New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

unity Of the Western Hemisphere.
-, for my part. have u great enthu-
siasm for rendering America spiritually
efficient, and that conception lies NJ
the basis OF what seems very FAR re-
moved from Il. namely. the plans that
have been proposed for the military
efficiency of this nation.
Those plans do not involve great
army. because that is not America :
way OF being efficient in respect OF
her physical force. We do not intend
we never intended TO have an army,
standing army, greater than Is ncces-
sary for the ordinary uses OF peace.
But We want TO have back Of that army
q people who can rally TO its assistance
in most cflicacious fashion at any une
thew are called on TO do so. hut VINO
m the meantime are not professional
soldiers. who do not take tho profess
sional soldiers point of view IN re
spect Of public affairs. whose thought
is uDon their daily task Of peaceiul
industry. who know that the ciNllinh
takes precedence over the soldier IN
the United States.
Il have proposed that we should be
supplied with at least half milllon
men, accustomed to handle arms ana
live in camps And that is very small
number rs compared with the gigantic
proportions Of modern armies. And
therefore. Il seems 20 me that no man
can sneak Of proposals like that as II
they pointed directly 70 mili,arism.
1T is astonishing how many men
Of straw are set up and CALAMITY
knocked down Il is astonishingly easy
To prove that something U.s. wrong
which nobody has proposed. And TINS
nation is not going 10 be deceived ny
the fears Of gentlemen who are Tear
ful only OF those things which they
have imagined We are not going TO
be stopped and daunted by ghosts and
fancics. We are proposing a very
businesslikc thing. and ]. for my part,
believe that am proposing thor
oughly busincsslike thing.
For | am proposing something moro
than what D. temporary. 10 is my con
ccption that as the government or me
United States has done a great deal,
though even yet probably not enough,
70 promote agricultural education IN
this country. II ought 20 do great
deal 20 promote industrial education
in this country, and that along with
thOrOuchCoiug industrial and vOca-
tional training Il Is perfectly feasible
20 instruct tho youth of the land in
the mechanism and use Of arms, In tho
sanitation Of camps, IN the more rudi-
mentary principles and practices OF
modern warfare.
Must Create the Schools.
"a nation Ike this should BIO
ashamed to use an inefficient ins.ru-
sbav La frg srtl ruf u
efficient for everything that II needs
10 employ II for, and 10 can do u along
with the msgnifying and ennobling and
quickening of the tasks of peace. But
We have 10 create the schools and de-
velop the schools to do these things.
and we cannot at present wait for the
slower processes.
I'VE must go al once 10 the task Of
training very considerable body Of
men TO the use of arms and the life
of camps, and we can do so upon one
condition, and one condition only. The
test, ladies and gentlemen, of what We
are proposing Is not going TO be the
action Of Congress; it Is going TO be
the response of the country
In conclusion, the President said that
underneath the surface Of every Amer
lean there is the beating of heart
which is willing to make a profound
sacrifice for the country that we all
love. Those hearts are now going to
be guided by very hard-headed minds,
by minds that know how TO think and
plan and insist. and out of what seems
an intricate debate there is going 20
come great plan for national defence,
Of which We viii be proud and which
will lead US to forget partisan differ
ences in one great enthusiasm for the
United States Of America"