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DO YOU KNOW: That every American boy, when he reaches
the age of eighteen, under existing laws, becomes automatically
subject to military duty? He remains subject to call until he
reaches the age of forty-five years. Training does not increase, or
in any way change the existing liability. This bill provides for a
sane and sensible plan of military training, for all young men,
physically fit. It is a splendid measure, carefully thought out, and
should become a law without delay. -
UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING LEAGUE,
HOWARD H. GROSS, President. -
U. S. . Calendar No. 924.
64TH CONGRESS,
2D SESSION, ºil-1,3-rºº
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
DECEMBER 13, 1915.
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the committee on Military Affairs.
FEBRUARY 10, 1917.
Reported by Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, with an amendment.
A BILL
To provide for the military and naval training of the citizen forces of
the United States. *
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physically fit, must train, but no service will ever be required
except in defense of our country.
–0 The men trained cannot be used for strike duty.
(See page 8, Sec. 22.)
No one can provide a substitute. (See page 3, Sec. 8.)
Bad characters to be trained separately. (See page 3,
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states shall, except as provided herein, undergo military or naval
training as prescribed by the President for a period of six months
during the ealendar year in which he reaches the age of nineteen
years, or, if not then within the description of either (a) or (b) of
this section, in the calendar year in which he first comes within such
description or in the year immediately following. No person shall,
be subject to such training after the year in which he attains the
age of twenty-six years, except as otherwise provided in section
two, nor for more than one period of such training. During the
first calendar year in which there is training under this Act the
period of training shall be three months. * |
SEC. 2. CONTINUED LIABILITY TO TRAIN.—That if any
person liable to training does not train in any year in which he is
subject thereto, he shall, in addition to the penalties prescribed by
law, undergo training in the next succeeding year up to the calen-
dar year in which he reaches the age of twenty-six years, and
avoiding training in any year shall constitute a separate offense.
SEC. 3. EXEMPTIONS.—That there shall be exempted from
training (a) members of the permanent military or naval forces of
the United States; and (b) persons physically unfit for any military
or naval service whatever; and (c) persons on whose earnings a
father, mother, brother, sister, wife, or child is wholly dependent
for support. Every person exempted under (b) and (c) of this
section shall be required to report for reexamination at periods
fixed by regulation, up to and including the year in which he attains
the age of twenty-five years, and if on any such reexamination it is
determined that the cause of exemption no longer exists, he shall
undergo training in the next training period.
SEC. 4. TRAINING OF MEMBERS OF CERTAIN RELI-
GIOUS SECTS.—That members of any religious sect or organi-
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zation now organized and existing whose creed forbids its members
to bear arms in war shall not be required to undergo training
in the bearing or use of arms, but shall be trained in the non-
combatant branches of the military or naval service.
SEC. 5. CRIMINALS AND PERSONS OF BAD CHAR-
ACTER.—That a person who has been convicted of a felony, or
who is of notoriously bad character, shall undergo training only in
a special unit or units. }
SEC. 6. CREDITs FOR MILITARY INSTRUCTION.—That
any person who has completed a course of instruction approved
for this purpose by the Secretary of War or by the Secretary of
the Navy shall be allowed a credit, which shall consist of the
deduction from the training period of not more than one month
for each year in which he has completed such course to the satis-
faction of the Secretary of War or of the Secretary of the Navy,
except that the period of actual training undergone as a member
of the Citizen Reserve Army or Citizen Reserve Navy shall never
be reduced to less than three months by such credits.
SEC. 7. EXPENSES.—That persons undergoing training
shall receive transportation and subsistence while going to and
returning from the place of training, and subsistence, clothing,
and medical attendance while undergoing training.
SEC. 8. TRAINING STRICTLY PERSONAL.—That no sub-
stitute shall be accepted in place of any person called for train-
ing under the provisions of this Act, and no such person shall
be permitted to escape training or be discharged therefrom by
the payment of money or any other thing of value.
Sec. 9. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE AND ROSETTE.
That each person exempted from training shall receive a certifi-
cate of exemption, and each person who has completed his training
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shall receive a certificate of training and a distinctive rosette
showing the year 's class to which the wearer belongs. Whenever
a certificate or rosette issued under the provisions of this section
is lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect
upon the part of the person to whom it is issued, a IlêW certificate
or rosette shall be issued to such person without charge therefor.
