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SECRETARY GARRISON HAS MADE HIS
REPORT TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ARMY MATTER
Garrison Makes Report And Com
ments on 1 he National Guards
In His New Plans
CONTINENTAL ARMY PLAN
WOULD GIVE GREATER ARMY
Coast Artillery and Defenses Come
In For Part of Thought in
Thorough Report
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7.—Sec
retary Garrison has laid before the
House Military Affairs committee his
formal argument in behalf of the ad
ministration’s army plan which is des
ignated to give the country a definite
military policy. It proposes the crea
tion of a mobile Federal force of more
than a million men in six years, ac
cumulation of a huge reserve of am
munition and equipment and elaborat •
extension of the coast defenses, the
whole project involving an increased
expense of $600,000,000 and an annual
V> ar Department budget thereafter of
more than $200,000,000 as compared
with an average of $100,000,000 for the
last few years.
Referring to the farspread military
responsibilities of the nation, reaching
into the insular possessions, China,
Alaska, and the Panama Canal Zone,
■Mr. Garrison added:
“We have determined and announc
ed that the sovereignty of the other
republics on this hemisphere shall
remain inviolable, and must therefore
at all times stand ready to make good
our position in this connection.”
He then quoted figures to show the *
full strength of the army on June 30
last —105,993 officers and men of the
combatant forces, and their present
distribution. To these should be add
ed, he said, 1,183 officers and 17,818
men of the non-combatant arms of
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the service, bringing the total number
of Federal troops up to 106,619. He
pointed out that the item of pay alone
made up approximately 50 per cent of
the total proposed appropriations.
The United States including Alaska,
said the Secretary, is of greater area
than the combined total of Austro-
Hungary, Belgium, the British Isles,
Bulgaria. Denmark, France, Germany,
Greece. Italy, Japan, Portugal, Russia
in Europe, Spain and Turkey in Eu
rope, the total of these areas repre
senting only 97 per cent of that of the
United States.
A similar delay would meet the ef
fort to assemble arms, equipment and
ammunition, Mr. Garrison said and he
insisted that if it accomplished noth
ing more, the plan now proposed
would obviate much of this loss of
time.
Turning to the National Guard, Mr.
Garrison said:'
“At th,s present time this force con
sists of approximately 129,000 men
and officers, and it would, therefore, be
necessary if it is to be expanded to
400,000 to add 271,000 men and offic
ers.
“If this policy should be attempted
t a be adopted, Congress would first
have to require the states to raise and
maintain all of these troops and the
state would have to practically treble
tl eir existing equipment. I do not
know whether Congress would have
any power to impose this burden upon
the states. It seems to me that a mere
statement of this situation indicates
i how utterly futile it is to attempt this
solution."
Mr. Garrison pointed aut that the
National Guard could be called in
Federal service only for three pur
poses, to suppress domestic insurrec
t’on, to enforce the law, and to repel
invasion, and added: “There is no one
thing so free from dispute as that the
I basis of any proper military slstem
must be unity of responsibility, au
thority and control. It is absolutely
impossible to have this essential unity
under the Constitutional provision
with respect to the organized militia
or National Guard."
The Secretary then outlined the
continental army plan which proposes
to raise 400,000 men in annual incre
ments of 113,000 each from districts
approximateing the 400 Congressional
districts, each to supply 333 men an
nually. The men would enlist for
three years with the colors and three
years on furlough, and would be arm
ed, equipped and officered. Their train
ing would be done by the officers and
men cf the regular army organizations
and they would be paid during the
time of their service on the same bas
is as the regular army.
“For convenience of designation,"
he continued, “this force has been
called the Continental Army, but in
fact, it is a system of federal volun
teers, raised, organized, equipped and
trained in time of epace. There is ab
solutely nothing' new in this sugges
tion, as it has been a result reached
and expressed by the very best mili
tary authorities this country has pro
duced. It will not have escaped your
notice that this proposed system is
practtically the same thing as the
Swiss and Australian systems, leaving
out the supervision of the public
schools and work therein of a military
character, and compulsory military
service. If compulsory military ser
vice is now desired, for the country,
ai d legislation concerning it can be
expected by the Congress, then a snort
provision in the act will accomplish
it Such a clause would provide that
wherever the quota required of any
district by a certain date is short of
the proper number, a selective process
to obtain that number shall be put in
to effect.”
