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Show TRAIN THE MEN AT HOME This great war will not hurt business busi-ness in any community where the dollars dol-lars poured into the United StAtes treasury for war purpose find their way back to the source of the contributions. contri-butions. Ogden has subscribed most liberally to Liberty bonds, Red Cross and welfare wel-fare fund, and Ogde'n has been giving great quantites of supplies In the form of Christmas packages and winter clothing for the troops in France, but Ogden is getting back much' of this outlay in money spent for canned goods, for sugar, for war horses, for increased railroad service, and for machine ma-chine guns. While the dollars lent to the government gov-ernment continue to actively circulate, returning to t'he pockets that give, the endless qhain can continue, so long as the country has goods to sell and services serv-ices to exchange. But a little better distribution of the government's funds could bo made, if a big percentage of the army-in-making was trained at home in the fundamentals of soldiery bearing, marching and general tactics, j There is:no good reasons why the first two month's of soldiering should not be spent "at home, in the atmosphere atmos-phere of favorable social surroundings. The discipline may be a little lax, but the stern requirements of army camp are soon absorbed when once the rook ies are brought under the eyes of the rigid disciplinarian. Two million additional men cduld be placed In training tomorrow, if home cities were made to serve this government govern-ment in housing and caring for the now soldiers. Tho men, as soon as called for training, should receive the pay of soldiers.' . " , |