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Show COMMUNICATION Urges Militarv Training ir Public Schools Fd or Tr bune The n e evss ac ed lted oLrLGGv.an b e lupe tende of pub c t on and open et e to e p b oppos ng m ayrangn ea hoo s would see r to call for arr answe I ake It hat e a a e at east wc s des to this quest on The do o ts a ored ted with being a thorough etuden of education and educational metbodsanc an expert In he theory of tra n ng th young mind H s record In he state hai p aced him In the h ghest posit on with r the g ft of the people a ong educational lines and his advice is worth serious con s derat on If he advises aga nst ml Itar training for the high schoo student, I arr su e that he has theories which are we founded and sufficient from h s stand po nt and theor of reason! g I bel eve however that 1 e doctor does not app e late some angles of the ques Ion and hat he fa s short of reaching he broad est p ane I believe that every citizen of America should have a definite opln on either foi or against preparedness and e ther for or against mi tary train ng as a necessarj precedent to preparedness H Is practice ly safe to say that mosl everyone who has made a study of pre pa redness knows that tbo school Is the proper place at which to prepare the fu ture citizen so tha he can p operly serv both himself and h s oountrv Every It sen owes something to his ountry be aides the payment of taxes A clttzenrv trained In tactics Is the surest way c re le e th country of tl e burden and danger of militarism Without a citizen soldiery the country would probably gc to the extreme of crea ng a standing armv of 600 000 or 1 000 000 men Large standing armies are the fo ces wh r. militarize a rounto No American wan a regime of mflltar sm The secretary ol war and all army officers are particular! anxious lo pre ent the militarising of thii co ntry . . .L The republic of tierland one of the most demo rat of countries, has DM In act! e effect alnce 18 4 a sjstem of mill tar tra nlng wh h starts In tbe school when the bo rea hes he age of twel years A system h h has been In op eratlon for fortj o e jearj must he A some merit It has fo Swiss cttlierh today are emphatic In declaring that their mm tary system Is lust what has prevent ed their belo ed couotr from becomlns embroiled In the present wa Swttse land s svstem has found expression In tlw life of the Sw ss nation and I commend to Dr Clo wans and other educators a close stud) of the Swiss peop e and then -trtues The Ital element n any armv Is !t splri The spirit of the nation reflected In Its army To adopt the 8Im methods one must Incu cate he Swiss afHrtt Devotion to country Is their na tlonal virtue Thev ha e a country wpr h flfhtlnc for and ther are prepared tj fight for t Would Pr Oowans teach a healthy boy to use his fists for de tense wheq attacked or would he teach the boy that his hands should only oe used for making gestures or do lies? The Oman system, to which rr Go wans end all American rltlsene If not all the woraJ objects begins when the young man la eighteen yours of age and it keeps him In active service with the colore for a period of from two to three rearm. Oermap spirit Inculcated In he youth by the educators of tbe country not a military spirit, but a belief that the state Is all supreme and that the Individual exists on y for the state The doctor has confused a rery broad prlnrt pie with a narrow one Can Dr Oowans rite a single Instance te prove that military training In nigh schools has been harmful from a pbysl a tandponf In 1999 Australia adopts.! a law requ ring mllltan training In tha schools All boys between the ages ot twelve and eighteen are required to take the training and Instructors are provided by the federal government There was opposition to this In Australia tor the firs year only When parents saw the enor mous M antagas accruing to their boyi In the matter of physical development thev became th most enthusiastic sup porters of the system, and today th system Is so popular In Austral a tl at both poll leal parties sr claiming the honor of na ng pu t nto effect Dr Oowsns cr tlclses the results ob talned thro gh mil a train ng In o r schools Th s work In he Lnlted Blatei has been spasmodic anl local there 1 ai been no well defined s stem established Any such system must ha e some central control and th instructors must work along un fo m lines Dr oowans s atten Hon Is Invited to our no shbor state Wyoming Lnder the dlretlo of Lie anant nte r I army a ystem of m llun training a d physlcsl education has been de e oped In the h gh schools of that stste whi h has he on e so pop a that p sctlcall ever psrent In the s a e s square beh nd 1 leutenant Stee er and I Is effor s Dr Oowans ma er f his s stemen b ommun cat ng h th school a horlt e of W omlng In the tv om ng ays en the group o earn a h o cs has been deve oped to a maxim m of effl en y and e ery boy n he s hool partlelpa es The Wyoming soldlary system has now bsn recom mended by our secretary of war for sdop on n al pn ts of he nlon Marl s a cments by Dr Oowans par I arly a to plan for ml tary train ng norshoe arc not w I aken n r a o the fo nded po fn t The p ogress ontemp a ed loes not n an wa nterfere w h Ihe edu a on of ho vn h a ong the nes desired by Dr Oowans I does eonten plate ths Intro du t on or odd o to t e s hoo work of a proper system of ph steal deve opment ad he propo en s of the programme fee hemeo ves we q a fie 1 o speak n th s subject and o ad Ise the se oo a horltlss as to proper n ethods to pur suo In phys a de e opmen Tho off! ers of o reg n am nre pro d of the phvs enl do opmen of o nen who make p a for e Th e seems to be a a k of forn s on as o the me ods now emp o el no army fn a n ng me In i r a ong I is 1 ne vo Id pro e en gl o Ing As a e t sen of u ah of Amp lea I am for preparedness I nm for raining o r bo s In m ary ta es d s p no nnd splr t I am no for he s ow nf d I and in form no for e bp a n p as b t I am for the trs n ng of o ng n ds to loyalty to eo ntr love fo t o ring and now o prove hat lo at and love ot er than by ta k 1 a e see the B ars and Str pes parade he n ee a of ma y I es b t I hn e se n eeon o r e t zons ncove ss t passed Wo ha no been a g that s p e eo rtesy lltt e yet n oan tr so m h Oene a V, I e con ma nde n chief ol t e Ftw ss arm hes ea d M Itarv pre pare ess s a efenso of -tl o see end Its c tlrens and a powerf 1 fores for dls ep nd anl efd ency In Ivll fe nnd tie p s sof dsrvsnd eon meree M Itarv tra n ng In to schools w toach th hov of America a ttlo n ore ol pre a on n I s da v ond et s t c more of rsspec and co rtsy to ' s o a 1 le no nf enre In the hon ng of h e p npe t r at nf hl e p o er a t e n o e nf p del pe sons appears en e no of ase n h n ness effo n 1 e n n e of t nmp oss ds a ng nf m n1 keep ng s nppo n e s a e nnro o or fn fl b o n e mo e ( nnfl en Bn n o n I n n n c x e nnd n e n n n se n n wo n n HMOS sso v 1 N |