The chronicle=news., 1914-07-16
Vital as Jury DUTY.

oil military service remains as it was
IN 1883. Our youth should therefore
be taught that such service may be-
come as vital and necessary a mart
of their civic duty as jury duty or
other civil duty. And just as in the
higher sense of civic morality it Is
recognized on all sides that the citi-
zen should fit himself for the intel
ligent use of the suffrage and the
discharge of his other civil rights
ana duties. so our youth should be
taught their constitutional obliga-
tions to military service and given
the chance to learn It's elements.
Any one who knows the difficult
Ties under which the recruiting SER
vice for our organized militia and the
regular army at present labor can
nut realize that remedy must be
found The remedy lies in the re-
moVal OF the cause.-the indifference
of the public. This Indifference is
due to false teaching of our youth as
to our wars, and the failure of our
people. in their busy life, to realize
how far away we as people are,
because Of the changes of time, and
more especially because of recent
immigration, from the life, ideals
and practices of earlier times In the
nations life.
The students military instruction
camps are intended to afford means
or meeting in part present vital
necessity which must appeal to all
who are interested In military mat
ters whether in relation to the Ma
tional guards, to the regular army or
to our other volunteers In time of
war. 1t is to be hoped that all on.
people will lend to these camps all
the support they can. by inducing our
young men to attend them.
Robert H. Noble.
The interest manifested generally
in the students military instruction
camp for the western department, be-
ing held ut Pacific Grove, near the
Presidio of Monterey, Calif-mne
26 to July 31-indicates that the
camp will be great success. Recent
reports from Washington concerning
the three other students military
instruction camps to be held this
under the authority ana di-
rectfon OF the war department, at
burlington. VT: Ludington, Mich,
and Asheville. N. c.. from July 6 to
August Z. are highly encouraging
and presage a great future. The stu
dents military instruction camp for
the western department will be the
only camp of the kind to be held this
year west of the, Mississippi. 1t
would be difficult to find locality
as well adapted for the purpose as
the Monterey peninGula, whether
considered from climatic. military
or recrcational point of view. Next
year the attractions Of the two ex-
positions to be held at San Francis
co and San Diego to celebrate the
opening of the Panama canal, and
the other inducements the Pacific
Coast offers to a visitor. should in
sure very large attendance at the
Monterey camp. 1t is hoped also
that by 1916 it will be possible to
have an additional camp In the
region of the northwest.
There can be no doubt that, when
the character of the instruction Of
fered to the youth OF the nation in
these war department camps Is fully
understood. their number will grow
until there will be students mill
tary instruction camp In nearly ev-
cry state.
The students military instruction
camp movement has received the
warm endorsement of President, ex-
President Taft. the secretary Of war.
the universities OF Princeton, Yale.
Lehizh, Michigan, Ala