Show I I I I I I Train School I Boys II i Urges Gov Whitman By Charles S. S Whitman Governor of New York In an interview with Mary Boyle OReilly NEW NE YORK March 9 I 1 I advocate ad compulsory training of ot American schoolboys I believe absolutely that the da day will come when Americans must choose between between be be- tween tween compulsory training and a conScript cons conscript con con- s script army Madness rests on the face race of ot the ea earth armed forces hold a 0 menace which Americans must realize if it the United States is 18 to endure a as a nation free tree alike from domestic rot and antl from tram foreign threat That this thia country must be turned Into an armed camp comp Is li An tan intolerable I suggestion Our tusk tank Is IK to train citizens able I and willing to become sol soldiers lers when the country countr calls Thou Tho volunteer er system penalizes pa patrIotism patriotism pa- pa and pUces a premium on pol pot It sends t the he bra brave ve and patriotic to the tho fields of death allowing the the- the base base and cowardly to hide at home No nation has the tho right to ask of ot otone one citizen what it does docs not ask of oC another National defense Is an inseparable obligation of or citizenship as vital to the nation a as education itself The two essentials must march forward forward for tor- ward hand in hand New York state on the seaboard New ew York Cit City th the great port of ot the nation aro are vitally affected by the problem of or national defense For New NewYork NewYork NewYork York the problem is not nol Shall we prepare prepare pre pro pare but How shall shan we prepare Since September 1 J 1916 all male and female pupils above 8 S years ears of ot otage age In all alt elementary and secondary schools e ha received as part of at their school course such physical training U as is approved by the military trainIng training train train- In ing commission Al Also AhO o all boys bos over o 16 and under 19 not exempted b by the commission have hova had military training prescribed by bythe bytho bytho tho the commission for tor periods aggregating ing three hours hour a a. week Soldier is Isa a word that is never used used used-It It Is citizens that are being made No effort Is spared to lo show tho the horror of ot war all emphasis is placed upon national defense In tho the United States the tho main de defense defense de- de I de-I must muni be upon citizen soldiers sufficiently trained drained to make their courage et effective I look to a day when a great world parliament will provide machinery fc for tOJ adjusting international disputes But the battlefields of Europe demonstrate dem dem- th that t right mu must t. t still sun be backed up by might I want peace with all the power of ot my h heart liart art and soul That is Just wn I stand flatly with those who insist on some sound scheme of ot adequate pre pre- t The utmost devotion to Io peace does not In itself constitute a Ii guarantee against war There In Is no more practical wa way to contribute to the national safety b by training our citizens from childhood childhood child child- hood to physical exercise exerCise discipline and respect for tor authority The Tho state of ot Wyoming has hal In l ChUd-l five years built bunt up under tinder a n. United Elates tates army almy a a. high school schools cadet det c corps that stands comparison with the tho I trained troops of continental armies Each ach year a million American boys become men Give them military trainIng traininG training train- train Ing even a aa as we give them education and the result will be a citizen sol soldiery lery that will enable the United States to pursue its destiny In peace and tran tran- In the United States today there are arc men a available for enlistment I militia attend atten drills |