The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-09
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number -Four
Military Training Necessary for Safety
and Defense.
Number -Four

war In the encyclopedia Of school. We |
found that In the war between Ger
many and France IN 1901, Germany |
lost In Killed and wounded 5000 sol
dlsrs while France lost about six times
as many, and besides that, she lost
every battle. We asked Professor Slo- |
cum why this was. lie said that the
German army was highly trained and
ably commanded while the French
soldiers were poorly trained and that
their war department was honey
combed with Jealousy and politics;
that The officers were not much good.
aud that's why France lost the war
and 70 many men. What do you think
about IT, Uncle Dani"
"Well." said Uncle Dan. professor
slocum Is right By ineilciency France
lost that war, together with two. OF
her best provinces Alslce and Lor-
ralne-nnd had to pay billion dol
lnrs Indemnity money. France today
learned her lesson by that sud eSpe-
Renee, so she put In universal military
training. and as result her soldiers
now know how to fight and how 10
protect themselves. They are losing
less men In the war than the Germans,
Franco also put politics out Of her war
department. 80 that expert authority,
instead Of bureaucratic stupidity now
directs the army. The result Ia,
France has one Of the best and most
efficient armies every assembled, and
this shows what thorough trimming and
good leadership means Ia warfare.
! This saved Funce In this crisis, as
well as the liberties OF the world"
As war Is now conducted there ls
no place Tor mn unframed man. A
body Of 10000 well trained soldiers
properly handled could defeat five
times their number VI raw recruits and
do It every time with comparatively
small loss TO themselves. Proper train
Ing alone will reduce the death and
casualty rate one-third Of what II 9TH
crwlse would be-. and right here Is an
unanswefable argument Tor UNIVERSAL
military training.
"Our government has no moral right
to force her men into war ser'lc"
without properly training them for H.
10 do so rs simply murder, hence the
frantic effort that Is now being made
TO give her soldiers some training be-
fore they are sent to the front II we
are 10 win this war, Il VIII take trained
men 10 do u, and u VIII tahe ilalh'u
men TO win amy other war lnat may
come upon us 10 the future u we
must Fight, lei us eight to win ana nol
to lose"
"Thlfs Che stun said Billie.
! Continuing. Uncle Dan said; "Our
govpruncu. uls appended abou, @io9-
100000 Go put up environments and
/ training siauona 700 order to train ihe
mon called hy thc 'oIoc.'vc draft
/ Whom tho.c mol lr0 trained 'no irnin'
lng stations sunu'd De- Immediately
filled with younger men' fa' 'nos' lh
their Nineteenth year TO receive SIX
months OF Intensive military unin'
Ing along ih' lln's OF li'e N''''''D.l',', W.
blll This VIII ne OF 'u'il'', '' .u ''
beneht to lhem 'hu,''uuN'lg' WV
90 lhenl more rV"u 'n"u "'s ~ IVY. 1g
years OF ihrir Whole n'e !, WIZ u'',Nu
them strong many so'l''e''''',' Vu',N
to sec ana quo" 10 u't " W." Cln't
them Tor q suc''s''u' NV ~ ,''u' y,
It VIII rebui'u Ai'ell,'n ''''n'''o' "| ,.'
VIII also give inc go'orn.ll'n' !" uou ,,
Of trained men TO u,''W ''"'' !" '''ss
II Is necessary 10 ur'enu ou. n"s ' "''u
country we mus se'',o ,'''s q" '.','
OF universal ii''N,n'y 'i"'n'us ',"''''
dlately' Otherwise 'l'c'g ,l"'","e ,"''ls ~
may be ue'nollsheu' inV "uU ,, ~, W.
universal military uau', ~, W." NV. W. y" ~,
u'e W Wv na ~ a.aoared ~ defend our.
we WIN w p' ,.lI omo,on,Iv and
serves p'u'"p.'s NV ,e ta"n ns an, a,
thls WI. w ~ - r.,t,nr o,ss
war III ,'e iu'u'' '""" w." '''
we eouiu w, u...,, A.,
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other war;
II have no doubt ABOUT H. suiu
Uncle Dan. so long as men are
selfish, so long as nations are u'npi'
tlous TO acquire territory so long M
populntlon presses and demands more