The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-13
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1917.
Venerable Governor" Hoard Sounds
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training of the boys of Kenosha. All
over the nation men of affairs are
sounding the call to universal military
training for the youth of the nation.
Not that they believe in war but be-
cause they believe in the strength which
is needed to enforce peace.
Not that they want America to 60
around with chip on it's shoulder seek
ing to pick quarrel with some other
nation but because they believe in hav-
ing boys made into manly, vigorous
men, There is no call for universal
training which will strike deeper into
the hearts Of Wisconsin people than the
cell of the venerable and beloved q Gov
ernor" w. d. Hoard. Out of his ex-
pcrience as a soldier and as political
leader he has drawn the lesson of pre-
pGredness for war in order to be able
to demand peace. Governor Hoard has
written muc. in regard to the duties of
citizenship among men and he is writ
ing now in regard to the duties of citi-
sens to boys. He says:
"And Cain killed his brother Abel.
In early conflicts the warrior hunted
Down his enemy and dispatched him
with club or spear. Victory was
With the strong right arm. Since then
war methods have changed again and
again, and are still changing. The
present war is unlike any of it's pred
scessors. Tt is a combination of men,
machines, chemicals and science. Great
physical strength counts for little.
Brains and training are the determin-
ing factors. The small, why man with
plenty of endurance makes an ideal
soldier. Long-range guns, aircraft, I'M
aer-sea boats, poison gases, curtains of
fire are all new. The art of war is
now highly specialized game in
which an unframed man is of
very little use.
Against our will, we have been
forced into the greatest conflict ever
known. Our national life and liberties
and those of our children are at stake,
and we are in this war with very mea-
ger preparation. Fortunately in the
last three years to supply the allies we
have learned how to manufacture in
large quantity guns, munitions and.
other war supplies. This has given us
tens of thousands of mechanics and ar
tisans so trained that large output
OF these war necessities can be quickly
had. This will prove exceedingly help
eul, as the amount of munitions reouir-
ed in modern warfare is appalling. It
is said that it requires from six to ten
men in the industries to maintain one
fighting man at the front. Hence there
is work for all of us.
"This war has made clear what we all
ought to have known and that is that
the volunteer system Of service utterly
fails in a crisis, besides being obviously
unjust AMI undemocratic. Experience
shows there is only one plan that will
work @nd that is universal military
training aid service. Aside from the
training that will now be given the men
called by the selective draft, we must
permanently adopt the plan of giving
e-ery yolng man before he enters q
business career at least six morths of
Intensive training to build up his phv-
siques and develop him in strength and
virility. Nothing else will do SO much
for him; these men to be subject to
call for service, and they should be
made available for any kind of service
necessary to maintain the army and
navy in time of war. Tt is quite as
necessary to pillow corn as to do
trenches. A man may be able to rem
der higher service to his country be-
hind the pillow or at lathe in a work
shop than by operating machine GUN
IN battle line. Everyone must be-
brought to understand that he owes a
duty to his country that in a crisis
must be paid in personal service of
such kind as the country may require
Of him. No matter what that service
may be, six months of intensive mill.
tary training is the best possible prep
alton he can have for it.
Suggestions have been made that
men engaged in certain industries
should be exempt from army service,
Nothing could be more unwise or more
destructive t, popular government than
10 make such exemptions. There must
be no distinction between men in diff
ferent lines Of business. Exemptions
must not be made by classes, but must
be based solely upon conditions that
surround each case. The true basis is
universal military training and univer-
sal liability for such service as the in
lividual is best capable of rendering.
This must apply to everyone. In re-
turn for the blessings and opportuni-
ties of freedom we enjoy, we owe our
country duty that must be paid even
il life must be sacrificed. We have no
right to shirk responsibility and en-
dCavor to Mace the burden unon others