Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-31
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eminent OF ours. an occnsion hai
! arisen ia organize an armed force foi
/ the preservation Of pence. IL Is real.
| i2cd that the men upon whom New
Mexico calls today may be required u
/ fight. but II Is hoped that our contri-
| button TO this armed force will be oil
a character which will exercise tire.
mendOus Influence in preventing war
! While. therefore, | admonish you that
men who thirst for revenge. who seek
the blood Of their fellow men vim
dictivcly and as punishment for past
wrongs, should not Mt this time offer
their services to the state, and that
New Mexico, In common with the en-
tire nation, wants u bloodless victory
upon the border and that New Mexico
hopes for the pacification or our sister
republic and the restoration Of q
stable government In that war-ridden
land We would have you, who offer
your services to the state In this crisis
do 50 with the feeling that your high
est duty viii be to prevent war, and
that your conduct In the service oi
your state may have great weight In
determining whether or not there
shall be war. This docs not mean
that II win be your duty to submit To-
outragcs and wrongs rather than shed
blood but only that blood shall not
he shed, unless the shedding Of blood
be necessary to the accomplishment
pt your purpose.
az In the Providence Of God war
shall come, you viii be expected TO
fight we know that you will fight
encc and the history Of this republic,
that upon the first sound OF n cali
TO war the flower OF the youth OF
our land will flock as one man TO the
nations standard Remembering as
we do, the minute-men az Lexington
The Rough and Ready troops OF Old
Hickory at New Orleans the firing
upon Fort sumter; and the sinking OF
the Maine. we are reminded that on
no Occasion has the youth OF the
country failed to respond To snch
call, and that of the best OF our
youth. none has considered himself
too good for such a service.
Cost of Lack Of Training.
we also know that on the last oc
casion when our youth assembled to
fight for our flag the loss of mon
upon the battlefield WAS negliglblc
but many valuable lives were lost tu
the nation because OF the lack OF
training and preparation, the lack Ct
knowledge of sanitation, the ,ack Of
Organized hospital service, which our
NJ that time made inevita-
BILE, We know also that the methods
OF modern warfare have changed.
The difference between the condI
tons which confronted our troops an
Lexington and New orleans and those
which exist upon the modern battle 4
field, IN as great az the difference be- +
tween the flat boat and the flying MAJ I
chine as means Of transportation. Tho 4
time may come. which God forbld
when every able bodied man in this
ration may have to take up arms IN /
defense of It's life, II has not come;
We pray that II may not come, bat
Sve ask You the best OF our youth. TO
prepare yourselves for that day,
should it ever come We ask you e.
.nlst In order TO prevent the comins
Il that day, but also to be ready for
i n II shall come, We ask YOU to
enlist to learn the arts of modern
warfare We know that YOU are
ready 20 die for your country, bu,
Sc want you to enlist and prepare
o live for your country ana TO aerve
ler IN life, aud not IA death. Re
nep b0r that all TINT Noh are ol
Hiy lu, New Mexico mas nade you
md Will make you, hnd TINT the hun
" Of New Mexico Is your honor
we have no illusions Us 70 the
character of the sacrifice We are
islng you 10 make, but | for one
relieve the opportunity which is Of
cred you rs the highest service that
onlce oi human devotion 20 princi-
lie. The thinning ranks ana the fee
lie step OF the survivors OF the war
etween the states, The increasing
lumber of the mounds upon the hill
there they have gone to sleep their
asst sleep, admonish as that the span
{ human life Is short M best.
Not for Adventure. :
Therefore, remember, that to you
, q short space OF time will fall the
isk Of carrying forward the work
Or the upbuildlng of New AIeyiso.
nd we want you 70 prepare yourselves
lr that work by seli-dcnial and sac
lflce, by submission to discipline and /
aiming whereby character and self
pntrol, essential alike in peace and In
mr.. are builded upon foundations
hitch will so long as you live qualify
on for the discharge OF the highest
utics Of citizenship. This appeal is
ot intended to be an appeal TO your
I'VE of adventure and excitement.
loueh you may promise yourselves :
lenty OF both, but to your love of |
'untry and your country's flag which
AS ever been the emblem of honor,
r Justice and Of right.
Young men, you who feel within c
ourselves the call Of ambition and Z
leadership. this is your hour fol-
W and learn that in the time Of your d
'untry's greatest need you may lead
nj teach and be factors In the up
aiding of those Ideals that make for S
greater nation standing for the lib
~ aud equality of all.