Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-21
GENERAL WOOD SUGGESTS PAYING
COLLEGE BOYS TOBE OFFICERS

/ Speaking of military training In
colleges the speaker suggested that
second-year college men be given
$2450 year, OF which amount $3.50
be cash and the balance In allowances,
and nick 800 iof these to be develop.
Led into officers after asyear. This Is
reserve force that Is going to waste.
he said.
Gen. Wood suggested that these col.
lege students complete their course In
training camps to. receive practical
training so as to have eventually
reserve force of 10000 officers for l..
100000 men.
know of nothing better for col.
lege to do than to turn out men for
civic duties and military responsible.
ity. Every man has to play the game
In a democracy because experience
teaches that no nation can live with
a hired army"
The Australian and Swiss military
systems were praised by Gen. Wood,
who said that in these countries In.
struction is given to the boys, who
are taught to use rifle when they
are Is years old. In these countries
also Juvenile delinquency has since
decreased, he said, and that they real
ize they are solid unit for the gov
eminent. In this country the Boy
Scouts should be taught to. shoot at
that age, he said, not to make sol.
diers out of them, but to make them
fit.
IF we we're to lay down principle
here suggest that we have d good
militia, an organized reserve force and
outside of that for every man who Is
physically fit to receive military In
struction without taking much of his
time" he said.
THE engineer reserve Is one of the
most important We can have" he ad-
ded. AS an instance 1t requires 100,- |
900 men for 80 days for this city TO
build the simplest military needs. We
also want reserves In transportation |
and I'm signal department SO we will |
not have to strip our puny force.
1.-THE fighting line in an army is /
only small unit in the group In car
rying on q war. Back of II are the |
great sources of supply. There
must be organization of all those sup
prosecute the war"
He mentioned the railroads, tele'
graph and telephone communications,
engineer and medical corps and the
like. ~... ri. j. ~" =.
Organization today means organiZa-
ton of men, money and material of
the country wherever it can be had"
he continued I'VE must know where
supplies may be had even to the out
put of bakeshops. g.. .*..:..
"Our regular army is small, really
! police force, with very small nu.
,leus in the United States. The mill
ia numbers 100000 on paper, with
about $4,000 of them effective. There
ire 5000 officers in the peace army
md 100 officers in the militia. We
must provide for reserve officers as
veil as for reserve men.
FOOLS Not to See Trouble. ~.
I'VE are a peaceful nation. so that
t is the other fellow, who is ready,
Who will strike the blow and he usual
v knows where he will strike it.
I'VE all believe in arbitration and
hall always use it whenever pos
ible. We are not organizing to meet
my people in particular, but to resist
ny people that might fight against
is. We are. fools If We do not see
rouble all around US. God save US
ur senses that we might see and un- j
erstand and we should all get behind
his preparedness movement and push ,
t to the limit" he concluded.