Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1925, Page 16

U. S. Army and Its Work VI—Camps and Adequate Armry Are Necessary for Preparedness, the Greatest Economy in Long Run. BY (,l\ ]UH\ J. PERSHING. (Editor's ing is the Tast of rticles, v ted Press, desorib- of ‘the Bummer the Army during the Summer camps are r the grand annually the great and small na werld. These | sm, because | s most demo- world. They are based est ideal of service to for they are pure voung men go to‘the camps wish to be constructive not because the Gov - being just ary serv camps, modest in size are the beginnings af pre- ry. They are keeping with ideals and prin t again seems neces. T against the reparedness. There adequate preparednes: try. ,We have come out of | rs with the best of inten vesolves henceforth to | e Lave lapsed into our old Temporary expedi ; tempted us to keep r military establish the preparation ix never made Pesce Prophecy Ages Old. 1 ve heard th ‘ne It was particularl er the War of 181 importation, having been | n s ago by nations which were thereafter destroyved by ‘n nd have only left their ruins to i exca- | clentists r much the present time of y That is all important in Bov s siness. But there ere tf&o kinds conomy—the true ang ‘the (\‘G"vd When a farmer re- fuses to pai r reshingle his barn money but losing it, speeding the day e no barn at all. A that it is economy s fields or rotate his roving the and losing his most sion 1y to save $30,000,000 onal defense and then 00,000,000 in two years dur 1t would take 1,000 vears to at $30,000,000 a vear what was not considering the most ngs—American lives. nment, like a great the product of years of 0 ht. It cannot be made It took us e of our $30,000,000,- an Amnylrfln army in the field for four months in the World \var. Favors Waste Elimination. people should be zealous of and efficiency in government. they should ‘be most void duplication in gov. nd can still reduce the cost Government by many millions ation. There is jeral, State and ernments have agencles doing e work and at three times llv should cost our peo- I'think personally we should get to the Constitution, that our Federal Government should confine its atiens to its own field, our States and our municipalities to would save money by te. At best, only little n on a yearly basis, oo 1t ehooves 1S course which vn to be the and the most r words, we must ble army and must against the possi- or be false to our obli- r country and its future. to our traditions, our t be democratic, with noth- arism. They writ- | | ble of rapid expansion into & well |of the United States, | Sughly organized ana trained, | tory. Our Reserve Officarsy Training | require. Our | the soldlers that would be immedi- | administered, of su lent strength to guarantee the integrity of -our fron tiers and so organized as to be capa trained and disciplined army .of such size us may be meeded to bring. {he war to a victorious conclusion I submit that the new citizen Arm, although skel- etonized during peac is capable of rapid expansion {n war. We must see to it, however, that the skeleton forces are strong emough in peace and so trained that they can uccomplish the expansion mission that would be theirs in an emergency. There is 4 great difference between a nation that believes in prepar@tness and a natton that is actually prepared. The measure of the difference is the c and kind of a pea: lishment maintatned 1 have recommended and still insist that adeguate preparedness for the United B es of America ca! or a Regular Army of 13,000 officers and 150,000 enlisted men, tharonghly trained, as our first line of defense and ructors of our civilian soldiers. ational Guard should consist « 0,000 officers and men, thor. as our econd line of defense and capable of reinforcing the small Regular Ari without delay. The Officers’ R Corps should be made up of 50, 60,000 of the finest type of Amerieans, apable of organ divisions of Organized Reserve: during emergen: for these must bring -tinre estab, Corps in schools and collegés be extended, not decreased, for them must come most of the officers that a major emergency would citizens' military train- | ing camps should train Yruln 000 to | 100,000 young men e: Summer From them must come lm..~ numbers | of commissioned and non-ccrissioned | officers that would be needed by the | yrganized Reserves during war and | ately needed in an_emergency for the | |expansfon of the Regular Army and the National Guard. Five hundred thousand young Amer icans can be trained jn.eur Summer THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, camps—yes, 1,000,000—without any danger of militarism in this country. Our defense is a citizen army found- ed on the basic principle that each citizen should take over as a citizen his share of his country's defense. That is the antithesis of militarism. The advantage of these Summer camps in national health alone is worth many times the money ex- pended. The practical constructive citizenship that they inculcate into ur sons means in future more active p during peace. The Army’s mps are worthy of the sup ¢ American, because they ire and therefore a peace- ful America, and because they will re- sult in our citizens taking a more ac- tive interest in their Government dur and, therefore, a better port of ev Aids War Veteran. The height requirement for the Post Office service and for the posi- tion of guard in the immigration serv- ice has been waived by President Coolidge In favor of Angelo L. 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