El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-28

nv mind as president, Win ltS o--
Of all the circumstances III 'ii0
1 will be a back number .-,.=.t,
There is another thing about "-iCn
have changed my mind \ year -
( ] was not in favor OF a laII -, +I,s1'
and i viii tell You why oe I~.,1 Us
, the only purpose of a laIlIt - -
10 keen alive an unprOutaple Gun
,-ersy If Won set I'D any board o. %.
ouirv whose purpose it is 10 Keep 80
ness disturbed and to make II a. q
an open question what you ar -, -
do about the public poncy u Ia the
eminent. ] am opposed 10 H.: - o7,T
very men who were dining IL lIlo ~
ears that what business Wahteu % ~
let alone. We're, many OF JheHi, me- -,
were insisting that we shouiN &C III
a controversy that meant tii31 q"
No Wan Can FOresee ESEents-
! But the circumstances Of the pres
ent time are these. There IS Solhs oH
in the world. under our eyes a. -
nomic revolution NO man ullust : -. -
J that revolution. no man Has -
, ments OF il clearly in his nlhu- -.
/ a great many things predicted dDou-
the end of the war. but doh ~"
anything about what is gong 10 HeP
pen when the war IS over anu
! do you ,,-- o,-,osed
views as to immigration; some men le-i
us that at least a million men - oI1
ing to leave the country ana ". 81, ,,I,
US that many millions are gelAS % -
4 into it Neither party knows "A@e 80 -
are talking about. and l am oII1 M
those prudent individuals NuO -
Z really like TO know the facts oeIorS ne
/ forms an opinion; not out OF Mi9'O---
1 but out OF prudence ,.....
Disarmins- the Anti-Militarists-
! ..,,,.ril, vim never De the asgres-
sor: America will always seek 70 ~
Z last point at which her honor - A.;
/ voIved to avoid the things WIIlSH -
turb the peace OF the 5 eirc,IT,1-
America does not control t"S
/ stances of the world -.,.f.t, ore
| I'VE must seek the means Whicu a.
I consistent with the principles u 80
| lives IL goes without SaElnS titt "
J thing this country never Will enuuIC -
/ a system that can be caiieu lilIl.ei s -
( But militarism consists IN pLePN a. fo-
! great machine whose Only uSS t5b 20
\ war. and giving IL no use ~ rI-are-e
apply itself. Men who are IN CIilI p
| OF edged tools and hidden 70 pIsta -,
( them for exact and SclenlLlI -,
| grow very impatient If lhey dIe. ~
I permitted to use them, and 40 not pc
Z neve that the creation OF sucH q IA
I Use Army for Peace
| But we don't nave TO do InSit- A lllVt
| lea is always going TO use her army ~
I two ways She Is gong 70 US ~ ~.
the purpose of peace ana sHe - 5oss-5
+ TO use il as a nucleus Tor eApdhsLoll
into those things which she does pc
/ Heve in, namely the preparation " NJ
! citizens 10 take care OF themselves -.
/ There are TWO sides 10 me q-esS -Lg,-
! of preparedness. There IS NOT IheIeIS
] the military side. there IS the mus
/ trial side And the ideal when nay
in mind is this we ought 10 nave IN
o this country a great system o. ll-u 800.
trial and vocational euucdtlOH' 1Ho -
; federal guidance, and with IeoeIdt 80 80
/ in which very large percenitd5e U 49,. -
Z youth Of this country VIII DS SlNTH
ulrn
I cation Of the principles OF sclence IN
I maneuver and business Ana II VIII gs
! perfectly feasible and highly desirable
l 10 add to that. ana com ONE win H.
! such a training in the mechanism use
/ and care of arms, in the sam %
! the camp, and in the stHpler forms ~
: maneuVer and organization as VII
3 make these men 1ndustrlallE eILlSle---
! and individually serviceable for nation
Prompt Action Essential.
But. gentlemen. you cannot create
I such a system overnight You cannot
create such a system rapidly II mas
1 got TO be built up; and hope II VIII
! be built up by slow ana e14tcllse
! stages. and there is something 20 De
! done in the meantime We must Sc
| TO il that a sufficient body OF cltlzens
| is given the kind of training when
will make them efficient for call lhto
( the field in case Of necessity
Our Previous Stupidity
1t is discreditable to this country
| which is full Of Intelligent men, that
( We should have exhibited the example
we have sometimes exhibited of stupid
I ity and brutal waste Of force. Think OF
| asking men who can be easily drawn.
I to come into the field, crude, ignorant,
inexperienced and merely furnish me
. stuff for camp fever and the bullets
| % the enemy.
The sanitary experience Of our army
IN the Spanish war was merely an IN
| dictment Of Americas indifference 70
! he lessons
/ the matter Of ordinary preparation w e
1 have got the men TO waste. but God Ior-
! bid that we should waste them Ana
SO it seems TO me that II is our mani
( fest duty 10 have = proper citizen re-
! serve.
As governor Of New Jersey 1 was
| brought into association with what /
| am glad TO believe was one of the most
/ efficient portions Of the national guard
! o. the United States / learned 10 ad-
I mire the men, 10 respect the OFFICERS,
! and to believe in the national guard
! And believe that the great arm OF our
I national defence should be built up and
encouraged TO the ut8ost But you
! know that under the constitution OF
| the United States it is under the direc-
| ton of more than two score states, and
! that il is not permitted TO the national
! government directly 10 direct its ap-
! pOintment and organization And that
! only upon occasion Of actual INVASION,
has the president of the United states
I the right to ask those men TO leave
/ their respective states. / for my part,
I and afraid that there is no way IN
! which that force can be made direct
I resource as a national reserve under
! national authority
Need Civilian Army.
What we need is body OF men
l trained in association with units of the
Z army, a body of men organized under
| the immediate direction of the national
/ authorities, a body OF men subject to
| the immediate call to arms Of the ma
/ tional authority, and Yet. men not yet
| put into the ranks of the regular army;
! men left to their tasks of civil life, men
I supplied with equipment and training,
but not drawn from the peaceful pur-
| suits which have made America and
! must keep her going.
What 1 am after. and what every
! American ought TO insist upon, is a
body of at least a half million trained
| citizens who will serve under condi-
tons of danger as an immediate avail
! able reserve.
Confines Attention to Army.
| I am not saying anything about the
| navy because / don't want to go to sea