No person shall wear a rosette to which he is not entitled, and no
person shall use a certificate to which he is not entitled.
SEC. 10. NATURALIZATION.—That no person liable to be
trained under this Act shall be naturalized as a citizen of the
United States unless he has a certificate of training or an unexpired
certificate of temporary exemption or a certificate of permanent
exemption from training or is undergoing training.
Sec. 11. PERSONs witHOUT CERTIFICATE INELIGI.
BLE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYMEN Ts—That no person liable
to be trained under this Act shall hold any position of trust or
profit created or authorized by the Congress of the United States
unless he has a certificate of training or an unexpired certificate of
temporary exemption or a certificate of permanent exemption from
training.
SEC. 12. EMPLOYMENT OF PERSON WITHOUT CER-
TIFICATE PROHIBITED.—That no person, corporation, part-
nership, or association shall hire, engage, employ, or continue to
employ, any person up to the age of twenty-eight years who is or
has been liable to be trained under this Act, unless he has a certifi-
cate of training or an unexpired certificate of temporary exemption
or a certificate of permanent exemption from training.
SEC. 13. TRAINING DISTRICTS.—That for the purposes
of this Act the Secretary of War shall, subject to the approval of
the President, divide the territory of the United States into such
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training districts as may be convenient, and shall establish for
training purposes in each such district one or more cantonments.
As far as practicable, such division shall include a single State or
group of States. - . .
sec. 14. REGISTRATION AND EXAMINATION.—That
every person liable to undergo training shall register himself or
be registered by a parent or guardian, and shall submit to examina.
tion as to physical fitness at a place and time fixed by the Secretary
of War, except that the President may designate any consular of
fice of the United States as a place of registration and examination
for persons resident without the territory of the United States.
Sec. 15. NAVAL TRAINING; EXPRESSION OF PREF-
ERENCE AS TO KIND AND TIME OF TRAINING-That the
President may require such portion as he deems advisable of the
entire number of persons undergoing training in any year to
undergo naval training. Every person may at the time of regis-
tration express his preference for training (a) in the Army OY”
the Navy, or (b) in any arm or corps of either service, or (c) in
any time of the year. As far as practicable, any preference so
expressed shall be considered in assigning persons to training.
SEC. 16. REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.—That for the pur-
poses of this Act the Secretary of War shall, subject to the
approval of the President, provide in each training district such
number of registration districts as may be convenient.
Sec. 17. BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS.—That the
President shall appoint a board of medical examiners in each
registration district. The board shall consist of three medical
examiners, who shall be medical officers of the Regular Army
or Navy, the Medical Reserve Corps, or the Public Health Service,
or physicians or surgeons legally authorized to practice within the
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district. Such physicians and surgeons who are not regularly in
the service of the United states shall be paid according to the
rate of pay of medical officers of the rank of first lieutenant. The
board shall examine all persons appearing for registration as to
physical fitness, and its decision shall be final.
Sec. 18. BOARD OF REGISTRATION.—That the President
shall appoint a board of registration in each registration district.
The board shall consist of three members to be appointed from
officers and employees of the United States. The board shall
convene at times fixed by the Secretary of War at one or more
convenient places within the district, and shall hear and determine
(a) applications for exemptions, except for physical unfitness,
and (b) applications for training as a noncombatant. The board
or any member thereof shall have power to administer oaths, and
shall have the same power as a district court of the United
States in civil cases to issue subpoenas for the attendance and
testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary
evidence and to order the taking of depositions. Any such
district court having jurisdiction of the parties shall enforce
obedience to the subpoenas of the board, and shall issue and
enforce obedience to subpoenas for the taking of depositions.
Witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees and mileage as wit-
nesses in such district courts.
SEC. 19. APPEALS.—That an appeal from a decision of the
board of registration may be made within thirty days to the district
court of the United States for the district in which the applicant
resides or in which the board was sitting at the time of hearing,
or to the Court of the First Instance of the Philippine Islands, if
the applicant resides in the Philippine Islands, or to the District
Court of Porto Rico if the applicant resides in Porto Rico, or to
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the District Court of the Canal Zone. The decision of such court
shall be final. The applicant shall not be required to undergo
training while his appeal is pending, but if his application is
denied, he shall undergo training during the period of training
next following the final determination of his appeal, unless other-
wise exempt.
