Show arm V NU FR IM stimulating idea seth myers ot of pennsylvania has hai come up with a challenging idea for american sportsmen and one which may have considerably moie merit than first appears seth wr writes tes 1 the state of pennsylvania or any ny 0 ther other state where good hunting is enjoyed has within its boundaries many thousands of expert marksmen they are mostly self elf trained hunters having re received little or no special training in the handling of firearms they are however fast and sure in their shooting because both qualifications are arc necessary in bringing down the fleet tooted footed animals they hunt in america there are perhaps 20 million of these men the majority are older than those taken I 1 into to the armed services to tight fight the wars out but not too old to serve in good stead on the home front they could deal severe punishment to a possible parachuted enemy in this country during world war I 1 there was wag the john al M phillips shotgun brigade with the hunters organized and trained for action against sabotage when world war 11 came the hunters were enlis enlisted in a special auxiliary known as minutemen they ney were carefully selected to make certain that fifth column members did not sneak in they were given special training which qualified them to meet any emergency that would develop armed with their own pet guns and able to do expert shooting they would have dished out severe pu punishment n to the enemy bent on sabotage 0 with the knowledge of sign reading in the forest extremely little activity could go on without being discovered in time lime to prevent sabotage should a world war III come it Is far more likely the enemy will be here in great numbers we have reason to believe they are already in our midst they may be in much greater numbers than we suspect we must be ready to take care ot of them when the time comes it Is not too early to start organizing to meet this unseen enemy every state should organize its expert outdoors men into a dependable war time home front guard there are many leaders who are well qualified to do it the important key to the whole plan would be to make sure that all hands were true americans and knew exactly what to do with those who proved to be enemies it if every true american hunter and farmer will do this we need not worry about the slinking enemy we know is already in our home ranks working day and night to ruin our form of government |