Show 0 MILITARY TRAINING to an im important irn- irn j We w v c made macic reference tho tim other day clay letter written by Gen Get L Leonard onard d Wood Woo f thi chief of staff t to tb the New York Times in which the thes he s 's i says js j's we e c arc arc utterly unprepared for war He Ee points points' int out thc the event vent of an nn important 1 war war will be bc necessary to mobilize men hat the r gul in iti this in all pr b- b would not poL exceed men len of whom f 9 e 11 co coast s artillery ii 1 inthe vari- vari could at be best t tous Us fortifications and the militia garnish Ju not m more ie c o fairly well D t 11 t tl troops OpS i uld hay to raise men and and not less than officers And facts se fa ts thinks thinks ought t tb incite us to do doIs ts Is something inz in i l. l time of peace to b be r ready ady for fOl such sucha a possible emergency V r Regarding the greater number of terrible criminals in this COU country in compa comparison ison with the thc fold Countries he belieVes he b li Yes that the higher regard in ill countries to for law lawand and order is due foreign nhe instruction and training C each man in those e Countries has received in the military service j 1 i He says It Again only those who Have seen t tI I Ca can appreciate i te tl the wonderful won e. e for force force e toward tyng tyng ty- ty ng tog thc and making a n. nation of them h l from their all having something to o in iii n especially when this something fis ss s a n pcr period od of of training which fits them t to play J I heu eh pa pUtt properly Y in iii tile the defense of the C country try r Switzerland can turn out men menn M 5 i m t tn n a day ay trained l sold soldiers rs and she has behind this tIlls tOd more who ha been trained and are r Her ller whole h esta establishment nt is s t ij Lw H ar age lc for a a year ear and no people tare z e more blare law abiding and s self lL l respecting than t T they Ii lie l-k says a th t. t w need officers or more morein morein in in addition to to those of the he regular re army arIY and militia He thinks these might be obtained d b by appointing sc second ond He lieutenants lieutenants' every year to the thc amount of 01 40 or from the young men who from the thc schools He wants an s soldiers t l b s schools ho ls and sa says lS a Plea for fol universal militar military oJ set ser biC iq Jt It is is- isa a plea for fot a much wider widel spread r n of ol of military instruction and the and The IP building ip of a It reserve of men officers ers a and d ll material so so we c may mai 1 bc r r well v lI prepared for the n il it comes co conC 4 AVe We c th think nl th the general is dead right We Ve think lour oui nation naHon is making a a. a great mistake in not at at- t to th the mutter cven though we wc might not not have a- a r war for twenty years or fifty years e rs be- be bea a aili se i ev l' l one pue thus thus' trained thus trained thinks hi more inore of his Country and thinks more of or hin himself seIf a and ld a u. s self lf i ting man well commit a crime o We Ya wish there was a t 1 law w in every state cornI comI corn com I the steady teady training of all an malc male students in ingli thigh ig gli l. l schools of all the the students in any school scho l ij after they ther have reached the thc age of 16 It makes i 11 competent for work in civil life it gives them an i ilea idea ea o of ot what thc the work of a soldier l is and on g we ar are simply tempt- tempt ng natIons t to atta attack k us by toy our neglect- neglect Wg ng to al t tn part rt of the youth of he u la iii 1 fl 1 military iri instruction h Thc They ought to ic gc tr ft d t to t tl handle l arms lS t they ol ought t to b be bei i kno bo out ont outa t taJa a a. sanitary salutary camp Jand nd th th that C training g h y wj will l think more mor of or 1 1 es s HoI and l 1 more l e they think of themselves them them- selves J lY Jh pre they will think of their country find nd iC s f |