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FRIDAY, JUNE 20. 1S16. TUB CASTOX1A GAZETTE. r.icn ;;v:.. fr . '. ' ' v " j' OODRICH "Barefoot" Tires are light in weight, and close grained: . This proves them relatiyely free from the usual inert substances or "fillers," that give excess Weight, stiffness,; and grind, to Tire treads. ' More than 200 different Makes and Brands of Motor-Car, and Truck, Tires were manufactured and sold in U. S. A. last year, 1915. ,, These totalled about 12,000, 000 Tires. Of that 12,000,000 total Tires, the B. F. Goodrich Co. made and sold oe fourth. Yet, Tires are only one of the 267 different lines of Rubber Goods made by the, Goodrich Rubber Factory, which is the largest in the World, with a 47-year Experience, This indicates the "Reason-Why'. Goodrich Best-in-the-Market Fabric Tires can be, and are, sold to Consumers (via Dealers) at the lowest prices in America, per delivered Mile of Performance. - Compare figures herewith and see ! Goodrich "Fair-List" Prices BLACK "BAREFOOT" SAFETY-TREADS 30x3 I r . c. j $10.40 30x3tfi FordS'"' 1 $13.40 32x3 $15.45 33x4 $22.00 34x4 ------ fc- $22.40 35x4J $31.20 3Sx4'i $31.60 37x5 - - $37.35 Goodrich Truck Tires REPLACEMENTS of other Makes of Truck Tires with Goodrich Truck Tires, during last four years were as follows: 1912 Change-overs to Goodrich 3,590 1913 6,357 1914 10,725 1915 14,000 These Change-overs to Goodrich tell their own story to the thinking Truck Owner. THE B. F. GOODRICH CO., Akron. O. Fanir- Listed! "Black-Tread" TIRES "T JTVT1 A ATyDoes for your SHOE Soles what black "Bare- 1 XjAl 1 JdlM foot-Rubber" does for Goodrich TIRE Soles. Wears longer than Leather i (-U Waterproof! ' It Non-slippery ! It Lighter than Leather I Is more Flexible than Leather I Is EASIER on your Feet ! Ask your Snoe Dealer, or Shoe Repairer, for Textan Soles on your next pair of Shoes. J. H. COFFEY C. W. FULLER BUILDERS OF COMMERCIAL . BODIES FOR AUTOMOBILES MANUFACTURERS OF SPRING .' , WAGONS GASTONIA WAGON & AUTO COMPANY REBUILDING TOPS, PAINT 1NG AUTOS AND RUBBER TIREING A SPECIALTY We handle second hand Automobile at the right price. "Special riages. prices ron rdbher "tires for buggies and car- It Will pay tb see Ok 1 before WTv GASTONIA VAG0N & AUTO CO. PASTOraarwru Mrs. Alfred O. Lloyd and chil dren, Alfred O., Jr., and "William Mac, left Wednesday night for Mc Keesport, Pa., where they will spend a month with relatives. Later they will join Mr. Lloyd at Chester, S. C. Gzzz cn Otct Glifltl 1 Hj I cvnw Vfcv u .... 'uy. i inr.u S3 I Ctirf A t M Tim JLuiHtaMaL,''! Brigadier CaiUral 'charfW- j.'J Bailay, tow " ' J2- . v.. v. '-Kv. : - .: j t -s - - . f Urn f ' ft , :: y. ..." ir ... :W;-.jr,V ::: ,1' I I . 1 . a!.-' ..m. m n ( i i - a Photo by Amarlcan Preu Association. MILITIAMEN ON THE MARCH. STRENGTH AND EFFICIENCY OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND MILITIA Peace Tooting of the Organized Citizen Soldiery and Methbds of Increase. BEAT activity in regard to the trained soldiers. From among tbesa United States militia marked efficient men there will be selected un tbe year 1914, and great prog- der the admirable new volunteer army reus was made toward the cre ation of an efficient field force. While the commissioned strength suffered diminution partly due to the elimina tion of surplus staff officers the en- law the first and second lieutenants and the captains of entirely new com panies recruited among the unorgan ised national guardsmen. These new commissioned officers will be efficient listed strength greatly increased, due privates or active corporals and. ser in measure to an anticipation of im mediate active senice. As a precau tion for efficiency the use of typhoid prophylactic was undertaken on an ex tended cale during the year. Nearly 30,000 members of the militia 'were in oculated with the serum. Within the year also considerable progress was made in preparing the necessary forms and instructions for the induction of the militia into the service of the Unit ed States. The following table shows the strength of the organized militia in 1014 as rejKjrted by inspecting officers: Numbers In Militia. Officers. .. 13 .. 45 . .. 109 Alabama Arizona Arkansas California 252 Colorado 122 Connecticut 177 Delaware 41 District of Columbia 124 Florida 73 Georgia 225 Hawaii 56 Idaho 58 Illinois 508 Indiana 159 Iowa 07 Kansas 132 Kentucky ....i 164 IxmiBiana 65 Maine 108 Maryland 167 Massachusetts 424 Michigan 189 Minnesota 220 Mississippi M Missouri 244 Montana . 