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<- VUIUSON Ol Ii IM s D] i \?;
FOR IMHKAsi.Mi ARMED
IXHICJ
Regulars Will Nuiul < <? I i l.si:'. ?
A Law l'ili/? n
perloiMiMl Mt n in
Will * hnn ??? lorm oi l u! hn id
and Iiirlnn^li
Washington. N"v. ."?.?An Otttlln
the army's part in tin* national de?
fense programme to be gubmlttetl
congress In December by Iba idmln
latratlon was made public tonlr it by
Secretary Garrison, dtaeloalni ? i il?
ly for the lirst I line !. ? i
to raise a great comIncut 11 or cltli
army to supplcnunt Um regular ?s
tabllshment
In brief, it 1? proposed to Increase
the, regular army fffOSB 108,008 to
141,843 officers and nun (changing
the term of enlistment from four ears
with the colors and thffec y< trs on
furlough to two years with Um OOl H
and four years on furlough); to or?
ganise a federal ttttaev army of 100,
000 (to be sallied lll,t#l ? year for
three years); to Strengthen the SI i
militia by increasing appropriations
and closer cooperation; aad to spend
$10,000,000 a year for f irs on
coast defenses and MM."? ? year
for four years In I hi accumulation of
reserve material for use by a force
of 500,000 men.
Mr. Oarrlson says that the fram< r
f the new policy are fully conscious
of the possibility of formula tins mil?
itary policies much better in theory,
but that "after concentrated consld
?ration of existing legal end other
conditions they think it will be found
that almost Insuperable ol nd
difficulties arise'In carry in| Ii to.pruc
tlcal operation suggesttotgl that from
the military standpoint might other?
wise be very acceptable/'
The statement reveals thai in th<
preparation of thotf plan*, war de?
partment officials have called Into
consultation specialists in various linos
of private Industry.
"it has been gggpsjeeV* ;? ceya, "to
make available in time of med tin
services of tiioso In certain kinds of
employment requiring speeial knowl?
edge and skill, such at railroad men,
bridge builders, engineers of all de?
scriptions, etc.. and U nlit.:; mu n In
these lines and affolessd " I
collaborating with th* war depart
meat In an endeavor to formulate; &>
legislation or administrative
an acceptable and useful plan with re
spect thoroto.
"In this connorM n?. nnd because >
the patriotic spirit thus .' It
seems desirable to say that !f tho. '.
who are the emplovers <?f the ffOUnj
men of tho country can got bf I SC
of age or situation In Hie, gfft
personal service, they ca i do iha
which will be euially v>> ;>il
couraging In every wav t!: ; i i
tlon of those in th< ir empl
plan of national Aefoaee,
would so arrange tin ir b|| In |hs
a certain HsjpafUuB of ? hon
they engage could ?ndert
tlonal service without sac Iflt Ini theii
personal Interests, I hone who d^d thl
thing woubi be sctlni In the mo
public spirited and pmtfi He i i i
possible."
The citizen army would I . i? ( | ?
throughout the entire e enh v git
organised In g.-o m .ph,?v;
Its members, thomh i
year terms, would bei U red to r
port fag Intensive training i nly fe
short periods euch year for thr<
years and gllllffsi the remaining Ihr
years would be farloughed ub
to call to the colors in lime of
In nddltlon to < !i i . aha
developed Pi tl.. I OOl i ?:
tlon. Mr. i; irrtaon propot.? to
officers for iIii*: \'><i-> * men
have served lr> the National Guard
the regular ai nr.- Off S no 1 i
trained in private mllll
Indiv idua is off or (an
istleg Nutioii.ii *! i to do
would be p n iii led 'o
citizen urmy without , h
For the gagt i,-.. ; |
proposed to put thl nee
operation. totUTt
appropriate ||SX,71?,( ??; th
year the sjajsggsjl
the tbiid las 15,87?,
thereafti r If tl poll
Without ill lf|4
Would he
The additions to 11-- regit bit
contempl.*??? d are ten i nl
fantry, four r I n
lery, r?3 sjeenpani
15 compnnh i ? r. ;
aero sou dr > . I
next year and half Ihe folia
This pi in \ I. i ,
plnco in t ho Pa nut
Hawaiian Inlands, ttu Phi
Alaska, 1,451 ofhcei i ,*; ,
ll*ted no n let I -I i ,,.<
Stateji, t h' i v o..
r?itnb|ishui- i !
men hselndln r 11
of cavalry, II 1-3 region
try, srven regim< nts of fh-M
170 romp ini? s of I
nbout t,9#i ? I ? i
engineer and i rial C<
?UYW ( >MM1 v ' ?> i IMPAIGX
AGAINHT \RM \ Mi \V IHM K V
ol \\ II BOX,
Ulalms I'm! t<> Increase Navy and
Army I?. Subversion of American
Ideals mm] a Monaco i > Pence ol
Casmtrj.
