The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-25
An Interesting Article Shouting the
False Inducements Offered to Sc
cure Recruits.

list class VIII wage it, provided you
are fool enough to march to the tune
| of My Country Tis of Thee" and
do the fighting.
If you are foolish enough to enlist
and that happens, you may get shot,
but in case you are only injured or
ncapacitatcd while doing your duty,
your Uncle sam will give you a pen
sion for life. So generous, you
you know.
But before you go and enlist in
the army let us quote you few
figures and facts. Insanity is one of
the chief causes for dismissal from
the army. The debaSing vices in
herent in army life drive men to in
sanity. The number of descrtions
Is SteaGlly increasing. In the years
1907, 1905. 1909, respectively, A.
334. i.oS1. 5.O23 men deserted. Now
don't you think there is something
rotten in Denmark when there are
that number of desertions in spite
of the brutal punishment inflicted
for it?
Nencreai diseases lead all the rest
in the army The men instead of
being clean. as the government ad-
vertises them to be, are rotten. Ex :
Secretary of War Dickinson says:
'Fenereal diseases cause a greater
sick rate than all others added to-
gethcr." President David Starr Jor-
dan. or Stanford University. quotes
from letter written by soldier
in the Philippines: Twenty-one per
cent of our soldiers are attacked
with venereal Diseases"
Here is part of letter from a
commanding officer of the British
army in ndia: please send young
and attractive women. as laid down
in tho quartermaStcr's general cir
cular No. 2la. There are not wom-
en- enough. They are not attractive
enough. have ordered the num-
Der of prostitutes increased and
have given especial instructions as
to additional women being young
and of attractive appearance
We wish to bring home to you.
young man. the fact that no infamy
is too dirty for capitalism.
And always is the bodies of the
workers that are ground TO pulp in
it's remOrselcsS mill They alone
suffer. Not only do they furnish the
bodies to be torn and the women
and children to be made widows and
orphans. but they must also perform
the fendish work of killing and
manning and manufacturing those
widows and orphans
When you sign your name to the
enlistment papers to become a SOL
der you become an unthinkinE man
nikIn. and capitalism holds the
strings. You must he prepared to
shoot your own comrades, your bro
theirs. or your father.
If YOU doubt this statement. lis
ten to two high authorities. Presi-
dent Taft said to the young soldier
cadets at West Point in 1908, "The
plainest of your duties is to keep
your mouth shut and obey orders.
AS soldier you must forego the
privilege of free SPEECH
Emperor William of Germany
told the young men in his army at
Potsdam. November, 1901: You
are now my soldiers. You have Civ
en- yourself to me. body and soul.
There is but one enemy for you. and
that is my enemy. 1t may happen
| that | shall order you to fire on
your own brothers and fathers. In
such a case you are bound to obey
me without murmur-"
7 As your Uncle Sam no longer rep
| resents the whole people. it is well
| that you stay out of his army. He
stands for the millionaire and the
corporations. When the old skate
| comes along with a cynical smile on
| his face and asks you to enlist. say
| I"Nothin' doing
| The ruling of the unemployed
for there you are a constant menace
| to its peace and happineSS-and
insure YOU comfortable living. free
from want. in the army. There they
can keep you until they need you
You can free yourself from the fear
of poverty. but you must be willing
to do its bidding.
And that means that you must kill
your own kind, your own flesh and
| blood. If YOU do this you sink to
the level of the lowest type of de
! generate.
| If the owning class wants war. i
| they insist upon fighting among
| themselves for the possession of the
! worlds markets to sell for profits
! the goods they steal from you. il
they insist upon using you for can