The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-10-22

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progress of popular government across
the sea, the American citizen can see
new reasons for loving his country, and
new motives to arouse his patriotic
fervor. With a new zeal we can sing,
My Country It's of thee, sweet land
or liberty
Military Madness
A new development of the blood and
thunder program has just been unfolded
by General Wood, head of the United
states army. General Wood would have
every hoy in the United states over
thirteen years of age trained rs a sol.
.dier and he would compel a military edu.
cation in every school. Every boy should
be compelled 10 learn to shoot the mus.
ket so that we might have a genera.
ton of crack marksmen. and our stand.
ing army should be increased from eigh.
~ thousand To al least one hundred and
forty thousand men. Thus would the
head of our army turn the United States
into q military camp aud would instill
into the minds of our boys and Young
men the craving for war and for con.
quests aud create a taste for human
blood. In the breast of every boy he
would arouse an ambition to kill and
wsrdsr his %fellowman, and make him AN
adept IN the art of destroying human
lives. The appetite for blood would be,
come = national virtue if General Wood
could have his way in the matter.
Of course, war is the trade of a sol
der, and the military man carries u
chip on his shoulder aud shows hi,
teeth in the most menacing manner. II,
is looking for trouble, hut fellows lik,
General Wood don { expect TO do any
hghting. lie expects To do the struttinl
in front OF the grand stand aud to 81,
the other fellows on. when the troubl,
begins. II may be all right To have sucl
ornaments rs General Wood on hand I,
show TO visitors, but for practical pur
poses he's the hand painted china thar
Is brought out only on state occasions
II General Wood could formulate u pro
would, no doubt, organize an army thai
would make Napoleon s French lock lik,
= bunch Of hoboes.
During the whole of its historical lif,
this old world has been afflicted with
just such men as General Wood. Wal
has been the chief occupation OF tn,
human race, and the periods OF
peace have been little more than sea
sons of rest and recuperation for an
other light, Like dumb brutes mankind
has trailed after such men as Genera.
Wood and mauled each other to death
on a million battleiields ju7t becaus,
some shoulder strapped sonofagun told
them TO do it. The public official VIII,
says that the American boy should b,
trained 10 kill, is not a safe man tC
%entrust with public duties. Such u mar
belongs in the darkest Russia where the
mailel hand rules and patriotism is sen,
to the gallows. America needs no de
vouring army.
The Black Menace Of Cholera
Some people who should he wiser are
just now making light of the vigilance
of the immigration authorities in the
prevention of the importation of cholera
from Italy. Last week II was reported
in this country and to the world that
several ships had cleared from Genoa
that carried hundreds Of Italians who
had beer exposed TO the plague, and a,
a result of the immediate action of the
American authorities two boats were
turned back and the other will be held
in quarintine until all possibility Of in.
lection has been passed. This country
has not forgotten the last visitation Of