Washington, Nov. r>.?Former Beo*
! ?tnry Brynn enme out iquarcJy
against President Wilsons national
defense plan today In o formal itai -
ment in whtoh ha took Issue with the
president*! viewt as expressed last
nlghi before tbe Manhattan club
Now York.
'?a departure from oar traditions;
a reversal of < ur ? .-. .1 j ?Hey, a
menace to ?hm- j ?? 1 and safety ami
a challenge lo tli spirit of ? hristian
ity which teaches ua to Influence
others by example rath r than by
exciting tear." is Mr. > ryan's rteac.'ip
ticn of t ho national defense plena
Tiie former secretary 01 state's
Statement? whi***j rcltoratei viowa he
bus previously expressed on the sub
joct of prspercdaess Tor war, was re?
garded as tim opening sun In tho
liKht which administration lead rs
expect in congress against adoption
[of the plan. Mr, Bryan'i statement
BP ys:
"1 have read the president'! s pot oh
at Nf\v York with sorrow,and con
corn. He is doing what he believes
to be his duty and 50 Ions as a man
followa his conscience, am? Judgment,
uro can not criticise his motives, but
we may be compelled to dissent from
bi i conclusions 1 felt it my duty to
dissent/ am?, as he hai riven Iiis
views with clearness ami emphaal*
those win* diu rr Crom him air under
a like obligation ko express them
Wives wlih e.ual cIomvi.-.s.j.
? n. says that Ms pcsitlon is dlf
ferent from that of the private Indl
dlvidual in that tho Individual Is frot
ji?> speak bin own thoughts end rls!?
bis ?)".;>. opinion. Thin sentence is. 1
little obscur ? in so far as bo ex?
presses his own? opinion he does not
differ from the private ettlsen ?xcv'pt
that bo speaks undt t a s< nse of?
iiciai responsll inty. but where a na<
lion's fate Is levop/ed i:i a pollc)
every private ottlsen who loves hl?
country an*! tries t>> serve It i.- con?
sclous of responsibility. The presi?
dent win not assume that he is, mor<
deeply Interested in tho welfare of hli
country than the mjilloni . bo elect* ?
him to be for tho time being then
spokesman. Ami if. as, he evidently
tndlerca. he is giving votes to the
opinions of 1 is oountrym >n, he is, ol
sourssi anxious to have them as franli
with htm as in* bas been with them
? ?how otherwise can he i<?iow wheth<
er he represents or misrepresent
their vttwat
MHe has announced n policy v Pioi
has never before i ? ?n adopted hi thl
? country and never Indorsed by an)
port) iii tin * country, and be has n<
way of knowing, 1 mtil h? hears fron
? the people, nhcther h. hai correct 1)
Interpret id the will oft] 1 public. fill
: appeal is noi (.? any party, but, as tu
?ays, to man of 'all shades or opln<
? Ion.' He asks for ti s hearty support
?f the country, meaning, ??i coarse
thai he wants Ihe support, provide
? tbe people favor the policy which h<
has otrtllned. Hi cot id n?>t, o: course
[ask them to aupport a policy whicli
they did not Indorse, espe tally if the;
considered the policy dangerous tt
the country.
"From mv view of the itubjoct, th
11 :\ which he pro] oses Is not only ;
departure from onr traditions, but ;
rcvarsal of our national policy. II I?
not only a menace t ? our peace ant
; Cel:, but n cl alien ??? to tho spiril 0
Christianity ' huh i?:c!i<:- i.s to in
Ifiuence otht rs by example rnther thai
j by ?.xdting fear.
?Ti,, presid ml says that ws shouh
he prep irod 'n ?? for ai - a 1 sslon bu
lor il :? .' Tnul i.-- the ground upo;
which ail preparation for war v.
ma 1 What nation has ever pre
p .1 sd for wai on the th< ? ry that .
wa . preparing for aggression? It 1
only fUlr to assume thai Ihe Europon
rul is who art Involved in the prevon
I war thought 111.1 r they were rontrih
I u Ing Hi ward the malnfc nance of peoc<
I v\ Ii? n tin y \ ? re 11 akins rul
?>....? Uonafo, II U . fate
|] ' II0M01 by ."?,!, bt Ins false, it In
' ? i Itably |c 1 Is Intp illftlculti? ? Th
CHIEF THREATEHED GQOTOR.
