Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-27
AT NATIONAL MOOSE CONVEN
 TON HELD IN PlTTSBURG
NOT TO BULL MOOSERS
But Loyal Order of Moose-UniversaI Man and Woman in the Country Prepare for Next National Energ- ency by Obligatory Military Training for Young Men-Ameriea a. Miracle of lneffIciency, He Says.

Pittsburgh Pa, July 26.-Amid the | cheers of thousands of visitors gath | cred here for the international con- vention of the Loyal Order of Moose, l Former President Theodore Roosevelt i today declared the continuation of universal military training in the l United States after the war is the ma = | tion's only security against a repet- tion of unpreparedness such as has | handicapped the country in the pres ent crisis and which, he said, amounts to "a miracle of national inefficiency." 1 The former executive aSSailed the i theory that the war can be financed | by a tremendous tax on incomes and declared for heavy and progressive 1 taxes on excess profits. While a req | sonable profit should be given on gov man in America has a right to be- come tremendously wealthy as re- suit of this war
 Pawnbroker Patriotism.
 ''We are in war and our first bus mess is to fight" said MT. Roose- welt. "Only few months ago I heard people say they would give money, potatoes and other things but would let someone else fight for them. This is pawnbroker patriotism. The fore most place in patriotism is that of the American who actually goes to
 
 Eligible Kin at Front.
 In another brief address earlier in the day MT. Roosevelt said all his kin who were eligible had lined up" for military service and that "it isn't my fault that I'm not over there now"
 A war relief fund of $550,00o was voted today by the convention. It will be raised through a membership assessment of one dollar per capita.
 A monster parade tonight in which MT. Roosevelt appeared was the clos ing feature of the days programme.
 Prepare for the next national emer- gency by introducing the principle of obligatory, universal military training for young men in time of peace and universal service in time of war for every man and women in the country was the admonition delivered by The odore Roosevelt in an address he de- hvered here tonight before the con- vention of the Loyal Order of Moose.
 As com pared to the other great na- tions of the world, he declared, Ameri cans had in this war exhibited them selves a miracle of ineffciency. As serting that the United States govern ment announces that the measures of preparedness now in progress are tenn porary and will be stopped as soon as the emergency Is over, Colonel Roose- welt characterized this criminal refusal to provide for the future"
 What America Lacks.
 He summed up what America had accomplished since the declaration of a state of war with Germany by saying that the United States did not now have a single airplane fit to send across the German lines and that months must pass before one could be manufactured, that America had no heavy artillery to put in the battle line and that Major General Pershing and his soldiers would have to trust to French and English guns. American submarine chasers operating with the British fleet constituted, he said, only It would be a year after the declara- tion of war before America would have a fair number of big cargo ships.
 Short in Equipment.
 we have not enough rifles for our men" said Colonel Roosevelt we are painfully short in equipment We lave not yet begun to assemble the draft army. the first elementary off, Cers' training camps have not been the National guard has only just begun to mobilize.
 No Artillery in France.
 ''We have put fragment of our line little regular army into France and, as it is composed almost exclusively of infantry, without artillery, 1t would be helpless against any well equipped enemy were 1t not aided by our allies. This is the sum total of the activities of a nation of 100. .ooO, 900 people, and in possession of incalcula ble wealth and boundless resources. during the six months following it's entry (after two and one-ha1f years warning) into the greatest war in history.
 Miracle of Inefficiency.
 ''The simple truth is that. relatively l to the other great nations of the world 1 we have in this war exhibited ourselves } miracle of inefficiency; and we shall l always be inefficient during the first l vital months of any war until we learn l to prepare in advance.
 No Permanent Policy.
 Tt is this utter unpreparedness | IS of this war And remember that IS l yet we as people. acting through our ! governmental authorities have not | aiken one step to avert disaster in the ! future by introducing a permanent l policy of prepa aredness The measures | under which we are now acting are | makeshifts, announced to l Je such. We have been caught utterly | lnprepared in a terrible emergency be- | cause we did nothing until the emer- | yency actually arose, and now our | government announces that what we | Ire doing is purely temporary, that | We shall stop doing it as soon as the | is over, and will then re- main equally unprepared for the next l 
 Make Ready in Advance.
 Tt is this blind refuSal-from the i cations standpoint I can only call it | he criminal refusal-to provide for the uture that forces every honest and 1 ar-sighted lover of America to speak. We cannot afford to count for our ;afety on anything but our own armed strength; the only way to make our strength effective is to make it ready | II advance, and the only way really to make ready in advance is to introduce he principle of obligatory, universal