White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-27
How the Wilson
Administration Has
PenaliZed Patriotism

Having In view he possibility q
further aggression upon the territory
Of the United States from Mexico and
the necessity for the proper protec-
ton Of that frontier" President Will
son. on June Is. called out the mobile
arms Of the National Guard for federal
service.
He did not call them out At their
existing peace strength, but at wal
strength. which Is practically double.
Lacking q system OF reserves. the
National Guard organizations immedi-
ately had to start a campaign of re-
cruiting. to bring about the desired In
crease In their numbers.
Patriotic young citizens, under the
urge Of the cry. your country needs
you." volunteered for service In graft
tying numbers. According to Senator
Chamberlain. chairman Of the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs, the re-
suit Is that about 1856. 900 citizen sol
iiers have been mustered into the
federal service and are now on the
Mexican border Or In camp In their
uome states. There may be more. but
the administration refuses TO make
tnown the exact figures.
The movement is costing the public
treasury many millions Of dollars: Il
. costing the individual citizen SOL
Tiers many millions more. They went
% the front believing the cry. your
sountry needs you" for war service.
they sacrificed Advancement In their
:ivu occupations. severed homo ties.
suffered. In thousands OF instances.
great financial loss. The less pa
.riotic. who did not believe the cry. or
believing. declined to mako sacrifices,
,atten at home on these losses.
The real purposes OF the call are
slowly developing. They are two in
number:
First . patrol OF the border to do
the work which President Wilson's
friend, Carranza, finds 1t impossible
to do. Because the recognized govern
ment in Mexico Is too ineffective to
keep its own citizens in check and
prevent them numbering Americans
on American soil. the American gov.
eminent undertakes the costly task OF
doing that work for them. The muir.
der Of American citizens on Mexican
soil 10 another matter. Carransa may
60 ~ far ~ he likes In that direction.
Second. . purpose Of the mobiliss-
ton ON the border and In the camps
q 70 train citizens 70 perform effective
military service. The regular military
establishment Of the nation II mani
testify too small for the actual military
needs. To this extent the cry. "Youf
country needs you" Was correct
But these facts were not made clear
when the call was issued. The idea
was promulgated that men were need.
Cd for actual war service; not foR
military training. Deceit was prac
ticed.
Opposing in the open legislation for
universal military service. the admin.
istration by ITS acts has estabhshed
what In essencs II . system Of com.
pulsory military service. II II . sys.
tenn all the more vicious because II
operates only against the PATRIOTS.
whereas . legAlised universal training
system squaaisss the burden Of Mill
tary service amoag I'll men and I'D
clAases ~ msn-
Whsa. IN 1914. Europe psungsd iAss
the greatsst war Of al Aistory. And
conditions IN MEXICO rev iAtoisrASie'
intsEigsnt msa realised he hot tAAA
h We incvnbsat q this AaAiea =
buiad uD ~ tiny regular arny a1l pui
IL other military resources n csnAi
den for uss. NAtionai safety Asnan6s6
this. And "a In Dscs0Asr of tAaa
year, Nosr months after ths EuropsAz
wa began. Prssidsnk Wilson wsoA -
bore Congress and declared that I'll
aeioafioa for military rreparednsss
wus hystsrical: tAaA ~ wsrs aAe
suatGly prepared
ANer . while the aAministrA&ios
changed ~ mind and profsssed b
believe In he secesstty Ter prepare1'