Show I I Universal Military Tra Training T Till H M pica plea of the President to the Democratic caucus urging it not to make the question of milian military raining training of the youths of America a PunY party issue was wag a it wise admonition but lut heedlessly disregarded by hr almost unanimous vote yote of the tle caucus There is n no good reason for makin making it a party issue as it is in no sense a ques question tion ton for political alignment Con Congressman Republican Re lc publican rouse House leader has hns seriously questioned the wisdom of un undertaking military training at Lit thi this time solely on the ground of economy is very vry rj popular now as us' us it should be for tho the people are carrying carry carry- jug ing a heavy burden of taxation but that flint there here may ma- mab b be found other ways of saving than by rejecting universal l training now and forever fore as a protection to the coun country Oll- Oll tT try is the view of congressmen of both parties parte including ing Julius Julus Kahn Ivahn chairman of the committee on mili military mi- mi tary tarr affairs who is i a strong advocate or of the 01 principle Unless it is secured in tho thic next nest few months it i will be lost Franklin D DOlier national l wil entirely says Oler commander of the American Legion Leon and that his fel fel- veterans low support him him in his advocacy of a system that would be tho the best preparation of the nation for defensive warfare is shown by hy the report that every post pst of the legion leion in iii il the country went on record yesterday yesterday yester yester- day at Indianapolis as favoring the the legislation It I is well to differentiate between universal training train train- tran- tran in jug ing and md universal service ice It I is not proposed propos to mobilize mo mu- bize a t gigantic army nr hut but only to give e the boys a few months months' military training out of the tho year s that in incase incase incase case of need they will not be wholly unprepared to ac accept ac- ac CI C- C service ser in in il defense of or the tho country Unless some somo I such plan is undertaken tho the nation would find itself in lit i the same ame old ol rut of of er in the emergency of another war tar tir which wInch would indicate that the tine United ales St-ales is too hlin blind or too old or too ignorant to heed a plain object lesson Jesson If in tho the spring of 1917 wo we had hind been possessed of an embryo army of citizen soldiers ready or OL nearly neary ready to take tae the field fiel it would woul have been heen the source of intense satisfaction and security Unless there is an thees some guaranty that war Avar is a n t tiling thing ng of the past we WO should not nol be caught lapping napping again And nd in case there should shoud 1 never be another war wa ngI w which ch tho whole people fervently fervent fervent- ferenti i ly 1 pray there wont won't the the surprising benefits benefit to the youth of the land Jand to be obtained by the training will willbe willbe wil be worth inestimably more than the cost cost |