The Coconino sun., 1918-10-25

day:
 It is universally admitted that the | limited number of conscripts actually
 obtained in both the North and the l South were almost worthless as fight
 ing material MANY OF THEM DE- i SERTED AT THE FIRST OPPOR- l TUNITY AND BUT FEW SHOWED ! THAT THEY HAD ANY HEART IN THE WORK OF THE WAR. The
 chief result of the draft on both
 sides was that this plan kept thous-
 ands of veterans in the armies who
 would have otherwise been discharged
 and other thousands voluntarily en-
 listed to avoid the ODIUM OF CON- PULSION.
 Compulsion to Be Scorned.
 Continuing, MT. Hayden said: "ln addition to my conviction that volunteers make better fighting machine than conscripts, have a further objection to the nasty adop-
 tion of the draft. Much as l dislike to believe it, am convinced that most of the propaganda in favor of the se- lective conscription is founded not so much upon a desire to win the war as it is to accustom the people of this country to this method of raising ar mics and thereby establish it as permanent military system in this country. I have never been in favor of universal military training in time of peace" (Hayden said in his reply that he had always been in favor of universal military training.) Dis guise it as you will by the high sounding title of universal liability to military training and service or with other verbal changes to gull the public, the fact remains that the es- sence of the thing is compulsion to serve. We hear the phrase equality of service repeatedly uttered but there can be no such thing. One whh is willing to sacrifice himself does not stop to see whether everyone else is willing to do likewise. SACRIFICE SCORNS CONFUSION"
 Compulsory military services is not founded upon confidence but upon timidity; it is not founded upon free dom but upon the denial of liberty; and it should always be avoided ex- cept when there is no other way to find soldiers"
 Did Not Want to Fight.
 The following excerpt from Hay den's speech against conscription probably explains why he waited a year and a half before going to war:
 "Our chief part in this conflict, and for it, we are well prepared, is to see to it that the veterans who have learned through two years of bitter struggle the way to drive the Ger mans back, shall not suffer for food or clothing or for an abundance of all forms of the arms and ammuni- tion which are required in such great quantities in modern warfare. OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT TRAINED TO ARMS AND THE YEAR THAT MUST BE SPENT BEFORE ANY LARGE NUMBER OF OUR SOL DIERS CAN BE FITTED FOR SER VICE ON THE BATTLE FRONTS OF EUROPE MIGHT BETTER BE SPENT IN USING THESE SAME MEN IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE THINGS THAT THE ALLIES MOST SORELY NEED. It follows that if our greatest contri- | button to the war is to be in the form l of products of our fields and mines and factories, THEN BUT A LIMIT ED NUMBER OF MEN SHOULD BE TO CEASE FROM WORK OF NATIONAL IMPORT ANCE IN ORDER TO BECOME SOLDIERS. To send such men out of he country would not only be an ec- 'nomic but military waste.
 Likened to Prussianism.
 "LET US NOT PAY PRUSSIAN F WHICH WE ARE 'EEKING TO DESTROY, THE i OF ADOPTING THE ' HOST HATEFUL AND MOST ( .ANEFUL OF ITS INSTITU- I  The conscription act, which Hay en thus opposed, has been declared 2 y many great publicists the great st piece of legislation since the gov was founded because it dopts the principal that upon the !, houlders of every man regardless of v is position in society or his wealth 2 es the burden of defending his | ountry in time of war. It put the . of the draft in the ands of boards made up of citizens ;, f the community instead of army of ', icers. It put the son of the rich man eside the son of the poor man in the !, T renches. Yet this is the measure mich Hayden opposed so bitterly and 7 kened unto the kaiser's despotism. 2
 His Narrow Vision. s Hayden had been major in the na- I onal guard in time of peace but ap- i, arently profited little by his military V experience, which consisted almost V olely of strike duty. His vision was e DO narrow to see the great benefits o f the draft as conceived by General t rowder, Julius Kahn, who introduced a in the house and other military o ,aders of that body. Hayden, with is pacifist views, could not conceive o f the time when the United States V yould want to put an army of four t ,illion men in Europe, thing. which e could not possibly have done with ut the draft.
 OLDIERS LEARNING ENGLISH.
 Ln. Iaox, %1of tharal