What can be learned from strong elementary hadronic interactions at and below 16 GeV

Hadronic field theory is impossible to calculate at short range because it requires very high order processes. Moreover it is an unacceptable theory if we believe in the underlying quark and gluon structure. On the other hand quantum chromodynamics is simplified by asymptotic freedom at short distances. What can hadronic probes discover about the detailed dynamics of light quarks and gluons. We review the following aspects: how quark structure is related to available intermediate energy data - not through resonances, but through f- (or P) matrix poles; the conditions for the existence of narrow resonances related to quark degrees of freedom; experimental requirements for data appropriate to analyzing quark dynamics; variable energy, polarized beam intensity, high duty factor; and improving the precision of the relation to quark dynamics, otaining further information on the nature of asymptotic freedom, confinement, and hidden color effects