The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-05-09

the local organization Of national
guards are making an effort to get the
company ranks swelled. A we'll known
writer and military enthusiast has
given some OF the reasons why man
should enlist in the national guard
H Some OF the reasons are as follows:
I Because your enlistment will secure
YOU free military training under
+! efficient. capable officers of the nation
1 al guard, assisted by competent, nom
/ commissioned officers detailed from
t the regular army. Thousands of Ann
! erican boys are spending millions Of
dollars yearly paying for an education
OF military schools that you will get
/ in the national guard for nothing.
! Because you will be paid for doing
something you like to do. Your drill
pay from the state will be $12 year,
and 1t is highly probable that con-
gress will soon pass bill giving you
| nearly four times that amount yearly
FOR your attendance at drills.
Because it will give on a superb
training The army setting up exer-
cises, manual of arms and bayonet ex-
of light gymnastics and athletic ex-
you well trained and hardened muscles,
military shoulders and chest and a
military carriage for which every man
of athletic tendencies aspires.
Because it will give on mental train
ing. 1t will teach you to pay attention
closely to details; to think accurately;
and to decide instantly what to do.
1t will give you highly developed
memory.
Because it will teach you to do
things accurately and with dispatch
In military there is only one way to
do things, and that is to do it right
Every movement is executed exactly
and absolutely the way the drill regu-
lations say it will be done, and you
will be taught every little detail of
ever movement included in the drill
regulations. You will also be taught
your military duties SO thoroughly
that you will be able to perform them
| instinctively at the word of command.
even in the midst of battle.
Because it will give you each sum-
mer a free outing-a weeks life in the
open; sleeping in a tent; eating good
substantial, WELL cooked food, with
| just enough healthy manual labor to
make you enjoy to the utmost, your
food and sleep.
You will receive pay for doing this.
Because 1t will teach you self-reli-
ance; to take care of yourself under
/ any and all circumstances. 1t will
teach you elemental laws of hygiene
| how to keep your health good under
| adverse circumstances-how to eat,
| how to cook, how to sleep in the field
how to make your own way in the
| world.
I Because It will teach you to obey
and to command. You will learn how
to obey the orders of the officers over
you and in turn when you become an
officer, to exact obedience from the
men under you.
Because it will teach you to shoot
| high-powered rifle, an art to perfect
which requires long practice and in
struction from competent teachers.
Because it gives you an opportunity,
IL you develop into good shot, to
participate (and get paid for it) in
state and national rifle competitions
that are not open to civilians.
Because it will teach you how to
keep from getting shot yourself. You
will learn how to intrench yourself
to build Notifications that will shield
you from the enemys bullets.
Because if you are interested in
lodge or other semi military work it
will prepare you to be a drill master
Or officer of such organization.
Because it will help you in civil life.
Germany's pre- eminence in business
manufacturing and commerce, is a di-
rect result of her policy of enforced
military training for every able bodied
man.
Because 1t will help you in your po-
litical life. Just see how many of our
office holders and successful politicians
have, at some time in their careers,
belonged to the military service.
Because 1T will help you in your
social life. 1t will give you acquaint-
ance in all walks of Iife-friendships
with men who are fighters, who as
comrades in arms will fight by your
side when the time comes.
Because it may lead to your get
ting commission. Wars come like
clouds in a clear sky" How much
better for you to get your military
training now, so that if war ever does
come, your experience will send You
to the front as commissioned officer
instead Of an ignorant recruit who
must learn his military training after
he has been drafted into service.
Because you may have an opportun-
ity to help uphold the majesty of the
law, in case of riots. The military
is called to the aid Of the civil au-
thorities as last resort when all other
resources have failed. In such ex-
tremities, you are clothed with abso-