Show 1 ARMY LEADER I BOOSTER FOR All ATHLETICS Maj Gen Leonard VII Woo Woe 00 Points Out Military Benefits Bene Bent fits to Be Derived By Frederick M M. Kerby Dy n me Th Teles Iril hee f ISLAND N N. N Y e Fl F Ft G GOVERNORS GOVERNOR'S 28 28 Get Get Into the g game gme me e eTh Th That lt I la is the advice to yam vu America from Maj Mai Gen Leona Leorn Wood commander of the department the East of ot the United States State army lv vh hl asked about the value of athletics athletic In iq tt to co with national preparedness I Sitting In the headquarters office I Governors Governor's Island General Wood t cc C periled coated to take o the time from his bi bt morning to tell ten time tho boys 1108 of A America m athe wl wt he thinks about sports and their relit to military preparedness and a strong r j ion I Athletic training said aid General T Is naturally a 3 nuri tart of or military b They go o hand to In hand Sound Hound l training involves systematic careful u 1 l Mc tlc work work which tends tenda to turn tarn i t c a w well balanced physical man one ca cart carat t of or standing the hard strains of or service Games running Games running Jumping wall walking throwing weights rate cam weights weights all all are arc conducive to mUlu preparedness In that they give bet bodies on which to build bulle military tai tn ing tug That I H is wh why In th the i army anny and garnet games play such a a. largo larso part PUL 1 B military tr training should really hs M x ceded by y physical l development comae ing as it does doeR in Switzerland at tb Ibe si II of oC 7 1 In the public schools Such training for the young youn V tc should of or course courM bo be very moderate first but gradually Increasing In ICO that when the tho boy reaches the tho age uge in his twentieth year car he ho Is 18 a a. tseU t I physical specimen and md has bt been Ilten en done which can be done don to tore loci CC physical shortcomings and antI d defect ft ti I l Military training means physical tn Ing 10 and it la lit here that t well selected ip plays such Buch an Important part In preparedness It helps put the f CI our pi in n shapo shape for Cor tho training which they ther a later to receive It al alo u builds up pin pIli Iu endurance and that thorough co COO co t ion of or mind and muscle which the athlete mu must t of ot necessity posse POtH a t which gives a n man that control over t I body which Is w so essential for Cor ph physical training general I t a asked l that listen eH eHI t I i ho boy In the public schools should me rote meI I universal training ot In athletics as a p a 1 and anI part of or universal mihl training What Whal do you anticipate w so soho bo ho the effect on the nation It would woul bo be a a. first rule rate thing thin would unquestionably mc mean n a better Letter r ra physically and morally and morally a Ut tu i Co-i Continued Continued I lUd on page 3 I I ARMY LEADER I Continued from pa page c 2 2 race raco economically economical and consequently amore a n amoro moro more efficient nation Valuable as our sports sport are aro now to those hoso who engage In them they aro arc lacking lack lack- Ing ng to tho the extent that the they tend to tUrnout turnout turn out a n. comparatively few cw trained athletes If It on the other hand every ho boy In school as part of oC his training course be became became he- he I came a member of or e cT every team In Chool hool engaged In baseball football swimming jumping lumping running and all other games Barnes asa as a 3 matter of or course there would be he none of or that feeling of Inferiority which keeps man many boys bors back from Joining In tn sports There Thero would be dozens of or boys boy r no more expert than tho the next one some boys leaders at one ono game would ha have to bo ho followers at another everybody c would tako take part and the tho benefit would be bo universal uni uni- versal in the end such a n. system would turn out a holy body hod of or young men strong clean alert trained and ready If It needed for their country's call caB With such euch a 3 bod body bOlh of ot young men with bodies and minds already prepared the tho purely military training could bo be quickly tau taught ht There Is 18 nothing better hetter than athletics a as S a means to national training and tho the more universal t such uch sports and training can cm become tho the better hetter for fOl the nation I |