Show recruiting SERGEANTS f the wirl war departments appeal ti to Alne american rican citizens to turn recruiting cr cn sergeants and fill up the taps gaps in th the regular army is based on the soundest soundest kind of patriotism it is an appeal directed at each individual and as obligatory in adherence adhe rance as though the call bior r or actual service was mads mad lt it suggests the count rys response to lincoln memorialized for all time in the sentence we are coming rather father abraham one hundred thousand strong and it ought to have an all equally enthusiastic acceptance now there has been much said and written and sung of preparedness As the war departments appeal reads those who are really interested in preparedness can render rende r no more effective service than by using their utmost influence to recruit th regular army to the strength authorized zed by law why the country do this the army is not an amusement enterprise it is organized I 1 to protace US it is maintained to defend our country and its ir interest terest why therefore every individual who enjoys this protection and this defense do the very little now asked of him or her if not in the interest of the nation then 1 th n the selfish interest of himself or herself it was a misfortune because it was an insult to regard at one time the army as a service unbecoming a man thanks be that perversion of public opinion hs has been cured the army military service not from the viewpoint of the oger or the brute but from the viewpoint of the trained men the physical the patriot has become a highly respectable and highly patriotic service which in the course of time no man may ignore unless he is crippled or inhibited by religion that being so none need hesitate to recommend the service to a young man whose circumstances will permit enlistment the army like the navy is a great forge in which iron men are made men who are needed in this life gentle as a child and strong as a lion and the country needs and it needs the lidle of its citizens to get them ex |