Licking Valley courier., 1917-04-26
VOLUNTEERS TO
+. THE WAR front.
7. R. PROPOSES
Wants Force Sent Abroad While
Obligatory Service Is Per-
fected at Home.
PRAISE FOR WILSON'S PLAN
Colonel Urges That All Back President
in Policy of Universal Service
Utterly Against Any Hymn of
Hate Against Germany.

Washington, April 23.-The house
committee on military affairs voted for
mally to report the army conscrlption
bill, with the Dent-AnthOny amend
ment providing that the volunteer sys-
tenn shall be tried out before the pres
ident resorts to cOnscription. The line
up In committee as revealed on the
vote on the cOnscriptiOn issue last
week was unchanged, except that Rep
resentative Caldwell, Democrat Of New
York, voted present" He voted for
the volunteer amendments last week.
New York, April 23.--ColOnel Roose-
welt struck back ut those who have
been using his plan for raising di-
vision of troops as an argument against
obligatory service. In the first inter-
view he has granted on his army plan,
he reiterated strongly his demand for
universal obligatory service coupled
with plea that, while this compulsory
system was being made operative a
volunteer force be sent abroad.
II do not want to be put in the po-
sitiOn of saying to my fellow country
men, Go to the war;" he declared.
Il want to be in the position of saying,
Come to the war; | am going with
YOU
Sees Error by Britain.
II wish we already had universal
military training in this country. But
We are as Britain was when the war
broke out. England spurned Lord
Roberts advice to have universal mil.
itary service. She was very wrong in
doing that.
"But 1t would have been capital
mistake. it Ayhna tiifc '-,s;.:ss-s .prekeaput,
she had declined to send small mill.
tary expedition at once to Belgium,
and had refused to accept volunteers
from Canada and Australia-On the
plea that she then intended to do moth.
ing except in accordance with the
theory of obligatory military service.
What she ought to have done was
to send her eXpeditionary army exact.
.ly as she did; to use the volunteers
exactly us she did-and instantly tO
introduce the system of obligatory
service also. This is precisely what
we should do"
Wilson's Plan Commended.
"With all my heart approve of the
presidents plan for universal Obligu
tory service-both for the present wal
and as our permanent policy. This
plan will give us the army we mus
have Is months hence. But we ough
to treat as necessary supplement [,
this plan, the utilizing OF volunteer
who would not be reached under th,
obligatory plnn-who will not AM
ought not to be asked to volunteer IL
the regular army or the NatiOnu
Guard; but who have special iitnes
for the war, and who will come for
ward eagerly to serve If they are to h
sent abroad at the earliest possibl
minute"
The colonel was asked how he fei
toward Germany.
II am utterly against any hymn n
hate In this country us against an
nationality" he exclaimed. Let II
have our hymn of hate against tina
system of organized tyranny which ha
made Germany Il menace to the worl
the evil genius of what was best I'm
noblest In the German character. One
we have destroyed that tyranny W
shall hail the Germans as our brotl
ers, and we shall eagerly hope to ne
nit them to the fellowship Of FIRE
peoples"