The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-06
WAR TALKS
BY UNCLE DAN
Number -Four
Military Training Necessary for safety
ard Defense

-sly. Uncle Dan.7 said Billie. elm
mie ana have been looking up about
. var in the encyclopedia at school We
fouud list m the war between Ger
many and France 10 lsT0-11. Germany
lost 10 killed ana wounded 500 sol-
dlers while France lost about SIX times
- many and besides chat. She LOSE
every battle. We a1ked Professor Sl0-
eum whg This vas H. said that Tie
German army was highly trained and
ably commanded, while the French
soldiers were poorly trained and that
iHeir war department wAs honey
c0nped uiih Jealousy and politics
that the officers were not much good.
and that's why France LOST the war
and so many men, What DO you think
about a. Uncle Dans7
Well said Uncle Dan. Professor
socum IS right. By iuef3ceney France
. lost thar war. together with two of
her best proyinees-Alsace and LOr-
ralne-and had 70 pay o billion dol
lars indemnity money France today
learned her lesson by that sad expe-
rience. 50 she put ia universal military
training, and as a result. her soldiers
now know how % fight aLd how 70
protect themselves. They are losing
less men in the war than the Germans.
France also put politics out Of her war
department. SO that expert authority,
instead of bureaucratic stupidity. now
directs the army. THE result Is.
France has one Of the best and most
efficient armies every assembled, and
this shows what thorough trainlng and
good leadership means In warfare.
This saved France IN this crisis, as
well as the liberties Of the world"
"As war is now conducted, there Is
no place for an unframed man. A
body Of 10000 wen trained soldiers
properly handled could defeat five
times their number Of raw recruits and
do It every time with comparatively
small loss TO themselves. Proper train
ing alone win reduce the death and
casualty rate one-third Of what it oth-
erlgise would be, and right here is an
unanswerable argument for universal
military training.
"Our government has no moral right
to force her men into war service
without properly training them for it.
To do SO is simply murder hence the
frantic effort that is now being made
to give her soldiers some training be-
fore they are sent 20 ghe front II we
are to win this war. it will take trained
men to DO IT, ana it viii take trained
men to win any other war that may
come upon us in the future IL we
must fight, let as fight TO win ard not
to lose
"Thats the stuff, said Billie.
Continuing. Uncle Dan said "Our
government has expended about $780,
100000 to put up cantonments and
training stations ia order to train the
men called By the selective draft.
when these men are trained the train
ing stations should be- Immediately
filled with younger men, say those N
their nineteenth year, TO receive SIX
months Of intensive military train
ing along the lines Of the Chamberlain
bill. This will be of immeasurable
benefit to them individually Ii viii
DO them more good than any other two
years of their whole life; it VIII make
them strong manly, selfreliant, quick
to see and quick to act it Will equip
them for q successful life. In short,
it will rebuild American manhood and
viii also give the government body
Of trained men to draw from ia case
It is necessary to defend our flag and
country. We must settle this question
~ universal military training imme-
d,ataly, otherwise these training camps
may he demolished The adoption o. /
universal military training win be mo- (
lice 10 the world that from then on (
we viii be prepared TO defend our
selves promptly and efficiently and
this win do more to keep us out Of
war in the future than anything else
we could do
DO you think, brother" said Mrs
Graham. "that there Will ever be an
other war?"
II have no doubt about It." said
Uncle Dan. $50 long as men are
ssstsh. So long as nations are ambi-
,ions 10 acquire territory, so long as
nomaatlon presses and demands more
room. so long as there remains q
scramble Tor world trade-so long wars
win he. When the time comes that
we reach the high plane for which We
hoYe ana dream. when all viii recog
M the fatherhocd Of God and The
brotherhood Of ma~. 'hen. and then
.naly. Wil wars cease zen thai day
comes doors win need n5 locks banks
will need no vaults to protect their
treasures. but that day is q long way
OF.
1.-THE only safe and sane plan Is to
he able 10 defend ourselves at ail
times. Therefore, every citizen should
insist that senators and congressman
shall provide for universal military ,
training. So that never again shall the ,
country be caaght SO completely I'M I
ready as this war found US For ,
tunately. in this ease, our enemy has I
been held back. so we have had few /
months in which TO prepare. This adj ,
,-o-,+nr, nrAhabfv will never pOfnh