The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-25
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Speaks at washington ceIebra.
tion al Peoria, Ill.
HTS AT u. S. DEFENSE FOES
Declares That advocate of Nonpre-
pacedness is AS Dangerous an
,Eoeay as tire Country Has
MANY Hear Address.

| Peoria, Ill.,, Feb. 23.-Maj Gen.
Leonard Wood, U. S. A.. last night
made stirring plea for prepared
| ness Of men, met n preparation for
war, cut as insurance against it, 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. EstaDrook and Dudley Field
n alone, 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 this number is
wher4 compared to the 127, 900 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 .non having the necessary
education should come to these
camps It 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
is further from the truth. These
! 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 of All Kinds Wanted.
'sWe want men not only from the
universities, colleges and the profes-
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 IS we can get from the
ranks CT labor, from the great body
Of mechanics; we want to place III
these camps, shoulder to shoulder,
without 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-
ing 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 againct aggression with.
, out becoming al aggressor; let lis
face the sftu2tica2 squarcly, honestly
and without fear, realizing ti.at we
live III. times Of great stress, that our
snip is on a. storrl-3WeCt> oce&n, and
that we must, as men On whom cur
country's safety depends, while gaard-
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 couA-
try has. he strikes at the safety. con-
seCuently at the life OF the nation (