SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1922
THE MICHIGAN OAILY MAGAZINE
The Program for the National Defense
A "peace army" corresponds in a war duties and for a more rapid mo- An army of 4,000,000 men, such as
d way to the police force of a city. It bilization in time of war than was we raised during the late war, requires
the followinote The auth o. is small, inexpensive and trained for practicable in 1917. a orce of 200,000 commissioned oi-
Eames enlisted in the United peace or war. It usually is organ- Congress in its wisdom chose the coeo. Th training of the med
Edized so as to he capable of expansionc e training of the men and
States Army in 1893. Since that and s trained to function as the in- latter alternative, trusting to the boy- the efficiency of the army depends
time he has risen from a private ( structing staff of the larger and less alty and co-operation of the citizens, upon these 200,000 citizens suddenly
to the permanent rank of Col- efficient "war a y" 'and by proper enactments it provided Called from the pursuits of peace to
onel. At present Colonel Eamesi ,, . o for: the strange duties of the field and
is commanding officer of Fort "ar r is the t 1. A regular army, smaller in coop. Without trained officers, the
Wayne. which international wars are fought. proportion to the population of :ormy becomes a mob. To avoid this
What Colonel Eames has to It is large, expensive and well or poor- the United States than the police condition and to make economic use
say regarding the value and ne- ly trained according to the policy of force of Detroit in proportion to of the war trained officers in our citi-
I cessity of the Reserve Officers' the government in the matter of its the population of that city. zenry, the scheme of Organized Re-
Training Corps 1s said with the organization and training. Such an serves was adopted. It will not pro-
background of anarmy officer of array is composed of the man power t. Agatnaarguard,largerthan vide, of course, all of the officers
considerable experience. His of the nation-the able-bodied male part by the federal government needed, but it will go a long way to-
I unqualified belief in the neces- citizens between the ages of 18 and e fe t ward avoiding the condition which
sity of training officers, in peace 45. If these potential soldiers of a war and not to be confused with the confronted us in 1917, when the 3,000
times, should give a new signifi- army are trained in time of peace to militia of the Constitution; and Regular and 6,000 National Guard of-
cance to Michigan's R. O. T. C. I their duties, they will be more efficient 3. An Organized Reserve Corps ficers undertook the burden of train-
than if they remain untrained until of commissioned and enlisted men ing 200,000 citizens in a few brief
the outbreak of war. Governments of former service or special train- weeks to the art of war and the ad-
(By Col. II. . Eames, 5th Infantry) recognize this fact and adopt a policy ing, capable of instant mobiliza- ministration of a company of 250 men.
by masy political and economic fac- tion in time of war and designed Should war come shortly-a cond-
Every citizen of a democracy owes tots. The United States has adopted to he filled to war strength by tion we are all striving to prevent-
to the government some service in re- such a policy. draftees. (Continued on Page 8)
turn for the blessings which he re- The military policy of the United
ceives as a citizen of that democracy. States is based upon our traditional
This service may take the form of policy of relying upon the untrained
payment of taxes, voting, office-hold- end unorganized militia of the Con-
sstitution for the national defense. In
ing or a more 'asual duty such as the five foreign wars of consequence
jury or military service. The needs in which we have been engaged, this
of the government usually determine reliance has at times brought us per-
the character of service to be ren- ilously close to disaster, but because
dered, having due regard to the social of the relative simplicity of war in
the earlier days it has been found
and economic station of the citizen, practical, though at considerable ex- We are Representatives for the Women's League
That a government may continue its pense and risk, to depend upon such a
orderly existence and give to its citi-I force. In the past decade, however,
zens that protection to life and prop- war has made great strides and is no ORDER YOUR FLOWERS FROM THEM
erty and that assurance of opportunity longer the simple affair of our fore-
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