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Show Valor and Impotency The American Industries has the following to say editorially: In a republic the people aro presumed pre-sumed to bo responsible for all affairs af-fairs of State. If recent rovolatlons of tho numerical Inefficiency of the National Guard and Regular Army of the United States have been startling startl-ing it is because the people have tint been Interested In the most vital affairs af-fairs of tho nations. Wo forset sometimes that republltan government govern-ment Imposes responsibilities as well as assures liberty ,but we must not forgot for long or tthe awakening will bo rude and 'the 'aftermath me'an-choly. me'an-choly. This is particularly true with reference to our military establishments, establish-ments, particularly tho National Guard, for upon this branch of the sorvlco in event of war the brunt of fighting will surely fall-There fall-There aro a number of well meaning mean-ing persons who Bee in any movement to Increaso the strength of tho militia mi-litia and render it capablo and efficient effi-cient an attompt to destroy republican republi-can institutions. International arbl-tratlonlsts arbl-tratlonlsts and pacifists can see ro medium between universal military service for, all males between eighteen eigh-teen and forty-flvo and total disarmament. disarma-ment. It an army sufficiently largo to man the established coast fortlfi cations Is asked, we aro accused of militarism, and a desire to turn thu country into an armed camp. T.'i'.j misstating of tho situation Is work Ing untold harm to tho Republic nnd for onco lot us freo our minds from can't and faco the facts. In tho first placo the effort to obtain ob-tain a medium sized standing army and to put tho militia on a respect-ablo respect-ablo footing Is not militarism. No matter how largo an array tho United Uni-ted States might havo It would not be a militaristic nation unless thoro was nn established bollot in tho vlr-tuo vlr-tuo of national aggrandizement by war. That Is tho teaching ot MIHUr- ists.. What this country requires is an army sufficiently large to defend Itself It-self from Invasion by an nllen foo, protett the rights of its nationals abroad, glvo Borne punch to its, diplomat! dip-lomat! negotiations, maintain the dignity ot the nation and not to provoke pro-voke war for tho sako of conquest. It Is "a solemn question, this matter mat-ter of tho nrmy for those who love their country. Everything possible should bo dono to combat tho spread of doctrines which effomlnate trio nations na-tions youth nnd teach that It Is lg-noblo lg-noblo to wear the uniform. Tho evil these doctrines do is permanent, for they destroy that which cannot be bought replaced or restored tho valor val-or of tho peoplo. And In tho solomn days of our coming trial a realization of their fallacy will not still the V thunder ot alien guns. Vlt! It is better to face these facts than to dodge them. Wo-havo had a war overy twonty-flvo years since the birth of tho republlt, and the last has not been fought.. Shall it be victory or defeat; trained men to fight and win, or raw levies to break and run and dlo like cowards from bullets and like flies from Ignorant uncleanness? Let us take this mat-tor mat-tor to heart like men and resolve that if those United States ever go down to defeat It will bo In fair and open fight and not because in peace we poisoned the wells of valor and emasculated em-asculated our own forces. i |