Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-31
Tuesday, Deco r1ber g, .e1e.
After the War, WHAT p

,tu are fdt4l'S tiiitt VI ti'' '''''7e -
po1dous problems in all history:
first. the winning OF the wa". This has
been accomplished by the mos, splen-
cid example Of patriotic service ever
Witnessed: second: to make its re-
suits secure: ,;'ird: toyepiid up
new: civilization.
Notable as it YES. the winning Of
lie war need not be discussed at this
tine. To secure lasting world
peace by league tor that purpose.
CT otherwise, and the luilding OF
rev civilization stre. o. supreme m
pcrtance.
Appended Is = memorandum en-
,j.acing some Suggestions; upon
League to En46rcc Peace. Il is not
offered as :; complete Plan, Tut as
something that may he worked into
one. It viii; be referred to my friend
Nm. Fl. Taft. who has done so much
to develop the IDEA Of League 10
Enforce Peace.
The most important and lar
reaching question. however, that pre-
cents itself is the building OF new
c.vilization-oEe more truly demo-
cratic than We ever had before.
wherein right shall rule and there
Shall be more equal opportunities. and
wherein man is rated by what he Is
and does, instead Of the accident OF
birth or inheritance. We must work
out an industrial system that Will
,r3rc fairly divide the profits between
Inc workers and the plant owners
probably some form OF co-operatlon
ii this country is 10 meet it's obliga-
tons, pay its enormous debt and go
loru ard on the high road Of progress
and prosperity. it is obvious that
ticrc will be no room for the inef-
1iciont. We must bring our man
power to the highest degree OF ef-
Gc.ency and ma intain il there. In no
other way can we hope to succeed.
The prerequisites of success are bet
ter national health. the elimination o.
waste, the destruction Of caste and
class, and, as far as possible. the
making of all into producers in some
70. n. Team work and the patriotism
Of service must prevail
The foundation OF the new civili-
zation will probably rest uron Uni
Nnysal Prohibition. Universal SUI
frage and Universal Military Train
ing. These are the factors for work.
ing out this mighty problem. We
know that National Prohibition will
lessen crime. reduce want. diminish
dependency and increase health, Uni
>crsal Suffrage must come as a mat
!rr OF right. Universal Obligatory
Military Training is the most impor
iii
l'cricncc during the last Two years
shows how wonderfully it builds up
manhood and brings the toys a new
concept of clean living and high
thinking 1t is Of enormous benefit to
everyone taking il, and it ADDS mon
tai, moral and physical strength as
nothing else has ever done. 1t gives
The boy, at the right time Of life, the
discipline necessary to make him a
good citizen. No training at any time
in tnc average boys life is anything
like SO helpful TO his success in life as
the things he learns in a l. S. fed
"ral training camp. II we arc to have
This splendid manhood necessary for
tho new civilization, Universal
obligatory Military Training is ne
tcssary to produce it. Note that VIC
are urging Universal Military Train
ing, not Military eervice, to train
young men for Military service,
should service become necessary to
defend the country. Service would
only be required for that purpose.
Tx President Taft has said. II We
arc TO have a League to Enforce
Peace. We must have trained men to
do it, Observe the hoys who have
been trained, note the extra ordinary
benefits to the respective individuals.
Nothing in all human experience can
compare with this training for the
development of n clean, strong, Nirile
manhood. We have more than two
millions of trained boys over there
and they are the clcancst. hcalthicst
and strongest lot C Noun-s men ever
gathered together in the history Of
the world for any purpose. and every
enc is worth far more to his country
in times Of peace than he was before
he took the training. In generations
10 come nothing will do so much for
the physical development Of the race
as Universal Obligatory Military
'TrainiIS-iust The discipline and
training in the camps AMI canton
mcnts. living the outdoor life for six
months to year under the best
training in the world. According to
he American Medical association
;hc expert physical examination re-
CURED will be the means Of bringing
relief and restoring to health and
vigor thousands of boys who would
otherwise be physically impaired ali
their lives because of some minor all
llcnt they did not know existed. 1t
will. by the rigorous discipline and
raining. save tens OF thousands more
from SoinS wrong. We must lay
deep and sure the foundations of the
splendid citizenship demanded by the
now world conditions and, in doing
so. we cannot ignore Universal
Obligatory Military Training"
The above was prepared by Howard
II. Gross. president of the Universal
Military Training League. The bal
ance Of the neutrality-suspicious. for
a league to enforce peace-fails to
interest US at this time. in advance
Of what the peace congress may do,
or recommend, or bring out. We
know the advantages Of military
training. whether or not a league Of
nations IL perfected. whether we are
70 have.guaranteed peace or chances