The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-03-12

national service. remember THAT 1T is NOT
TRAINING O WAR, U 1T is TRAIN
IN AGAINST WAR. 1t is not a training to
make men killers of other men, but it is
training to give them that which will make
the world respect them. That training which
will free you from the charge Of having fell
ed to do things which your men had a right
to have done and of sending them into the
enemies hands willing but almost useless
sacrifice-there is not a woman worth the
name of woman who does not know q at
men are going to do the next time just what
they did this time. They are going to 81 and
serve their country. You would loath Il I'm if
they did not, so when this question OF train
ing comes up, remember that we are rot adj
vocating military training. We are advocat-
ing a general beneficial period OF intensive
training which is both physical, moral! and
vocational with the military feature only as
an incident"
Leonard Wood Is Frank
One can but admire the frankness OF
Leonard Wood in treating this most difficult
and delicate question. There is no wavering
and no ambiguity and his position is straight
forward fearless. We believe that the public
will respond to his views regarding the train
ing under discussion.
In South Dakota the Lowden advocates
have been trying to make it appear that
Leonard Wood stands for compulsory universal
military training in the sense Of Prussianism;
that he would take every young man and
make a soldier of him, put him in the army
for a term and have him subject to military
service at any and all times. 1t is almost
universally admitted that something should
be done in the way of training our young
men. The physical defects that were found
when they entered the service, in the late war.
were startling.
Lowden Sidestcps Issue
When Lowden was in South Dakota he
was silent on the question of universal mill
tary training, as indeed he was silent on all
of the great questions before the country. He
side-stepped this question when he was here
and his campaign managers have side-stepped
it, but, nevertheless, he has a record on this
question. It is characteristic Of Frank O..
Lowden's campaign to camouflage or deceive.
as the reader will readily see upon reading
the following taken from a letter to the Chi
cago Tribune, and admitted organ of Governor
Lowden, by II. H.. Gross, president Of the Uni
versal Military Training. League. In this let
ter Mr.. Gross says:
Lowdcn Favors Compulsory Trainf6sk
referring to your EDITORIAL in the Fri
bune this morning stating that Governor Low
den has not taken a position on Universal
training. I think you are doing him An In
justice.
LESS than a year ago, at a public patriotic
meeting at the auditorium the Governor en-
dorsed Universal training in q most positive.
definite, ard enthusiastic manner. Sat With
in ten feet Of him and was greatly pleaeed
and impressed with the frank and open ma44-
ner in which he espoused It. The andfteF3aA
was packed 70 the limit. The RECORDS c1st<ee
Tribune will show this. l am quite sure. 800
II heard him on another occasion atsa hAn-
quet ct the Congress Hotel. where he endors-
ed It with equal fervor. l have no idea that
the Governor wishes to side-step this imuo
and, Of course. he could not L 10 wanted tot.s