MILITARY TRAINING IN SCHOOLS WILL HTLP.
The united Stater is 150 years old. In that century and a half
we have had six major wars - five against foreign countries and one
to preserve the Union. That makes one big war for each generation,
a war for every 25 yc ars. We hope there will never be another, but
there is absolutely no guarantee th&t our hope will be fulfilled.
If what has happened six times in our brief history should un
fortunately happen again, even the little that a high school or col
lege student absorbs of his military training will stand him and
his country in good steal. It may save his life and the lives of
many of his bud Ties - even the nation itself.
SERVICE.
Service is the greatest thing in the human calendar, and the
better we equip ourselves the better we serve, because in the ex
pansion of the mind comes the better understanding of how best to
serve, Ho matter what your fortunes in life, the greatest compensa
tion that will come to you tomorrow, or next year, or the closing
year of your life, will be the consciousness that you have somehow
been of service, either to your friends, your state or your common
country. This is the greatest thing that can happen.
.Warren G. Harding.
INFANTRY THE DECIDING FACT0R.
In the present agitation concerning the relative importance
of the airplane in the conduct of war, a great* many theories are
being propounded which will not stand the test of sound reasoning
or true analysis. The tendency among some of the enthusiasts of
aircraft is to belittle the powers of other combat arms and to rel
egate them to secondary cr unnecessary roles in the development of
defense. Their lines of argument are fundamentally
unfortunately for the national defense, many of our
being led astray by personalities with a popular appeal,
true that aircraft will play a prominent part in future
introduction of this weapon will in no sense revolution
our national
unsound, yet,
citizens are
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wars, but the
' ize the fundamental principles of warfare. The history of warfare
contains «. : examples of innovations, all of which have had their
enthusiastic supporters, but the Infantryman - with the rifle, the
bayonet, the machine gun, the tank, and other weapons of the foot
soldier, with the aid of supporting arms, has been and always will
be the deciding factor in battle. _ . „ _ TT , „
-kaj. Gen. R. H. Allen, Chief of Inf
• Off THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SITUATION. J
The tendency is growing stronger to economize at the expense *
of legitimate functions of the Federal Government in order to enter
activities that are properly beyond its jurisdiction. Public press
ure seems to be in that direction, and Congress, as a rule, follows
the line of least resistance. It is a great difficulty to maintain^
a balanced national defense.
The appropriations for the Organized Reserve and National
Guard contingents have been increased, but at the expense of the
Regular Army, though that was far from their patriotic intention
when they asked Congress for enough money to maintain their exist
ence. The measure in all cases is popularity rather than requirments
tfhat our country needs is a vigilant minority that will take
action in the interest of the sleeping majority.
.Laj. Gen.Harbord, Pres. Radio Corp. America.