The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-01

within a sufficiently short space OF
time for them to master the change
that is coming.
"But that is another parenthesis.
What | am trying to impress upon
you now is that | can not tell you what
the international relations of this
country will be tomorrow, and 1 use
the word literally.
America will never be the aggres-
sor; America will always seek, to the
last point at which her honor is in
.olved, 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
saying that one thing this country
never will endure is a system that can
be called militarism. But militarism
consists in preparing a great machine
whose only use is for war. And
l do not believe that the creation Of
such an instrument is an insurance Of
peace.
America is always going to use
her army in two ways. She is going
to use it for the purpose Of peace and
size is going to use it as nucleus
for expansion into those things which
she does believe in, namely the prepa-
ration of her citizens to take care of
themselves.
The Other Side.
'iIhere are two sides to the question
of preparation. There is not merely
the military side, there is the indus
trial side. We ought to have in this
country a great system of industrial
and vocational educational training
under the guidance Of and with fed
eral aid, in which a very large percent
age of the youth of this country will
be given training in the skillful use
and application of the principles of
science in manufacture and bus
mess.
"But, gentlemen, you can not create
such a system rapidly. 1t has got to
be built up And there is something
to be done in the meantime. We must
see to it that a sufficient body of citi-
liens is given the kind Of training
which will make them efficient for call
into the field in case of necessity. ,
Thin of asking men, who can be east
Ely drawn, to come into the field, crude,
ignorant, inexperienced, and merely
,, furnish the stuff for camp fever and
bullets. And so it seems to me
that it is our manifest duty to nave a
proper citizens reserve.
81 am not forgetting our National
Guard. 3 AS governor Of New
Jersey I was brought into association
with what l 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 belieTe
in the National Guard. And believe
that arm of the our national defense
should be built up and encouraged to
the utmost. But you know tnat under
the constitution Of the United States
it is under the direction of more than
two score states and that it is not
permitted for the national government
to direct its development and organi-
zation, and that only upon occasion OF
actual invasion has the president OF
the United States the right to ask
those men to leave their respective
states. l for my part am afraid that
there is no way in which that force
can be made a direct resource as a
national reserve under national au-
thority.
Need Trained Reserve.
"What We need is body of men
trained in association with units of the
army, a body of men organized under
the direction of the national authori-
ties, subject to the immediate call to
arms of the national authority and yet
not drawn from the peaceful pursuits
which have made america great and
must keep her great
81 am not a partisan Of any one
plan. But what l am for, and
/ what every American ought to insist
upon, is body of at least half mil
lion trained citizens who will serve
under conditions of danger as an i'm