The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-26
AN ARMY AND NAVY SELF SUPPORTING
AND TRULY DEMOCRATIC

AND IKULY DEMOCRATIC
An Editorial by Arthur Brisbane
The United States could ueuy in peace and in war
100000 trained soldiers
These exercised maneuvering drilling the use of
for few hours each week after bling thoroughly
ed could vinga vng-n peace times and be
ready to fight at any
If we spent thousand millions year such army
should have show the end Of thousand
lars worth of useful work instead of thousand millions up
and lost.
There why should army iders waiting
for Instead getting SIS month";
day doing nothing but waiting for the United
ford to have quarter of million getting regular high wages
leading comfortable lives proud of their position and wartime
tending good job we'll good country
Such could dig the canals that the country needs They
could begin by uniting the and the great
sssppi
Their officers trained engineers useuly employed
and all we'll paid And the money spent money
spent improving the United States thrown away
debt piled up.
And what say about standing army democratic sup
porting making the richer instead poorer applies
navy.
The United States could should op
ate thousand ships In time Of peace their guns could
ashore They could carry the freight country pay their
penses and profit The would paid sail
ors in peace best fighting
In time of and of wahip danger they could
take on their guns fleet Of thousand ships with
cannon and ten good each with long range
any in the world, need not fear any feet
The has taught the world that fixed
Once their range is taken they be destroyed.
fleet of thousand freight ships would be thousand
great floating moving forts fleet Of thousand Ships
600 great long and 10000 high gnner
enemy.
In time of peace the guns and the would
be left on shore time danger guns and freight would
travel together In time real freight ships
lighting ships backed by professional fighting navy
Give the United States well trained highly paid standing army
OF quarter of million self supporting improving the
States as workrnen improve farm,
Give the United States navy with thousand great
with torpedo tubes their bows large shps and sub
marines and this country peace as long chose to keep
trained ready
few thousand policemen keep peace city We do
not have and drill the 100000 inhabitants
quarter of million we'll trained professional fighting men
earning their living peace times would keep peace in the United
States and discourage anybody with the idea invading
tory
Add to the industrial great national freight of
thousand big ships carrying freight of the United States fast
erfu flying machines watching and reporting peace
times ready and dynamite carriers
fleet of submarines exploring the bottoms lakes
waters and blowing the bottoms of hostile
time OF war-such arrangement self supporting making the
country richer instead of poorer would settle the peace question
The fleet suggested would please England
spbudng countries for the United States able money
1T per cent less would be content make per
lis fleet would make that easily self put on
a paying basis
Will those planning spend thousands of millions for the
lted Sateshousands of millions that would all be junk
cosconsder the possibility of using the money advantage
aat building up of the country?
Suppose that the United States industrial army
ii navy such have outlined here.
Suppose this country well trained well armed now
crl full grown well paid patriotic lighting workers
Suppose of million such earning v
ing improving the country adding dollar the nation for
dollar spent them and ready to drop
their TOOLS take up their guns and bayonets.
Suppose the United States possessed today such