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DIAMONDS
WALTER A. LORD
JEWELER.
Near Harmony Theatre.
Northern Transfer Company j
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COAL AND WOOD.
GENERAL TRANSFER BUSINESS.
PHONE 47-Y. j
4th and D C. P. PEDERSEN, Mgr. j
CARROL & CO.
Fourth St., near E
MEN’S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing, 1
Shoes and furnishings.
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Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
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HEATERS
Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage - - Alaska
Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth Ave.. Between H and I,
Anchorage
Ot lt WORK 18 GUARANTEED j
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THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST
RATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
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LEAKS TO DANCE.
Latest Dances Taught. Begin
ners given special attention. For ap
• nointment call at third house from
< on 6th Ave.
WM. BUNTING.
C. HENNING
TAILOR.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
Suits Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired. 4th Ave. and D St.
WOOD COAL
YUKON TRANSFER 00.
General Expressing.
F. A. ACKLES Phone 89-R
740 Fourth St.
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The following communication was
received on the last mail from Henry
A. Wise Wood, chairman of the con
| fernce committee on national pre
paredness, of New York:
, The federal government was formed
by the 13 colonies expressly for the
purpose of enabling them to make a
common defense. It became a defens
ive union. Under the constitution the
federal government not only guaran
teed each state against invasion, but
it forbade each to maintain “troops or
ships of war,” except with the con
sent of the federal government.
Thus, the states surrendered into
the hands of the federal government
the function of their defense, and in
return the federal government guar
anteed to each state security from in
vasion or insurrection.
To make good its guarantee of se
curity, congress, in 1792, enacted that i
all able-bodied male citizens, between
the ages of 18 and 45, should consti
tute the military forces of the nation,
and it made each liable to military
service within the confines of the
United States. This still is the law,
as perusal of section 57 of the act of
June 3, 1916, will show.
In order*that universal liability to
service should be made effective, con
gress, under the law of 1795, re-enact
ed in 1908, and widened in 1916 to in
clude the national guard and its re
serve, gave to the president the pow
er to call for service the entire male
citizenry of military age and fitness
in the event of invasion or insurrec
tion. This power the president may
exercise without further act of con
gress.
Thus, the federal government was
created for the military purpose of de
fending the states, its president was
made commander-in-chief of the ar
my and navy, its first president was
a miltary man, and its citizens of
proper age and fitness were bound
each to tight in common defense. It ;
will therefore be seen that at root
we are essentially a military nation,
in me democratic sense or the phrase,
and that we are subject today as ever,
to compulsory military service within !
our own territory, upon call of the
commander-in-chief.
There is a sufficient answer to those !
who claim that, in our making the !
necessary modern preparations for de-1
fense, we are departing from non-mil
military service, it delegated to the
several states the military organiza- i
tion of these men; and it granted to !
the states the power to make exemp- j
tions.
The history of New York, which is
in this respect substantially that of
all the states, illustrated how badly
the states fulfilled the military duties ;
laid upon them by the federal govern-;
ment. In New York ther was at first j
an annual enrollment. In 1646 the
legislature granted exemption from ;
military duty to everyone upon pay
ment of a fee of 75 cents a year. En-'
rollments were then made to occur bi
annually, next, to occur at every fifth
year, and finally, enrollments were
to be had only upon call of the gover-,
nor. No governor, I believe, ever has
called an enrollment. Meanwhile, the
non-service tax was reduced to 50
cents, and shortly after it was aban
doned. Thus died the federal milita,
which had been created for the na
tional defense.
During the disintegration of the
federal militia a volunteer force
sprang up, as a protest against the
military laxity of the authorities. This
force was accepted and subsidized by
the states, and became what is known
as the national guard. Having no
standing under the federal law the
guard was a body wholly local in char
acter, and was not recognized by the
federal government until early in the
precent century.
