Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-12-14
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number One
America Must Fight Hard or Germany
May Win--Necessity for Mill
+ary Training.
Number One

"1cv Billie" said his mother, you!
Dan is coming tomorrow u
asst - wee; with Us on the farm, ant
, van want % know about the war
~cs,r opportunity. Uncle Dan Is
n.oaabIy Gag Of the best-informcd mel
~ the country" Billie clapped hi
hands and gave such a whoop that nj
r-akaned the baby but what could you
RI Ct Gfteen-year-old boy who Is
.~~ ..:~5rogation point and wants
! war:
.rrtvel in due time and
q Ter an opportunity. /
-1nHing after dinner When
..s ian had lighted cigar ant
/. ken 4 seat on the porch.
Tn mighty glad you came, Uncle
IAN. want 10 talk to you about the
We have Just put military train
township high school, but
hard time to do it. The
a.~- mi The G,lggs objected. The!
-." y !" wouldn't come over here
-. vrbo, o;r:t no
.;u .oo,, h1,,,, over
,;;,r :, i,,s+ N.
$1,000 I,,doo pro,v.
..1I. - 49, sar,no1 bo.ra
..- rs up. He said unless W.
,:Y coats and 60 TO it, Ger
10y - .,,o dons en-,
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Wen my BOY, salo ohcle Ian
all that Judge hEo"he'' say in's'''
easily come true ana may unieSS we .
quickly 70 Tue ''iu VI 'i'e "l'''S VIZ
iafSe huihI,efS VI l''ii "Iu I'ip 'iieii
'.edh Tue "el"l"h me. onie"H we Gay
peat '"1 SU"ni''' l't'"' 'Aie' may P'N
vent - lioAl ee''iis e'io'sAi tVou ="
Ia "tL'eS u Ae'p 't'e4" guns III .ii'''
case NefuIahy "ouio WILL As il".'e.'
+.. ',. ,,or r. ,,.o han had eo~o,o}
M - .',o ..;.,, ,>,;,;4o,,. +r,,;r;r,o
- onr ina,,1t.;os ond an o,r for,S
',, 49,, 1900 ~, aa,.Ia
,,a..a ,oo, oo1,oa a. onoo fon sor,.ioe !
dn not hnr;o~a tro ,-aisor would hove
eorcod +bo ,,o1 rno, nc ac II u.os he
had no respect for us. and now we are
in it and must go through with it. But
never again must we be caught so
wholly unprepared.
.eTharn is only ono sofa crovn said
Uncle Dan. and that is 70 adopt ner
manently universal military training,
apply it to every Young man who is
physically # say in his nineteenth OF
twentieth year The training can be
carried forward in the United States
training camDs that are now being es.
Tl)iISnEi Tor raining men called hJ
the se,ective draft AS soon nc +bosa
men vaca+e these stations. thew sbouJd
be filed py Younger men. and this
should be made the permanent policy
Of the Country"
pflIia,S rno+har nfrS crobo,, bod
ororbcora rho ccnvar.ot;on CHI oono
o,,+ or1 c.i5. .poou,- pro+tov ~.
ora ron snriors ~ n Tho dongors ~
orr ronntryq r. il &C had &C +I,o+ -
ie ,;cb ti,no fo, ne ~ ,,.o1,o ~, go -
something about it."
"Fyac+Iy" rpnIiea Trnc1a Dan aft
is better 10 wake m now than n ha
rudoly awakened later We mo,, "a
well understand, sister, that this is orr
war aud we must win it or God help
America. Everything that we have
or hope to have-our liberties, our
blessings, our opportunities are all in
yo!Eed IN the great issue before US.
No''i!''S A!uSt S'"i4u between us ana
",".'.'iS CAi'' val - - queslloh