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c< >KI)< >V.\. ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1M
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL.
At the next general election the voters of Alaska will he
allowed to choose for the territory an attorney general. We
have not heard anyone mentioned for the place as yet, hut it is
probable that the present acting territorial counsel, Mr. .1. H.
Cobb, of Juneau, will seek the office.
An attorney general is a much needed official in the terri
tory of Alaska, as very few seem to be willing to heed the ter
ritorial laws without a little coercion. With a legal depart
ment of our own, too, the governor would not be compelled
to send to Washington for opinions as to the validity of doubt
ful laws.
It is to lie hoped that the people take the proper interest
in the selection of a man who is competent to fulfill the re
quirements of the position.
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AS TO COMPULSION.
Retiring Secretary Garrison said there is not a man in
Congress who knows, or cares to know, much about army mat
tors. From the plethora of error already in newspaper com
ment on his resignation it seems that the secretary properly
could have included the editors among the ignorant. In this
editorial floundering, howev er, the worst of all is the statement
that the President clashed with Mr. Garrison because the sec
rotary was trying to force compulsory military service on the
country. To show how ridiculous this is, the following state
ment made by Mr. Garrison before the House committee on
military affairs last month is quoted:
“Furthermore, it is not believed that the people of this
country have reached the conclusion that compulsory military
service is a necessity. However rational such conclusion mav
be. and however inevitable it may be thought that the people
will eventually reach such a conclusion, it is futile to found a
policy on any requisite at this time, if there is not reasonable
nope to expect that it will receive the approval of the people at
this time.
“If you found your system upon any such essential basis,
and there is no good ground to expect that you can secure such
a basis by legislative enactment, the result would' be that no
step what ever would be taken, and that would be a lemerttable
result.”
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AN ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD.
Does Alaska need a national guard? A good many Alas
kans will answer in tin* affirmative; others will probably be
found in opposition, if the organization of a territorial militia
is seriously proposed. The question of the efficiency and' de
sirability of a militia of the various states is now under discus
sion, particularly in the national capital. In its place, or rather
as an independent organization directly under the control of
the federal government, former Secretary of War Garrison
proposed his continental army plan, with which the President
apparently did not agree. It is probable, therefore, that the
national guard of the respective states will receive more con
sideration as an auxiliary to the regular army in the national
defence program than would otherwise have been the case.
Some twelve years ago the war department decided that
the organization of a national guard, or a militia for Alaska,
was desirable; but it was also decided that, under the existing
law, no useful organization could be effected without the action
of Congress. No action has ever been taken, and, as a result,
Alaska remains without a militia organization. It is quite
likely that Congress will take some action at its present session,
looking toward the perfection of an organization of an Alaska
militia. There is probably no doubt that such step would meet
with popular approval in many quarters, and that little diffi
culty would be experienced in organizing the nucleus of a
strong national guard for the territory. There are hundreds of
young men who would view service in the militia with enthusi
asm, and there is no doubt that a splendid military organiza
tion of this kind could lie perfected, composed' of as fine ma
terial as there is in the nation.
The national campaign now being waged for preparedness
would seem to indicate that the organization of an Alaska
militia would be viewed with favor by the war department and!
the administration. And it is not to be doubted that the people!
of Alaska are willing to do their full share toward supporting
any plan that has for its object the defence of the common
country in case of war.—Juneau Empire.
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Secretary Lane is a Canadian by birth, and his possible
appointment as secretary of war isn’t going to appease the
German appetite for an anti-allies deal.
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German diplomacy was kuick to see the advantage that
the Un'ied States had prepared for it in the proposal of dis
arming of merchantmen.
Anonymous letters cannot be published. Signed letters
will be published if they are not libelous and are legible.
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Hails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
March 1.ALASKA.March 10
March 10.NORTHWESTERN.March 19
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek, W
Treadwell, Douglas. Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; 8. S. Latouche, 15th; 8. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
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ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.February 9
ADMIRAL WATSON.February 18
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez. Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA 1 RAISiSFER CO., Local Acrents
| Copper River &
| Northwestern Ry.
Effective October 4th, 1915. |L
Two trains every six days between Cordova and IT'
ijjj Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making
g connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving jij:
| from Seattle. |j
Trains leave Cordova depot, at foot of Second Avenue, g
Mondays and Thursdays.
, j g Leave Kennecott, Tuesdays and Fridays. g
| :■■■ Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays, i
g Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays.
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•jji tween Cordova and Chitina. g
g Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. g
ijjj Tickets on sole at Depot or up town office. Alaska jij:
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