Show it Our Enemies in Peace J W E EIA HAVE IA VB talked preparedness for a. a long time Now we are are realizing ng its need Not only in war in which life is taken as as' we i ve commonly thought of f it but in a field fial aI is distinctly more mor practical and nd arian M wafer tanks which have been pi placed d in commission in army arny posts in tIle the ilie corps area were ordered used for haul- haul jug ing water Jar for livestock in the nearby drought- drought Stricken areas in iii Ohio When When winds r refused fused to blow u up a cooling g the waters waters' of the thep shower hower when green blue-green ponds p under deep trees turn to muddy brown brow and the Jea leaves leaves' ves' ves of their shelter wither when the troughs from which they drink no longer have a refreshing flood of cold water livestock suffer more or cruelly than if a marauding marauding maraud maraud- ing army had plunged a across ross the fields We are discovering that it is as important Z to io keep prepared in time of peace as in time of war Not all of our enemies are ae we wearing ring helmets and carrying bayonets Ve We ha have ve the Hie I elements and pestilences to combat Th They y are re distinctly more deadly I Why no not marshal our ur men and resources and be prepared to make war on these ene ene- ini when the time comes conies They will vill cou- cou quer it in the end if we dont The government govern- govern merit ment i is justified in keeping a reserve of men supplies ready for such combat as surely as it-is it it in sending the marines to protect our citizens and their property in foreign lands instruments of warf warfare re have proved their use use more than once in m time of peace Amer- Amer ica ica 1 has gone to battle very often when the enemy wasn't an army that advanced ced under another flag Down in Panama the cleaning up of the thel l swamps abolished disease It took the vers vers-of vers of an army fh the skill kill of generalship the bravery bravy and daring of a gallant soldiery to tor r combat that thit fever pestilence But it was d done ne If we are going to be happy in time of pe peace ce it begins begins' to look Jook as though we must prepare for war For some strange reason hesitate to make read ready t to m meet t an invader th that t isn't human We will prepare for war though th ugh We Ve could avoid this roundabout 1 method d of achieving ng our our end if we would face the dangers of peace as readily as we do those of war 6 |