S ILLA TURK K SKNTI N* *. ;> FOUR i
AMERICANS TCI DEATH.
Freed nl t!u f4isf?Mexican Restrain?
ed I'nan Executing I lusty Sen?
tences by I'Var of Retaliation.
Naco, Ariz., Nov. ?.?Pour Ameri?
cans, released al Villa Verde yester?
day by Gen. Villa, after three lime-^
having been condemned to death, nr
I
rived here today ; ? * 1?I narrated their
experiences ns K?. d Cross workers
among Villa's wounded on the battle?
field of Agu:t Prlcta. The party con?
ti! u d ?'i Dr. 'i. ii. Thicpcn, Dr.
Charles ii. Miller ohd two chauffeurs,
Al Wilson and J. D. Pylatt. The two
physicians took to their beds upon
their arrival na a result of their ex?
periences after an all night tramp
thr< ui h l he mountains,
<.:< n. Villa fl< w Into a rage, Dr.
Thigpen Baidi when he learned that
!th<- Americans could not obtain tlie
i usitage oi' Iiis abounded over Ameri?
can t? rrltory to Juares,
"Treat the Americans as they treat
Jus," he Is quoted as saying to his
Iaids. "Do as you i lease, turn the
^artillery on Douglas and put these
Imen In front of the Infantry." Inter?
cession by Gen. Rafael Naive coupled
with fear of retaliation upon families
of Villa and his subordinates in the
United States was responsible for the
safety of the Americans, Dr. Thigpen
said.
When a subordinate reported to
Villa that Carranaa troops had been
permitted to cross American territory
to .aid In defending Agua Prlcta, Villa
again sought vengeance upon the
Amerloans, In rage he heaped ex?
coriations upt a their heads and finally
ordered them killed, thoy Bald.
Believing In the efficacy of prayer,
the four Americans kelt among the
11 WOunded on the battlefield while the
I riflemen v.* re there, "The Mexicans
laboul us were Impressed," said r>r.
Thigpen, "and i'ae Intercession once
more of den. Naive, who suggested
be SXet Utlon not be carried out until
. families of Villa and his officers could
, be recalled from the United States,
? spared us once more.
"i asked \ uia ii j might talk to
, Ihlm," said i>r. Thigpen,
. j 'if you say a word to me, I'll shoot
(lyou myself," he replied, according to
I the doctor.
I The four were marched to Villa
[Verde where for the third time they
were condemned to die. Men. Naive,
. who followed them, again Interceded,
this tlm< with Gon. Rodrigues, who
s had arrived from NaCo. Shortly after
i ward they were released, to make
. thvlr way as best they could.
Dr. Thigpen's home is In Senders
villo, Go., and Diu MUJer resides at
, Hereford, Texas. They left Noco
, Ti?? '..iv to render what aid they
' COUld tO Villa Wounded.
MktMII *m i Ii I i?l ? ???IIIIIIIWIIWIIM ?
i been a time in our whole history
Iwhen our duty to th< world more Im
, poratlvely dt m mdod ? if-restraint
ilor carrying n club. Why reverse our
? policy al this time? Tho president
i Ihlmself a Imiti that there is no reason
. for ?? an ?o. He says: 'The country is
i i not threatened from any quarter, she
? stands In friendly relation with all the
, I world.1 Her resources ami her self*
i| respect and capacity to care for her
own citlxens and rights are well
II known.' And to make the statement
I more emphatic, ho adds: 'There is no
? 1 Tear among u.>.'
[ "it' we are no! threatened by any
i j notion, i; our relations with nil na
tl ?ns ore friendly, if everybody knows
that we're able to defend ourselves
II m essary and If there Is no fear
? Iamong us, why is this time chosen
I to r< volutlonlze our national theories
land to exchange our policy for tho
, i oiley of Europe? Why abandon tin
h< pe thai we havt bo Ions entertained
lot Netting an example to Burope?
Why e ?eourage the nations of Buropa
In : teir fatal folly by Imitating them?
Why Impose up< n the Western hem
I Is] here a pol, s> disastrous? Mjv
i
not expeel i^atln-America to
stlmulatt i ta preparation if we
ntei upt n .i new era of preparation'.'
And \ ill not such a policy make con
Icts botwoen these republics more
' pr< I able?
