Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-18
WAR TALKS.
By UNCLE DAN
Nsmber One
America Must Fight Hard or Germany
May Win-Nseesslty for MIL.
tary Training.
Number One

Uncle Dan is coming tomorrow to
spend q week with us on the farm, and
Il you want to know about the war,
here's your opportunity. Uncle Dan IL
probnbly one Of the best-informed men
in the country" Billie clapped his
hands and gave such whoop that he
wnkened the baby, but what could you
expect Of fifteep.year.old boy who is
q living interrogation point and wants
to know about war7
Uncle Dan arrived in due time and
Billie watched for an opportunity. II
came that evening after dinner when
Uncle Dan had lighted q cigar and
takcn a seat on the porch.
I'm mighty glad you came, Uncle
Dan. want to talk to you about the
war. We have just put military train
ing in our township high school, but
we had a hard time to do 1t. The
Joneses and the Greggs objected. They
said the war wouldn't come over here.
Grandma Jones said: They amt no
use to worrit, it will soon blow over
Well, we put the training in just the
same. You orter heard Judge Brow.
nell, the president Of the school board,
do the slackers up. He said unless we
take off our coats and go to It, Ger.
many may yet win, and If she does, she
will take over the great British fleet az
war trophy and compel us to do what
ever she wants to-; that she could make
Us pay all the cost Of the war; the
kaiser could tax us as he pleased and
that we couldn't help ourselves. He
could make every one pay over q part
Of what-he earns; that he could make
the farmers pay rent for their own
farms. etc. Now, Uncle, what do you
think Of that7'
swell, my boy" said Uncle Dan,
sall that Judge Brownell says might
easily come true and may unless we 60
quickly to the aid Of the allies with
large numbers Of men and help them
break the German line. Unless we can
beat the submarines, they may pre-
vent us from getting enough food to
thc allies to keep them going. In that
case Germany would win. As matters
stand today, our greatest need IL
trained men. Il we had had several
millions of men with military training
In our industries and on our farms
when the war came, who could
have been called at once for service, I
do not believe tie kaiser would have
forced the war upon US. As 1t was, he
had no respect for us, and now we are
in It and must 90 through with 1t. But
never again must we be caught 30
wholly unprepared.
There is only one safe way" said
Uncle Dan, "and that is to adopt per-
manently universal military training,
apply 1t to every young man who is
physically at, say In his nineteenth or
twentieth year. The training can be
carried forward In the United States
training camps that are now being es-
tablished for training men called BY
the selective draft. AS soon as these
men vacate these stations, they should
be filed BY younger men, and this
should be made the permanent policy
Of the country"
Rillie's mother, Mrs. Graham, had
overheard the conversation. She came
ont and said; aReally, Brother pan.
are you serious as to the dangers Of
our country7 II 1t IL az bad alb that, it
is high time for us to wake up and do
something about It"
'Exactlx" renlied Uncle Dan. ut