Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-26
Where Our Sailors Are Trained

ciety as a bulletin in its war geography
series, as follows;
ut is very interesting to compare what
the Navy has done IN It's great canton
| ing Station, north Of ChicGgog, with the
many environments built and used by the
army, The Navy had $4,000 mon to drill
| and train, and this oantonment was
| therefore. about the same size or a little
smaller than the average Army canton
ment.
ut is a great permanent station, with
accommodations for some 1900 or 1900
jackies in training, and Of course this
| offers conVeniences that are used In con-
nection with the cantonment The build
ings are somewhat more stoutly built
They are painted and constructed on
somewhat different architeetur lines
both of which make them q little more
attractive to the eye They have also
drill halls. They gave me a review Of
1000 jackies in one drill hail, and 1t was
evident that these halls in the winter
season had been OF great advantage for
needed training in large bodies.
Another difference was the difference
in the age of the men. The men were
really between Il and %, and in their
Of high or preparatory school They
We're under excellent discipline, as one
could see. They needed no instruction
as to saluting, for that seemed a second
nature to them, fro mthe discipline they
had had. They were not as we'll able
as the older men to Withstand the test
of my long addresses, and I thought I
among them than / did among the draft
ed army. OF course, they were not so
mature, but they were very bright and
they were certainly drilled in the manual
their rifles 1t would be difficult to Sc
leet site where the winter winds have
freer sweep than at this training station
but the buildings seemed to be weel heat
o. tha pat1 and in, ant
Mr. Taft is an ardent advocate OF the
movement to tr,,in an overwhelming force
for service in Europe He adds in his
communication to the Geographic Society
the following, plea;
'"The law should be amended so as to
authorize the President to increase the
army from l5000, 600 to 5000, 600 men with
the eoloTs, or more We must win the
lions abroad so as to make that inevita-
BILE.
"Of course airplanes, artillery, and
other Instruments of war are necessary
in a modern campaign and we should
Increase the supply as far as our resour-
ces Will permit, but in the end this war,
as other wars, must be won by trained
man power. We should look forward with
large vision and make ample provision
SO as to strengthen our allies, give CON
tidence to our own army, and convince
our enemies Of Our determination to win
the victory
81 am frequently much concerned to
gather in perfectly loyal quarters the
Impression that the war will be over
in less than year. One may note in
many oeuters of sinister influence sug-
gestions that peace is to be brught about
by negotiation with Germany. II this is
the outcome Of the war 1t will be most
humilating to the United States and will
only postpone further evil days for her
We have said through our national
spokesman, that we can have no conf
dence in a treaty made with William OF
Hohenzollern and his Prussian military
regime. This was assumed before Ger