New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-14
Security League Asks Drill
for Men Between Is
and 45 Years.
COLLEGES TO GIVE
ARMY INSTRUCTION
PHYSICAL Training and Riile
Practice Suggested for Early
School Days.

Calling for requirement OF mllIaiy
duty from all persons between the ages
of eighteen and forty-fve years the
militia committee Of the National Be-
curity League issued a report yester-
dav of its investigation Of the military
needs of the United States, with special
reference to the militia. Other recon-
mondations we're that the national
guard be developed into an eihclent
school for officers, that an official cias-
sjfcation be made of all fitted for mill
tarv enrolment, that the art OF man@u-
vres be made a part Of every college
curriculum and that school children be
trained only in sports and physlcai
drills. .o,orod-
Stating their belief that unpreparea-
ness is fatal vice, the comm i.Vec
convinced that universal duty iiilI I..,i
TO the simplest oXacuons "hlcm ~,
nocessitate recognition of the military
status of every citizen. VIII tehu u TIC
growth Of the national guard.
az legislative measures for national
defiance" the report reads, should en-
bracc ali persons liable to militia duty.
Tho object should be rather to prepare
rroner material out of which greater
army and navy can be speedily created
whom reouircd than 10 create n very
LARGE army or line Of defence called or,
raHizcd militia as a part of the army
State Enrolment First Step.
The first step recommended is the en- en-
rolment by the state OF all men ,'ap,g
10 service, that every person snouIu
feel n duty 20 the government giving
him protection and that the raw mate
rial NAV be moulded into shape LOT the
emergency Of war.
"a minimum Of exactions for the en-.
rolled militia will make for the DeSv
success" 10 continues. ne counIiy
will accent the situation with lcSs
alarm. and those subject to enrolment
will Weld a more ready compliance 10
it's requirements. Until public OPINION
has had time 20 formulate a sat'slAC-
tory way 10 meet this plan, such an
enrolled militia can be gwen a sem
tlance Of organization and formed IA
separate nominal commands. SuCn
field service and rife practlce as 'ne
state could afford should be gwen 10
those of the younger years annually'
Owe believe that the relation between
the national guard as state force ana
as national force should be solved
and that the original idea OF thai Or
ganization as school Tor oHcers
should be fostered.'
Military Training at College.
As the better judgment OF all the
members Of the committee was against
military instruction in the public;
schooIs. il was urged that physical
training and manly sports should be
the only preparation given children
undor eighteen. Above that age suc1
military responsibility should DC I'M
posed al would teach the nation 't5
duty without curbing the normal civil
life. bu, rather stimulating x.
1--WE must not turn our great PUBIC
school system into recruiting stations
for war, but we must teach that public
service means taking heed Of the ma
tional life and upright, manly insist
ence upon honor and fair dealing.
eve. therefore, while urging thor
OUCH and efficient physical drill for
children, the encouragement Of all
sDorts that require activity and cour-
age. and the early training in the use OF
the rife, do not suggest the teaching
of military tactics i'm the schools. We
do. however agree that the theory OF
the composition Of the units Of the
fighting forces and their adJuncts
should be taught, and that knowledge
Of the hygiene Of the field and the care
Of the body should be part OF every
collegiate course