The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-24

great asset to the nation. They had
not only learned the rudiments. but
the fundamentals of tactical military
training and any one of them was
now capable of training the ordinary
civilian in these movements. for thew
had studied the tactics of warfare. He
said that in one hour and five min
utes they could dig a trench with the
implements they carried so that they
would not be seen by the enemy and
persons could pass hohind them.
In reference to Y. NJ c. A.
work on the border, Capt. Brown
stated that it had done it's work we'll
while it lasted, but that it had been
literally blown away. A mistake was
made in erecting tent instead of
building a board shack for less cost,
but otherwise the Association had
been a success.
He sttaed that the border Ameri-
cans in his opinion did not regard
one. The trouble was mostly with the
mining interests who stirred up
strife in order to get the United
States to intervene, that the mining
interests might be actively worked to
cnrih those who were stirring up
strife. The United States army was
too small, he stated. 1t must be
made larger, and the sooner the par
ents understood that they must let
their boys go, the better it would be
for their country. There would be
call soon. for the country needed men.
1t had to have them. He advised any
young men who did not want to go
to get married right now. In refer
ence to the way the men took their
enforced stay on the border, he stat
ed that the men did not take it at all
WE'LL There was reason for it.
While the Chamber of Commerce and
,ther agencies of Ell Paso We're send
out the United States calling on the
government to intervene and come to
their rescue, as the situation was
critical, the men of the town, in
stead of responding to the call, when
it came, remained at home and let
somebody else do the dirty work. This
was what made the boys sore" They
would be out marching, or on their
| duties and one Of the young sports of
El Paso would ride by in an automo-
bile with young ladies on either side
This was the reason the boys did not
take their enforced stay we'll.
| The citizens Of FL Paso and other
towns near the border criticised
Woodrow Wilson, but did nothing to
help the situation themselves. FL
Paso "a town Of seventy-iive thousand
| persons, had raised one little COM
| pany of sixty-thrcc men to send 70,
| border duty.
Capt. Brown urged the adoption of
he motto given by Epictitus as the
recipe for happiness: "The adoption
of one self to the standards of ne
| cessity." He strongly urged imitation
Of the spirit of Henry Ford be shown
by the people of America as a rem
edy for conditions in America. He
wanted to see charity as the stand
ard of the world.
Capt. Long of the Calhoun school
battalion stated that he was trying to
instill the ideas of duty and obey
ing to orders with promptness, as
we'll as the adaptation of themselves
20 circumstances in the boys of the
high school, so that they would be
prepared, ii called on, although he
hoped that such a time would not
come.
Prof. Savely, of the department of
agriculture, pointed the need of mill
tary training and how it fitted a man
for life, not only as a soldier, but as
man. He thought that it was only
the man who could receive and obey
orders, who was best fitted to give
them.
Our Country and Our Flag" was
the toast responded to by Senator r.
d. Epps He was glad he was living
in this age Of change, when such
marvellous changes were made in a
day' which in times past would have
taken centuries. He pointed out that
gradually the rights Of the State were
being taken over by the federal gov
ernment, which drew the citizen of q
State nearer and nearer to the gener-
al government so that now he was
not only proud he was a citizen of his