The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-31
7HRONCS IN KANSAS CITY WILDLY CHEER ROOSEVELT:
PLEADS FOR PREPAREDNESS and UNIVERSAL. TRAINING

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Atlantic or Pacific coast. but we are
tll Americans and the disgrace would
he shared by all Of ,s wherever we
i've and the blow to our sclf-respcct
and our material well being would shake
our whole country to Ms foundations.
'Ihc prime needs in preparedness. the
needs which can he Immediately met
are to give us. first. the navy we
require and. second. the regular army
we require. I nave elsewhere given the
reasons why we require the second navy
IN the world and "A small highly efficient
regular army of 100000 men. with a
proper reserve. Here let It suffice to
say that such a navy and such an
army would he our best insurance
against war and for peace.
But the navy and the regular army
are not enough. Exactly as back Of
tne navy should stand the regular army.
20 pack of the regular army should
stand the nation.
Loyal 10 Memories.
II ask that we OF this generation he
loyal to the memories Of our fathers
ana bo ready at need to pay with our
own bodies for our own principles. When
ASK YOU to prepare by seeing that
your representatives provide n first class
navy and a first class regular army
! am not merely asking you to prepare to
nave the other fellow do your fighting
Tor you. This does not satisfy me. II
ought not tn satisfy you.
You and !. friends. cannot be loyal
10 the memory of Washington and Of
Grant and OF Lee unless we are nj
and ready to do our own fighting In
Time OF need. I do not wish us, the
PEOPLE. to sink into a condition where
we are 20 soft. SO ease loving. SO fond
ol pleasures or so wrapped UP in money
getting that we cannot do the hard work
INA brave men must do when the need
calls.
~ speak for universal service based
on universal training.
u niversal training and universal .er.
wee represent the only service anA train.
ing u democracy should accept. II is
the plain people, II Is the farmers. the
WorklnGmen. the small business men.
'he professional men. who above all
others should back up this plan.
l.. The and wage workers, the
business men and professional men who
are not men OF large means. and who's
wives have to exercise proper economy
IN orier to keep their homes happy and
comfortable--these are the people who,
49, $500 ~ hi'l tllDulu TfdllEP rniN
such training should not he reserved for
hoys whose fathers or friends are rich
enough to pay for II. but should be
glven 10 all American hoys at the ex.
nense or the ration. II IL the present
lack OF system. the present method ot
allowing only those boys TO train whose
fathers have money. which is unfair
ana undemocratic. II breeds class dis.
tinction, among other unhealthy things
Let all these boys be given the
same kind OF training. and le. the hes
hoy out OF the bunch become an officer
Let no ono be allowed to shirk the dut,
Of preparing himself. for II he does h,
is putting on the shoulders Of a bette
man the burden which he himself
should carry.
Hts Sons In Ca
w have heard a good deal Of TALL
about the officer class that We are get
ting from the volunteer training camp,
or the present day. As long as We do no
have universal military service thes
camps offer the only chance for youn.
men TO prepare so as to serve tn.
country, The man who goes to then
rcnders n nigh And patriotic service am
incidentally pr fits immensely by th'
training and Experience.
w '''ls hhN' kp'ie hIu = k'lTL
to these camps, 7 believe in these camp
with all my heart and soul They ar,
supplying by private initiative what on
governmental representatives have no
the foresight TO provide for everybody
As long as our citizens do not insis
upon everybody being trained. upo,
every one going to such camps. why. IN,
boys that do 60 to them will i~nevitabl,
get the commissions II war comes.
"ln other words. as long as our PEG
pie do not make the training universe
and do not make 1t paid for by the com
monwealth only the men OF means vii
be trained as officers at these camps
At present this is the only way 10 pro
vide that in the event OF war we shal
have officers worth having. Su: such
system is fundamentally undemocratic
81 ask the pain people OF the Unite,
states, l ask the farmers. the way
workers. the ordinary men. 10 give thci
sons the same chance that the sons o
weather. men have. Make the oppor
tunity open to all to your sons. to m
sons TO all on an wen basis. A sys
TEN of universal training for universe
service would he one of the bigges
things ever done In this country To pre-
serve our democratic Institutions In splrl
and in fact
Remember always thai what I a
is asked In the name OF peace and |
the name Of democracy, no less than /
the name ~ national honor and interes'
II Is the men who do not believe 1
peace at any price who are most ar
70 secure the peace which self-respec'
ing men and women can accept.
, Little Switzerland Ia at peace III
moment because she IL red an
: only because she prepared. In the NapC
/ leonic wars switzerland was overru
= by French. German and Russian armies
, great battles were fought within h.
limits and she became an appanage {
the French cmp!re-and all this purel
and solely because at that time she ha
not prepared. she was not able to hol
, her own against invaders.
! Industrial Preparedness.
Military preparedness Is only or
side Of all around preparedness.
a would be worthless unless based on il
dustrial preparedness and both wou'
, he worthless unless based on prepared
ness Of the soul and tho spirit. NJ
people of to-day must apply your spir
: to the changed circumstances OF to-da
n In this country we have the douh
duty OF training ourselves so as TO !
/ willing TO die for the country and
n developing our internal policy so as
r make the country worth living in,
g the long run the country must he Wort