The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-04-28
VOLUNTEER Va sELECTisE
SERVICE.
r and NJ f Robinson. Editors

speaker hamp iHth mas htl HlH
self rnsaiu,ply against the Presidents
t,iicy of restrictive draft for the
afms. ln au interview recently Nj.
CIafk grandlloqHently said
What you men want is conscrlptton.
rud IL is not going tu pass Why de-
SON want tn fasIeu the disgrace ot q
draft an a man when he wants Ia
enlist voluntarily ! want To see The
youth and Hover IT thu country golun.
trcf tts services aud not be- dragged
iutu the army The war department Is
jumping around trying 10 hulldote
people but IL won't be- able to do II
England raised 4 0oA bon volunteers
aud Canada raised tao hno ar io1 .o'o
and volunteers Who arc doing more
Sighting than MI the rest of the English
army put together
This sounds we'll Tho youth and
Hover If the country" volunteering for
service bfi in the actual equation the
Youth aud flower seem to be- \, the
unknown quantity When the nation
is IN desperate need the youth aud
Mower IN we'll rs others do not fail to
respond as of yurp. one hundred thou
SAUDI strong ~ answer Ia Father Ahfa
hams ,aIl rs the Rattle Hymn ef the
Rrmlhlie puts H. bat the need must be
yrry pressing and the time critical
Tor mere preparedness the youth and
flower" conspICuousl, fail to cnthusc
he The civil War, had the hundred
Thousand strong that responded to
l.iuculns call Tor volunteers been
trained in the use of arms and the
lseipline III camps, their effectiveness
auuld have been increased u thousand
inld aud fewer Ut their numbers would
hayc beon left dead upon Loaf or hard
Won battiehelfs
Sueh II the lesson ~ shat war In
face of IT, Mr. CLARK would still insIst
anon the merits ol the volunteer sys-
tenn ar rather ZACH Of system Major
llridges ~ tl,e British Army recently
IN 0 public statement, depreeates the
volunteer system as having cost EHg
iaed u, mendons loss and delay lie
said IN part Had sc had universal or
compulsory military service II would
have stnpliGcd the whole business for
us men munitions everything As II
as our university men, alI the beet
blood af the nation. lHaped into the
s"rNiec, thousands of them as priyatcs.
we're sent 'n France and werc lost II
mistake that sincerely hope your
country sill not make
tn face ~ this explicit statement 81
experience under modern conditions
the speaker il wilfully blind 10 insist
upon volunteers The system does
Indeed secure the host blood uf the
nation. aud makes these bear the
burden Of oil II catches up men for
the rank and Me. whose talents could
b. better employed elscwhe The
present war has amply shown this
authors. artists, teachers. and a thou
sand others NJ equally skilled workers
sci To carrying muskets when they
eoald have been more useful in other
branches ni service
The volunteer system II not demo
cratic II does not impose burdens I'm.
PARTIALLY II puts u premium upun the
Stacker the coward the soifsceker. II
doyours the hest Rather should there
be selective draft. which would re-.
uurr every man ~ some period ~ his
ilte Ia give service Ia the common.
wealth that sustains and protects him
u if the only way ,o secure service
frnm all
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