40 Nebraska 132 Nevada New Hampshire 0 New Jersey SM New Mexico 67- New York r,4 North Carolina 209 North Dakota 60 Ohio 490 Oklahoma 77 Oregon 100 Pennsylvania 745 Rhode Island 96 South Carolina 156 South Dakota Tennessee .... Texas Utah ......... Vermont 76 Virginia 206 Washington .. West Virginia Wisconsin 117 192 29 88 104 193 Wyoming ... 64 Enlisted men. 2,608 645 1,402 2,604 1,933 2,511 465 1,721 1.0(5 2,490 858 839 6,447 2.109 1,014 1,720 2,210 1,009 1.404 1.8SU 6.3C 2.4i8 3,243 990 2.840 636 1,384 1.280 4.014 910 15.591 2,367 C79 6.637 1,330 1.401 10.190 1.303 1.794 873 1.798 2.731 419 817 2.606 1.312 1.617 2,931 360 111.251 Total 8,792 The report (1914) of the secretary of war gives a total of 8,323 officers and 119,087 enlisted men. . It is an error to suppose that the nominal strength of the national guard is all there is to it for effectiveness. A peace strength Is recognized and alo an emergency or war strength. For Instance, the ten company regiment of peace Is increased to twelve compa nies for war, and the fifty to sixty men company Is recruited up to 100 men. Then there is what may be called an un tabulated - or unassigned reserve, comprising men who have had one to three years training in the guard and have been discharged, but consider themselves members of the guard and will volunteer to Join their former reg iment or any guard regiment not filled to the maximum. This gives cohesion to the force, the partially trained drop- geants from the ranks of the national guard regiments. Thus with the standing national guard regiments recruited to war strength, which Is easily double the peace strength, and thousands of guard noncommissioned officers scattered through tbe new volunteer regiments of the same territorial sections as com missioned officers of companies; na tional guard efficiency will be exerted over a force estimated at 500.000 to 700.000 men. Major Genenil O'Ryan, commanding tbe national puard of New York state. In a recent article declared that tbe militia today is 100 per cent better than ut tbe time of tbe Spanish-American war and that the time to talk of a mili tia camp as u place for revel and frolic Is past. He goes on to say: "ThU question of our national de fense simmers down to a necessity for more inllltlu, properly organized and trained, and to a system of reserves for the army and tbe militia. Twelve di visions comprising alxut 350.0U0 men would be the ideal number. To create such a fighting machine would involve comparatively little exi-etise. The pri mary result would be an adequate army. But tbe result would be much more than that. It would mean a backbone of quiet patriotism and a knowledge of what war means. Tbe Intter would make any half baked pop ular demand for war less possible." Opinions of Governors. Tbe question of Increasing tbe mili tia forces of the country Is one that has been tbe subject of much contro versy of late. Recently the New York Times submitted this question to a number of Kovernors of various states. Mot of the governors sent answers advocating an increase of tbe militia forces. In his reply Governor Walsh of Massachusetts says: "Additional militia troops to the num ber of 100,000 men should be organized to make up the deficiency In the differ ent branches of tbe service, '-so that tactical divisions throughout the coun try would be complete. A campaign of publicity should be begun at once in this country, in order to acquaint Americans with tbe militia and to in form them of its needs." Governor Willis of Ohio says: "For state purposes tbe Ohio na tional guard carries probably enough units to take care of any internal or local difficulties, but as an Integral part of a national defense It, would be the part of wisdom to increase the units not only in this state, but in all other states. To accomplish this fed eral assistance and federal control and supervision to a greater degree are nec essary. "Our national form of government W such as to make it unwise to maintain a large standing army. It is also true that national preparedness for defense is a question that cannot lightly be turned aside or overlooked f dtf Is tr-. mendously important that our, govern' ment take reasonable and prompt step to acquire a reasonably sized, mobile, trained soldiery. This' ctnj-tMC accora-' plished more quickly, more easily and - "If all of tbe national guard could be summoned in the event of war acd should all respond (an inconceivable result) and if tbey were all found fair ly efficient In the first line that is. the troops who would be expected Imme diately to lake tbe fleld-we cogkl summon a force In this country of reg ulars and national, guard amounting to ' fMH8 officers and 150,492 men.'