The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-24
THE AMERICAN MOBILIZATION
Great Army Being Trained for Service
In Peaceful Fields-See TO 1t That
They are Protected.
(From Insurance Herald)

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(From Insurance Herald.)
The latest issue of the agency pa-
per Of an insurance company carries
an interesting article on the Great
American Mobilization, and a strong
| argument is made to fathers to see
that this army-formed by the puplic
school system-receives proper insu-
rance protection during it's period of
training, 50 that it may fight the bat
ties Of Peace successfully. The arti.
Gle follows:
"As VIC go to press the United
States has completed the great annual
American mobilization. By this an
army Of more than ten million sold
iers Is sent into training each year for
period Of nine months. One-third
of all the taxes of the Republic are
spent on this army. The people of the
nation save and sacrifice to feed and
equip at their own expense the i'm
mense levy Of recruits for it's service.
Its great forts rear their battlements
In the crowded cities and stretch out
into all parts OF. the broad land. There
Is not valley SO. sequestered. not a
district Sd remote, but the flag floats
there over some little garrison of
this mighty army.
1t is, taking 1t all in all. the most
wonderful army in the world. Its ar
senals are filled. not with rifles, but
with books; it's Instructors do not
teach straight shooting, but straight
thinking; and its raw recruits are
trained for the battle of life that they
may conquer Natures laws and not
clear eyes. stakes the future of its peo-
their fellow men, that they may wrest
wealth from the resources of the earth
and not from the possession OF their
!neighbors. 1t is the army pDof, which
the United States of America, with
pie: 1t is known as the Public School
System. i.yr -....,..
Probably the finest part OF It all is
that this great army Is for the most
part made up Of volunteers, Only in
parts OF the country Is tho service
compulsory and then only up to q
limited age. In thousands OF localities
the bulk of the children in the grades
and the entire high school division of
because parents are able and willine
to devote a substantial portion OF their
income to the development Of those
who, lin many another land, are look
ed upon as a source of revenue to the
household. .s Er
II you have children in school, Mr.
Policyholder, that is something to
think about. Are you leaving to your
good wife the solution of the school
problem for your children III you
should pass away before their train
ing Is complete? How would it be
with those brave young soldiers os
yours IL the weekly envelope or the
monthly salary check suddenly ceased
to come in? Have. you ever paused to
think how absolutely dependent your
family has become upon that regular
amount which you receive from your
firm or draw from your cash account?
Protection Against Everything.
There Is food for thought in this.
Certainly 1t is worth while in relation
various forms of insurance that will
protect your children in the event of
your demise. Death is q strangely ar
bitrary chooser, and protection, to be
protection at all, must be not against
a few things that may happen but
against anything that may happen.
There Is something more for you
to think about in this. Mr.. Policyhold-
er, IL you happen to have a bright
faced young soldier in this great army
of the Republic. IL something should
happen to you. Is this boy or girl who
bears your name to drop from the
ranks. or march on triumphantly to
the goal of adequate preparation for
life? Is the provision you have made
sufficient to carry On the. campaign?
And then there is something else
the most serious thought OF all. When
you are pressed with little RESPONSE
bilities. when financial matters get
tight, you are sometimes, tempted to
let the premium so dnpaid--to let IL
go altogether and ALLOW your policy
to lapse"