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Show 'm,m' GARDNER TESTIFIES DEFORE COMMITTEE Massachusetts Representative Tells of the Country's Unprepared- ness for War Washington, Jan. 4. Representative Representa-tive Gardner, urging his proposal to investigate tho military preparedness of tho nation, told tho houao military coramlttco today that tho entire Held army, militia, regulars and nil of tho United States would Just about garrison gar-rison Paris, arid the United States today owns, "Httlo moro than half of tho number ot guns Russia had ut tho battlo of Mukden." Mr. Gardnor had a series of live ly passages with members ot the committee which ho arraigned tor not summoning Major Generals Wood and Crozlor to get their views on pre-.parcdness. pre-.parcdness. Ho quoted figures to show that the combined forco of regulars and national na-tional guardsmen would form a bat tlo line sixty-five miles loug, two-thirds two-thirds of the way around Greater Now York and that compared with European nations, tho equipment ot field guns of tho United States army was negligible. Mr. Gardnor said ho understood a confidential report at tho war department depart-ment from ono of tho observers In Europo said somo ot tho French field guns shot away 500 or 600 rounds in a day. Eight American flold guns, ho said, could shoot away ammunition as fast as government arsenals could mako it. Secretary Garrison , ho said had directed army officers not to volunteer any statements, and ho doubtless was acting In sympathy with tho Whlto House Ideas. |
