Show Do You Want to See e Universal Military T Training raining in the U. U S. S THE TELEGRAM is going to take a poll of its readers to sound public opinion in Ut Utah Utah- h on the most important question now the facing the American people Send in your vote and jy views on preparedness I STATE YOUR CASE I II All An rea readers ers of or THE TIlE SALT LAKE TELEGRAM f. f men and women are I to declare their views concerning national military training byI by means of the accompanying ballot Names and addresses of those voting yoting vet vot I ing will not be made public The object is to test the interest in the problem of preparedness and also to reveal the division of sentiment It is urged that those who I I I favor tavor and those who oppose the suggestion of ot national military training shall send with their ballots a brief statement of their reasons although this is not necessary I S SHALL HALl the United Stat Stats States s adopt a real policy of preparedness O If so what should be the nature and extent Should the present system of a small professional army and a volunteer state militia be continued d Or should every eligible citizen be required to render equal service by undergoing military training for brief periods These questions are of vital importance And they must be beI met The answers will be given either by public indorsement of the I existing system or the alternative suggested or else by an attitude of indifference For the people to ignore the problem will be bep a p positive siti e a decision as an outright demand one way or the other THE TELEGRAM will give the citizens in its territory an opportunity to express themselves Responding to appeals from two national associations to join in an effort of the daily press to obtain a nation wide expression on the question of n national military training training training train train- ing this newspaper will take a referendum vote of its readers readers' by means of the ballot printed today Th The associations advocate the adoption of a system of universal universal universal uni uni- versal training modeled upon that of Switzerland One suggests that the Chamberlain Swiss system bill bilt might be a solution of oL the pro problem problem b.- b. lem but it is not committed to that measure Senator Chamberlain himself introduced th the bill tentative asa sa tentative for discussion s proposition in committee e i v What the associations associations are re seeking is an expression fronT ie people as to what they consider a sound military policy and in this endeavor THE TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S referendum vote vore will vill aid The president of the Association for National Service is Gen S. S B. B M. M Young U. U S. S A. A retired He argues that a system I of national military training alone meets the requirements of democracy racy and the doctrines laid down by the founders of the republic Strange as it may seem he says those who have not given this problem serious erious thought do not realize that compulsory military service service ser sere vice is provided for In the tile constitution constitution constitution tion of the United States nor do they realize that a system of national military military mili mill tary training will not increase the citizens citizen's liability to serve Congress tomorrow could pass a resolution calling every citizen into military service without regard to age or physical condition The framers tram frame ers era of or our constitution realized that this authority in inherent in every government We Ve could not have a nation unless congress had llad the authority authority authority au au- au- au to call its citizens to its de do- tense A country that does not recognize recognize recognize rec rec- this fundamental principle IsI is not a nation but a conglomeration of or people I Having firmly into the constitution the principle that it is the duty of the citizen to defend the tile state the fathers of the republic took steps to prepare him for the efficient discharge of or his duty This was done by the old militia act which provided that every able bodied citizen between the ages of 18 and 45 should attend muster In the old militia act we made greater demands upon the citizen than any any other country ever made or orthan orthan orthan than is proposed by any bill pending pend ing in congress in that It required him to furnish his hili own o uniform ammunition ammunition ammunition am am- and arms and If it In the ther r mounted service he was required to furnish his own horse The old militia system stem became Involved involved In In- in the states rights doctrine and no systematic effort was ever made to provide it with efficient of of- The result was that the ml- ml liUa proved inefficient and the country country coun coun- try turned to the regular or professional professional army and the volunteer tem tern Solution of Problem Nationalize the old militia and organize organize or or- it under a law providing for tor fora tora a modern military force torce and the question of ot securing a body of or trained citizen clUzen soldiers will be solved In a word let us go back to the principles principles ples plea of or the constitution and the military milItary military mil mil- system advocated by Washington Washing Washing- ton and Jefferson x But it must be realized that the production of ora ofa a trained citizen soldier would only be a byproduct of ot a a. system system aye aye- tem by ly which every young man would be given a military training As it is stated in the ballot printed here I believe that such a policy would not only produce the force of or trained citizen soldiers necessary to the preservation of or the nation but would conserve the human resources of ot the nation so as to reduce the crimInal criminal criminal crim crim- inal rate rate- produce a higher type of manhood and destroy destro all traces of ot otI class dl distinction by training and educating educating edu edu- cating the poor and rich alike in the I higher duties f citizenship under the Continued on page 6 DO YOU WANT Continued from page 1 received 1394 more than Vils Wilson n. n But it Is the drifts from the standards of four tour years ago which presents the most significance It is these drifts in w which must be sought the key ley to the puzzle which will confront the statisticians TIGHT RACE PREDICTED From Prom all that can be learned earned at this time from the straw votes and the ob observations observations observations ob- ob of correspondents who have traveled the country no nu one is going to walk alk away with the presidency this year There is nothing now to warrant the assertions of ot some of the Republicans that Hughes and Fairbanks will sweep the country There Is nothing to bear out the declaration of oC some Democrats that for keeping the national peace the president president pres pres- ident has won the support of all the middle Western states all aU the rural communities and all aU the women of th the thi equal suffrage states On the other hand there is every Indication that the battle for the presidency which is just beginning to reach its interesting stages will be one worth watching |