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Show SHAMEFUL NEGLECT Before discussing measures for national na-tional defense congress should make pro vision for the enlistment of several thousand bluejackets marines and ap prent cos in the navy for the navy yards arsenals aud other places where naval equ pn ent s man fact red are practically unguarded In these days of bomb f lots and other coqs ra cs it behoo es the go ernment of the United States to akc e erv r as blc precaution to sa e the warsh s ua vards an 1 arsenalu f om harm an I eon gresa w 11 te cr m nally negligent f t fa Is to take the ne esHary art on The armv al o lacks g ards for the m 1 tary posts n t garr sone 1 at the present t m and t stated that a ma or ty of the oast defense batte ei are ha ge of caretakers X'"' ann al report of the eh ef of coast a t II hown hat g ( worth (41 are tho t tra nel fo es to man th m e ther reg larfl or u 1 t a and n ma f the rots n th s 1 st onl a n n na g ar 1 can bo ma n ta ne 1 In t me (,r t has I een sug(,e te I tl al h a tho t cs of tie t g t e a wh h f an I a e nals e e I b e e la pol emen f (. ar I d t) Tl s o I I 1 onl a ten a ex I el ent o I wo I n t r e ff t e W e nee 1 o e p n he eu ar es tat chnent n t lllcaf r tl t a o eral ea a h n S at 1 as een la nglggi aa kq he S ant Pa fi a j. Th v v e pri t all we n as wa fow aka ft f i a e at the a t e ate n k n n f o ha the n nbe f m 1 o he n n 1 eft I a g n n e nergen and e w 11 ha c them t cont,re s obejs the o ce of the people But the first thing to do s to guard these guns fron the bomb plotters and other conspirators with whom the Unit ed States seems thoroughly infested at the present t me It ould be the he ght of folly to expend so many mil lions of dollars for coast defenses and then allow them to be destroyed in time of peace Great Br tain although m stress of the seas is paying dearly for plac ng her entire dependence in warsh ps aud the United States w 11 suffer in 1 ke n anner if we rely upon i our supposed latent strength in case we get nto trouble We bel e c con gress wiH pass some sort of national defense legislat on before adjournment b t while the various ijlans are under d scussion it would be well to take preliminary action m order that the navy yards arsenals mil tary prists and other places where go ernment prop erty is stored be well guarded IntH congress has had time to take the necessary action the war and na v le partmeuts should not allow any other consideration to prevent them from giv ng these 'danger points full protec tion even if we are short of men on the sea aud along the Mexican border for in these troublous times no man knoweth what a day may bring foKh or how soon the people of the Un ted States may be called upon to defend the country against, foreign aggression Let guards be provided at once |