Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
DYER ARGUES FOR
BETTER DEFENSE
Gives Facts and Figures to Show
Army and Navy Is Too Small Con-
sldering Coast Line.
Would DOUBLE LAND FORCES
Relieves That the Place to Begin Train
ing of Soldiers Is in the
Schools.

ing OF Soldiers Is in the
Schools.
"On an occasion of this kind when
we meet 10 show our appreciation OF
the valor of the soldier dead. we should
stop and consider the living. The les
\ sons to the living come from the dead. D
The foregoing is the keynote Of the ad-
dress by Congressman L. C. DYER Of
St Louis. principal speaker at the
dedication Of the monument this aft
erpoon.
His subject was The Necessity Of
I the Government Taking Steps TO Prop
. erIy Prepare to Defend This Country"
Lincoln advocated a strong army
and an efficient navy. L am calling
your attention to the appropriateness
Of the United States. should trouble
come. Our total army includes Ss.444
men. We should learn from occasions
Of this kind the lessons of the past,
when our army was unprepared.
Neither the north nor the south was
prepared when the Civil war broke
out. There were neither trained men
nor proper equipment. as was evi-
{ denced by the battles at the beginning
of the war, such as Bull Run When
the men did become trained soldiers
they showed what they could do. such
/ as al the battle Of Gettysburg.
Our army is not over $4,000. and
with our coast line, the Philippines.
Hawaii. Porto Rico and Panama We
have but d handful OF men. Our navy
too. is united and we have neither the
+ proper number Of men nor equipment.
such as submarines.
Quotes army Men.
/ Even as long ago as 1850 General
/ Emory Upton spoke thus prophet
caIly.
In time of war the civilian as much
. as the soldier is responsible for de-
. feat and disaster. Battles are not lost
alone on the field; they may be lost
beneath the dome of the capitol. they
may be lost in the cabinet. or they may
be lost in the private Office Of the sec
rotary of war. Wherever they may be
/ lost # is the people who suffer and
the soldiers who die. with the knowl-
edge and the conviction that our MILF
tarE policy is d crime against life. q
crime against property, and crime
against iioeILF- Inc aulnoF mas awaited
a-lnseil OF ms privilege as cl-izen 10
- pose 70 our people d system "4sea,
II -1ol ana 9-L'I- L-aS so"il7l ol la1et
prove ia-aL. ne tliae "ilea some one
sD34La 1o 14Ls mas arrived
IN 1871 admiral hahe sald. Lhey
toId me IN London Y on are ilVlng III q
LooIs paradise some day you VIII
wake up with hght on your hands,
and you won't ereadE for it,
The regular army, 55.olb- includes
poth standing and line. 4e,42s of these
WITHIN the states. ll'54t 30 coast ioftl-
Rcatlon6. rms leaves aV,4n1 mobile
troops. We have militia, $4,000 on
paper men and of7cers. 10000 OF these
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