- ; ' The 'plan, approved by the War de partment; -for tbe organisation of four, field armies of three divisions each. ; which ptan gives tbe number of troop ; of all arms that each state would be railed upoo to provide immediately for . tbe national defense in tbe event of a -' national crisis, has been . transmit ted to tbe national guard commanders. : Doubling the National Guard.' ' ' Tbe plan which has been transmitted to tbe national guard commanders con- ' templates an army, including regular aid militia, of 310.204 men, which ' means almost doubling the present ' force of tbe national guard. Under present laws and arrange-"..' ments the federal government bar about reached its limit of effectiveness in denllng with the forty-eight sera- 'J ZZ' ' 'i ...... ?.. .'I ) V - . I , I JI 1 V J: V ! (l 1' ' Photo by American Press Association MAJOR OEMKRAXi JOHH Y. O'BTAH, COM MAHDEB KXW TORE MATIONAIi OCAHO. . ping- to alongside of. the thoroughly more properiy, 14f wa.ieranr trained men. fc;jtJ:sVe to say that the national guartt can muster within a few days pwardiof-. 300,000 well and partially jais?ir:ft-,t. ' - .1T15V9 tf5S6 ' uuvufu IAJV aa-wJ'Jiai a sjiuaaka va. UJ vvbs ; try than la aay ceraryrrtoTJiftt of and surgesQa.T'l ,!nomba vv)v The secretary ofrhlfciire,: Pt says: . y V. rate and distinct forces. It has no (tower to direct tbe course of tralnmg. tbe composition of tbe several forces and their balancing of arms, and It U more or less helpless in Its authority over tbe arms and munitions issued to tbe states, in some states there) have been disputes as to Its right to direct tbe expenditures of tbe federal funds appropriated by acts of cou gress. At the present time the federal government cannot remove Inefficient guard officers or reward tbe efficient officers. ' Other features of the system wbicbv regular army officers have criticised as. Impairing Its efficiency for service la ' war" are pointed out by . General W. II. Carter iu bis recently published book. "The American Army."' Say tbe author: "The act of May 27, 1908. contain a limitation upon military efficiency peculiarly embarrassing wben tbe ex tent and distribution of the forty -eight states are considered. 'When tbe mili tary needs of tbe federal government arising from tbe necessity to execute , tbe laws of the Union, suppress insur rection or repel Invasion cannot be met by the regular force the organized militia shall be called into tbe servtcw -of the Uuited States in advance rof any volunteer forces which it may bj deterniioed to raise.' ''' America's Land Force. . vol "Tbe most recent statute relating toX the war establishment, the octroi April, 25, 1U14, provides for raising the vol unteer forces of th United Utes'llo.? time of actual or threatened hostllf ties and definitely prescribes that the laud forces Of the. United States sbalt; coii.sbt of tbej regular 'a rmthe orgaa lzed land militia while in the service of the Uitd,( states a.sd,fucji jrolufl-J teer forces ns congress may authorize Tbe new statute modifies. the act of! May,?, 1908. to the. extend, that afte'ri, the otgitteed land miima,6f atry arni or class shall hate been called into tboj mUiUiiy service, of, the; K$d.:Statfri ' volunteers of 'that particular arm orj class may be rafted and accepted InW peryice In, accordance .with the tternw oC'the , a'ct.regardlesa otpie extent to! which other arms or classes of mllitfatj shaUl HaveaBeeta'itallefli toto-ervic0.-It'shouKl be borne In I mind that - for; ' any military operations beyond 'our;' borders; tile militia cannot be callcL into.e,rvice,, hut, must volunteer, so that until the members of each orgaa-; lzatlon decide' whether or not three-! fourtbtf of the "Vululmum number pre-! scribed as the strength of the particd-) the president i: pttrrffrora. ciUg- volunteers ct; r afiw Mcuisses, qui uus, oe iz red Ji toake-rlac after war i
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