Arizona republican., 1917-03-17

feet. Pray God we may escape war
but the chances are against it. In
modern warfare there is no place for
our unframed men. The horrible game
OF war today is highly specialized,
mechanics and chemicals OH sea, I'M
der sea and aircrafts, in the hands of
trained men are the main factors.
No country has any right to ignore
World conditions. We should. have and
must have as quickly as it can be pro-
duced such means of defense as will
make us safe in case of an attack.
Half way measures are worse than
none. 1t would give a sense of secur-
ity unwarranted by the facts. We
might as well in our homes lock and
bar the front door and leave the one
at the rear open. We need protec-
ton or we do not need it. Let us do
1t right or not at all. In strength there
is safety, and any preparations for de-
Tense that fails to take into account
/ universal military training will fail.
and it ought to fail The flag is the
flag of all and ali should defend it.
Late experience and the experience of
all the world shows that voluntary ser
vice is never sufficient in a crisis. The
duty to defend the country is common
to all.
why should patriotic George fight
to protect Stacker Bill. There is but
one way that is really democratic, re-
ally effective, and that is to train all
! young men physically fit for at least
SIX months in a federal training camp.
! This place will train zone and one-haIf
million young men per year taking
! those who reach their nineteenth year
! by this plan which is admirabl
worked out in the Chamberlain bill
nfrn ait
.subJect to call, growing at the rate of
| 100000 men per year!
| Il hope the citizens of Arizona will
speak upon this question in no uncer-
tain terms and that we may have the
enthusiastic support of your member
of congress and both your senators"
| Mr.. Gross has associated with him
| in this great work some of the fore
most men of the nation, among whom
are: E. p Ripley, president of the
! Santa Fe; Cyrus II. Curtis of the Cur
It's Publishing company; Cardinal Glib
bons, of the Roman Catholic church:
John Purroy Mitchell, MAYOR of New
York; j. NJ. Studebaker Ike T. Pryor,
president American National Live
| Stock association; Robert Bacon, Will
| liam Wrigley and Julius RosenWald
of Chicago.
He believes that the Adamson bill,
which will probably be passed at the
next session of congress is the only
way to work out the universal MILL
tary training plan. To that end, his
society is distributing millions of pam
phlets on the subject. They are put
ting on the largest publicity campaign
ever attempted, and their methods are
unique. The heads of all the great
| railroads in the United States, have
agreed to enclose in every letter sent
out from their offices one of these
/ pamphlets Other great concerns are
doing the same thing. Placards. carry
ing an appeal which is practically nom
resistable, will be put in every railroad
station in the country, and only the
cost of the printing of the pamphlets
and placards is being assessed to the
! Universal Military Training League.
The companies doing the distributing
are bearing the remainder of the bur
den.
| The Adamson bill has Il distinct
| features, which no other military
| training law in the world carried. 1t
| will in Mr. Gross estimation, be the
greatest weapon democracy has ever
had in the world. 1t will act as lev
| eller of all classes, putting the son of
the rich man. shoulder to shoulder
with the son of the laborer.
Following is a list of the features
| embodied in the bill:
| All physically fit male citizens, ex-
| cept those who are the sole support
| Of a family, must train in their nine
teenth year.
No substitutes can be hired: all
| must do their part.
| Those trained can be called for ser
| vice only in Il defensive war.
They will be called by classes, if at
all the youngest class being the first
| called.
| The trained citizen army cannot be
| used for police or strike duty.
| Persons convicted of a felony, or no.
| toriously bad characters, to be trained
| in separate units.
| No INVESTIGATING LIQUORS or tobacco to