The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
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NJ H. L. CPATKOfP,
American serving with the Second
Regiment Of the Foreign Legion.
have rus, reza readias 81 ire
American papers st,out the "Anncrtos-'
League" o, Defence League" and seA
that the idea vAs suggested by AZ
American now n TIRE wa sone
wonder VINO :. waA Dir unaouor IRE
itea has c>>-u-T-ed 20 MANY now servi0s
n tire Preach army know We have
had discussions about s,soA al orsA1.zs-
ZION. but we wanted puTe'v military
Organization which would rive the youns
men OF tire ooun;ry a military t-sLu'us
j seemed very clear 20 Ne Amor cans
who have been seeins so-1eth'ns o: VA
that the United Stss~s % uap repaired tor
WA and 3. at ;he merry ~ sry wsr.'ke
s,a.A ana hat ths Arguments q. pact
ns,s could no longer hold as states III
always resor; 70 force Q: arms Hence
he meet 81 training
We have aeen English Noys after e.sht
weeks training WITH ~ A. Eouen.
Toulouse ana Camp lie NA!Ny ard two
or three months IN the trenches .saye
US and take M commissions IN the
English army and yet they were only
second class pr!Nstes here ana some %
them poor ones 81 that No; that any
Of US are soldiers NE are volunteers,
which 10 another thins sltoge'h and
woula rather with what little
know, little 4 10 tool have one resi-
nent o: regulars than ave 81 volunteers
Volunteers have 20 Ne Killed before ;he
suvN-VNrs heCN7lN sr.i!erS
Tratning Good Apart From War.
A soldier - no; man. he (. 81
animal. human being stripped ~ his
brain. He must no; think, Ne must not
reason--all that IL LEFT 70 those In
charge--he only has 20 become q ma
chine easily handed by those holding
the responsibility. And al ms takes
time. 10 unlcsrn IS hSrte- than to
learn.
And ye, We all agreed OF the value 90
military training as judged by the er-
fects 81 tho training We have gone
through. No; that We are ir love with
war-we have not seen n hattle-eu'
war as we know u is not a fch; A
shell cones from miles away, n bullet
Il Aired by an unseen enemy ana man
Is dead w!thou; a chance 20 reta!iate
But q course ~ military trair'0c such
as We have received Is good FOR Young
men in Itself and raciHsts nee; not
object 10 lie being military. As Il Is a
course in education, a better training
for future manhood than ANYTHING !
have ever heard of 4 man who sud es
law may learn how 20 commit acts
which are unlawful before Goa and We:
within the letter o. tho law \ man
who studies medicine may re able 90
commit crimes aftervan without being
de,e,ted We; thar does not make the
study Of law or nnc3icine had So.
though this training fts a man tor war
70 Re condemned
that this course 81 Instruction has done
him world OF good opened his eyes 20
his former helpiessness, and tina; he W.
war Ike every soldier and know rs thai
he remains erthus .as.lc about tho bow
efits he has obtained.
When We entered the army We were
thrown in among all sorts ana types and
thus Obtained our FIRST heucf's, associa.
t,on with others, The second heuef,
was TO learn what irue disc pine means
We learned for the flyst time What II IS
10 obey even those Of us who had ncVe,
been called disoNd'enr before From
discipline We learned respect A. frs'
We had no respect for our immediate
superiors eorporals and scrEear,s They
Were DICTIONARIES, perhaps With nstOg.cs
that would not bear telling often they
we're our ,nfertor~ In many WaHs, hui
not as solH'ers