New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-01

to war with one another, but peoples,
500 far as / remember, have not, ana
this government Of the people and this
pcoplc is not going 10 choose war But
we arc not dealing with peoples. We
arc dealing with governments. We nre
dealing with governments now engaged
i'm a great struggle. and. therefore, we
do not know what day or an hour Will
hiring forth. All that we know Is the
character Of our duty. We do not want
tho question Of peace and war, or the
conduct Of war. lntrusted too entirely
10 our governments. We want war. if
IL must come. 20 be something that
qbrings out Of sentiments and prin-
ciples and the action OF the people
themselves.
"The Constitution Of the United
Stofes makes the President the com
mandor in chief Of tho army and navy
of the nation. but | do not want big
army subject 20 my personal command
If danger comes ! want 20 turn 90 You
and the rest Of my fellow countrymen
and say. Men, are you ready And
know what the response will be. And
know that there will spring up out or
the body of the nation a great host OF
freemen. and 7 want those men not to
be mere targets for shot and shell;
want them to know something of the
arms they have I'm their hands.
Wants Citizens Trained for War.
90 want them 10 know something
about how 10 guard against the dis
eases that creep into camp where men
are unaccustomcd TO live. want
them to know something OF what the
orders moan, what they will be gwen
when they enlist under arms Tor the
government Of the United State7.
want them 20 he men who can cOmpre
bend and easily and ntelligently step
into the duty OF national defence.
And that is the reason that ! nm
urging upon the Congress OF the United
states nj any rate the beginnings Of
system by which we can give very
considerable body Of our fellow clu-
zens the necessary training.
81 have not forgotten tho great ma
tional guard Of this country: but IN
this country Of 1OO000,0 600 people there
are only 10000 men bon the national
guard: and the national guard. fine as
Il is. is not subject 20 the orders of
the President of the United States. II
is subject TO the orders of the Gov
crnors of the several states; and the
Constitution itself says that the Presi-
dent has no right 90 Withdraw them
from their states even, except In case
of actual invasion Of the United states
81 want the Congress of the United
States to do great deal for the ma
tional guard, but ! do not see how the
Congress Of the United states can put
the national guard at the disposal Of
the nation; therefore, IT seems abso-
lutely necessary that, in addition to
the national guard, there should be
considerable body of men OF some
training i'm military ways, VINO are
wiling TO pledge themselves 70 come
al the call Of the nation. | have been
told by those who have greater k1ach
nj ruessing statistics than | have that
there are probably several million men
In the United States VINO, either 10
this country or IN other countries from
which they have come 10 the Jnied
States. have received training n arms.
n may be; do not know, and sus-
pect they do not know either but
even If il be true. these men arc not
subject TO the call of the Federal gov
eminent.
Business. Not Sentiment, Now
"Thev would have to be found They
would have 90 be induced 20 enlist.
They would have 90 be organized.
Their numbers are indefinite. They
would have 20 be equipped. Such ~
not the material which We need. we
want 10 know who the men are and
where they are. and have everything
ready for them if they should come
10 our assistance. for we have now
got down. NOT 10 the sentiment of ma
tional defence. but TO the business OF
national defence. IL Is business
proposition and IL must be treated as
such.
"It is being very sedulousiy spread
abroad In this country that the impulse
back or all this s the desire OF the
men who make the materials or war
20 get money out of the treasury OF
the United States. wish the people
that say that could see meetings like
this Did you come here for that pur-
pose? Did YOU come here because you
were interested 10 see some of your
fellow citizens make money out OF the
present situation? OF course you did
not am ready 10 admit that prob
ably the equipment of those men whom
we are training viii have to be bought
from somebody; and ] know that if the
equipment is bought il will have 20
be paid for, and J dare say that some
body viii make some money out Of IT,
Urges L. $. Munition Plants.
at is also true that there are men
now. great many men i'm the belig-
,rent countries, who are growing rich
out of the sale of the materials needed
hv the armies Of those countries II
the government itself does not manu-
facture everything that an army needs
somebody has got 20 make money out
Of it, and 1, for my part, have been
urging the Congress of the United
States TO make the necessary prepare
tons by which the government can
manufacture armorplate and munitions.
So that, being in the business itself and
having the ability to manufacture all
that il needs. if it is put upon business
, arrangements, it can at any rate keep
the price that it pays within a moder-
ate and reasonable limit.
"The government of the United
States is not going to be imposed upon
by anybody and you may rest assured.
therefore, that, while / believe You
prefer that private capital and private
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