We ... ;l do Infinite harm to
lit it< Igl ? ring nations as well as to
oursalves it wo are drawn Into this
policy which provokes war by prep-|
rtl< n w hlch la Im | os Ilde w Lthoul n |
ln< r<... In luxation and the
Housing of p military system which]
? is op false i . ndards i I h<>nor. Wo
tire now spending m ro lhan $2r?o,
u ycai on preparedness??ten
Hum > ai much is v. o at u spending j
' Hi I '
' ? ! ? ?? v are ioI tfi\ '>r of 1
ro in . thin i um al I hh t imc when
i hanj Is no| only unnecessary but
i ?o<" ace to nur national lib ?! ?.
"!'!;? re hit hot been ti I line in 5t)
! . ? . i i
I to add to the expenses nl the army I
i ud ? i ; . for wo itr< not only with-1
- ? i rdm
?
um OHOFS LESS.
IIF.POKTS KAU) TO INDICATE
ACIiKAfiH is SMALL IUI THIS
VI AI! THAN LAST?
Columlilu b> Entertain Delegates Kn
Uoti > U; Deeper Waterways Con?
vention?To Send Stale Exhibit to
Augusta.
Columbia, Nov. 7.? Reports receiv?
ed in Columbia indicate that the grain
crop In South Carolina will not be so
large as last year. The agricultural
leaders arc urging the farmers to plant
mere grain and cut down the cotton
acreage, one ol the leading North
Carolina papers reported several days
ago that the grain crop had been de?
creased In that State.
Here is what the Lau renn Adver?
tiser says about the situation In that
county:
"Prom the reports which we hear,
the acreage In grain so far planted is
not very large. We have ridden over
the county In several directions our?
selves recently and our observation
bears out the reports, lf Is possible
that tho unfavorable weather has had
: imethlng to do with this by delaying
the picking Of cotton, but it hardly
seems that this Is the only reason. It
is possible that after last year's les?
son, our folks are going to increase
.heir cotton acreage again. The signs
look that way now. Tins is a very se?
rious matter. Even now, with hut
i
approximately eleven million bales to
he ginned this year, a barely profi?
table market Is hard to maintain, and
with a much larger crop the price to?
day would be ruinous. L ?t's not gam?
ble on this cotton business, Drain
and cotton coml Ined make almost a
sure combination. Cotton Itself
might be a winner, but it la a dan
Igeroug thing to meddle with, Haven't
j we learned that already?"
{ The t ' N said to ho by those in a
I position to know passing through a
period of prosperity, undreamed of this
time last year. This is best shown by
the large attendances at the various
fairs. The Bpartanburg fair last week
attracted the largeat number In ita
history. That society Is now on a
safe financial 1 asls after a atruggle of
several years. There was a good at
?
tendance at the Marlboro Fair. Next
week the fair will he held at Orange
burg and Qov, Manning Is scheduled
to deliver an address.
Columbia Is prepared to entertain
the Beveral hundred delegate i who are
or. their Way to Savanna it to attend
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Con?
vention. The delegates Will arrive In
Columbia Monday afternoon by a spe?
cial train and will spend several hours
[here. A special committee has been
Iappointed to entertain the delegates.
I it Is said that three members of the
I cabinet will bo Included In the party,
j Columbia business men are awake.
Tin y are working together and already
plans are being laid for the Harvest
Jubilee in 1916, Tho business men
realize tho use of advertising. Next
I year they are going to try and bring
209,000 visitors to the State Fair.
Pierre Maxyck, tho general chairman
of the committee that "pul the Har?
vest Jubilee over," was prom uted with
a handsome silver service Friday
1 night by the Chamber of Commerce.
Commissioner Watson haa accepted
an invitation to deliver nn address
next Thursday at tho Puhlin (th:.)
fair. < ?n Wednesday ho \.dl visit the
I
Qc< rgia-Carollna fair at Augusta.
. During the rast week letters have
? been exchanged between Mr. Watson
and the officers of the fair at Augusta
concerning the sending of the Sotnit
Carolina state exhibit to the Georgia*
Carolina fair. Tho exhibit will be
sent, provided all expenses are paid.
Panic In School.
Pcabody, Nov. 8.?Three hundred
of tho children who went through the
St. Johns school fire, in which, twenty
one lives were lost. ten days ago,
jumped from windows or raced down
stairs In panic today at the old high
school, when somebody shouted fire.
I Tho alarm was caused by steam es?
caping fr >m a radiator. The nuns
were helpless. I >n<< boy was badly
- id by plunging through a locked
v. Ind6w,
sad tho counsels of peace.
"I hope the president will not he
deceived by the atmosphere of th"
Munhattan club. That is the one
place in tin- United Statt b where the
mammon-worshlplng portion of the
Democratic party meets to exchange
compliments- there is no pxoup far?
ther removed from tin- sentiment of
the masses whether you measure that
sentiment by economical, social <?r
rt liglous standards."
