Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-10
WOOD STIRS PENN
MEN TO PLEA FOR
MILITARY COURSE
Generals Appeal for De.
fense Brings Students
to Their Feet
PLEDGES SIGNED BY s,7
Distinguished Army Chief
Greeted With Great
Enthusiasm

NiaJor General Leonard Wood in a nv.
paredness speech that made the o5oo s,..
dents of the University of Penns,,,,...,.
Jingle with patriotic ardor. so in,nr.suuss
tiie young men with vivid pict,,ro y,
the wreck and ruin that he said ,,iI, vi
front the country unless adenuo,a Nvu'
fense Is provided. that 3t7 students W, ue.
an agreement to work for and aid tn .t1 eu
pest OF their energies a military trairtn'
course at the University. '''''"s
The students have listened to "pp,-,
sunday ana welcomed him with 10y.
Ihey have given their vanuuisbad s.tt. ,vaI.
teams sendoffs that a victor n,is,,t o,uall ouNll
But the shouts and college veiis NY
which they greeted Major General WIN WIN
Woou today, when he entered tho .,'i'
nhSium TO talk on "The Colleea NSS.u.' NSSi.'
duties to the Nation" outclassod %n an.'
reception ever accorded to a guest at ~,
university. 'e'' a' tho
General Wood pleaded with the mar
~ "" 'neIr uutE and not have some ona
else do it for them. He said nothir,5 one one
ther Tor the moment as the applauso M ,ur'
II impossible for him to talk. '''''"e
lie said the propaganda of ths n,,,a.,-
would result IN wholesale murder" a,.,
the students made it plain bv tbeir n.,I
tuue that there would be no chance "
such probability If they had ttoir MI aoi
"heh the general said patriotism ~
the part of college men would result H.
hotilhg unless they had been drilled In
IilitarE tactics and strategy their IN.
clination to such a course took on nddns
Sisillilcance in view of the fact that pro
Nost Smith Vice Provost Pennirnnn ,m,,
Louis Z. Madeira trustee of the ITnS.
NerSitS' were sitting on the platform
At the conclusion of the stirring anooot,
every one of the $50 young men attemntn,i
10 snake hands with the General M tba
same time. Some succeeded. some didr'
But all joined in a real 'PennsyIvanias
yell. ANA
OFFICERS WANT PEACE
The General astonished his audience
with one point lie said, emphaticnii,,
that officers in the army and navy do moi
want war. We don't want war;" he said
Tor we see the side that You don't GOO
We would like to see all disputes settled
by arbitration, but we know that war 10
sun with us and that we must meet the
matter squarely" VIC
I'VE don't see any trouble confrorttr,
us now said the advocate of prenared-
ness with emphasis on the word nov"
Dut don't suppose that any of the ma
lions at war in Europe saw any trouble
confronting them two years ago"
In the next sentence the General scored
cowardice. The students cheered.
we have no use in this country for
booys who are not raised to be soldiers,
for we know that boys of that kind ex-
pect somebody else to do their work for
them"
General Wood urged the students TO
live up to the traditions of the UnIyer-
sity in case war should come by being
ready to go to battle, although, he said,
1T would be crime to send any Of you
men INTO action untraincc and unfamiliar
with the use of arms"
Let us keep up our faith in arbtra-
tion,' he continued, but let us remem-
ber we cannot hope to escape the storms
raging everywhere"
He concluded with an appeal to impress
upon immigrants the ideals and obliga-
tions of citizenship.