Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-20 | Page 35 | Would Require Army Training for Mexicans

WOUlD ARMY TRAiNING ING fOR MEXICANS War r M. M Minister ister Bespeaks V Value I of Compulsory Military l Service tEXIcO CITY Oct Oct 1 19 UP UP- UP Compulsory military ry service e of tho thio typo required a In some omo South Amer Anier- ican lean countries would bo tie a great factor in pres preserving internal peace In Mexico In the rutur future V War Vir r MinIster Minister Min Mm- ister General Jouquin JOhquin Amaro said Bald Inan Interview with La Prensa Argentina Ar- Ar Argentina Ar Ar- gentina and amid Chile were cited by the thel l minister as s examples of advanced countries which have hare adopted such training V My Iy personal opinion General Amaro Amro said Is fa favorable to obligatory obligatory atory service because I believe when we have Implanted this idea Mea In our people lopIc ople as it has been Implanted implanted Im Im- im- im planted iu in such uch countries as' as as as' Argentina Argentina Ar Ar- gentina and Chile we will wilt attain not nol only a 8 permanent form of ot peace but enter a 3 definite era of ot ress V Emphasizing tho educational fa facilities fa- fa a- a aCCord afforded d t to soldiers the tho war minister pointed out that thal In Mexico Mex Mex- Ic leO ico already thousands of melt meil men have learned to read tead and write through having attended d th army schools EDUCATIONAL dJ PLANTS PLANTS' Our any anny IO posts ts ar are artt areno no longer garrisons but bull educational plants Tho The teachers are picked only after they have been examined by members members mem mern- bers of the general staff stat as to their capacity to instruct adults The res result lt of f cur efforts Is that now In three thre months wo we are aro able to take tako an nn illiterate to man and teach him to read This requires o of course clas clashes both morning and afternoon An n entire b battalion lo located located lo- lo in a a. southern state learned to read In a few few months Tho commanding com corn manding officer spent his own m money ne In this this this' case Callie case to help educate edu cat cate his men V A soldier as ns long tong as he is kept busy docs does n not t incline toward the vices which have havo been known In Jr armies the world over Genera General Amaro Am Amur ro believes believe Besides Besides' studies there i la a ment now in tho the Mexican army to en encourage sports ports POPULARITY RITY OF SPORTS Every man man Is allowed to take up whatever port he likes best Our soldiers in Indulge In almost eer every kind of t game except golf gaIt Thero are twenty p polo to teams learns alone Basketball baseball tennis and fronton ironton are popular The latter sport is the favorite Since e tho the time Um of Obregon and Calles CaneR our army has bos been educatIng educating ing lug itself to confine it Its ita activities to military dutIa alone atone We Wo have hac I prohibited the admixture of ot politics with army matters and I 1 firmly be believe be- be here lieve that from r m now on the tho army will devote itself to guarding the thc established institutions of the countr country country coun coun- tr try In my opinion rebellions are already a n. thing thinS of tho past The arm army Is already a true arm army with no other than to be bc al always always al- al ways wn's on the tho side of lc legally V constituted con con- I government nt