Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-16
MILITARY TRAINING IN SCHOOLS.

Chicago is considering the question of introducing mil itary training in its public schools. he fact that is being given syous thought in the second city of the nation generally described the most typicaly Amer of all big cities-is highly significant
 The sentiment in favor such plan is unmstakable The Chicago Tribune has been conducting referendum reports that S6 per of the who the persons most vitaly interested in favor of it.
 The chief interest however, lies in the fact that SC many parents favor the military training than in their it. They do emphasize the supposed need of National defense. They greatly alarmed by any hypothetical to the country and they by enthusiastic about raising their boys to be sol diers Few of them to picture to themselves the possibility their serving in the army. They military training benefit of the country than for the benefit of the boys
 This fact puts the whole question in a light.
 To perhaps hreefourths parents who have given their opinions the matter, military training means these things:
 physical training that will develop the boys body and keep it hard and fit.
 It turning the gang instinct" into something useful substituting the orderly organization of the mill tary squad for the loose and perous casual associations that boys so easily drift into:
 It mental and moral discipline teaching the boy obey, through ingrained obedience fitting him command
 And this last is perhaps the important of all For if there any quality which American youth needs particularly it is discipline Here, than anywhere else in the world individual freedom has In the of children tends to lead to plain juvenile anarchy
 The instinctve children give their par ents in lands is lacking for the part Parents yield toeranty the caprces of their ch dren Liberty in the The unruly gene ration hard for parents manage, and hard afterwards for society to manage
 We need freedom and individuality But rational free dom does crush the spirit, blot personality and subdue initiative Rather than unrestrained freedom in childhood and youth, need discipline that will teach the youngsters to fall into line and units of ganization, in machine when occasion demands We need organic social sanction replace the sanction of caprice We need freedom of spirit that is tempered by sefdscplne right of discipline adds power instead destroying t
 That be the line of reasoning of parents in so far they reason consciously And it
 
 shifting of national viewpoint military matters It may foreshadow national policy of the future.
 Not mitarism-not great armies meant for aggression not even great armament expressly for any sort of fighting boys trained moderately those ele mentsof soldering that manly and admirable and profitable in time of peace
 There should be hardening exercises and drill he last grade of the grammar school and through the high school The last years of high school would include rifle dril with camp drill and field maneu in the The school year might be engthen- cd to eleven months take these activities After eayng the high school the might enlist in the army in the National Guard, in the Contnen al Army of reserves if that is established But there foud be compusion.
 Would it "militarize' the ideals of the generation That's the question If not there couldn't be much doubt of it, in every city in America.