SEC. 20. RESERVE CITIZEN ARMY AND RESERVE
citizen NAVY-That every person liable to training shall,
from the date fixed for the beginning of his training until the
end of the calendar year in which he reaches the age of twenty-
eight years, be a member of the Reserve Citizen Army, unless
designated for naval training, in which case he shall be a member
of the Reserve Citizen Navy, and of the class of the ealendar year
in which he is trained, except that a person while holding a com-
mission or a warrant as officer in the Reserve Citizen Army or the
Reserve Citizen Navy shall not be a member of any class. Every
person who (a) becomes a member of the permanent military or
naval forces of the United States, or (b) having been a citizen of
the United States ceases to be such a citizen, or (c) not having
been a citizen of the United States permanently removes therefrom
shall cease to be such a member. Each member of the Reserve
Citizen Army shall be subject to the Articles of War, and each
member of the Reserve Citizen Navy shall be subject to the Articles
for the Government of the Navy, from the date fixed for the
beginning of his training until the end of his training. Each
member of the Reserve Citizen Army shall be subject to the laws,
orders, and regulations governing the Regular Army of the United
States, and each member of the Reserve Citizen Navy shall be
subject to the laws, orders, and regulations governing the Navy of
the United States, from the date on which he is called by the
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President into the service of the United States until discharged
therefrom. Each such member shall be entitled from the date of
reporting for duty under such call to service and until discharged
therefrom to the pay and allowances of an officer or enlisted man
of the same grade in the Regular Army or Navy.
sec. 21. ANNUAL REPORT-That the President is author.
ized to require all members of the Reserve Citizens Army and of
the Reserve Citizen Navy to report annually in person for not
more than one day during each of the years in which they are
members of the Reserve Citizen Army or Reserve Citizen Navy,
at places which shall, as far as practicable, be convenient to them.
SEC. 22. MOBILIZATION OF RESERVE CITIZEN ARMY
AND RESERVE CITIZEN NAVY-That in the event of a
defensive war or imminent danger thereof the President may call
into the service of the United States all or any part of the Reserve
Citizen Army and the Reserve Citizen Navy. The officers and war-
rant officers may be called out in accordance with the needs of the
service, but the other members of the Reserve Citizen Army and
Reserve Citizen Navy shall be called out by classes; the youngest
class or any part thereof which the President at the time of any
call deems available for service shall be called first. If only a part
of one class be called, the President shall apportion the number
called among the States, Territories, and possessions, and the
District of Columbia, in the proportion which the population of
each bears to the population of all. The Reserve Citizen Army or
the Reserve Citizen Navy shall not be used in cases of strikes or
other industrial disputes.
SEC. 23. EXPENSES OF MOBILIZATION.—That in the
event of call for service the cost of transportation to and sub-
sistence during transportation to mobilization camps and all other
expenses of mobilization shall be paid by the United States.
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SEC. 24. SERVICE STRICTLY PERSONAL.—That no sub-
stitute shall be accepted in place of any person called for service
under the provisions of this Act, and no such person shall be
permitted to escape or be discharged therefrom by the payment
of money or any other thing of value.
Sec. 25. SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF CERTAIN RELIG-
IOUS SECTS.—That members of any religious sect or organiza-
tion now organized and existing whose Creed forbids its members
to bear arms in war shall not be required to bear or use arms, but
shall serve in the noncombatant branches of the military or naval
service. N
Sec. 26. MEMBERS OF THE REGULAR ARMY AND
NAVY As OFFICERS OF THE RESERVE CITIZEN ARMY
AND RESERVE CITIZEN NAVY-That the President may
commission officers or enlisted men of the Regular Army or Navy
as officers of the Reserve Citizen Army and Reserve Citizen Navy.
The Secretary of the Navy may warrant enlisted men in the Navy
as warrant officers of the Reserve Citizen Navy. Such commis-
sions and warrants shall only be in effect while such officers or
enlisted men are in active service with the Reserve Citizen Army
or Reserve Citizen Navy or are employed for training hereunder.
Such officers and enlisted men shall be enlisted to the pay and
allowance of their grades in the Reserve Citizen Army and Reserve
Citizen Navy while in active service, but not while employed for
training hereunder. Officers of the Regular Army and Navy shall
not vacate their Regular Army or Navy commissions nor shall
they be prejudiced in their relative or lineal standing therein by
reason of their service under their commissions in the Reserve
Citizen Army or Reserve Citizen Navy. Service with the Reserve
Citizen Army shall be deemed service with the troops under the
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meaning of the Act of August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred
and twelve, entia “An Act making appropriations for the Sup-
port of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and fourteen, and for other purposes,” and the Act
of April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled
“An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for
*the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen.”
