The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-01

Hungary, Italy, Russia, Japan, provide
efficient military training. In none Of
these countries is this training giuem thru
the schools, nor does it begin qlnder go
gears of age"
Mistaken Ideas the Basis of
Agitation
A false conception upon the part of
many people is the basis of the present
agitation. By military training, a large
number of people understand that only
the setting-up drill is meant The setting
up drill is not military training at all, but
is pure gymnastics given to counterfeit the
one-sided development of the drill. Every
one who believes in healthy boys and girls
advocates such physical exercises with
their disciplinary training.
Boy Scout Executives View
Walter S. Cowng, Philadelphia Scout
executive, expresses his views on the sub
ject in this way:
| 81 am not an advocate of military train
ing in our public schools, because 1 believe
1t to be educationally and biologically
wrong, and because it fails to produce an
eInclent soldiery, which is it's aim
Inc intent of our educational system
ana the purpose of teaching in our schools
IS TO bring out initiative and responsibility.
Milltary training for boys, with it's un-
/ tN'''Nou opeulence 10 command, shifts
personal responsibility and inhibits initia-
I tive
The Boy Scout movement. with a nro-
gram of play and service, its incentive to
mental and physical efficiency and disci-
pllne, is a logical method of preparation
for citizenship and for life
Inc fundamental needs of boyhood can
not be supplied by military training. The
program Tor boys can never be identical
Neither can the leadership of bows be
Identical in method or practice with the
leadership and direction of men. The
preparation of programs for bows and
thel education should obviously be in the
hands OF those who have made a study of
and know its needs.
Lieutenant General Sir Robert S. S.
naueh-Foweil, founder of the Boy Scout
movement in England, states in his recent
book Quick Training for War that
Ioyalty' patriotism and courage are the
essentials in soldier, and that no amount
81 urn can instill these fundamentals
~. ~ you wish to spoil a soldier he says,
"''e'lpt TO make one of a boy"
Real Danger Lies in Ideals of
Militarism
Ill me greatest democracy the world has
ever known, the greatest nation the world
mas ever known, has since it's birtb nrac-
ticed the arts of peace. It has nromofed
r ,,oa111 ana amity by means of it's great
t tioIai ana spiritual forces. The introduc-
sion Vi compulsory military training or
UNIVERSAL service would be the overthrow
or ene ldealism which has made America
great and fasten upon it autocracy and
u ,itiesri ISM those pet children of privilege
VIZ" nI,,.. nave been the curse of Europe.
Military training of boys teaches them
is 10 ~ t me highest service to their country
n ~ 10 nght for it, 1t breeds suspicion and
o 90 for others 1t plants the seeds
Oh war and makes it imnossib,e for the
r ra9 g and statesmen to hold back the
br,,+ aoou IN times of stress because of the
Ar use instr instincts which it cuItivates. If
don, 4; make this surrender of free
G tT they will witness the beginning Of
the end of democracy, HILLS u
bs 9peG nI literature upon the subject has
t peeh prepared by committees of the socie.
ties of Friends and bv the PernS,ivoni
nbi n''ia 1C,' and Peace Society, Philadek
''''' Inns may be had upon request