Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-02-25
GEN. WOOD MAKES
PREPAREDNESSPLEA
Speaks at Washington Celebra-
ton at Peoria, III.
HITS AT u. S. DEFENSE FOES
Declares That Advocate of Nonpre-
paredness is AS Dangerous an
Enemy as the Country Has"
MANY Hear Address.

Peoria, ILL.,, Feb. 23.-Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, U. S. A.. last night
made a stirring plea for prepared
ness of men, mot N preparation for
war, but as insurance against ii" in
~peech at the annual Washington S
birthday dinner of the Creve Occur
club in the Coliseum A great audi
ence heard him. Other speakers were
Henry d. Estabrook and Dudley Field
balone, collector of the port of New
York.
General Wood confined his speech
to the value of the military instruc-
ton camps. from which, he said, he
hoped to see the army develop 10000
officers for the reserve He pointed
out how small even his number is
WHEEL compared to the $4,000 officers
that v ore the blue in the Civil war.
To Commission Graduates.
These reserve officers" said Gen
eral Wood. will, under the terms OF
the proposed bill be commissioned of
ficers of the United States army, en-
titled to wear the uniform, use their
titles, etc.
1t is particularly important that all
classes of men having the necessary
education should come to these
camps. 1t is most desirable that they
should not be considered in any sense
class camps, or camps intended for
men of more or less means; nothing
&c
camps are intended for all classes of
men who have the necessary educa-
tional qualifications to take UP and
carry on the camp work intelligently.
Men Ct All Kinds Wanted.
I'VE want men not only from the
universities, colleges and the profess
sions, but we want men from all
walks of life who have enough edu.
cation to be able to take up the work
and carry it on effectively We want
as many men as we can get from the
ranks of labor, from the great body
of mechanics; we want to place in
these camps, shoulder to shoulder,
without a distinction, all classes of
American men who have sufficient
education.
There has been some criticism Of
these camps on the ground that they
create thoughts of war through train
in- men of war. They do, to a GER
tain extent, but not so much to war
as to preparation against it. The
camps are not in preparation for war.
They are an insurance against it.
Points to Great Peril.
Let us no longer heed the hypo-
critical cant that we cannot be strong
without being unjust, that we cannot
be prepared against aggression with
out becoming an aggressor; let us
face the situation squarely, honestly
and without fear, realizing that we
| live in times of great stress, that our
ship is on a storm-swept ocean, and
| that we must. as men on whom our
country's safety depends. while guard
ing our ideals, recognize and prepare
to meet conditions as they are.
Let us love peace, be fair and toll
Grant, but let us not forget that these
will not protect us against aggression.
We must be prepared to help our
selves. We must remember that the
strength of right must be ever ready
to meet the forces of wrong
THE advocate of nonpreparedness
is as dangerous an enemy as the coun-
try has; he strikes at the safety con-
sequently at the life of the nation"