SEC. 27. VOLUNTEER OFFICERS OF RESERVE CITI-
ZEN ARMY AND RESERVE CITIZEN NAVY. That the Presi-
dent may commission as officers of the Reserve Citizen Army
persons who volunteer for such service and who have passed exam-
inations as provided by the Secretary of War, and as officers of
the Reserve Citizen Navy persons who volunteer for such service
and who have passed examinations as provided by the Secretary
of the Navy. There shall be admitted to such examinations (a)
officers of the Organized Militia or Naval Reserve of any State or
Territory; (b) members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the
United States Army; (c) men who have attended at least one
Army training camp or naval training cruise; (d) men who have
had at least two years’ military training in a school or college
approved by the Secretary of War, or at least two years naval
training in a school or college approved by the Secretary of the
Navy; (e) men who have had a period of training under this Act;
(f) other persons whose training has been approved by the Sec-
retary of War or the Secretary of the Navy. Such officers of the
Reserve Citizen Army or the Reserve Citizen Navy shall be sub-
ject to call by the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy,
respectively, for service in training persons under the provisions
of this Act for not more than two months during each of the three
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service to the pay and allowance of the same grades of the Regular
Army or Navy. - - -* *
Sec. 28. PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT OF VOLUN.
TEER OFFICERS OF THE RESERVE CITIZEN ARMY AND
RESERVE CITIZEN NAVY. Volunteer officers of the Reserve
Citizen Army and Reserve Citizen Navy shall be promoted and
retired only under regulations prescribed by the President: Pro-
vided, That promotions shall only be made after examination.
The President shall prescribe according to the necessities of the
Service the amount of training to be required in each grade.
SEC. 29. DISCHARGE OF VOLUNTEER OFFICERS OR
RESERVE CITIZEN ARMY AND RESERVE CITIZEN NAVY.
—That at any time the moral character, capacity, and general fit-
ness for the service of any volunteer officer of the Reserve Citizen
Army or Reserve Citizen Navy may be determined by an efficiency
board of three commissioned officers of the Reserve Citizen Army
or Reserve Citizen Navy senior to him in rank. If the findings
of such board be unfavorable to such officer and be approved by
the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, as the case
may be, he shall be discharged.
SEC. 30. ORGANIZATION OF RESERVE CITIZEN
ARMY AND RESERVE CITIZEN NAVY. That the President
shall organize the Reserve Citizen Army and Reserve Citizen
Navy, or such classes thereof as he shall deem expedient, into
corps, divisions, and other units similar to those in which the
Regular Army and Navy are divided, and shall assign officers of
the Reserve Citizen Army and the Reserve Citizen Navy to various
units.
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SEC. 31. COOPERATION OF OTHER, DEPARTMENTS.—
That the President is authorized to employ all other departments
and agencies of the Government for the purposes of this Act to
the extent he may deem necessary.
SEC. 32. USE OF REGULAR ARMY AND NAVY-That
the President is authorized to employ the Regular Army and
Navy, or any part of their personnel, equipment, or matériel, for
the purposes of this Act. Whenever necessary in order to make
available sufficient officers and noncommissioned officers for the
purposes of this Act the President may, if the public safety so
permits, suspend the organization of units of the Regular Army.
The Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy shall pur-
chase such further equipment or matériel as may be appropriated
for by Congress.
SEC. 33. GROUNDS AND CANTONMENTS.–It shall be
the duty of the Secretary of War to acquire by purchase and
lease real estate required for the purposes of this Act, and to con-
struct, equip, and maintain buildings or cantonments, within the
amounts appropriated therefor by Congress.
SEC. 34. NOTICE BY PROCLAMATION.—That the Presi-
dent shall, by proclamation posted in a conspicuous place in the
post offices and consular offices of the United States, fix the time
and place for any registration, examination, report, enrollment,
training, or muster into service under this Act and no personal
notice shall be necessary to bring any person or class of persons
within the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 35. PENSIONS.—That all laws relating to pensions of
members of the Regular Army or Navy and their families in time
of War shall apply to members of the Reserve Citizen Army and
the Reserve Citizen Navy who suffer disability or death while
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actually undergoing training or while in active service, or while
proceeding to or from such training or service, and to the mem-
bers of their families.
