The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-02-22
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE A
Number -Four
Military Training Necessary for safety
and Defense.
Number -Four


found that In the war between Ger
many aud France In iST0-11, Germany
lost IN killed and wounded $1,000 sol
lleru while France lost about six times
"A many. ana besides that. abe Lost
every hattie. We ssked Professor slo-
GERMAN army was higbiv trained and
shly commnnded vhne the French
soldiers wore nooriv trained and that
moi, w.r aano,,mcn, ws. honey.
comhed win ,eaIonsv and noii,ics.
that the onlcers were not much rood.
and that's WIN France Lost the war
ana 40 many men. what do ron think
about n. Uncle DAMP
aty.ii - s.td tfncio nan ap,o,...or
gioc,m a. r,sh, py inomc,ancy Fr.nc.
To-, ,h., re- ,os.,har vrt,h too %
hor re-, nro,tncasNAi..sa ana To-.
,.tno-.,t "a 80 -. Ani,a. All.
,ars ,ndennI,y 80 Franc. ,odn,
learned hsr ,e..on ~ enc, sad srnc.
,tanso 40 s,a ~, a. vn,rarsai n,,n,ar,
,raInIns and a. . ,os,i, hor soIdIers
nos, Lno,y ho,, % Ar, ana ho,y IN
nro,ec, ,hemselvcs Thev are losing
ioss uao n, n - ,.an he n.rm.ns
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aanas,,naa, - r., -, an,h,,,,y
$500 20 s-ns,.as..,,s s,nn,d1,y nov
49,. ss~ ~, uSa. a.
p.sass -, 80 -,
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20 every umc WIN VunlpuIh.l,,ls
nnalI loss 10 themselves IropcI u'a'u,
lug atone wiz IeuuCe lhe uch'n hnu
casuhI'y rave one-'hiIu OF Wnh' " oth'
efNlNe Nohiu pe' anu 'lon' ne'o " ~
unans"eraolo a'ovment 'sT un'Ne'sa'
military training
our government n no moral rlght
to force her men Into war service
without properly trimming them Tor H.
To DO so u simply murder. hence inc
frantic EFFORT that u now being MADE
TO give her soldiers some training De-
fore they are sent TO the 'front.' III we
are to win THIS u VIII lake trained
men TO do IL ana u VIII take trained
men 10 win any other war tnht may
come upon US In the future II we
must hght' let US nght 10 WIN anu NOT
to lose"
That's the stun SAID blhle'
Continuing. Uncle Dan said; "Our
government has expended about 500.
OOO'OOO TO put up onm ana
training stations In order to train tae
men called by the selecuve drnit'
men theSe men are 'Iaiheu the U.s.
lng stations should De imineuihteiy
niled win Younger meh' shy NOSE IN
'heiI hihe,eeh,h gsnI' 70 Ieee''e 81
us"- -" -.
w "'vrs w. n"ana"l.sha
u.'amH NJ an
'n" "a ~ ans ,,hn. 80
- -. 49, msa IN -
,naa, $780, uaaI. sa,,rs,,an, anicS
y, -. go .nian - go, =, III sarin
r. g. snos.ssrn ne To snor,
=, niu rahnud Aw.r,c.n msnhood ana
lin a,so s,ya ,ha goyernmen, !, hodv
., ,rainsd mon % draw from IN cass
\, 10 necessary ~ defend onr aas and
aonn,r, ~ ms, so,,Io ,hIs ones,ton
~ nnivsrsaI mll,nrv training Imme.
dIs,eIy o,hervIse m, 40 raining camps
may he demolished. The adoptIon Of
universal military training Win he no.
ice 10 the world that from then ON
We will be prepared 10 defend our.
selves promptly snd efficiently, and
this will do more 10 keep us out OF
war I'm the future than anything else
we could do"
ID Won think. brother.- said Mrs.
Graham. "that there will aver be an.
other warp
~ have M a.uht about ~ saId
uncIe Dan. $50 long aa men are
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