Evening star., 1922-11-18

industrial and manufacturing institu-
tions, agriculture and transportation
would be under governmental contlo,;;
while the personnel pertaining 10 All
service as are those that are called
to the colors An efficiency council, or
board Of control, conforming to our
experience in the war. would then De
placed tn charge of all resources with
authority to make such disposition
success Of the nation in war.
"The initial organization and the
system to be adopted should soon be
in such tangible form that the per-
sonnel could be selected and organic
cd in readiness to take up their duties
when needed.
Duty of Department.
1T is the duty Of the War Depart
ment to study the general needs OF
the country in both men and material
to meet the exigencies Of war. The
conclusions place certain obligations
upon the Army personnel. in addi-
tion to its duty as an arm OF the ao.
ministration. from a consideration OF
which the strength of the Army can
be determined. But our recommen-
dations often 60 unheeded. partly
because those who hold the purse
strings will not understand. and
partly because in the past It has been
a more or less popular thing to cry
out against the Army as being mill l.
critics Of the people. or some such
ridiculous plea that might appeal to
the ignorant voter.
That the conduct of war is a big
business enterprise which involves a
knowledge of business principles on
iNytAy
brought out during the world war.
The preliminary preparation neces-
sary to carry on to success once we
became involved in war should appeal
to every business man.
Tt is regrettable that greater
number Of business men with vision
do not make the sacrifice and enter
public life during peace. and give
their countrymen the benefit of prac-
tical business experience in the man
agement Of both national and inter-
national affairs, instead OF leaving
those duties to the professional ONCE
seeker and the political soothsayer.
Guardian of People.
"In strictly military service, be-
ginning with the revolution. the Army
has received an average Of one i'm
portant call every year and half
Of its existence and, besides foreign
wars it's services include the sup
preston of rebellion, insurrectien,
conspiracy. uprisings and Indian
wars-from Shays rebellion in 1885
down to Villas raid on Columbus.
N. NJ. in 1916. During all this time
tho Army has stood as the bulwark
Of American liberty and has protected
our homes and our firesides.
Even now conditions here At home
are such as to indicate the neces-
sity Of some reliable force to guard
against unseen influences at work In
our very midst. Many societies. most
ly of foreign origin. are avowedly
bent on the overthrow Of our insti-
tutions and their replacement by
some vague soviet or communisttc
theory which has already destroyed
more than one government These
designing elements receive encourage
ment from a portion Of our own
simple people, who. laboring under
some hallucination, cry out for dis
armament on our part, foolishly think
ing that the world would follow.
Others are led astray by propaganda.
All such tendencies are dangerous
90 We really need this small loval
Army Of ours, not alone ~ . nucleus.
but A. something that can b relied
on in . pinch"