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Show "In Time of Peace" Rear Admiral Richard Pearson Hctcior.':, Retired, hero in our battle v.ith Cererc:'s ships in Santiago Harbor in 1898, urges stronger de-ienses de-ienses on land and sea and in the air. fearing that without substantial substan-tial and swift expansion, America "inevitably will be drawn into a second world war." Admiral Kooscj.., tardily honored by his nation lor his heroic exploit, points out thai practically all of our wartj have found us unprepared and thit the nation, in hurried efforts to improvise defenses, made wasteful expenditures cf money and unnecessarily sacrified the lives of soldiers and sailors. Undoubtedly, much has been done along the line of adequate preparation prepar-ation during the past few years. The Army's organization has been improved, a beginning made in the training of adequate officer personnel person-nel and plans made for industrial efficiency in the production of munitions. mu-nitions. The Navy has been enlarged en-larged but because it takes years to build warships, that fleet, even at present, lags behind other nations in treaty strengths The Air Corps has been strengthened and widespread wide-spread baies for mobilization and operation of aircraft, at least, ccm-ti-.i plated. The people of the United States should not fall to undersand the i.eciVsity and -the- wisdom of that anciert saying ascribed to Horace, "A w;e man in time of peace prepares pre-pares for war." Nor should they forget the words of George Washington, Wash-ington, "To be prepared f:r war is on- ot the inos5 effectual means of preserving peace." |