■
Turning to the question of the size
of the regular army necessary to
train the Continentals and carry on
tl e various military activities of the
W ar Department in normal times, Mr.
Garrison said it had been demonstrat
ed to him that a mobile force of 50,-
000 and 20,000 coast artillery troops
would serve all needs. Such a force,
an increase of nearly 40,000 over the
preesnt armmy, he said, would be
comparatively inexpensive, would re
quire no additional quarters and could
be recruited. F or these reasons he
recommended the addition of ten reg
iments of infantry, four regiments of
Field Artillery, 52 companies of Coast
Artillery, fifteen companies of engin
eers and four aero squadrons to the
present force bringing the enlisted
strength in two years up to 134,707
and the number of officers to 7,086.
“The officers and men of the new
organizations are absolutely essential
if the War Department plan is to be
fairly tried out,” he added. ‘“ln the
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
I Air Propelled
: Boat Floating
On the Flint
ALBANY, Ga., Jan. 7. —These who
have carefully watched F. P. Wort
man’s experiments in Flint river with
hi.-- air-propelled boat believe that it
will be comparatively easy to overcome
the only defect that has thus far de
veloped in the operation of the craft.
Mr. Wortman is himself more than sat
isfied .ami be is already working on
plans to overcome the trouble that the
initial trial developed.
The success of this type of boat will
solve the problem of navigating the
shallow streams of this and other
states. Boats of the Wortman type will
draw not much more than half the
water required by paddle wheel steam
ers.
The trials of this novel craft show
that the 40-horsepower gasoline engine
geared to the twin-blade, S-foot air
propeller develops ample power to
drive the 50-foot boat upstream fully
e:ght miles an hour, which is as fast
I as the best of the paddle-wheel steam
ers on small rivers make.
But it developed that it was not
practical to steer the boat by moving
the propeller from side to side. Even
a slight swinging to one side of the
propeller post caused the boat to run
so swiftly in the new direction that it
vas almost driven into the bank sev
cial times. Mr. Wortman is working
ing now on two steering device ideas.
One is for a submerged rudder oper
ated on hinges, so that it can be rais
ed in very shallow water and where
the depth of water will allow. The
other is for a rudder mounted back of
the propeller to catch the breeze from
the blades, and to be operated much
as the rudder of an airship.
Further trials of the Wortman boat
will occur as soon as the new steering
apparatus can be installed.
The foregoing is of interest to
Americus people, owing to the fact
that the first air-propelled boat de
signed for use on the Flint was con
structed in this city by Mr. Gordon
| Statham and several associates, the
craft being primarily intended for use
by hunting parties. It was propelled
by an eight-foot air propeller and
when mounted upon wheels proudly
navigated several streets in the busi
ness section of Americus. The craft
was later conveyed to the river under
its own power, being mounted upon a
light wagon body for that purpose.
plan of the War College Division of
the General Staff, an army of about
'2'0,000 is so distributed that in con,-
tinental United States, there would b?
left 121,000 mobile army troops. In the
War Department plan, these divisions
aer at peace strength, so that they are
capable of expansion. The War Col
lege plan proposes a two year enllst
[ rnent, with six years in reserve, and,
exentually, at the end of eight years,
makes up a line of 500,000 men of the
regular army, of whom 121,000 would
i !<_ with the colors and 379,000 in re
i
. j serve.
Chatham Legislators Get All
Riled And Proceed to Show Up
The Situation In Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 7. —Savannah
i is seething with politics, and the fol
lowing statement has been issued by
a member of the Chatham delegation
in the lower house:
"The recent dispatches which have
appeared in the State papers to the ef
fect that the Chatham delegation in
the House and Senate expected to leg
islate Mayor Pierpont out of office at
th esession of the Legislature of 1916
because of the fact that the Mayor had
announced that he would strictly en
force the prohibition law after May
Ist have brought forth a vigorous pro
test from the representatives of Sa
vannah in the House and the Senate.
“They assert that their proposed
|.’ill or bills either for a recall election
or for a termination of the term o f
office of the present Mayor and Aider
men have no connection remote or
otherwise with any prohibition policy
of the present Mayor.
