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Show United States lust F For - Its Existence , Major General Wood Predicts That -H This Country Will Be at War H In a Few Years '1 Chicago, Feb. 22. Major General H Leonard Wood, ln nn address at tho nntiunl dinner of tho Harvard Club jM last night, predicted that within a H few yenrs tho United States will bo , H engaged In n wnr for existence). Ho H predicted tho nation nn a cripple, leaning n tho crutches of tho mill- fl tin nnd the volunteer system. Ho I H snld tho militia Is tnelTcctlvo nnd In t H Its present form would bo practical- H ly useless for' field servtco. Ho spoko 0 encouragingly, however, of tho nctlv- H Itles of college men In acquiring mil- 1 ll ltnry training. I ' ' "It's Just ns good ns tho ndmlnls- 1 , ;H trntlon has let It be," General Wood 1 U .'H Bald ln discussing tho nnttonnl guard. 1 V H "Tho Inefficiency of the nntlonnl , l H guard Is not duo to Its officers nnd ' H men. It l, duo lo tho system, under ' H whlch.lt Is operated. It has toot many H bosses. If tho army'hhd 48 oosBes, H ns the national guard hns in tho 4S f H governors, It would be Just ns lucillcUM ' t H cut ns tho national guard." H |