President Wilt on's plan la nol to
make any answer to Mr. Uryan'a crit?
icism. No statement was forthcom?
ing from the White !!..?.:?(? on the
? j 'i tonight |.u( Mr. Hryan'a statc
menl was principal topic .a' con?
versation among administration olll
. iah here.
The form? r secretary's position w.i
! ti? \v n by t lie prt sldenl before In
made bis np< ech In New Vork lai i
al lit.
-
FRESH TROCBLR BREAKS OUT
AT BROGON MILLS, ANDER?
SON.
Shots Fired at Workers from Outside
Building and Fire Is Returned by
Mill Men?Sheriff Makes Little
Progress In Securing Information.
_
Anderson, Now t?.?Trouble of a
serious nature has broken out afresh
tonight at ths Brogon miils, which
have been closed for nine weeks,
i
owing to a strike among the opera?
tives and the situation has become
tense. Ar B o'clock the surrounding
community was startled by a fusillade
?f pistol shots from the vicinity of
the mills, accompanied by the blowing
of distress calls on the mill whistles
and a general bedlam of noise from
the throats of seemingly several hun
dred people.
The sln rlfi and others responded
to tlie ?all, hut as yd little progress
has been made in arriving at the facts
in tho situation. People on the out?
side of the mill laim that a party of j
six workmen w ho were brought here |
several days ago to load cloth and
who have been quartered in the mill j
I building since did the firing from the
inside of the mill, ami the workmen
claim that a squad of those on the
outside conccah d themselves in the
grass and opened lire upon them
through the windows of the mill.
The workmen admit that they re?
turned the lire and then blew the
whistles for help. The grounds for
a wide distance about the nulls are
I atrolled by pickets and no one i^
all- wed near the buildings. It is im?
possible to get one word out of thogf?
on the outside of the mills. Whiskey
appears to be flowing freely and lire
arms are in evidence. There is a
general feeling of anxiety throughout
the city and the public is awaiting
results.
The sheriff has been in communt
cation with the governor but as >ct
nothing has been said about militia,
although the men arc of their own
accord within close proximity to the
armory. When it was learned to?
night that the sheriff intended tak?
ing the workmen out of the null and
carrying them to jail it was generally
feared that the men would suffer at
the hands Of the strikers were they
i rought out of the mill building.
fiov. Manning instructed the sheriff
to keep the workmen within the mill
and quiet any disorders.
After midnight, however, the sheriff
removed the workmen from the mill
SILENT CROWI>3 GREET EMPER?
OR AS HE ENTERS KIOTO.
No Wcrd Spoken as Subjects Worship
Imperial Shrine In Mystic Vtootm*
sion.
Kioto, Japan, Nov. 7.?A church
like hush enveloped Kioto, the an?
cient capital of tho empire, when Em?
peror Yoahlhlto and a gorgeous cor- <t
tege made their state entry into the
city at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Here
on Wedneaday next will he held the
first great coronation ceremony.
A similar scene never was witnessed
in the Western world. The emperojl
and the imperial shrine were silently J
worshiped hy his subjects. The eor
tc go was regarded as a sacred, mystic
and religious procession. Although
a desire to avoid accident was a con?
trolling factor, one of the chief rea?
sons for Imposing silence upon the
multitude was a wish to maintain
reverence for the monarch as he ar?
rived in tho city for the sacred coro
nation rites.
Th<-> Japanese vk irpolnt found ex?
pression when the master of cere?
monies said to the Americans and
other foreigners assigned to vantage
points inthe palace grounds: "When
the shrine and the emperor pass
ph ase remove your hats and bow, but
do not cheer."
A gray autumn day added to the
solemnity of the scene when the pro?
cession entered the palace; grounds
in a purely Japanese setting. Hun?
dt' ds, bent with years, stood beside
soldiers, reservists and thousands of
delegates from the societies of the
empire. Waiting at the palace por?
tal were two score-court ladies gown?
ed In ancient rohes of white and scar
let. The cortege was an exact repro
i duction of the one which passed
through Tokyo. The shrine, hidden
behind curtains of purple, gold and
red, borne on the shoulders of yellow
kimoncd villagers, was preceded by
priests afoot and followed by tho
emperor in the royal golden coach.
As the cortege reached the palace
gates the not* s oV a buttle broke the
Btiltness and informed the multitude
that the sacred mirror was enshrined.
Th* n the reverent restraint was bro?
ken, and the immense throngs gave
themselves up to gaiety, fireworks
and illuminations.
1 uilding and carried them to Wil?
lie mston.
No further disturbance is antici?
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