Show OF WAR GARRISON RESIGNS BREAK BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF WAR RE sulta IN resignation of continental army plan and the philippine measure said zaid to have been cause of split in the cabinet washington secretary lindley X garrison resigned on oa thursday feo feb cuaty 10 because bemuse president wilson would uld not irrevocably support the continental army plan and because ho he opposes the administrations program bf bettin a definite time tor for philippine independence president wilson accepted the resignation and has not as yet selected a successor the president himself probably will take personal charge ct of the administrations national defense plans in congress assistant secretary breckinridge also resigned as a mark of loyalty to his chief whose views ho he shared the president accepted his resignation both take effect immediately major general hugh L scott chief of ot staff of the army automatically becomes secretary of war ad interim it Is known that one of secretary garrisons Garr leons principal reasons for his conviction that only a federal conti cental army instead of a reorganized national guard could be the malo malu mill tary dependence of the nation aa as his belief that some day the united states 41 4 C secretary of war garrison who hat resigned became because of disagreement itu the president and because congress in dilated its intention of rejecting the continental army plan r mi y be called upon to defend the monroe doctrine and in that event he fore 0 o re saw the national guard might not be available for use outside of the united states before a oi oa yar upon the contention cont eLtion on the ona ono hand that the continental army or ultimately ti universal service was the nations only rel lanct lanci and the position on the other hand that no one plan could he be enforced upon congress president wilson and his secretary of at war parted official company mr garrisons resignation was vas a complete surprise to official washington generally he ile made no personal explanation several hours before the official announcement he had bearded added a train with his wife for new york and word had teen passed at the department part ment that he had gone for an in definite stay the acuto acute difference of which led to the break began early in the year when opposition to the continental tin army plan begun begin developing in congress when the preal president dent went into the middle west recently to speak on national defense it was wit understood under tood that be he undertook the trip partially at the suga suggestion estion of mr garrison carrison during the tour the pre prescient silent spoke at ebery meeting in favor of the garrison army plan but said daid that he was not lar about deals as long as s n reserve of approximately approximate Ir trained men was secured li 1 was said that mr Wil wilson s failure to refuse any corn com promise on the subject la bis his speech es was wa the direct cause of mr garri sons oni |