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Show "I Have Been Through Three Wars and I Do Not Want to See Another" i ;. By BRIG. GEN. PAUL B. MALONE, Address to Optimists. Victory, economic and military (the two go together), comes to the country with the trade control. Whenever two countries become ! trong in trade, they either unite or fight. It took the shock of the late World war to show the American people that the United States occupies the position of leadership in the world. . AVill there be any future wars? I don't know. Peace monuments "have Veen erected. But it is useless to try to get away from a disagreeable disagree-able situation by denying its existence. .'. ; The greatest peace work the United States ever did after the late World war was enactment of the national defense act. This provides for one-sixth regulars, two-sixths National Guards and three-sixths organized reserves. Within ten years your knowledge of the conflict will, have perished. Of our millions of service men in the late war, only 30,000 will be subject sub-ject to the draft. Where will we get our trained men? In the R. 0. T. C. and the training camps. We don't want our army led by dubs. I've seen 80 men cut down by machine gun fire in a minute and half because they were led by a man who was not capable ef leadership. A pacifist is a man who has been there. I have been through three wars and I i not want to see another. I've sent one boy through West Point and have another w1k will etitor there. |