Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10

more % oNeflooks The fact That 1l-
though We have been ust the example
thar they desire throughout the more
than a century and "a quarter of our
existence. the results existing 100 the
world today do NOT warrant the belief
that eur example has had amy benefit
cial effect
There are those who decp taking
amy precautions or making amy prep
arau0ns OF the military power Of the
nation because they say it viii not pre-
vent war bat will provoke f. Men
and nations must prepare to meet
their responsibilities; if it is inadvisa-
bio 10 develop strength sufficient to
repcl wrong because such developed
strength may bee misused, human ma
ufe has reached am impasse Why
should it be presumed that a just man
on "a just nation will cease 90 Doe just
because it has the power 10 be unjust
We must either trust others or trust
ourselves
Another stumbling block to some is
INC suggestion that no preparation
should be taken because no one can
forctell how much we may have to
meet and what we will require to meet
it,. Here again the idea embodied i'm
this suggestion would stay an human
progress. There viii Doe some who as-
sert that the devastating effects and
the horror being produced by The war
now being wagod make il certain thar
war will he avoided for long period
of time after the close of the present
war They win argue that the eE-
uaustion of resources and the recollee-
ton Of the awful suffering win have
the effect of dcterring nations from
entering upon war What basis is
there for such belief? Certainly such
basis cannot be found i'm history
own or that of other nations
There will be those who believe
and assert that the time when war can
be avoided BY negotiations or arbira-
tion or other like means viii be adj
vancod ii we refrain from adopting a
property military policy but it win he
set back If we do So II is difficult
TO comprehend on what basis such a
believe can reasonably rest and
therefore IT Is difficult to reason about
il. II seems to rest upon the idea that
II We are feeble and weak i'm action,
we will be strong ana persuasive i'm
counsel. that by avowedly neglectiug
TO prepare 10 protect our rights We
viii be the better able to secure their
protection by appeal by arbitration
or by argument. No one need have
the slightest fear that our voice for
peaceful settlement Of the quarels of
nations viii receive any the less atton-
ton because we stand for the right
and are prepared TO maintain it att
amy proper cost. ON the contrary the
voice OF such a one is always listened
to ana usually controls.
"lf the determination arrived at by
those whose knowledge skill and eN-
perience makes their Judgment prac-
ucally conclusive is accepted, we
should have Ina this country a force of
at least 100000 men ready for instant
response TO a call In the event of war
on the imminence of war II is sure
~ not necessary to state the many
reasons why this force may not be
supplied by a regular standing army
Of that number constantly under arms,
There is no legal way that the ma
tional guard can, i'm time of peace be
Governed differed or trained by the
national government, and there is no
legal way excepting by volunteering
that it can DE made available to the
nation i'm time of war to any greater
extent than specified In the eonstltu-
lion. which confessedly falls short of
the necessary uses 90 which am army
may have to be put in the event OF
q war with a foreign nation.
ut becomes necessary therefore, to
devise some method of making avail
able for the use of the nation i'm time
lf war an additional force I'm supple
ment of that part OF the national
force towit, the regular army which
Is constantly under arms, q part of
the army in other words, to be raised
md maintained by congress and vow
arned in all respects in accordance
with its directions When this sys-
.em is devised and made operative the
nation would be militariN in this sit
lation IL would have, as the consti-
luton provides an army raised and
by il. composed of a ce~
ain number constantly under arms,
and very much larger number def
litely Identified in personnel provided
with equipment and organization,
possessed of some training and sub
ect TO instant call The states would
nave the organized militia, developed
with federal assistance TO the highest
point Of efficiency ayaila-
Die for the purposes specified in the
constitution, and so circumstanced
hat I'm the event of war with "a for
'ign nation they could by their own
'oliton, Immediately take their place
With the other military force Of the
lation"
The report takes up i'm detail the
1lan Of military preparation already
made public ana endorsed by Prcsi-
lent Wilson, and declares the Swiss
md Australian systems are founded +
m governmental institutions and
powers differing SO radically from
hose in the United States that any att
empt 70 adapt either TO American use
would mean great delay
Enough has been said to demon
trate. the secretary concludes. that
q get something done now SOME
hing that is well worth whue-the
,est course is to recognize and operate
Inler existing conditions The other