The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-07-06
r. Transformed by Mill
''' tary Drill.
=. for the Better Among the Peo'
thans' 10 Noted Everywhere.

.osnondence OF Inc boston 1Ians-
ne' ''Ir''F erip;.l
...sos of the United States, being
Fns'' s "Preparedne So by circum-
Be- ~ .v DO worse than consider
Bnce' aI miracles which are being
pc yD' ~ canada by military training.
9'gD few Companies OF the khaki
EF''' r.bing past my domicile, held
D'1 -issa attention. About three
had CHANGED to watch for
sf,.ea minutes the same lads in
b - squads, some blunderingly
~ ,mm fours, others to fright
r's gsft face" others to wheel"
ost way at command. The
+ring was then, not their awk-
''' lat the slouchy physical con-
'' considerable proportion of
'o' S,.- lumber. Through the Gov
j covering of the standard of
g. .ossl Measurement, teeth, eyes,
, # chaps had been enlisted
...st sadly feeble, small, ill-shap-
..c spectator who remembered
.+.eot men that came to early
H't Watching the awkward squads,
\ me- a number of big lumber
3. ~ .ike. mostly middle-aged or
'' Sr ,rosp ararest | asked ruefully:
RAINING ground for children
u.I,...i-s Looks dashed like it!'
p,' while others grinned, ap-
.,rg .hf apparent absurdity of
a' make serviceable soldiers of
y .r ranked human material.
u -s very same Feebles, of
. --aulJ Incredible that Forci-
j" ..-s .-r be made, marched by
al. Mun heads high, briskly, in
tsa+l tlight-eyed, ruddy, in good
ss abe Of enduring hardship
s.+r ever the Princess Pats
me- September, 1914.
" ~. If them were short, which
NJ. I'D rung that good little 'uns
-- ~ j as good big 'uns, while
,. Us hit by bullets, shrapnel,
..-..snts. A curious air of
... ancy was remarkable in
the "shorties. They felt
ill.,. lad been reckoned fit, des-
-.-. -4td stature as God allotted.
-. ..lldt be sneering at their
...r Pm. 1t has ever been notori-
hi .ttr Men are often valorous,
.r+-. -ager for combat. Fall
.-.n5-. 10 that. He cared naught
4--lIt and big resemblance of a
-cla lie the spirit, Master Shall
o. Sat II was not because of their
r4-. any more than because of
a- e7us teebleness and slouchi-
t7A uese chaps had become Won
a eIr'rr Of year.
. a.. been put through a sound
i physical exercise every day;
red to abstinence, not only
rre. .ut from loafing and david
arr hours. They had won deep
-er very night by hard work in
md ug marches. They were "made
T.. again. regenerated, put in the
gar nurse to long, healthy, vigor-
te ia gain so much it would have
~ worth their while to get into
l.a.. even if war were never posi-
T-4r is what one wished could be
at y1Ierstood by Americans in
A The proof tends greatly to
the softest Pacificists COM
q 'aaJ there's more in Prepared
usr The getting ready for a Ma
. fence. Strict military training
lau- in a. or the, most beneficent
Er merely had those chaps of
,lay become strong, clear-eyed,
) RsoIesome in body, but mentally
developed; through en-
a.eulence, promptitude, endur-
Trough aspiration to "stripes" or
s-i 5; through the new sense of
lvsHip, friendliness in association,
-.sir corps; through recognition
ea0uerliness of saluting their
IS AMI receiving, as of equal right,
g lrteous salute in return. The
a r-ased to be shiftless units in a
-.ac mob. They were no longer
ou-0ut for Sights from better
no Ler eager to resent such i'm
rnal annoyances. Each was in
lace, knowing his work and
F. 0scious of serving his people
i Quuy, aware of deserving just
.D and secure of getting it; there
r. .- TO give the same all round,
.ae decency and mannerliress of
r madam soldiery may well be
..f.t as glory to them in gen.
-4.-h many of them may never
GIL. fred to kill.
r very possibility of future war
'h this one, the Sages of all
gnt well set about trying to
ta human race to keep or take
-'ry military training, for all
Izo ads and all able-bodied men
So. 'orty years old. The compul-
Are could not be iudiciously
7 That is what would get into
nultitudes who could not be
.7 mere persuasion. nor by gen
Of benefits to accrue, nor by
dual perception that they'd
.-a by such training. 1t is i'm
ty sermonizing, or through gen.
.D -lyidual conviction that drunk
foolish and harmful to induce
'1-1s 10 shut against whiskey. 1t
'o-7oe. despite general and indi-
1-'talnty that exercise is health
u-uce all arms and legs and backs
@ mat same regularly. But if you
e temperance and sobriety on all
ordry, anywhere, mighty few of
ave the least hankering for grog.
compel all and sundry of the able
D anywhere, to take systematic
~s mighty few of them but fall in
.tN the same, and will stick to it,
S. healthy and accustomed when
'move the compulsion. Just so
's.smatic military training. Chaps
-.' yolunteer corps when young
'.s stick to them as long as they
Ht2rtabIy march, just as fellows
+f lodges, young, adhere till de-
D cuts them off from lodge meet
5ou compelled all the lads to
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