Show WAR SECRETARY EN EN- ENCOURAGES ENCOURAGES CIVILION M ARK A R K M l A N S HIP H I P Says Sas Infantry Will VI til Remain Backbone of ot Fighting Forces Washington Washington- D Cs C- C C s heretofore the Infantry will constitute the main mass of our armed forces In any my major emergency of or tho the future I can conceive or of no future de developments de that will nul nullify the rifles rifle s supreme pov power er In the hands bands of or goo good l riflemen A A Au 0 Frederick II Payne comes this prophesy prophesyIng prophesying Ing ans answer er to speculations that foresee the infantry as ac an obsolete branch of the tho armed forces In ware arS to come In Incorporated Incorporated In Mr Ir Payne a s statement is isan isan Isan an exhortation for peace time training or of ch In rifle ride marksmanship as a national defense measure and a plea dl- dl directed di directed against legislation designed to encumber to unreasonable extent the use and possession of ot firearms firearm The infantry will sill continue as the main force of ot the army Mr Payne anti antl- plate anti plates and the over overwhelming proportion proportion proportion tion of ot that infantry will be the men who oho fill the ranks of the corn com components of ot the army In the e event ent of at war These men he be continues will will be armed with the shoulder rifle It may mean the success of at our military opera opera- operations and the preservation of ot our us- us na national Integrity It If a considerable pro proportion proportion proportion portion of at m men n are competent not only to t use the rifle effectively but also competent to Instruct their fellows fellow a s In that artOr art Mr Or Payne Pa ne does not however foresee fore the Infantry of ot future oars war ars plodding to the front on foot root lie sees Its transportation transportation transportation tation a speedy operation It It may be that the Infantry of ot the future will oily III not march sixty miles Into battle he ho says ays It It will probably be brought up from rail beads In motor trucks and then transferred to tanks for the final lap Into action Infantry groups may even be carried forward at lW miles in an hour bour by plane and dropped t th n nf How the tryman tr man will get there what shat hat artillery support he be will get on the way ay may all allbe allbe allbe be changed but when ho he gets eels there his mission will be bo the same be will still be the arbiter of ot battle and the tho weapon that will make the basis bails of at his power without sacrifice of ot a will ill be the rifle riCe Speaking of or the t e need value alue and power of artillery tans tanks aircraft cavalry cn the engineers the signal corps etc ere Mr Ir Payne holds that they are essential and potent only as they protect and ass as as the man with the rifle as he be goes to grips with sith the enemy Taking cognizance of the crusades of at reformers against guns and against proper preparedness Mr Ir Payne applauds the National Rifle association for Its in safeguarding sare the American citizen a s Constitutional right richt to keep and bear arms For years year the tho assistant secretary or of war relates accumulative e and per per- per persistent ISI efforts have bave been made to com com- completely completely completely the United States and Its citizens The fight v was aas first aimed nt at atthe atthe the elimination of at the pIstol pl tol and r ver vcr In practically all the tho State Legislatures efforts effort 0 were acre ere begun to tak take the rifle and shot hot gun KUn out of ot the hands ot of American sportsmen ft V With Hh reference to an attempt In Mas- Mas Massachusetts Mas to outlaw rl rifles rifle es larger than the 22 2 caliber Mr Ir Payne comments comment This Thi legislation would Mould have havo taken the rifle from the citizens citizen of ot a state that was wa won on from the wilderness by bythe the rifle ride II liberated bera ted from tyranny 1 ranny by the rifle and defended In Its it liberties and sovereignty through 11 years ears by the rifle Mr fr Payne refers refer to the tb zeal fana- fana fanaticism fana m and astute organization organization of ot the ro re reformers reformer formers and warns warn arns that thaI thai only such luch or- or organizations organizations or organization as the National Rifle Hide uso asso- association unremItting In vigilant scrutiny tiny tiny of all nIl attempted legislation eUI- eUI efficiently effi efficiently f cl organized for counter efforts effort can preserve for us u and our sons eons the weapon which has ha done so much for us When hn we c Americans think of or the rifle 0 we ae e think In terms term of or the steady band the clear eye and the courageous heart e ire all worth north keeping the the assistant secretary of ot air r remarks remark V 1 pleasing pleasing- J I aspect of ot such uch prepared prepared- I as recommended by Mr Ir no Is that shooting hooting his lis I is gaining is i 1 log Ing health healthful CuI competitive e sport amon I civilians both men and women omen The Tho present interest augurs well ell for tor the i benefit of at the th country should another war nr a arise 1 |