Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-06-02

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The United states i-a peace loving
nation and hopes 20 advance in power
and greatness through the arts Of peace
alone But the fact that We arr peace
ful will not prevent nations TINT seem
to be fond Of war from attacking Us.
For this We must hr ready We must
Ice prepared
The onIy urarti,,l solution of the
question II preparo,ire.4 in u free and
democratic country Is military training
Tn. heat nm. for .,icb training !. while
boys are al school. II should he univcr
sal and COMPULSORY Ey "preuarpdness
W. mean TIA, the nited states should
bee prepared Ia repcl any hostile force
tbqt might be sent against her nnd to
compe respect for American citizens
and American propertv throughout, the
world
That topIan staff, dreamed of by
the paciii4t when world wide peace shall
prevail and the spreading eagle of our
standard shall be- replaced by the snowy
dove Of pcacc (. 4 long way or
The present wnr must convince the
most fcryent paciti-t TINT in the last
resort disputes between nations are
settled hy force of arm. today u.t as
they we're In the time Of the Romans.
our dignity and honor a. nation
must be upheld in the face Of those who
would naunt ii. Peacefully if We may.
forcibly. if We must but uphold it we
win 10 10 this an armed force i.
necessary. and we must consider how
such a force can be ORGANIZED and kent
in strict readiness. and. At the same
time, conform to the spirit and to the
ideals of American Democracy
Three WAYS may Toe considered
First. purely volunteer force with
no advance prruaratlon This system
of raising an army is defective and lnef-
Gcient for the following reasons
In carving out this idea we wait
". make a beginning. Though the
nation may he drifting toward war
nothing il done until the last minute.
Then perhaps. the President calls for
volunteers Swept by the first wave of
enthusiasm. the farmer. the laborer.
the merchant, the mechanic offer them
selves as soldiers Citizens with no
military eNpericncc raise and command
regiments of men that are useless until
trained After war has actually been
declared raw recruits are hindrance
and pullhnck
Iast wear ON In. Mexican border Cen
eral Funston's most urgent need was
soldiers Volunteers are not soldiers.
He said he could get men by the thous.
and. but could not not ret soldiers bv
the dozen. Training volunteers means
a tremendou. loss of time when il il
most valuable To place them in the
army without training means n break
ing down Of discipline and n dreadful
waste of human life In the end The.
draft has to be used The volunteer
system has failed eyery time il has been
uut To the test
Tn. second solution is to maintain a
huge standing army This could b,.
done by compellinr every Youth 10
sery. from one 10 three wears in the
army Thus we would have TO summon,
from one 10 tbre. million men in train.
inc who would produce nothing Of eco.
nomic value This woud he bad for the
country ana il ,yopld raise IN. ghnst of
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