The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-07

oughly trained and war should ever
come to this country, as it may at any
time like a cloud in a clear sky" you
will have an opportunity to go to the
front as a commissioned officer, instead
Of as an ignorant recruit just sworn In
who must get his military training az
ter he has been drafted into active
military service.
10th. Because you will be joining an
organization having the same uniform
rams and equipment and with the
same drill and discipline as the regular
army without it's hardships day in and
day out the year round And in case
Of war the national guard will be in
the first line of defense sent to the
front at the same time as they regu-
lar army, and right with 1t to fight
shoulder to shoulder with the best
trained soldiers in the world for the
defense of your country.
18th. Because military work appeals
to strong active men-men of courage
and action, and not weddings. Some
of our brainiest and most successful
men in the various walks Of life are
now or have been at some time mem
bers of the national guard. We could
name many men of national promi-
hence and many prominent in our own
state who have served in the national
guard honorably.
18th. Because we need you to help
us maintain the guard as it should be.
Your work and influence with your
friends will help us and we can build
up a military force that will be sec
ond to none in the world, and we will
be able to hold our own with the ma
tions Of the world in peace or in war,
without the enormous expense and
danger of a large standing army.
18th. Because it is your duty to
your country and your state. We can
never have and do not want large
standing army, but we do need an
adequate force of trained men ready to
respond promptly and must depend on
the citizen soldiery, the national guard,
to enable Cs to hold up our heads
amcng the II o ions of the world. These
burdens should not be borne by just a
few but each of us should do his part
by enlisting and learning how to be a
soldier so that he may be OF greater
service to his country when he is
needed If All army is ever needed
each state must furnish these men
promptly and unless you and other
Young men are patriotic enough to en-
do your military duty, when the emer-
gencv arises you will witness the sad
and disgraceful spectacle of unframed
men being drafted into service and
sent to the front to be shot down with
out knowing how to defend themselves,
or to die of feverS and other camp
diseases simply because they have
never been taught how to take care of
themselves in the field.
14th. Because It is your duty to
yourself to make as much out of your
self as possible, to make of yourself
a welldeveloped and all-round citizen,
equipped mentally, morally and physi-
cally to fight life's battles, your bat
ties, your states battles, and your
country's battles. and this is just what
your military training should do for
you. Your patriotism, your love for
your country, your state and your
home should lead you to enlist now.
Your local company needs a few
more young men of good morals and
physically sound. The officers are
doing all they can to fill these vacan-
| cies, but they can not see you all and
talk to you, so II you wish to help
them see Major james A. Bell, Lieut..
| Charles G. Wright, Mr.. c. A. Knight or
any member of the company and they
will be glad to give you any further
| inf