The sun., 1916-01-28

know how to use
But we don't have to do that. Amer
lea is always going to use her army In
two ways. She is going TO use 1t Tor
the purposes of peace. and she is going
to use 1t as a nucleus for expansion into
those things which she does believe
in, namely, the preparation OF her citi-
zens to take care OF themselves TAP
plause1
There are two sides 10 the question
OF preparation There IL not merely the
military side. there Is the industrial side.
And the ideal which | have In mind Is
| this. gentlemen We ought TO have in
this country a great system or Indus
trial and vocational educa ton. under
Federal guidance. and with Federal aid,
In which a very large percentage OF the
youth of this couutfy will be given
training IN the skilful use aud appli-
cation OF the principles Of science in
manpuvr. and business. And II will
be perfectly feasible and highly desir-
able to add to that and combine with
II such training in the mechanism and
use and care of arms. in the santa ton
OF camp, in the simpler forms Of man,eu-
vre and organization, as Will make these
same men industrially efficient and in
dividually serviceable for national de-
fence.
tphOids National Guard.
.-rbo min, ahou, .u,.b a .ys,o,, nil,
be that its emphasis will lie on the in
dustrial and civil side of life. and that.
like all the rest OF America, the use OF
force will only be in the background and
az the last resort. SO that mon will
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time. We must see 10 ~ that suff1cient
body OF citizens Is given the kind of
training winch VIII make them efficient
FOR call into the Held In case or neces-
s!ty
1T Is discreditahle to this country. for
this Is "A country full OF intelligent men
that we should have exhibited to the
world the example We have sometimes
exhibited TO II OF stupidity and brutal
waste of force. Think OF asking men
who can be easily drawn to come into
the field, crude. gnorant, inexpcrienced.
and merely furnish the stun for carp
fever and the bullets Of the enemy.
The sanitary experience OF our army
in the Spanish war was merely an in
dictment of Americas Indifference to the
manifest lessons OF experience in the
matter of ordinary precau,ion. We have
got the men 20 waste. but God forbid
that We should waste them Men who
20 as efficient instruments OF national
honor into the field afford very hand
some spectacle indeed but those who 20
in as crude and ignorant boys only in
DICT thos. in authority for stupidity and
neglect, And So Il seems to me thai 1t
Is our manifest duty to have "A proper
citizen reserve.
Guard. mad the privilege OF being
STAT, ,yhIcb ,,r,,sbcs MI S,,,a ni,h "
great deal ~ its intelligence. Applause
and laugh'erl Som" Jerseymen on
either side her" enjoyed that very much
And as Governor OF New Jersey
was brought into association with what
! am glad to believe was one Of the
most efficient portions OF the National
Guard OF the United States. | learned
To admire the men, To respect the officers
and to believe in the National Guard.
Ana ! believe that II Is the duty Of
congress TO do Very much more for the
National Guard than II has ever done
heretofore. | believe that that great arm
or our national defence should he butt
up and encouraged to the utmost.
But YOU know that under the Con-
stltution Of the United States II Is under
IN. direction or more than two score
states, and that II Is not permitted to
the national Government directly TO
direct It's development and organization.
And that only upon occasion OF awual
invasion has tho President OF the United
states the right TO ASK those men 20
leaN" their respective states, I for my
part am afraid, though some gentlemen
diner with me. that there is n" way IN
Whl'h tna' force can De mdue dlre't
resource aN Hauohal reserve undrr ma
tohai authority
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pIied win .nulnm.nt and training mn
,ot drawn fru,n IN. neac.ful nursuits :
which hay. made America great and
must keen her great
81 am no, a pa,iisan o. anv one plan
| have had TOO much experience 10 think
that IL Is right 20 say that the plan
which | proposed is the only plan that
will work, because ! have a shreWd sus-
pioion that there may be- other plans
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