The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-05
SHERMAN WAS RIGHT
Rockies Agree With General Who
Marched from Atlanta to the sea.

Marched from Atlanta to the Sea.
This is a great experience" said
! professor from Missouri University,
as he scrubbed out his aluminium
trying pan with sand, cold water and
wad of newspaper; 1T is a new
thing to look at the humble qualities
of obedience, promptness, diligence
attention and the like from the mill
tary angle"
Yes, suffered the city mmana-
ger OF Kokomo from his shampoo un-
der the company faucet, 1T is of great
educational value"
Nevertheless, | have polished this
rifle bore three times, but the loot
CieutenanD won't pass it; and per-
sonally am convinced that Sherman
was right Thus the Columbia law
student, ignoring which the professor
resumed; "One is so ashamed to find
that the body is not much under ones
command as one would desire. To
stand attention and respond at once
to word from an officer address to
me and 11S others, is most difficult of
all things!" A chorus of assent greet
ed this statement.
Yes; | came here" said the bis
hop, because | thought | ought, and
now | find that am receiving an in
struction which is of the highest value
to me"
You have spoken the word for uni
versal service, Bishop" put in the man
from Kokomo. After all, is not that
the concrete desire of every man
hereto see every citizen trained so
that he may be able to give a yalu-
able service to his country in case of
need. And the Columbia man added,
Eyes, all our wars have cost us thous-
ands Of lives which need not have
been lost, but that men learned under
storm of real bullets what they
ought to have learned, as we do. with
blank cartridges. In spite OF my
school history on the battlefelds of
1872 and in the burning of the Capt.
toll at Washington, we were defeated:
and perhaps We could have gotten
through the civil war in half the time,
and certainly without the slaughter of
the first battles If we had known any
thing
Did you hear Gen. Wood tell US the
other night that in case Of declara.
ton Of war the regulars knew that not
less than 60 per cent of them would
be wiped out while waiting for the
volunteer army to get to the 'front.'"
Yes, professor, did answered
the Kokomo Official Indeed the most
peace-desirious men know are the
men Of the regular army
have transcribed typical remarks.
AS | stand with these men looking at
devices to bring death, there will com
monty come murmur of repulsion
from a large proportion of the crowd.
They are believers in peace; in war
for defense and not aggression. !
think ! am summing up the underfJ-
ing conviction of Plattsburg that the
best insurance for peace is prepared
ness and the best preparedness OF the
nation is universal military service.
/ hope you can read this written, as
ii is, under difficult conditions.
You may be interested to know
Plattsburg's daily program. "Reyelle"
is blown at 5.45 a. m. There is a live
ly scramble for ten minutes, because
lacing up trousers. heavy shoes and
leggns takes time. Attention on
the Company street is at 500; Mass
at $50: then If you have any all
ments, from blister on the heel to a
sore throat, you are attended to at
"sick-cal."-70O n. m. At 7SO begins
the days work. The pack is slung on
to the shoulders,-bel with first aid
kit, (seal only to be broken in en-
ergency) bayonet, canteen and pos
sibly some rounds of blank cartridges.
Forward, Everybody throws
the weight on to the ball of the right
foot.
march," Up come rifles to right
shoulders, and the company swings
into regular step and out on to the
highway. Heels ring out on the ma.
cadam and a little metallic click,
click" of various clickles of the equip
ment fills in rythmically. Half an
hour of drill on the paradeground is
followed by the 'setting.up.eXercises. -
1t is great sight to see 1000 men
responding to calls to various exer.
cises. The men generally enjoy most
of them. Captain Keller, upon a high
table.like platform. shouts sharply his
| various commands.
up with the chest. Arms forward
sideward, down, thrust. /, .. 3, 4
o now, snap them OUT" So one fol
lows another. with the captains com
ments thrown in, in the brief rest
| intervals
81 notice some Of you men out o.