Show MILITARY TRAINING universal compulsory military Mill Cary training will make our people realize that citizenship demands service it stands for the fact that service to the country is not a voluntary thing which we may give or withhold as we may see fit but that each one of us owes service to the state in return for the protection and all other bene fits he state has conferred upon us it will train us to think a little less of what the country owes to us and a little more of what we owe to the country it will serve as nothing else could to unify ind and weld together into one splendid whole of ameri can life the different elements of our heterogeneous population it will develop and bring out just those traits of discipline steadiness respect for authority and law which whatever our not the strong points in our naother 0 th er excellences may be are arc dional character if our young men are taught to stand straight and walk straight it will help them to think straight and live straight because I 1 desire the highest welfare of our young men I 1 believe in this system of universal compulsory military training because e it is thoroughly democratic because it puts all on one co common footing because it will be a great nationwide nation wide training school in character because it will develop patriotism in us because irwill it will make an invasion of our country forever unlikely because it will tend to make our young men better americans better citizens and better b e ater christians rev william T manning D D rector of trinity parish new ne w york city |