The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1917-04-05
An Army and May Self Supporting
and Truly Democratic.
(By Arthur Brlsbane)

The United States could employ usefuly in peace and
in 1000 trained soldiers
These men exercised in manuyerng drilling and the use
OF weapons for few hours each week. after being
ughly trained could earn their lving-a good livne-n
peace times and be ready TO fight at any moment.
1t we spent thousand millions year on such an army
should have show the end of ten years ten thousand
million dollars worth of useful work instead of ten thousand
millions burned up and lost
There why should be an army of oilers
waiting for to Instead of few getting SIS
month 80 cents day, doing nothing but waiting for war;
the United States could afford to have quarter million
men getting regular high wages leading comfortable lives
proud of their position and in wartime defending good job
as we'll as good country
Such could die the canals that the country needs
They could begin by uniting the and the great lakes
via the Mississippi.
Their officers trained engineers would be usefully en-
ployed and all we'll paid And money spent on them would
be money spent improving the United States thrown
away useless debt piled up
And what say about standing army, democratic
self supporting, making the country richer instead poorer
applies also to the navy
The United States government could and should own
and operate thousand great ships In time of peace their
guns could be left ashore They could carry the freight
the country pay their expenses and profit The men
would be the worlds best paid sailors in peace best fighting
men In
In time of and in time ofsubmarne or warship dan
ger they could take their guns fleet of thousand
great ships with ten great and ten gunners on
each cannon with as long any in the world not
fear any fleet
The has taught the world that fixed forts are
useless. Once their range taken they be Destroyed
sand great floating moving forts fleet of thousand
ships, with 10000 great long range guns and 10000 high
class gunners. would tea enemy.
In time Of peace the guns and movable decks of steel
would bs left Shore In time of submarine danger guns
and freight would travel together In time real war the
s'lps Neud beesas fighting ships, backed up,
no s. 49, = 5 ,,oa 5 ~ ns
proving the United States workman improves
GIVE the United States navy, start with, of thou
and great freight ships the 500 fast mail ships
the lakes and the rivers with torpedo tubes in their BOWS
and large fleet Of arsps and submarines hcs country
could have long it chose to keepmen trained and
ready
few thousand policemen keep peaceIn New York city
We do not have to and drill the 100000 inhabitants
quarter of million we'll trained professional men earn
inc their living in peace times would keep peace in the Ur
ted States and discourage anybody with the idea OF invading
our territory
Add to the industrial army great national freight fleet
of thousand big ships carrying all the freight of the United
States fast torpedo boats carrying mails and passengers
lakes ard rivers powerful flying machines watching and
porting forest fires in peace time ready to go the
scout and dynamite carriers in wartimea fleet of submarine
exploring the bottoms of lakes and other in
peGce and blowing the bottoms ofhose craft time
fwar-such aangemeH self supporting, making the
country richer instead of poorer would settle the peace
question.
The fleet suggested of course would not please Eng.
land other shpbuding countries for the United States
able to borrow money at per would be
to make per less its fleet 1t would make that
easily and self defense would be put paying basis
Will those now planning to spend thousands of millions
be junk few years-consder the possibility of using the
money for the advantage and building of the country
Suppose that the United States possessed indus
trial army and navy such have outlined here
Suppose this country had 100000 we'll trained we'll
armed, powerful full grown, we'll paid patriotic fighting
men and workers.
Suppose quarter of million such men were earning
their living improving the country adding dollar of value
to the nation for every dollar spent them and ready
moments notice drop their TOOLS take up their guns and
= bayonets.
Suppose the United States possessed today such gov
! ernment owned fleet we have suggested
Suppose that we had thousand great ships in port and
the ocean, with huge and ten we'll trained
gunness fer every ship and ammunition for the guns ready
r to be taken board within twenty-four hours.
Suppose had lakes and rivers carrying passen-
gers and mails hundreds of fast powerful boats with topedo
tubes in their bows to be used destr in of
Suppose that the posofce owned as 1t should 10000
first class automobiles carrying the mails with
fighting body and quick firing gun ready to be put each
chassis in place of the mail wagon two hours notice.
Suppose the government property included 800 1000
flying machines used in peace to detect forest fires ready to
= fly out with dynamite and meet incoming hostile ships.