Show ARMY OPPOSED TO PROPOSED PLAN OF DEFENSE E Larger Mobile Army to Check Invasion Wanted by Experts I By GILSON GARDNER i iW W WASHINGTON ASHI Oct 29 The The war ar preparedness program will go through congress with a a. whoop hoop Now Not that the administration is for forit it It everybody is t for r il it fl Talk Talk of a Democratic caucus caucus caucus cau cau- cus cus to push the through recalls recall Victor Murdocks Murdock's story of ot the Irishman l who who undertook for 60 60 O to togO togo togo go out out into the pasture and bring in the bad bull buh which had long terrorized terrorized terrorized ter ter- ter- ter the c community His dons were to bring the bull in dead or Alive After a a. brief brid meeting with the bull buU Pat rat was seen coming toward the road at a a. breakneck pace with the bull close on his heels He had dropped tl the e rope and thrown away his his' gun but put as ac he drew near he called out in triumphant tones Open the gate I am bringing him in alive I The administration will have just justas as aa little trouble bringing in the Republican Republican Re Re- publican and Progressive support forte for Its te big lg army and navy bills Plan Pia Not Favored The continental army plan an announced announced announced an- an by the White House Hous is not favored ored by the regular army It is not the plan worked out by the military military military mili mili- tary college and it was not the ot original ig inal Ina recommendation of Secretary Garrison What the regular army of officers officers officers of- of recommend is a regular army raised to a strength of about men mep witha complement of f ffield field artillery ar- ar ar artillery r- r tillery ry and with stations so arranged that this force could be easily mobilIzed mobilize mobilized mobil mobil- ize It is figured that a force of bf this Strength if it made nade up of competent seasoned soldiers soldier would be sufficient to che check k an an attempted invasion The war a authorities say th that t no hostile nation could land more than a a. hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred thousand troops at a time on our our shores and that this force of men co could ld be mobilized and concentrated to meet such an attack and to check the invasion for such time an aw might be required to get the citizen soldiery and give them three months' months training by which time they could be us used d to supplement t the he regular army force J The objection urged to the continental continental conti conti- army anny plan fa ds that it does not meet the need of a competent force which could be ba quickly mobilized The federal militia which is is' planned would be excellent for a second line defense but could not be quickly to meet an an em emergency rg ncy say th the I experts An effort will be mad made in congress congress' I to fO urge the advantages of some modification modification modi modi- fI of the Swiss system which would certainly be Superior to the continental army plan which has mot most of the disadvantages of ot the present present pres pres- ent militia system and Is no particular lar Improvement over it except in the theon theone on ont one respect that the men are under underfed fed federal raP auth authority rity and can be concentrated concentrated concentrated con con- and mobilized mobilized under federal federal fed fed- fedI I eral auspices I May Pass Pau Prohibition It t not be terribly surprising it the coming coming- c saw the passage passage pass pass- ag age of the tha prohibition constitutional amendment Those who have been following this matter closely find that the liquor interests are rather dis disposed disposed dis- dis posed to withdraw from the field of battle falling b back ck on on the second lin line of the the state legislatures legis legis- If Ir congress passes the proposal proposal proposal pro pro- for a ft federal amendment the matter is merely referred back to the states and it will require ratification tion by three fourths of the sta state e legislatures before the amendment would be added to the constitution The liquor interests feel confident that the they are q quite tt strong enough Inthe in inthe inthe the legislature td to prevent this and they could concentrate the expenditure expenditure expendi expendi- ture ure of their campaign fund lund saving money mone which is now used to influence congress s. s The liquor inter interests have been losing strength in congress since th the roll roU call caU taken last winter A number of ot Southern congressmen who tho thought they could vote yote against the amendment on the states states' rights pretext pretext pre pre- text have heard from their constituents constituents constituents In such unmistakable terms that the they have announced conversion to the prohibition amendment Labor Labar Is Scarce Seree Three months have made almost a ft revolutionary change In labor conditions con con- conditions ns in the United States In the middle of summer Industry has Just begun to recover from the unemployment unemployment unemployment ment slump of the previous winter and fall taU of 1914 Now ow however In indications indications in- in point to a general scarcity of labor during the coming autumn and winter Inter in sharp contrast to the I stagnation and unemployment of last I fall according to statistical and other compilations published for by the Labor LaDor Gazette Unemployment ment has reached probably the lowest point since 1907 says the Gazette The demand for tor labor has so far been easily satisfied except in a a. few trades traded connected with the manufacture manufacture ture of munitions and In the harvestIng harvesting harvest harvest- ing of enormous crops but there are I already fears being expressed by employers employers em em- plo ers that a general labor scarcity will occur With but very few exceptions ex- ex the demand for all kinds of labor has increased while the shutting shut shut- ting off oft of immigration has cut off a large source t bf f the supply |