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Show UNIVERSAL MILITARY MILI-TARY TRAINING Every true American who believes in his country, who glories In Its liberties, lib-erties, who is proud of Its achievements, achieve-ments, who holds the honor of its flag as our most sacred heritage, will tell you that some way somehow,-theso somehow,-theso things which our country stands for must be preserved, Dlfferancej there may me as to ways and means but as to the result to be achieved, there Is no argument. From tho earliest days of history governments have maintained their Integrity and perpetuated their evlst-once evlst-once by force of arms. Now, have any Utopian dreams yet. evolved a system of comraunlt control which could survive sur-vive the test of. time without resort t some form of compulsory oboitence to Its laws and usages? Reason alone al-one will not suffice', nor have the ties or race or lelglon proven adequate. In spite of fine spun theories, and high sounding platitudes, the fact remains re-mains a stubborn, Incontrovertible fact that only one power is recognized recogniz-ed and obeyed, both by Individuals and nations, tho power of force. This question becomes therefore ot prime Importance for all people. Ii is the cornerstone of every government. govern-ment. Without It no nation can exist. ex-ist. What shall be the answer of the American people? How can we best preserve our liberties, perpetuato the constitution of our fathers, and pro-vldo pro-vldo to tho needs ot the future. To militarize our nation is to endanger en-danger its very exlstenco, as a republic. repub-lic. Neglect lo provido a proper military mil-itary force is to invite attac : from i without. ""The history of the past flvo, eyars shoud teach us a never to be , fotgottcn lesson. It Is practically beyond question that If our army nnd navy had been as effective flv ears ago ai they are today Germany ould not have dared to provoke us to war, ' How then shall we provide for the future. What more logical and more practical prac-tical scheme can be deviced than for ever man living under our flag, and owing allegiance to It .(and our country coun-try should contain no others) to have an intelligence working knowledge ot the needs and means of national defense. de-fense. In what other way can this knowledge be better obtained than for every man to spend a short time In active, Intensive military training. Can we so effectually and certainly nb tain these results by any other. |
