The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24

graduation he will better know the l.,..,
of mind of the men Of his region ,,....
10 enrolment as volunteers: better
! know how To- take them as they are anna
make If them the splendid lighting .r...
| that such became in the civil war. WI.
waste Of life most appalling. rcsr-,
three years Of that war were apcn, 80.
lecting and developing officers VIII,
could and would do the work ~ 2
should be done. When they had ueen
selected. they produced. largely from
now levics of volunteers. the Hu.u
/ armies the world has ever seen. KARIN,
not even the fghting machines ~ f1s
! German nation.
| So far M may be. without wor}.lg
real hardship and suffering. the bcs, W
our military colleges reproduce the OK.
| periences which made those officers ard
! they add thereto "a far wider experience
in military matters technical, all In c.r.
/ junction with the academic Uorl, u
college or Of technical school, am not
unmindful of the value OF the military
I experience gained in the militia and bv
/ the drill in school and college and
summer euCampmcnts. The mon Nl.
share in these gain very much OF nah
value in time of specific need and much
which serves most happily in their civil
pursuits. The results of training through
these means are all good and VIII "a.
come better.
| But however good these may become
! there is one thing which the geuers'
/ Government and the State have failed
to do In connection Herewith. They
have failed 10 find a way to make
note and 10 keep record OF the men who
have had such training. who they are
how qualified and where they may ne
found Il needed. II will cost something
to get and to keep such n record and
cost something 10 make such men want
| to be so noted and recorded. But II
should lie done. unless, indeed We asa
nation are 10 adopt some system ~
compulsory military service. For N.
moment the people Of this country are
not prepared for such a system and II
rs not plain that there is need or t.
whole ONE as It would he in many re-
, spocts.
| Unless compulsory service is adopted
more should bc done by nation or by
state. or by both, to improve the forms
of training now existing in schoo, ana
college. in military school aud mll.ar
college.
OF necessity see mos; clearly -oae
things pertaining to the last. hc.,ye
th7 records attest their extruordiutrv
& worth. At another time and for spec fc
purpose wrote: TT Is suggested that
such schools tend To- foster the milit1r.
spirit doubt IT, for to have 20 STUDIED
arms is to know when and how 10 uec
thAnn hu gtttfi,l n. Drf 8
practice Of war is to have learned IS
J horrors and the consciousness or wick
edncss which provokes 1t. IL Is the
ulamor of those ignorant of these THINKS
which procipitates war. 1t was t7"
voice Of the uAiritiated that cried flr
war with Spain months before it came.
In sudden rage the uninitiated. by daily
. paper, 10y telegraph. by any means, any
day have been willing 10 provoke wa
with any nation. The man rightly
trained IN these matters following hts
daily vocation in civil life is not a Are
brand. not provoker Of hostilit.cs, bat
an active conscrvator Of peace.
All thoughtful persons are keeny
alive To the need Of finding suitable and
/ effective means for conserving the peace
| between nations. The abest mpD o.
our day wrestle with the problem 9s
have such for n century and more. We
are slow to believe. though we cannot
wholly deny. that war must remain as
| n part of Gods great plan for the cor
| roction of greater evils In way we
know that when there shall have come
TO be no distinction between races, ma
/ uonalities, political parties religious
scots. when family lines have been
obliterated and the meaning of "mlnr'
| becomes the same as of thine there
| will be no more war. We are slow -
begin on this possessive pronoun bust
ness where the whole must start But
whole heartedly for brief intervals haf
! heartedly for greater, we struggle with
this lesser and with the greater prob
lcm as did our fathers before us. "Pcure
will reign" they said. "therc will 10
no more war" And straightway thrr
plunged into civil strife. What peace
was really theirs they fought for and
we may be reasonably sure that our
children will have only the peace they
are willing to fight for. We cannot h'
indifferent, the primal forces within Us
all that we consciously recognize a.
guiding our relations 20 posteritY forbid
Indifference. There Is no dead past
there can be no future 10 which the
present does not look and which is moi
dependent upon this present. For 4"
moment we may persuade ourselves
that II makes no difference TO us who
in that future rules this land or by
what principles they govern, hut on tho
whole we know that crude and bald A.
we may be there il promise nowhere
else of anything so good and that N"
problem Of betterment should be for ou
children and our children's children
without serious lot or hindrance from
the nations upon earth.
In the hour Of danger from all our CO.
leges will come up faculty, students ano
alumni, able, brave, patriotic Valor, pa
triotism, high honor, education, all 60 70
make such Americans the finest soldier
in the world.
We may not expect and II may 1'
be possible to give all college men su
training, and perhaps i is not desirt"'
but many should have H. and al. reas
able means should be taken and AT
reasonable expenditures made 10 m tN'
opportunity for n, and to record an.
; use the results.
This nation never has mania %.
, and is not likely To establish croo
: standing army. The number of mon IN
, our army to-day may be less or grcn'"
than our immediate needs demand /