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Sec. 36. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR GOVERNMENT EM-
PLOYEES.—That all employees of the United States Government
shall be allowed a leave of absence without pay during the time
that they are undergoing training or reporting under this Act.
Sec. 37. EMPLOYEE NOT TO BE PREJUDICED–That
no employer shall in any way penalize or prejudice or attempt
to penalize or prejudice, in his employment, any employee for
training or appearing for registration, examination, or report
under this Act, either by reducing his wages or dismissing him
from his employment or in any other manner. But this section
shall not be construed to require an employer to pay an employee
for any time when he is absent from his employment.
SEC. 38. FALSE REGISTRATION.—That no person shall
make or be a party to any false registration, false examination,
false report, false enrollment, or other false response to any call
under his Act.
Sec. 39. INTOXICATING LIQUORs—That no person, cor-
poration, partnership, or association shall sell, Supply, or have
in his or its possession, any intoxicating or spirituous liquors or
tobacco at any military or naval station, cantonment, camp, fort,
post, officers’ or enlisted men's club, navy yard, or aboard ship,
which is being used at the time for purposes of training under
this Act, but the Secretary of War and the secretary of the Navy
may make regulations permitting the sale and use of intoxicating
liquors for medicinal purposes.
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SEC. 40. INTOXICATING LIQUORS; PERSONS IN UNI-
FoRM-That no intoxicating or spirituous liquors shall be sold
to any member of the military or naval forces of the United
States while in uniform, nor shall any intoxicating or spirituous,
liquors be supplied to any such member while in uniform, but the
Secretary of War and the Secretary of th Navy may make regu-
lations permitting the sale. \
SEC. 41. PENALTIES.—That any person, corporation, part-
nership, or association violating this Act or the regulations made
thereunder shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shäll,
unless otherwise punishable under the Articles of War or the
Articles for the Government of the Navy, be punished by a fine
of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for not more than
twelve months, or both. The running of time under any act limit-
ing the time within which a prosecution for a violation of this
Act may be commenced shall be suspended as to any person dur-
ing his absence from the jurisdiction of the United States.
SEC. 42. REGULATIONS.—That the President may make
all regulations necessary for carrying out this Act.
SEC. 43. TIME OF TAKING EFFECT-That in so far as
relates to training and to liability to undergo training, this Act
shall take effect on January first of the year next following its
paSSage.
SEC. 44. LAWS REPEALED.—That all laws and parts of
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laws, in so far as they are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby
repealed.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to provide for the
military and naval training of citizens of the United States.”
General George W. Goethals, builder of the
Panama Canal, in the New York World
of January 18th, 1917, said: i

“The Chamberlain bill is the most moderate, the most reasonable plan of national
training ever devised. One great thing about it is that it is a distinctively American
plan. It is not an adaptation of the Australian act, nor is it the Swiss or Argentine
systems remodeled to fit the United States. It is a good, straight, thoroughly practical
plan worked out by Americans for Americans and made to fit American needs. It is
so simple that a child can understand it; and it is so fair that no American who loves
his country and is willing to serve it in times of need can state a reasonable objection
to it. *
“Every man owes a duty to his country which he should pay in part by personal
service, and it is only fair to him that his country should so train him that if ever an
emergency arises and he is called upon to serve he may do so in the most efficient
manner and with the least personal risk. That is why I am in favor of the proposal
for universal military training. This war has demonstrated one thing above all others:
You cannot take men from the streets and push them into battle. It would mean
nothing short of murder; so we must have military training and such training must be
universal. Equality is the very life breath of democracy. Equality is a cardinal prin-
ciple of our republic, and whatever duty one man owes is owed by all men alike;
whatever steps are taken to train our citizens for self-defense must apply to all—to
the rich and the poor, to the learned and the ignorant, to the country boy and the
town lad; all must have an equal chance.
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“Such training will raise the moral and physical tone of the nation; it will develop
the individual; it will create a sense of duty and responsibility; it will instill respect
for lawful authority and give birth to a feeling of nationalism instead of sectionalism.
Finally, training the son of the millionaire alongside the son of the laborer will make
democracy a living thing.”
What Leading Newspapers Say
MONTGOMERY (ALA.) ADVERTISER—We are for universal military training as a vital agency for
inculcating patriotism and inspiring a spirit of service in our young men.
