Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-02-25
Guard causes our citizens to ask the following questions:
(Ry K. s. Adams)

following questions:
 First: Why does labor stand in op- position to the organization of our duly constituted military forces for the maintenance of law and order?
 Second: Is it through advance knowledge that the intentions of labor are not in accordance with law and order, and that our military forces, if organized, may be used against it?
 Due solely to recent outlaw strikes in labor unions comes the third ques- tion: Is there any other class of our citizens than those engaged in labor who may develop a greater need for citizen soldiery?
 Our younger citizens should have instilled into them that the attendance at evening attractions in our cities should not be the sole aim of all citi- zens; that, at least, a part of one evening a week could we'll be devoted to the requirement of knowledge of a military nature in order that the citi zen may not fail the Government in time of emergency.
 The duties of citizenship in this country should be taught in the schools, and in the course of this study it should be made plain that our citizens owe it to themselves, to their parents, and to their posterity to fit themselves for military duty to far greater extent than they have ever done in the past, except under the stress of actual conflict. We cer- tainly know that, unless our former military policy is altered, a million armed men will not "rise in this coun- try over night"; it will take probably thirteen months of strenuous effort and billions of taxpayers money, as it did during the recent World War. But, if our young men were trained to arms for only short period, in their unproductive days, we could as semble an Army for field duty. Our citizens should cultivate and instill the idea that every man physically fit should see service, either in the Reg ular Army or the National Guard. If he desires to withdraw from civil pur- suits and concentrate his entire time on military duty, that man, under the present law, should enter the Regular Army. If he desires to pursue his civil pursuits and yet fit himself for his military obligations, he should en- ter the National Guard. It should be instilled in all our citizens that man physically fit who does not place him. self in one or the other of the classes mentioned above, or in the R. O. T. C., long enough to master the rudiments of military training, is "slacker" in real patriotic citizenship.
 The rejection by the Senate during the last congress of the greatest pre- ventative of future war for this na- tion, namely, universal military train ing for a short period, makes it inn perative that the Regular Army, the National Guard and all our citizens lend their best efforts to the develop ment of our latent military spirit. The people through their representatives, have declared that we must place our first dependence for national defense upon the Regular Army and then up- on the National Guard. They include herewith an Organized Reserve as a third line.
 To anyone who studies the finances of this country it ought to be very ap- parent that our future statesmen will be anxious to reduce federal eXpendi- lures. Without doubt, they will main tain Regular Army and a National Guard. The expense entailed by the maintenance of these two forces will be so great that it is deemed doubtful if any money will be appropriated for years for the development of an Or ganized Reserve. A concentration ot our citizens upon the development of the Regular Army and the National Guard would soon create material fitted for the Organized Reserve, and from a military standpoint it seems that these two bodies of our military forces-the Regular Army and the
 National Guard-should receive the attention of our citizens at the pres ent time.
 It is true that there are millions o1 men in this country trained in the ust of arms at this time whose services could be secured by an application of the Selective Draft law, should suci a course be necessary. They are al
 engaged in other pursuits and hav done their "bit" as patriotic citizens There is no necessity of organizing them into military bodies, but a feV
 years from now, many of these mel will have passed away and we shoul' ! have throughout the nation other mel trained by the Regular Army and thu National Guard to replace them Those trained male citizens who be
 lieve they owe an obligation to thi
 Government should not satisfy thei consciences by an enlistment in th Organized Reserve, for without doubt } they will have no opportunity fo
 field training in the immediate flu !: ture. Let us play fair and so inform them. If they believe in disseminat
 ing the knowledge which they hay,