Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-23
WE NEED MORE THAN AN ARMY
President Hadey of Yale Tells Norwich Audence-Want Public Understanding of Its Use and Management
 Wth Understanding of Governments This the Silver
 Lining to the War Cloud That Congresses Us.

service, by which men went into the army for brief time. And as soon as they were trained, gave place to oth- CTS. Out of this grew the system of citizen soldiery which under the guidance of a statesman like Bismark and a general like Moltke won such important victories half a century ago. What the public chiefly saw at that system. What it did not see. though 1t was, I think, more fundamentally important was the political result. The theory that every able bodied citizen owed service to the state all lowed Germany to carry through a system of sccialistic measures that made the German nation far more like a family in it's mental attitude than the English nation, for instance, pos sibly could be.
 oermany's New Gospel.
 The thing that has made Germany strong in this present war is just this coherent attitude as a large socialis- tic family. And the thing that has made Germany dangerous is the pres ent war is the belief that she has a new political guspo. to preach to the world-a gospel so important that it allows her to override treaties and even to disregard the dictates of com mon humanity as being of small inn portance in comparison with the new
 
 And it is noteworthy fact that those nations which have shown the best powers of resistance in propor- ton 70 their resources have been the ones where the German view of the military duty of the citizen has been stance, which las mades a peaceably democracy like Switzerland able to protect itself and maintain itself with a power out of proportion either to he numbers or the wealth of its pop uIation. This is not due simply to the armed force. but to the national ethics and national coherence that go with the system
 Need of Preparedness.
 The demand for some sort of mili- tary education therefore rests, not simply on the need of national pre- paredness in the military sense, but on the need Of national preparedness arguments for it lie not on one line only but on many. We need it on the purely military ground of provid- ing partially trained reserve to sup port our regular army and navy in case of attack and to fill gaps in its ranks. We need it as a supplement to our educational system, in order to provide moral as well as intellect ual training-the spirit of readiness for disagreeable duty, which William James so strongly emphasizes in his Moral Equivalent of War" We need 1t most of all as a necessary safe guard for our political institutions; as an object lesson in the reciprocity of rights and duties, without which politics degenerates into scramble for office and privilege in which ad- ministrative efficiency is sacrificed. In the light of the history of the last fifty years, intelligent provision against the possible dangers of war means in- ,telligent prepaT ation, for the certain demands of well ordered peace. Questions and Answers. At the close of his address Presi- dent HadIey, nI.ited questions from had not made clear and several took advantage Of the opportunity. One | of the questions asked was as to what practical measures should be taken to | begin ;he proposed military education l President IIadiey said one of the most practical methods would be to have | our colleges, and high schools give camp training as part of the schoo | course. If a considerable number | say one quarter of our influential men had camp training of this nature ! it would be but step further to ac- quire a practical military education That the audience was to a large extent in sympathy with the speaker | was shown by the statement of one q think military drill is more essen. | tial than any study except arithmetic Another question which was satis- | factOrily answered by President Had. | ley related to the difference between | the German system of military educa. tion and the systems of the other con. | tinental powers.