Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-25

THE SWISS ARMY

TRANSLATED from an aruclc b. Fred A.
Kuenzli. This article D. being published
seriaIly by The Herald, ana ~ continued
from "A former issue. Another iu-tuIimcnt
Will appear soon.)
Ii ~ necdful a. emphasize that II citi
zenry 80 trained from Youth can bc READ
lily and rapid, transformed into IN #
iicient fighting machine.
Likewise II j. we'll 10 point out that
the greatest demandS of the require
mcnts for military training are made
on the time OF the Young man during III
period IN his life when hc can best ~
ford to grant thai time to his country.
The first objection usually advanced
I" military t~raiaiup in >chpul> " that ii
fosters \ martial spirit 10 The >A-riicc
al interest III other lines If cndrdyOr
Vet Switzerland today is Il vrritahl,
hive Of industry and commerce and has
aS well the means to perfect those pu
suits from destruction by any invading
foe.
And So to carry uui mv analogy b,
tween the tiny alpine republic and her
mighty sister of the western hemisphere
| say unhcsitatiHelv that III the lr~suy,
of the European war i~ that the United
States must takes. steps a. increase hen
powers ~ defense aud II The Swiss Sy>
TEN If military training, reduced 10 i
voluntary basis. let as lay the founda
ton for il in the true American WHY.
through the greatest institutions on
earth. the American public schools
Could worlds travel reveal finer ma
tcrial for The trained citizen soldier than
the average American school boy? PLAY
ing BASEBALL and other games. IA
spends more time W thc open air under
all sorts Nj weather conditions than the
NoungStcr M anN other race There h.
no better recreation nor Uphuilder AZ TIA,
body than BASEBALL PARTICULAR,
with the idca Of the future citizen tram
al aud accuSt med to arms" i'm view. Il
develops legs and arms two essentials
of 4 soldier; il develops lungs and heart
aud stimulates the mental faculties o,
self control aud quick thinking.
But while in BASEBALL every player
has m individual position M which III
tries a. become ma~trr. la militar,
drill al participants NJ j working 80
ton have a. undergo the same move
mcnt> "a The same tuuc. I'D the command
Of a superior. This Subordinating 81
the will of every soldier to a command.
which must he ohc,ed nj any time and
under any condition. l. discipline and
discipline is the fundamental quality in
the make M 81 a gool soldier.
The best anil most lasting manner a.
acquire discipline IN Nh grown into ana
that VA, lies open ~ thr American b.,
through a proper system ~ ply steal
training that cuuld hr established in
the American pihliy ~chunl>. 4 rhl>ica
training course. based ou che "InfaHrr,
Drill Regulations of The L. = Army
would stimulate patriotic impulses an
our bows ~ we'll ~ I'll them for further
,oluntar, military training in schools
10 b. established throughout the countr,
for the training ~ Ulcers aud soldiers
II would give them to Guotc the nrc>
ident again the rhv~tal development
The, need for mere hraith'> sake. If ~
nothing more.
In an editorial on August - last, the
Evening World said:
THE Mayors Committee Of Food sup
ply. in Combination with the BOARD ii
Education. purposes 10 teach school
girls how To buy food chcaply and well.
Ia the MANY courses now given in the
The plan il excellent. II adds one mor
school curriculum to m girls for the in
ties of ~womanhood. An equal attention
should BE- given a. fitting boys. FOR the
imperative duties ~ manhood, inciud
ing that Of national defense in time 81
war hv means of military drill and dis
fipline."
That great master Of education. Hen.
~ Pestalozzi. pointed the Way for the
adoption of reasonable physical eNcrci
ses that were 10 correspond 10 the pnv-
Biological and natural development nf
the child and conform TO the needs Of all