The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29

democratic welfare. that we -HouId
immediately nauprate thi. prInriplo
Land saf about raising a great army I'M,
|arrodance thercath
"syr0 ln army viii naturally need a
ham. fiuo to train. and si f.a. oa-.io-t
romonf we -boyld bnpir ,0 devote oY-
fraugfB and energy IN calling If inf.
being and training il This .bourd na
| the task which wc treat a. of prlmc
|ImBorfancc But most ewuHatiraIt
| tc .Imld not rest content with rI.
/ We should no, rest content with mere.
lis prepariug au army to art "a wear n-
IcIglt,en months or two yrar. hence
| Let o.. put the flag ON fnc firing limo
Lao the earliest possible moment r.,.
summer. wherever our services .r.
mo,t needed I'm France or Flanders
| or the Balkan Peninsula. II need ar.v
| bee small army al first uvt ..pn
Ia division would be better than rofa.
| iug Then we can constant. keen
Ituu division filed. and other di.fs.
ions rom dine 10 time added 10 No..
|uutN a year hence. # Tine war contin.
uos. We haya really formidable fight
| ing force az le front. fighting force
which win lgltcadlly increased month
hF month. y lar byIyear until the tr..
umph C0N $50
"To d0 thbat is necessary that we
should appeal for volunteers. not I'm
any way as substitute for. but a.
q supplement- 10. the Administrations
plan for raising am army I'm accord.
ancc with the principle OF Obligatory
universal service. II the system of
universal obligatory training and SER
vice had already been i'm existence
here for q number Of years. and If i'm
other ways We had been prepared ia
| advance, we could by this time have
had an cXpeditionary force Of million
men under way for the rant. ready To
strike the finishing blow But the svs.
tenn does not yet exist. and. necessar.
/ fly all kinds OF prelminaries will have
10 be gone through before il can uoy
| Dee called into being and AN effective
|army OF large size raised under b
/ Therefore, TO wait for IL before really
entering into tine war means an i'm.
/ definite delay q delay that might bring
us TO the end, not merely of the cam.
pugu this year. but of the campaign
, next year before we can strike hard
and effectively wish TO see the sys.
tenn Of obligatory service used in order
10 make all men serve who ought 10
! serve. u would Doe 70 capital mistake
t1 use u in such fashion as merely 10
prevent men rendering service when
t1ey wish 90 render it and can render
10 and ought to render H. DO not lct
anyone volunteer 10 stay al home. But
do not hinder men, who. under con.
scription, would be entitled to STAY
al nome. from volunteering 10 go to the
ii"n, ,,,'i'. IL ,N'y o, can render good service.
Inv tbo w,r don,,,,,,o,, p'"p",'u u" 'onEI''S ,,l
of oycoIlsr, ,,a, ,'"..,i i'','' ''l'''"'''
from ser,ire vbii. i'n'. ,,. ", 'N''' ', ,,
clans. b.for. ,rn IN ,o''' ','''' "'".u
|the front I,pd,r ,I,,s, ,.,,,,,,.' nv .,''' I'D
ought IN p.o t,. ,ai,,,,,,.. g,''''''u''.' Z
Inn Oh. p,r. 3, .r.,,. '' ''
great passibilir.. In, 10 i'. wv 1'''' 1
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