing to the savage la illustrated by the Colonial office report on SoroalilanaT.

The Somalia It is stated, are degen

erating in consequence of the imita

tion of habits and rasnions learnea from the white man. For Instance, the umbrella, ah anomaly alongside a camel caravan, ia coming Into general use, although the Somali traveler, to avoid public ridicule, uufurla It only after leaving the precincts of the town. 1 Blanket are now a necessity, whereas formerly the hard ground the sleeper's robe wrapped round his body were considered adequate comfort and protection against any weather. To Ignite a fire the Ignition of two atlcka sufficed, but in these days the nomad requires kero sine oil and matchea tor the purpose.

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