The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-04
Think About This
Never hit if possible to avoid it, but never
hit soft.-Theodore Roosevelt.
Grant MIR. Roosevelt Request

Here is concise summary OF the universal
military service legislation pending in Congress.
Frequent requests have been made for informa-
ton on the scope and extent Of the measures.
Read the appended editorial utterance of the New
York American and you will obtain an insight
INTO the bill:
The House contention that men between the ages Of
and forty should be called to the coors brings
unnecessarily large number Of men to the register
ing officers and to the medical examiners
At least six million men than are at all neces.
say would be called by the House bill to submit
registration and selection for service exemption
from service and the total amount of labor lost BY this
unnecessary operation would be serious loss indeed.
at this time. when hour Of workers time
is badly needed The effect would be injurious
as q strike OF many thousands OF workmen
The unnecessarily large registration would also de-
ay the final process of selection for the registration
would have to precede the draft and the registration
than the registration Of 100000.
employment Of registering and drafting officers
eonscripts the Senate would obtain: II we to
ave the allies from defeat we certainly have no time
10 keep ourselves reasonably SAFE have labor to
waste.
+ All the Arguments Of common in favor Of
As to letting Mr. Roosevelt go to France with
has said that those who want to volunteer for foreign
service ought to be permitted to do fast they
want to. and In as large numbers as they want to.
Judging from the very small number Of generals
who have been killed In three years Of warfare, the
country will be in little danger Of losing Mr. Rooseves
valuable fe and If he is rather inadequate in military
training experience, still, he would add touch Of
pcturesqueness to the tout ensemble Of the which
It has far sadly lacked And furthermore, the
sorship would have hard time holding the bunch
Of American correspondents who would doubtless
company the Colonel.
To be plain about it, the Colonel wants to tight and
q number Of Americans want to fight along with him,
and our business Just is to fight Germany,
can see reason why the Colonel and his ought
not to be equipped and abroad possible
and good luck go with them.
Mr.. Hearst remarks that the limitation of the uni
versal service obligation to the actual period
mistake We think 1t Is not going to far to call that
proposal q crime.
for 1t be long and bloody, well costly.
war; but II result is to thoroughly
to preparation against future extensive and
formidable that nobody will dare to make 60 to
again then the price will not have ben paid in vain
We shall then have bought something with blood
and treasure But II to sing back into the dan
gerous folly Of unpreparedness after the over.
then 1t would have been million times better had
stayed out Of the for shall have lost much
and gained nothing, matter how the goes.
We do not suppose that any thinking persons really
take this sentimental about the European
lions crusadng in the holy Of this that seriously
because this Is purely BUSINESS war SO far the
European governments concerned, and any who
doubts that should read again the allies
Of their aims issued last winter.
The other powers mean to get much territory.
cash and trade they when they sit down around
the bargain table, and it is business to
guaranteed freedom of the to neurals in time
war; nvolabilty Of mails freedom Of cable communi-