The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-23
WAR TALKS
By & A
Military Training Necessary for Safety
and Defense.

found that in the war between Ger
uany and France in 1870 II, Germany
.ost in Killed and wounded $4,000 sol
dlefs while France lost about six times
IS many, and besides that, she lost
every battle. We asked Professor Slo-
cum why this was. He said hat the
German army was highly trained and
ably commanded, while the French
soldiers were poorly trained and that
their war; department was honey
combed with 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 it, Uncle DAMP"
We'll" said Uncle Dan, professor
SlOcum is right. By inefliciency France
lost that war, together with two of
her best provinces-Alsace and Lor-
lars indemnity money. France today
learned her lesson by that sad expe-
rience, SO she put in universal military
training. and as a result, her soldiers
now know how to fight and how to
protect themselves. They are losing
less men in the war than the Germans.
France also put politics oct of her wal
acp3rtment, so that expert authority.
instead of bureaucratic stupidity, now
..irecss the army. Tho result is.
France has oae 81 the best and o
efficient armies every assembled, and
this shows what thorough training anG
good leadership means In warfare.
il.is saved T,rance in this crisis, as
vel IS the liberties OF the world"
~ var is now conducted, there is
~ place for an UNFRAMED nun. A
toGy OF 1860 VII trained soldiers
properly handed could defeat five
tines their number Of raw recruits and
d0 it every time with comparatively
small loss to themselves. Proper train
ing alone viii reduce the death II
casualty rate One-third of VIA it 9th
erWise 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 II.
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 to the front. Ii we
are to win this war, it will take trained
men TO do it, and it will take trained
men to win any other war that may
come upon us in the future. If We
must fight, let us fight to win and not
to lose" a.
THAT'S the stuff" said Billie.
Continuing, Uncle Dan said: sour
has expended about $780,
! 100000 to put up environments and
training stations in order to train the
men called by the selective draft.
When these men are trained the train
ing stations should be Immediately
filed with younger men, say those in
their nineteenth year, TO receive six
months of intensive military train
ing along the lines of h Chamberlain
bill. This will be OF Unreasonable
benefit to them individually. 1t will
do them more good than any other two
years Of their whole life; it will make
them strong, manly, 'Self-reliant. quick
to see and quick to act; 1t will equip
them for q. successful life. In short,
it will rebuild American manhood and
will also give the government O body
of trained men to draw from In case
1t is necessary TO defend our flag and
country. We must settle this question
of universal military training imme-
diately. otherwise these training camps
may be demolished. The adoption OF
universal military training will be no
tice to the world that from then or
we viii be prepared to defend our
selves promptly and efficiently, and
this viii do more to keep US out OF
war III the future than anything else
we could do"
DO you think, brother" said Mrs
Graham, that there will ever be an
ether warp
81 have no doubt about It." sale
Uncle Dan. $50 long as men ar,
selfish. so long as nations are ambi
tiouS to acquire territory, so long q!
population presses and demands more
room, so long as there remains {
scramble for world trade-so long q
viii be. When the time comes tina
we reach the high plane for which w
hope and dream, when all will recog
nize the fatherhoOd of God and tn,
brotherhood OF man, then, and ther
only, will wars cease. When that da,
comes doors will need no locks, bank
will need no vaults to protect thei,
treasures. but that day is a long wa.
of.
The only safe and sane plan is t.
be able To defend ourselves at al
times. Therefore, every citizen shoul,
insist that senators and congreSSmel
shall provide for universal militar.
training, SO that never again shall tn
country be caught so completely III
ready as this wal found us. For
tunately, in this case. our enemy ha
been held back, so we have had o few
months in which 10 prepare. This ad
vantage probably will never COM
again. Ii is however our salvation
today.
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