The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-29
EXPOUND Peace,
BUILD MILITIA,
"DOB'S" SCHEME
Badger State Leads in
MiIitGriSm
BY JAY LoVESToNE
eleventh Article.)

LaFoIIette's proud boasts OF
being an opponent of militarism
and capitalist wars have no firm
foundation in fact.
Wisconsin, the state which
bob" always holds up as an
example of what a government
ought to be to and for the
working and farming masses, is
one Of. the leading militarist
states in the Union.
The Wisconsin National Guard is
one Of the biggest in the country. In
this Model Commonwealth military
expenditures have risen at terrific
pace.
And when an effort was made to do
away with the state military organiza-
ton, Senator LaFollette cried Halt
and threw back the forces opposed to
the maintenance of this institution.
In preventing the abolition Of the Ma
tional Guard of his state, LaFollette
fought against the demands of the
workers who have always been hos
tile to the National Guard because OF
the frequent use made of its forces by
employers in time of industrial dis
putes.
Finally, browning the militarist in
fanny fiourishing under LaFollettes
much-vaunted wisconsin Plan" is
the strong record made by the Badger
state in helping the capitalists plunge
the country into and wage the last i'm
perialist world war.
MlIitarIst Strides in Wisconsin.
On examining the annual reports Of
the Chief of the Militia Bureau we
find that only two states in the I'm
ion, Indiana and Wisconsin, have
doubled their National Guard strength
between 1915 and 1922. In 1915 there
were 1921 in the Wisconsin National
Guard. BY 1922 the number rose tc
$500.
The Capital Times, LaFollette
mnuthpiece, published at Madison
Wisconsin, tells us editorially in its is
sue of April 5, 1923: wisconsin is one
of the leading militarist states in the
nation. We base this statement on
the number of men in the National
Guard in this state and on the amount
of money spent here for the mainte-
nance of military establishments.
1.-THE figures show:
"That Wisconsin is one of the four
states that has gone even further than
required by the National Defense
Act"
When, as result of the postwar
reaction, the Wisconsin National
Guard was losing numbers, a special
recruiting campaign was put on fol-
two months. On December 10, 1928
Adjutant General Ralph M. Immel
appointed by Governor Blaine, an
nounced officially that this militarist
drive netted more than six hundred
new members to the state guard.
More Armories.
This campaign to maintain Wiscon
sin as a pacemaker in militarism is
further shown in the quarterly report
for the period ending December 81
1923, made by State Engineer, Johr
G. D. Mack. Here we learn that foul
new Wisconsin armories have JUS
been completed and located at Alb
botsford, Clintonville, Milwaukee, ant
Hudson.
Describing this mushroom growth
of militarism and its effects in LaFoI
lette's political satrapy, Mr.. William
T. Evjue said editorially in the Capt.
tai Times, July .2S. 1924:
up at Camp Douglas the annua
fanfare of Wisconsin's military dis
play is in progress. Thousands o.
young men are marching. The bands
are playing. The guns are booming
The reviewing stands beam as the
hovs % marching NV