Arizona republican., 1916-02-01
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of tre body of the nation great host Ct tieemen, ana l want those men not to he mere targets for shot and shell; l want them to know something of the arms that they have in their hands. I want them to know something about how to guard against the diseases that creep into camp where men are un- accustomed to live. l want them to know something of what the orders mean. what they will be given when they enlist under arms for the govern ment of the United States l want them to be men who can comprehend and easily and inteligently step into the duty of national defense.
 And that is the reason am urging at any rate the beginnings of q system by which We can give a very consider able body of our fellow citizens the necessary training
 | have not forgotten the national guard of this country: but in this country of 100,000,000 people there are only 129000 men in these national guards and the national guard fine as it is. is not subject to the orders O. tie president of the United States. It is subject to the orders of the gov crnors of the several states: and the constitution itself says that the pres ident has no right to withdraw them from their states. even, except in case of actual invasion of the United States.
 ''I want the congress of the United States to do a great deal for the na tionll guard. but l do not see how the congress of the United States can put tfe national guard at the disposal of the nation: therefore. it seems abso- lutcly necessary that in addition to the national guard there should be a con- siderable body Of men of some train ing in military. who gre willing to pledge themselves to come at the call of the nation. 1 have been told by those who have greater knack at guessing statistics than l have. that there are probably several million men in Ire United States who either in this country or in other countries from which they have come to the United States, nave received training in arms. It nay be. l do not know, and l sus- poet they don't know either. but even if f be true, these men are not sub iect to the call of the federal govern ment. They would have to be found; they nave to be induced to enlist: they would have to be organized. Their numbers are indefinite: and they would have to be equipped Such are not the lii; T know who the men are and where they are. and have everything ready for then if they should come to our as sistance. for We have EoW got down, not to the sentiment of national de- fense. It is a business proposition and il must be treated as such.
 Tt IS being Vers sedulously spread abroad in this country that the impulse back of all this is the desire for men who make the materials of war to get money out of the treasury of the Unit = cd States. I am ready to admit that rrc| ably the equipment of those men whom We are training will have to be bought from somebody; and I know that if the equipment is bought it will have to be paid for and l dare say that somebody will make some money out of it.
 It is also true that there are men TOW. a great many men in the bellig- crcnt countries, who are growing ricl out of the sales of materials needed by the armies of those countries. If the government itself does not manufac- iurc everything that an army needs somebody has got to make money out of It. and l, for my part, have beer urging the congress Of the United United States to make the necessary preparations hy which the government