The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-28
WHY UNIVERSAL SERVICE?
By f. E. Hartman of The yigilantes,

| Yes, why? Stick up peg there and
| skirmish for reasons. Why?
hear voice say that it is not fair
that one should bear the burden OF two
therefore all should share alike the bur
den OF defense. An axiom. Not one in
ten will try to combat that theory.
Another saws that acceptable of pro-
lection from the commonwealth obligates
the citizen to protect the commonwealth
in turn. Surely.
The disciple of physical perfection tells
us that the training makes better men
and thereby hurries us nearer the ulti-
mate goal of perfection; that this good
result is manifest in the next generation
and is the real highroad to follow. That
the training makes the trained more
alert, self-reliant, keen of wit, therefore
better fitted for any activity of life. All
of which seems established
The man who hates war. yet retains a
modicum of stiffening in his spine and
gray matter in his BRAIN believes that
universal service viii give to the United
States a body of trained men that win
be an effective warning to trespassers.
Which is true provided that we eliminate
the Wilhelmstrasse propagators of rot
tenness that are striving to weaken every
part of the national structure.
But none of these things have touched
the greatest good of all, sure to follow
the adoption of universal service under
our form of government All are good,
all are true. but the best and truest of
ALL that which viii bring the most last
ing good to every part of our nation is !
this, that sectional. racial and class dis |
tinctions will be wiped ont; that men |
will get TO know each Others true value |
and to know themselves in truer light.
When the boy from Atlanta and the
BOY from st. Paul, the one from Boston |
and the one from Los Angeles, the one !
from Naples and the one from Moscow,
he one from Aud Reekie and the one
rom Belgrade are thrown into daily con-
act. doing the same things and learning
he same things, there will be a breaking
lown of prejudices and an opening up of
confidence.
Isn't it the verdict of the camps to-
lay? Have we not seen the jew from
he Ghetto and the son of the millionaire
earn new and lasting respect for each
ther? Have we not seen the college
red American boy and the son of Chi
ese truck gardener learn to see the good
n each othery Can we 90 back to the
erdict of the boy from an old American
amily, college bred and proud of his
lood, who said of a bunch of foreign
orn, you've got TO hand il to those
uys. They're in dead earnest and
iey're all man, all the way through.
ust crazy to prove themselves good
.mericans. and take il all with a grin.
on like 'em when You get TO know EN-"
All. that Is the point, getting to know
lem, and where do men get to know
sch other as they do in the training
mp. unless II is upon the field Of bat
eY And to prove that we need TO know
lcb other. Just bark back 10 the remarks
AIDE before the war.
1T j. always the poor man who has
, do the fighting. while the rich loll at ,
,me and get richer.
sYou cannot expect anything from !
e<e uneasy laborers in case Of war.
hev won't do q thing bat sHarl at tie
en- who do the work of war preparation
"a then they viii hang hack and let u . |.
J all the fighting for ;hem."
That is The way certain men 81 two .
Uses talked. 7 heard them What are
ev doing now TrsininE hard IN The y
me cause and with sincere respect for ?
ch Others virtues.
There i 10 better wav TO break down :
p wall ~ partition that stands between 7
p and poor. educsted and ignorant. ma 7
I'm az the same task. under tke ssu1e 5