Charlevoix county herald., 1917-11-30
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
America Must Fight Hard or oermal
May Wln-NecessIty for MILL
tary Training.
Number One

tary Training. i'
"Now, Billie" said his mother, 20
Uncle Dan Is coming tomorrow
spend week with US on the farm. a
II you want to know about the WI
here's your opportunity. Uncle Dan
probably one Of the best-informed me;
In the country" Billie clapped ~
hands and gave such a whoop that "a
Weakened the baby, but what could yoQ
expect Of a>fifteen-year-old boy who q
q living Interrogation point and want
to know about war;
Uncle Dan arrived In due time anu
Billie watched for an opportunity.
came that evening after dinner who4
Uncle Dan had lighted a cigar a.
taken a seat on the porch.
I'm mighty glad you came, Unclo
Dan. want to talk to you about u
war. We have Just put military trein
Ing In our township high school, bQf
we had a hard time to do 1t. ~
JOneses and the Greggs objected. TncT
said the war wouldn't come over he
Grandma Jones said: They amt ~
use to worrit. II will soon blow ovo<e
Well, we put the training In just the.
same. You orter heard Judge Brow
nell, the president of the school board,
do the slackers up. He said unless h.
take or our coats and go to 1t, so
many may yet win, and If she does, she
will take over the great British fleet as
4 war trophy and compel US to do what
ever she wants to; that she could make
~ pay all the cost of the war; the
kaiser could tax us as he pleased and
that we couldn't help ourselves. He
could make every one pay over part
Of what he earns that he could make
the farmers pay rent for their own
farms, etc. Now, Uncle, what do you
think Of thatf'
"Well, my boy" said Uncle Dan,
"all that Judge Brownell. says NtEht
easily come true and may unless We 60
quickly to the aid Of the allies With
large numbers Of men and help them
break the German line. Unless we can
beat the submarines, they may pre-
vent US from getting enough food to
tho allies to keep them going. In that
case Germany would win. As matters
stand today, our greatest need Is
trained men. If we had had several
millions Of men with military training
In our industries and on our farms
when the war came, who could
have been called at once for service,
do not believe the kaiser would have
forced the war upon US. As 1t was, he
had no respect for us, and now we are
In 1t and must 60 through with 1t. But
never again must we be caught 30
wholly unprepared.
"There Is only one safe way" said
Uncle Dan, "and that Is to adopt per-
nanently universal military training
apply It to every young man who
physically At, say in his nineteenth
twentieth year. The training can /
carried forward In the United State
training camps that are now being es-
tablished for training men called by
the selective draft. AS soon as these
men vacate these stations, they should
be filed by younger men, and this
should be made the permanent policy
Of the country"
Billie's mother. Mrs. Graham,
overheard the conversation. She cal
out and said: "ReaYiy, 2fethe--n
are you serioys as to the ID
our country If 1t is as bad
Is high timeifo us to wake
something about It."
Exactly replied Uncle I,
Is better 10 wake up now thdn to Sc
rudely awakened later. We may az
well understand. sister, that this is our
war and we must win Ii or God helm
America. Everything that we, have
or hope to have-our liberties. our
blessings. our opportunities areA all In.
volved In the great Issue before IA
Nothing must stand between US and
winning this war. It is q question
whether the peoples right or the kali
ser's might shall dominate the world
II there ever was holy war, this is
II. We are fighting for world liberty.
We are fighting for the freedom of
humanity. We are fighting for the
right Of men to govern themselves In
stead Of being governed against their
will by war-mad overload. Perilot
times are ahead Of us. We must be
prepared to make any sacrifice, to per-
form any service hat may be required
OF rs"
"Oh, Uncle Dan," exclaimed Billie,
"may I bring my chum, Jimmie Col
bins, when we have our next talk7 he
fs bug on this war business and Just
crazy to see YOU"
| Certainly" said Uncle Dan, with q
hearty laugh. III we are to have more
talks, shall lie glad to have Jimmie
boin u.s."
! Billie clapped mis- hands and ran 10
the phone and told Jimmie to be ovsG
Iat seven O'Clock the aext evening"