MILWAUKEE SENTINEL–It (universal military training) is the democratic alternative to the “standing
army” and as such must commend itself to labor.
NASHVILLE (TENN.) BANNER—There is no doubt that universal military training is the most depend-
able of that “preparedness” of which there has been so much discussion in recent times, and a due
measure of which the United States unquestionably should have.
NEW YORK TIMES-The only fair basis is common service.
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS-The nation needs and must have an equitable system of training which will
prepare all qualified young men for some branch of war service.
LOS ANGELES EXPRESS—Universal military training is not only good for the individual citizen, but
for the nation. .
SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER—The arguments for universal military service are irresistible from
every angle from which the situation is approached.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE–We are nearing a possibility of universal military service, the greatest nationaliz-
1ng agent which the United States possibly can find.
KANSAs CITY STAR-The nation is now coming to appreciate that the duty of taking a hand in defend-
ing the country is a universal duty in a democracy and that universal training is the only democratic
system.
BUFFALO (N. Y.) COMMERCIAL–Compulsory training, which takes young men before they have
become heads of families, is the fairest system to all concerned, since it makes the shirkers do their
part along with the unselfish and patriotic.
WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION.—Enforced military training would make real men of the thousands of
pool-room hangers-on and the budding criminals that infest our juvenile courts.
If General Washingtoft's army had been thoroughly trained and equipped, the
Revolutionary War would have ended in a year, instead of lasting seven years.
His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, says: “Uni-
versal military training would be of immeas-
ureable benefit to the young men of the coun-
try. It brings all together on an equal footing
and teaches them that they owe an equal
allegiance. It would not foster militarism but
would safeguard the nation.” -
Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, president of the Uni-
versity of Chicago, says: “There is an absolute
need of universal military training. Formerly
I believed that we had reached a stage in civil-
ization where international disputes could be
settled in accordance with the principles of
right and justice; and the smaller nations
would have respectful treatment from mighty
powers, but my ideas have undergone a
change. There are great powers which classie
fy as national pirates. It is their deliberate
policy to take possession of other nations. In
the face of such policies, it is apparent that the
United States is in danger of attack. We are
a rich and helpless people and invite attack
from a piratical power.”
The venerable Bishop Samuel Fallows, emi-
nent as a preacher and ex-soldier, says: “I can
see no safety for our country in the future un-
less we prepare to meet any emergency. We
must be in a position to defend our flag, pro-
tect our citizens and guard our borders from
invasion.”
CALENDAR No. 924.
*...*ś S. 1695.
A BILL
To provide for the military and naval training
of the citizen forces of the United States.
By Mr. CHAMBERLAIN
DECEMBER 13, 1915. — Read twice and referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs.
FEBRUARY 10, 1917. –Reported with an amendment.
Dr. James Gray, head of the Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago, says: “Because of the
Godlessness of the nation its only hope of peace
is in general military training.”
Dr. W. T. Manning, Rector of Trinity Par-
ish in New York, says: “The assertion that
there never was a good war, or a bad peace is
pernicious, Sordid and untrue. The New Testa-
ment does not teach peace at any price. It
teaches righteousness at any cost.”
The volunteer system of recruiting armies
always has failed in a crisis. The volunteer
system is unjust and undemocratic. It penal-
izes patriotism and puts a premium on coward-
ice. There always is a large and honorable
number willing to fight in defense of their
country and a large and dishonorable number
who are entirely willing that they should do so.
Why should patriotic George fight to defend
slacker Bill?
General Henry Lee of the Revolutionary
Army said: “A government is the murderer
of its citizens, which sends them to the field
uninformed and untaught.”
A citizenry trained to arms, in time of peace,
is the best insurance against war that can be
written.
Military training for our young men will
give them healthy bodies, healthy minds and a
healthy patriotism,
Modern science has destroyed the isolation
which formerly we enjoyed. The oceans no
longer protect our country.
When in training young men will be under
strict government supervision. This will elim-
inate the objectionable features incident to or-
dinary camp life in times of peace.
Write your Congressman and both
your Senators at once and urge them to
work and vote for the Chamberlain Bill,
S. 1695. If you do not know their
names and addresses, call up your local
newspaper or postmaster.
OUR FLAG PROTECTS ALL AND ALL SHOULD DEFEND IT