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Show Opposition to Military Service Is H Due to Ignorance H H New York, Feb. 22. Tho opposl- ,' B Hon to universal obligatory military I ll scrvlco In tho United Slates, dcclar- r M cd David Jayne Hill, formerly Am- ' ,H crinnn ambaRsndor to Berlin, )u an H address to the nntlonnl committee or 'H tho American' Defcnso Society to- ' S day, proceeds from ohecr Ignoranco . t- 'H of the facts nnd of the law. , ,.;;H "It Is not true that unlvcrr.nl ob- i, llrntory military Borvlc'o Ih nn lnnn- ! !i vntlon," nnld Dr. Hill. "On the con- ;; iH Irary, It Is distinctly provided In tho , clplitli section of tho first nrtlclo of ' 'jH the filcra' Constitution. 'll "Under tho laws ot inoil and 19n,S I H I now In force, all nhlo bodied male ?H I citizens between 18 nnd 45 years of ; ngo nro declared to bo members of j; ;' the mtlltla nnd.Unblo for service. M H They nro divided into two classes: i JH "1, Tho organized mllltla known ' ;H ns tho national guard and 2, tho re- I H serve militia. EnllBtmcnt In, tho II ':H national guard is entirely voluntnry. ( 'H Other malo citizens ot miliary ngo ' tti i lH nro ln tho rcservo nnd Untile to bo ' f - H called nt any tlmo for training or for ' . i service. Thoso cllglblo for military ,-- i-f fll training nt tho prcBcnt time numbov . I'lll nbout IS million. a'lll Good and Abundant Material QJli.ll "Such a- list or e'iglblcs Is In no Hut 1 sense an army, especially In the mod- 1 nil cm Bcnso of tho word. Pot It la good i H ll nnd abundant mntcrial. What It re- Hj,' ' quires to make it serviceable Is train- HP H ing under federal direction. It must jjj 'M first of nil bo n nutlonnl urinv1 ln tho B truo senso, not n mere collection of H stnto contingents." II f Speaking of personi who nro op- at' H posed to prcparcdncBB, Dr. Hill said JV f "thoy think our weakness Is not an mi H exposure, but a Becurlty. They Jinvcj a','i ,H a Bubllmo and nhldlug confldencp in, t! .H ,tho goodness, purity nnd righteous- j H ' ncss of nil tho over nrmed 'nations I, M lof tho earth on land and sea. ' H I "But regarding tho peoplo ofj jtho, J H United States thoy havo a ijlrfercnt h r H feeling. It would bo positively- dan- . Ii H gerous, 'they say, if we wero stro'n'g. ;, T ' M Wo should boBO arrogant, so fiory, if I h-H bo selfish, so unjust, aiul bo ambitions I! VjH that wo Bho'ifid bo engaged In conso- If "f.H quent wnrs. And so they try, to eo; jl j, H duco our young men to tho trcafcon-. j U H ablo act of Bolemnly pledging them- J. ; t' H selves nover to tnko part In nny war, I j even though It bo In defense efonr ' , I J soil, against an Invading army. j !l-- "I do not know what to Bay of nich ft ' , H peoplo, except God have mercy on . -j i IH their craven, bouIs,. Tho nation hai fy H no need of them for they nro nofcf ij( f H It. Thoy are only parasites upon It." Jj' t. H |