Show 6 E OF WAH GARRISON RESIGNS BREAK BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF W WAR AR RESULTS IN resignation elimination of continental army plan and the philippine measure said to have been cause of split in the cabinet washington secretary lindley 11 garrison garriso n resigned on oil thursday february 10 president wilson would not irrevocably support the continental army plan and lie opi opposes Posos the administrations pr prop am of setting getting a time for philippine independence president wilson accepted tile the resignation and lias has not as yet selected a successor the president himself probably will take personal charge of the administrations national nation al defense plans in congress assistant secretary brecki r go a also Is 0 resigned as a mark of joy loyalty t to his chief whose views lie Bli shared ared the president accepted his resignation take effect immediately major general hugh L scott chief of staff of the army automatically becomes secretary of war ad interim tt it is known that one of secretary garrisons principal reasons for ills his conviction that only a federal continental army instead of a reorganized national guard could be tile the main military dependence of the nation was its his belief that some day the united states nay may be called upon to defend tile the monroe ton doctrine and in that event lie he foresaw the national guard might not be available for use outside of the united states before a of war upon the contention on tho the one hand that tho the continental army or ultimately ti universal service was the nations only reliance and the position on the other hand that no one plan could be enforced upon congress president wilson and lit hla secretary of war parted official company mr garrisons resignation was a complete surprise to lo official al washington generally ile he made no personal explanation several hours before the official al announcement he had boarded a train with hla his wife for now new york and word had been passed at the department part ment that lie h had gone tor for an indefinite stay tho the acute difference of opinion which led to the break began early in the year when opposition to the continental tin army plan began developing in congress when the president went into the middle west vest recently to speak on national defense it was understood that he undertook the trip partially at tile tho suggestion R u of mr air garrison during the tour the president spoke at every meeting in favor of the garrison army plan but said that he was not particular about details as long as a reserve of approximately trained men was secured it was said that hat mr air wilsons Wll Wil sons failure to refuse any compromise on the subject in lite speeches was the direct cause of mr garrisons resignation |