| Show OUR PA PATRIOTISM T I LARGELY Of liPS So Declares Col Cal James S Pettit in Paper Read at Governors Island DESERTERS SHOULD BE SHOT lie Ile to In Ii ng In III the Ihl Sad IM toc 1 I It II ll n II n lr It urn lull ilo of Iau all lii New ew York Dec Del II Col Junes JunesS S K formerly lell In III the mili military bury tary till department at ul Washington nod nt at Present military Instructor In the DIs DI triet of ot rend a I thesis yeater tr lay day before the lion ut lit Governors J island un on low flow Far FarDo Does DOHI Do s Dr III ra I Affect lit he h Oll thou lion unit tool Discipline DI of ot Our Armies surd ami Hov Cin Cali Its lis It Influence e He lie Most Iol Col fol oh dealt at lit length th with the Iho subject the generah il trend of ot his ergo argil I ment mont being that the Influence of ot politics politico upon the military of ot this country Yaa baneful The speaker said In part Thu rho great conquerors of ot the tho world havo have been belli monarchal practical practically ly Iy unlimited powers When the military commander Is la the ruler of or the nation as well he ho Is the tho Ih court of ot last appeal and secures that thai unity of or command and und control of ot re Ie resource source so M o vital to the tho successful or organization lI discipline and campaigning of ot organization and armies The fhe fur tur further further ther thol we 0 depart from trum those thane principles the weaker we become On the other hand democracies as ns a tI arule arule rule represent They do not re Ie e I 0 lid to the thi personal llOrona ambitions of ot an in nor ore they the readily drawn Into Inlo schemes for Cor or territorial aggrandize aggrandizement meat ment Involving war Their proper mill pulley policy therefore Is preparation lion for foi 01 defense The 1 ho speaker r of the house Is the roost most 1111 of ot the government next to In the tho and he inny liven even thwart the desires of oC the Iho hurter Ho Ile Is thu the real rial czar Jl The lh member of Congress has had about as all much Influence on the thu course courso of the tho bousu ax as axa asa a II mouse dues dom at tit a council of It elephants The vote tote of o Congress represents HH Its political opinions Instead In of Its 1111 personal per belief belie The of oC the Ih canteen Is au an Illus Illustration Illustration of the fact tall that oven even In it tines times 3 of or peace legislation le for tor the tho nimy COMUM colnes out Jilt of oC the th hopper hOIJer greased with the Ih slimy alloy oil nil of or political an 1 l parts i M unredeemed by lIy the salt Hilt of or Mutest honest muni hut IQ Independence and nud belief na as ID tu the right and anil justice of ot the this cause and tin till needs of ot the thc country 1 Wo We e ore are of ot sanguine temperament Wo We believe In III our star sial we ue regard th the law Ian III lightly lI wo we plane thousands thousand of ot laws las lawson lason on the tho books but are nm lax lux In en ell forcing them TheBo qualities qUill Illes In n the military service make rigid discipline dl impossible Deserters sentinels asleep on post and guerrillas should be shot but hut with us u the penally penalty is rarely ex cx executed d Our OUI patriotism Is largely of ot the tho lip That true patriotism which to re Kurds the tho country ns as the one olle to be he bech hech ch cherished nod protected within and I from even een nt at personal sacrifice Is not us nn common as Ill It should be It H la is I constantly being diluted by the elon of at foreigners who vho are pleased pleas d to 10 tostIe style tle th themselves ms hes German or Irish Am Americans orlea ns as os though h they the desired to 10 serve two to masters mAsler Our nag lag Is la nt at the tho mercy of or any vender who lio may 1110 choose to spread notice of ot his wares on Its III folds Colds and the man In Ute tie ranks has hau a very WIy modest place In iii public esteem until troop ships on the Iho title tide These The c national characteristics chin which become governmental ones cues In a I democracy like our ourI make malle It 11 Impossible ImposIble Bible sible to 10 organize and discipline an effective army from the of military experts point Joint or of Ie less |
