The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-02

economic revolution. No man under.
stands that revolution. And mem.
oers OF congress are too busy, their
duties are too distracting to make II
possible within sufficiently short
space OF time for them to master the
change that is coming.
"But that is another parenthesis
what 1 am trying to impress upon
you now Is that can not tell you what
the international relations of this
country will be tomorrow, and use
the word literally.
America will never be the aperes.
sor; America will always seek to the
last point at which her honor is in
volved, to avoid the things which dis
turb the peace Of the world. But
America does not control the circum-
stances of the world and we must
be sure that we are faithful servants
OF those things which we love and are
ready to defend them against every
contingency. 1t goes without say
Ing that one thing this country never
Will endure is a system that can be
called militarism. But militarism con-
sists In preparing a great machine
whose only use is for war And
! do not believe that the creation os
such an instrument is an insurance
of peace.
America is lawys going to use
her army in two ways. She is going
to use It for the purpose of peace and
she Is going to use it as a nucleus
for expansion into those things which
She does believe in, namely the prepa-
ration OF her citizens to take care OF
themselves
There are two sides to the ques-
ton of preparation. There is not
merely the military side, there is the
industrial side. We ought to have in
this country q great system of indus
trial and vocational educational train-
ing under the guidance of and with
federal aid. In which a very large per-
centage OF the youth of this country
will be given training in the skiEtul
use and application of the principles
of science in manufacture and busi-
ness.
But, gentlemen, you can not create
such a system rapidly. It has got to
be built up. And there is something
to be done in the meantime. We
must see to 1t that that a sufficient
body of citizens is given the kind of
training which will make them eff
cient for call into the field in case of
necessity. =. :. Think Of asking
men. who can be easily drawn, to
come into the field. crude, ignorant,
inexperienced. and merely furnish the
stuff for camp fever and bullets.
>. :. And so 1t seems to me that it
is our manifest duty to have proper
citizen reserve
Il am not, forgetting our National
Guard. -. :. AS governor of New
Jersey I was brought into association
with what I am too glad to believe
was one Of the most efficient portions
Of the National Guard of the United
States. I learned to admire the men,
to respect the officers, and to believe
in the National Guard. And I believe
that arm OF our national defense
should be built up and encouraged to
the utmost. But you know that rn-
der the constitution of the United
States It Is under the direction Of
more than two score States and that
1t is not permitted for the national
government to direct it's development
and organization, and that only upon
occasion of actual inavsion has the
president of the United States the
right to ask those men to leave their
respective States. / for my part am
afraid that there is no way in which
that force can be made q direct re-
source as national reserve under
national authority.
what we need is body of mel.
trained in association with units Of
the army, q body of men organized
under the direction Of the national
authorities. subject to the immediate
calls to arms of the national authority
and yet not drawn from the peaceful
pursuits which have made America
great and must keep her great.
II am not q partisan Of any one
plan. But what am for, and
what every American ought to insist
upon; is a body Of at least half mil
lion trained citizens who will serve
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