Show PREPAREDNESS NEED IS URGED BY i C. C t. t MABEY Special to The Telegram OGDEN Aug 16 Urging Urging upon members of the University club the necessity of preparedness Charles R. R Mabey Republican nOminee nominee nominee nomi nOmi- nee for congress declared that the United States has had more years of war as compared to those of peace as as has Prussia and that there is a avital avital avital vital need of Americans training for defense Mabey asserted that he could not bring himself to a realization that a lasting peace would b bo be the result of in this country or that there is danger of a militarism growing up in this country on account of pre pre- He lIe urged the preparedness of the country both by byland byland byland land and sea to repel any attacks and also to train the citizenry of the country country country coun coun- try to withstand the tho hardships of military military mili mill tary campaigns Mabey began with a review of the revolutionary war and gave statistics concerning that conflict and the war of 1812 Also he discussed the Mexican Mexican Mexican can and the civil wars and the various Indian campaigns He lIe then took up wars in Europe including the present one and gave statistics on the preparedness preparedness preparedness pre pre- of the nations which are en en- en He dwelt upon the tho fact that the people of the United States believed themselves secure but declared that so long as the United States Stales remained the wealthiest nation of the earth it must be prepared to resist aggression n from without Then follows the question said Mabey Shall America with her vast wealth become a prey of the first hostile hostile hostile hos hos- tile power Study the German French and Swiss military systems with a comparison comparison comparison com com- parison between the last named and our own The Swiss system applied to the tho United States would raise per year and ad 14 men fit for duty Switzerland with hostile forces on every side and composed of three racial types with three land- land spoken has kept her national integrity intact because she was prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared with the best body of citizen soldiery in the world when the war brok broker broke out Danger from militarism depends largely upon the ideals of the people Right now even with a large standing army America need have no fear be because because because be- be cause her ideals are all right But Dut with a system such as prevails In Switzerland Switzerland Swit Swit- there need be no standing army II at all |