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Show CIVILLY CIVILIA1 CIVILIANS ' . S START WARS . Civilians startaI5 starts start \ wais \\aI5 aI5 \ , soldiers stop stopthem them This in m substance is the declar declar- declaration declaration declaration - - ation Eveisonformer of Major General Gencral W G Evelson Eveison , Hehas former chief of oC the militia 1T11htia bureau He has sencd sened serted in m two ho too wars himself , besides de\ de deoUng devoting besidesdevoting besidesde \ oUng much time tunc to the national nationalguard guard of his stateThe stateThe state stateThe The generals general s remark was intended intendedto intendedt.o t.o to . be a refutatlon refutationnof refutatioityof of the often repeat repeat- - repeated ed charge that military men are the thecause thecause thecause cause of v vars aI'S aIS ars ' He also saidUNo said UNo "No No UNosoldier "Nosoldier "Nosoldier Nosoldier " soldier soldierI foolhardyto T \I I \ ' ants war , but It is foolhardy to think . _ , of disbanding our forces and andgIving andgiving andgiving gIving no heed to preparedness " sthat Ito Ifciis ItllS is true , as General Everson 1vemon : ; says sa 5 , , that decisions for31 for \ war \\31 31 " are made by bycivilian bycivlllan civlllan civilian officers of governmcnts governments governments The Thearmies armies and navies nwles only come into the ? picture pictUl'C pictUlC pleture thepictUl'C thepleture pictureattei ' , -attei attei aftel after - war war is is 1eclared 4eclared < rto/ rto rtori / . It -ri ri - . is i- i - " ' 'only only ' natural tint th'lt thlt that ' military milit\l'Y milit l'Y lY ' \ ' men , upon uponwhom uponwhom uponwhom I whom the responsibilities for ending endingI endingwar endingwar endingwar war must fall , desire to have havc adequate adequatepersonnel adequatepersonnel adequatepersonnel I personnel and equipment with Wlth which whichto whichto whichto to combat the enemy when their theircluhan theirchilian theirChilian cluhan chilian masters say the " woid "Old Old ward They Theylso Theyalso Theyalso \lso lso also ' \ believe that preparedness is the thebest thebest thebest best means meaps for averting a.ertmg aertmg . agiession agIesslon on onthe onthe onthe the part of other nations D\tlons D tlons DtlonsIt nationsIt . nationsIt ' \ It may be that military nu11tary nulitary authorities authoritiessometimes authoritiessometimes authoritiessometimes sometimes recommend a n greater ex- ex exipcndltm expendltuie ex-pendltuie ex pendltuie - ipcndltm pendltuie e for war preparations preparatiolIS than IS ISnecessary isnecessary isnecessary necessary , but they do not advocate advocateV advocatewar advocatewar war \V V ' \ ar itself |