OCR Text |
Show WHAT MIGHT DEFEAT THE AMERICAN ARMY. While the war talk is on is a good time to inquire as to the strength ol our army We are informed there are 69(000 enlisted men in the regular ;irm) That is scarcely a nucleus for a fighting force, and yet one In every five of this small army is al flicted with venereal disease according accord-ing to the last report of the war de ; partnient We do not know the percentage ol disease in the Japanese army, but venture to say that it Is not a frai tion of those surprisingly large figures. fig-ures. And yet, if war should break out tomorrow America 3 (pride would be entrusted in great pari to the broaeii ' down constitutions of 15,000 to 20,-000 20,-000 afflicted "regulars " If. In the first clash, the Asiatics were to drive back our defenders, I history, to be truthful would have to record the fact that the enemy s ad vantage was gained by America s tolliesby tol-liesby a nation's sins, And all history his-tory tells the same story of the dis regard of the laws of decency inflicting inflict-ing terrible punishment. |