The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-06-16

.2.OOO young soldiers In each camp f0r
the training Of the new army. This
means that there must be lots Of elbow
room. Extended order Is the order
of the drill day.
| A plan has been suggested by which
the young men Of the National army
may he taught something besides drill
ing and fighting. The recruits for the
new army are to come from all els-
ments of the American, the half-Ameri-
can. and the quarter-American body.
Some of these men, many of them, In
fact. must he taught what we are fight
ing for, what II all means, and why
| il is that they should be willing 10
risk their lives for their country.
Army officials realize that persons
who want Germany to lick us and per
sons who do not think that there is
any ideal in the wide world that liz
worth fighting for. say that the army
life does nothing To uplift a man, and
that it adds nothing to his education.
Officials hold that those who so think
do not know anything about the army,
and probably hope that they will
escape contact with ii, especially so
far as fighting touch with 1t Is con-
cerned.
To Be Taught Why We Are Fighting.
The thousands of young soldiers who
will enter the service and who are not
well read concerning current events
and, perhaps because Of environment,
have been indifferent to them, will
be given lessons in lecture form In
American history, and with them they
will get conception of republican
institutions and why 1t is they are
worth fighting the world, If necessary,
TO obtain.
The new army is to be a selective
army, but the chances are that the
greater part of its rank and file will
be men of the volunteer spirit. There
will he those. however, i'm the ranks
who will be resentful, either because
they do not like TO be forced TO serve
in any cause, or else because they have
no realizing sense of what this war
means Ia Americans of the present
generation. and will mean To those of
the coming years.
Washington believes that the sol
diers of the whole-Souled volunteering
spirit who know that this is Il war
against despotism. will do their own
part in the work of enlighiening their
comrades who edo not know much
about IT," The spirit which has pos
session of majority of the soldiers in
the ranks soon takes possession of the
minority. Inspiration Ia those at first
indifferent comes from contact with the
inspired. There are scores of other
things in any army which help to make
the men as one and to keep them fight
ing with one purpose and with one
heart.
Bird Protection War Measure.
What have birds To do with war or
war with birds? The bird protectors
of the country, men who not only
! would save the birds but help to save
much Ia do with helping Il nation TO
win n war.
Administration officials and espe-
cial!y those charged with helping to
stimulate food production throughout
the United States are urgent in their
desire that congress ut the present
session shall pass the enabling act
which will permit the United States
government To put into instant effect
the treaty now existing with Canada
whereby the migratory birds may be
given adequate protection.
Some time ago treaty was, entered
into with the British government b!
! which Canada on its part agreed {,
enforce certain regulations protect
ing migratory birds. The Unitet
States senate ratified the treaty ant
il already has the force of law. The
} difficulty in the way of its enforce
ment is that congress has not passed
, the enabling act with the necessary
provision of money to secure an ade
quate carrying out of the terms of the
J treaty in this country.
The senate committee has reported
the enabling act faeOrably. The house
committee has not as yet done so. but
every effort is being made to show the
committeeman the relation which ex
. lists between birds and proper con
Quoting of the war and to get then
to report the bill in order that 1t may
become a law at this session.
President Wilson is strongly i'm fa
vor Of the passage of the enabling act
The real sportsmen Of the country and
all the bird protective societies ant
large numbers of the farmers insti
tutes and other organizations are In
favor of the passage of the act which
will give the insectivorOus birds, large
numbers of which are game birds
adequate protection during certain
seasons of the year. OF course sons
birds which are insectivorous ant
therefore beneficial in their lives ar,
protected under the provisions of law
all through the year.
The officials of the biological sur
vey, which Is branch of the depart
. ment of agriculture, are receiving
scores of letters from all parts of the
country telling of the good which the
federal migratory bird protection law
. has done since its enactment. The
, trouble has been that there has beer
| too little money TO enable the officials