Show SWISS MILlY MILITARY PLAN DESCRiBED OED BY SOLDIER Former Lieutenant Points to Need of f Universal Army Service in United States S S of America If If the tile Swiss military system had been in vogue two weeks ago in Texas when Villa made his raid on Columbus N. N M. M he would have been caught almost immediately This is the opinion of Max Sommer pre president ident of the tile Salt Lake Swiss colony and formerly a lieutenant in the Swiss army In fact Villa would have known better than to attack us Sommer said laid Every citizen would have been a soldier and soldier and to be a soldIer soldier soldier sol sol- sol sol- dier on the Swiss pla plan is to be a soldier soldier soldier sol sol- sol sol- dier ready at at at- ata a a moments moment's notice day or night t to equip to-equip equip himself at once one for his country's need Of f course the Swiss gove gov government z nent would have done the same as our government has done in case the Invader had perchance escaped The Swiss army would never never never nev nev- er try to enter upon other territory than her own except of course on on declaration of war Can Cart Be Done Don Here Sommer said that the Swiss system although it cannot Tse be introduced into the United States exactly as It is in operation in Switzerland could easily be established in America Each state like each canton would have direct ch charge rge of all aU the able bodied citizens who would be soldiers with training and full equipment But the national government would have complete complete com corn unquestioned control as in Switzerland over all the state armies combined Hence Sommer continued each citizen in Columbus under the Swiss plan of soldiery would have rushed at once to the scene of trouble A Swiss has his his' full equipment at home and on call from headquarters he is ready eady at any time The Swiss army can be easily mobilized in six hours And it it is several times larger than the entire army of the United States and representing a a. population of only about people With this r rapid pId the spot action Villa would have been caught in less than three hours All Men Men Soldiers S The only way to get the Swiss system sya- sya tern tem firmly established in th the United States States' is to get the idea of f conscription tion firmly fixed in the minds of the people In Switzerland every able bodied man the age age of 20 O 0 years years' to 3 35 years Is a soldier subject to Business men bankers trick n lCK i-lCK layers I y rs professional r r m men etc serve in inthis this great little army They f follow their business and and- daily dally work throughout the year except for a a. a- a period of about six weeks During this his time they are In active military encamp encamp- ment They drill dally daily hold jold maneuvers maneuvers maneu maneu- vers verso engagements sham battles and parades This occurs every every- year thus making the Swiss soldier one of the best drilled drilled and and trainee men rn men n- n in the world Before they enter into active military service all young men have had at least three years years' experience and school in some schoolboy cadet battalion And he already knows the rudiments and fundamentals of military mili mill- tary life and can enter at once into the arduous duties of real every da day military tr training and service |