Show Y Volunteer i. I System Fails farls lC ne necessity for compulsory military training in hi the United doubt The rhe United States gove gov- gov beyond a S t tes s is being proven of three squadrons e for instance asks Utah to furnish ca caValry for the tho guard troops on the Mexican border of unable to comply compY with this request i j t Not only has Utah been eUng three squadrons but it is short three hundred men mell on the tho officers Strength st of TWO VO squadrons and although recruiting W l strength weeks for for two Ke all the state over hivO b been en positively begging menio for sef i service the bord border r they have been unable ydun- ydun n ento enlist e on to tOj tak Wa wany any sort of enthusiasm t throughout Utah it should with the request from the the United comply state should and a regimental colonel a Stat States s government kb it would be entitled to a b band f for r the Utah boys But now there are serious doubts that it raise the TWO VO squadrons of cavalry to war var ware wilt willbe able to even is falling down like it always alwa's has e old volunteer system d di i in this country Some married men who thought that fighting could not be any tougher than what they had been used wives and nd to tOl tot quickly ran away to war leaving behind them their wives many ny children dep dependent dent upon others for support v At the sam same time young unmarried men strong and healthy lU any obligations on them absolutely refuse to offer offer their services t to their country I r Now Now wh when ll the b boys ys have a chance to learn the military game mId prepare themselves for service if there should ever really be serious war they shun ShUll the opportunity Nothing in the world would be better for them than thana a a little discipline with the colors d down Wll on the border I Not until the United Stat States s gover government ment makes it absolutely compulsory for every healthy boy hoy to learn military lessons will vill ill this of f defense Sentiment is daily cOun country y ever have any real army g growing oving for the adoption of the Swiss system in this country and ands andst s st li h conditions as exist today in Utah will add d strength to that A democracy cannot exist unless its citizens prove their right to toi enjoy its blessings by doing their duty to uphold them and kind soo sooner er or jer I people who wh will not willingly do their duty will be forced to ito it it lt h j-AVise j VS men have hav awakened to a realization of the fact that this gi great t country playing the important part it does in world affairs C cannot t drag along much longer under its present slip shod in in- I military system |