The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23

-isheS them well in their ambI- ,pes every one will return to his hopes that every one who does l a halo of gallantry which will
 service and to the applause of old fellows are serious in their offer, the patriotic sentiment which actuated them will be duly appreciated.
 There are many yeterans-several
 thousand perhaps-who were not more than IS when Lee surrendered Most
 of these are hale and some who at- tended the recent reunion were scarce ly beginning to show age. Men such
 as these could endure the hardships of war. But it may be assumed that the inmates of an old soldiers home are
 we'll advanced in years and are there fore no longer fit for war.
 There are plenty of young men for service on the Mexican border, or in 1 Mexico should the time come. The Confederate veterans, no matter how active, have seen enough of military life. Yet those who wish to try more
 of it for their country's good are
 worthy of special remembrance. NOTWITHSTANDING the Ma IN 'tional Guards prompt and en- thusiastic response to the Presidents call to the colors for service on the Mexican border, the war department finds that mobilization will require a little more time than some members of the army staff had estimated it would.
 In many states the guard had not been recruited up to minimum peace footing and on that account marching orders for considerable portion of the military will be delayed from two to three weeks. While the National Guard officers are striving to expe- dite matters, Gen. Leonard Wood, not meaning to criticize, confesses himself discouraged at this country's "utter lack of preparedness for war on short notice"
 But the sturdy and tireless con- mander should cheer up. But for the preparedness campaign which has been in progress for year or more and in which General Wood has played an important part, months instead of weeks would have been required for mobilizing the citizen soldiery. Patriotism was never more in evil dence than it is today. The work of recruiting goes on steadily and 100000 guardsmen will be ready for the frontier as soon as that many shall be needed.
 As something of an offset to Gen eral Woods feeling of disappointment at the apparent lack of thorough pre-
 paredness is the fact that since the
 Mexican situation became acute ap-
 plications for enlistment in the regu-
 lar army at the New York recruiting
 station are at the rate of 15O day as
 compared with 150 month prior to
 the present commotion.
 important looking gentlemen who has.
 ten back and forth between MT. Hughes and Colonel Roosevelt seem to think the future of the country is at stake If | they were to relax some evening anc visit girl show" the country would
 not be affected in the least.
 | Speaking at Brown university, Mir iiuSAoS Soiu. WdHtcu d QfauSnC rom ! the old spring before I plunged into the | fight He'll need heartening as long as the "hyphenated vote' camps on his trail There are so many "unriyaled' summer resorts that the man with 10 days anG $l00 at his disposal has hard time choosing a. spot in which to "enjoy a
 much-needed rest"
 The Kaiser's official dentist, on a visit
 to this country, has nothing to say about the Kaiser. He might at least tell us what short of patient Wilhelm is. l A writer on domestic topics says hus- band and wife should share and share | alike. The perfect mate is not above
 helping mend punctured tire. l Japanese cartoons reflect the unpopu larity of Uncle Sam in Japan, but wher you come to think of it. Uncle Sam i!
 unpopular almost everywhere. | The socialist candidate for President says he doesn't expect to be elected | There's man who is not to be deludec
 by false hopes.