“Mayor Piqrpont was elected by
Council, not by the people, in October
last upon the death of Mayor R. J.
Lavant, who in December, 1914, was
elected for a term of four years. May
er Pierpont whom the Chatham rep
resentatives assert is not the choice
of the people of Savannah has over
three years to serve, there being no
way under the present Charter by
which the people of Savannah could
elect a successor to Mayor Davant.
“Immediately after the election of
Mayor Pierpont by Council in October j
last the Chatham delegation advertis-1
ed the caption of their local bills in
tie Savannah papers ,the purpose of
these bills being to give the people an
opportunity in 1916 to elect a succes
sor of Mayor Davant for the unexpired
term.
“The Chatham delegation in the
Legislature claim that the recent an
nouncement in the State papers by
Mayor Pierpont that he would enforce
the prohibition law and that the rep
resentatives in the Legislature were
going to try to put him out of office on
that account, was purely a strategic
move on th,? part of the Mayor and
the office holders under him to enlist
the sympathy of the Prohibitionists in
tl.e Legislature and to gain their sup
port in a fight against the local bills.
Mayor Pierpont draws a salary of six
thousand dollars a year, and it is as
serted that he only devotes two hours
a day to th:? duties of the office. The
salary of six thousand dollars was
passed in Mayor Davant's time upon
condition that the Mayor devote his
entire time to the office.
“Regarding Mr. Pierpont’s prohibi
tion views, it is pointed out that May
or Pierpont has been an alderman of
th? City of Savannah for three years
and during the sickness of the late
Mayor Davant Mr. Pierpont was often
Mayor pro tern; and that during all
this period he never raised his voice
ir aid of the enforcement of the pro
hibition laws in Savannah. It is also
well known that since he has been
Mayor he has taken no steps to en
force the prohibition law. On the con
trary it apepars that he and his oun
ciy have licensed saloons selling whis
key for the first four months of 1916,
and have gone so far as to repeal an
ordinance passed during the late
Mayor Davant’s term on the subject of
discontinuing saloons on Broughton
street, the principal business street of
Savannah. This ordinance prohibited
all saloons of eevry kind on Brough
ton street after January Ist, 1916, but
Mayor Pierpont and his council re
pealed this and these saloons will
remain on Broughton street.
"The true cause of the local legisla
tion which will be attempted by the
•hatham delegation grow out of the
lack of a provision in the Savannah
charter for an election of a successor
to Mayor Davant by the people and
the well known fact that Mayor Pier
pout turned his administration body
and soul over to the opponents of
Mayor Davant who was elected by a
majority of four thousand votes in
December, 1914. This local legislation
is further prompted by the fact that
Mayor Pierpont and his council have
raised taxes in Savannah over twenty
five per cent, and have doubled most
of the business licenses, while it is
claimed that the extravagance in his
administration is beyond all reason.
It is asserted that the great raise in
taxes and licenses is not necessitated
j by any reduction in revenue form near
beer licenses in 1916, because the
council of Savannah fixed the near
| beer tax for the four months of 1916
;'t $200.00 and heretofore it has only
been $300.00 for the entire year.
■ "The Chatham delegation confidently
clieve that the members of the Leg
islature will not concern themselves
witli any local legislation from Sa
vannah, when it is made to appear
that false issues are raised by the
present Mayor and his administration
for the sole purpose of arraying sen
timent in the Legislature against lo
cal bills to be introduced by Savan
nah’s representatives.”
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CORDELE, Ga., Jan. 7.—J. J. Brown,
president of the State Farmers’ Union,
has called meeting of the union at
Cordele, Saturday, January 22. Thia
meeting will be attended by members
of the Farmers’ Union from all south.
Georgia counties.
C. S. Barrett, president of the Na
tional Farmers’ Union, will attend this
big rally and deliver an address. May
er J. Gordon Jones has been requested
by President Brown to preside over
the meeting and sepak on the relation
of the town and city to the farm.
It is the purpose of President Brown
i to make the Cordele meeting the larg-
■ est farmers’ gathering ever held in
■ this section of the state, and the city
' of Cordele will spare no pains to care
fcr the visitors and make the rally one
big success from the beginning.
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