Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-21
NO TROUBLE TO GET MEN

NO TROUBLE TO GET MEN
The ouick and general response to the call for to-
bring the National Guard of the states up to war footg
gives answer to the question to how long it would
take to raise army for defense OF the country Io
foreign invasion. Here in Salem we saw the crQWuI
gather at the armoy offering to enlist ana every Pce
in the United States saw the same tmhg.
The average American does not care to belong TO Lhe
militia in time of peace There are several reasons loi
this Perhaps the main one Is the American lqea VI
absolute freedom each one wanting TO 90 as e PeaSeo
and when he peases TO belong to the militia requires
the sn1enderng of time and the interference with the
doing of other things that bring the individual greater
pleasure The average American wants TO GO InlgS VI
his own volition and he is constructed mentally thaU
if compelled to do the things he otherwise wanted 10 90
he would refuse if possible, to do them. ~ i
He wants to 90 fishing hunting, and militia duty at
times MIGHT interfere with this? 1t would at umeS III
terfere with his social affairs his auto excursions OF
things of that kind and he refuses to have ms private
life hampered in this manner When, however II colie9
to the real thing and his country needs mh lhele Is p
one sentiment and that is that the country Is eIeu ~
his services and he freely gives all there Is IN nm lol
the cause. ,. A., ,4,
There is no question as to the ability OF the country
to raise all the men needed in case OF war OhueI 0ui
present system they would be unframed Oh COURSE ou'
the American learns quickly ana as most ol 'ei ",T 1
cuStOmed to handing IRE alluS CneS O''l sum Nv
into first class soldiers. ce 4noi,
inp aside there is no better physical training thah Va
# oives hearing and set to the body and Stalghder
and hotter carriage Its mental training is also good IoT
# teaches respect for others, and obedience 10
commands The present warike movement VIII sur Ine
Youngsters to emulate their elders and awaken S'Iois
err martial spirit , -, ,,, and oat
Them in hurry If the country is weak IN any Ine II W
he in its ability to arm and equip all VINO VIII oIieL je -
services in time Of need Salem takes eSPecla Pl'o +l
bnr bovs of Company Nj, for they were IrSt on I ue
Ground and the strongest company in the state Not oy
wore they first but when notified during te hgnI 'laV
tbny we've needed were at their armoy and could nave
been on the way the front as soon as tney 1o 'e
breakfast or for that matter before 1t WAS 'e'0l'
The flock of utterly silly rumols that are gwen Mls
by some one and that find credence Is Simply @
Yesterday for instance one was that Germany nav nav
rdorod he limited States to withdraw hel troops Ao"
MILO Anotber that war had commenced and the ore
pon militia or at least Company NJ had not SIoPPeG q,
Clackamas but was sent direct to Mexico gun "IG.io
was that Carranza had marched into IeNaS at Vlt 1e
of hio army and desperate battle was raging 1HtI
MOVE d0znns 0f them besides made of such gauzy maefa
that no one would apparently take nouee OIL Ine ouV
thev were believed bv some for the Capital journal Phohe
was busy at times denying them
Rio Vista California. employees are trying the costly
plan of importing strike breakers, IN an attemPC "
smash the strike of the bay and river boamen II theIe
was as much danger of life in this plan to the employers
as there is to both strikers and strike breakers 1t "ouo
seldom be used.
1t is not always the commander of any army VINO is
its most important parsonage Napoleon said IAN army
fights on its stomach" This being the the company
cooks are the boys who after all responsible for the
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