El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-09
PAY FOR FOLLY,
SAYS COLONEL
Roosevelt Says U. S. Must
Atone for Non Prepar
edness as Best It Can

New York, May 9.-An address last
might to members Of the Kings county
Republican committee and their
guests. Col. Roosevelt declared the
/ United States will have 10 atone for
its folly in failing to prepare for war
/ IN times Of peace. He declared Amer
leans must conduct themselves man
fully in war and must pay in blood
by sending to the front as soon as
possible a great force Of fighting men.
The former president discussed the
country's participation in the war in
I its military, social and industrial
I phases. He suggested ncorpora tion
of the unmarried men Of the national
guard OF the states into regiments
filled out either by the draft or from
volunteers from the exempted classes
and the dispatch OF these men &c
France or England for a period Of in
tensive training preparatory to TAX
ing their places on the firing line
FavOrs Only Reasonable Profits.
Col. Roosevelt emphasized the ne
cesslty for economy and the avoid
ance of waste and said there should
be no improper profit making. but
that reasonable profits should not be
eliminated.
/ America has a tWofold duty at this
time" Col. Roosevelt said, first, i'm
mediately to meet with every instru-
ment already available the immediate
needs OF the war. and second, perma-
nently TO shape our policy not merely
in military, but in social and indus
trial matters, so as to place this re-
public on 2 permanent foundation OF
justice and strength"
Put Men at Front in 20 Days.
Til ecolonel again urged the use OF
volunteers not included in the draft.
saying the men could be placed at
the front within 80 days.
amy attempt TO keep our men here
and train them for a year before send
ing them over" he said, would mean
that We would rightly awaken the
scorn of our allies for the delay and
that the men trained here and not at
the theater of war would be imper
fectly trained from the standpoint OF
modern warfare.
His Idea Of Volunteers
The only wise and patriotic course
TO follow in connection with the ma
tional guard" he declared, ais TO use
each national guard regiment as a
basis and frame for a regiment Of
United States volunteers Under
these circumstances, all the officers
and enlisted men who are fit to go,
or who ought TO be asked to go, would
be transferred into the new vOlun-
teer organization, making skeleton
or frame work organizations which
would then be filled out either by
draft or by volunteering. as neces-
sity might command In this manner
we would leave in the states those
who ought never TO be asked TO go
out OF the states or to perform other
than ordinary state duty, and We
would use the men who ought to go
as q nucleus on which to build reg
iment fitted to render the most eff
cient service in war"
Flag should Go Forward at Once.
Meanwhile" he said, "the flag
should go forward at once, with men
including volunteers from the exemp-
ted classes in order to make good our
position until the principle of univer-
sal obligatory service begins to pro-
duce its full effect"
Back of the military preparation
essential to it, Col. Roosevelt con-
tinued, must be industrial and agri-
cultural preparation. No more pleas
ure craft should be built but only
cargo ships and cruisers, he said,
and flower gardens must give way to
food areas.
wearing of uniform and the discrim-
nation against any person lawfully
wearing the uniform Of the army,
navy, marine corps or revenue service
of the United States or Of the national
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