The constitution, while forbidding
the states to maintain troops or ships
of war (without the consent of con
gress) had bound the federal govern
ment to defend the states from invn
I Mon, and the federal government, In
I 1792, has provided the national force
! already described to carry out this
i purpose. But this force, as we have
I seen, the states have permitted to die;
and in its stead each had created for
its protection a little army of its
own, called a national guard, and in
so doing had taken over from the fed
eral government its own defense, to
be maintained at its own cost, and had
assumed also the duty of defending
the federal government. Thus had the
federal government and the states ex
changed places in their military rela
tionship.
The consequences of this surrender
of military power by the nation are
now seen to be excedingly hazardous
to the national welfare, to be nearly
insupportable by the states, on ac
count of the heavy financial burdens
involved, and to be inequitable to
those who compose these little state
armies. There is therefore substan
tial agreement among all who have
studied the subject that there must be
brought about the inunedate adoption
of a broad and equitable military i
system which shall be wholly natonal >
in character.
As the foundation of such a system :
already exists in the federal law, as |
has been shown above, it remains i
only for the nation to build upon that
foundation a modern democratic mili
tary structure, and to remove such i
legislative restrictions as prevent!
the compulson of every man of mili-:
tary age and fitness to serve beyond ;
the borders of the United States—in
Mexico, for instance, if need should
there arise—as he must now serve
within his own territory.
Universal liability to military ser-j
vice being fixed in the law, the ques
tion now arises, shall we not train our!
young men in such a manner that!
the will be the more able to perform '
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effectively the patrotic duty which !
the law has bound upon them, with
the maximum of comfort and safety I
for themselves?
The education of a youth to become
a literate and useful citizen already is j
compulsory. Modern conditions of
life demand that he shall be made also j
highly efficient in physique, morals I
and discplne. And the security of !
the nation requires that he shall be |
taught to perform, wth ease ami pre-1
cision, on land or sea, the military
service the law and national security
demand of him.
Experience and intelligent observa
tion have shown that this training
should be given not later than when
the youth closes hs common school
career, and thaat it should be treated
as a finishing course in phyisical de
velopment, character buildng, the j
military sciences, and patriotism.
Thus, universal military or naval i
training should be treated merely as
an extension of a youth’s customary J
course of studies, and it should be1
given him at the expense of the fed
eral government to whom he owes al
legiance. With his clothing, keep,
and instruction furnished him gratis,
his parents wll be relieved of his cost
of maintenance during his training,
probably for the first time in his life.
When a youth so trained steps from
his training camp or ship, he should
be a strong, straight, healthy, alert,
and disciplined man, well fitted to en
ter life. To such a start every Ameri
can boy is entitled. And, what is more
important if we are to retain our lib
erties, the American youth will thus
have become an efficent soldier or
sailor.
In order to meet the requirements
of our situation, therefore, two
changes must be made in our military
system. The law must extend the lia
bility of our citizens for military
service so that their service shall not
be limited by our borders, and it must
inaugurate military training for all
young men.
In conclusion I cannot refrain from
quoting the war-wise words of that
beloved soldier of the Revolutionary
period, Light Horse Harry Lee: “A
government is the murderer of its citi
zens which sends them to the field
uninformed and untaught—where they
are to meet men of the same age and
strength, mechanized by education
and discipline for battle.”
Sincerely,
HENRY A. WISE WOOD,
Chairman.
Try a Want Ad in The Times.
Palace of Sweets
Next to Empress Theatre.
Ice Cream,
Light Lunches
And—
Home-Made Candies.
ALL CREAM MADE
FROM FRESH MILK
Palace of Sweets
FREIGHT AND DAILY AUTO
PASSENGER SERVICE
WASSILLA TO WILLOW
CREEK MINING DISTRICT.
Pack and Saddle Horses for
Rent.
H. T. SHOUGH & CO.
HOWARD WILMOTH.
Wassilla, Agent.
Store and Roadhouse!!
MILE 32, KNIK.
WILLOW CREEK ROAD.
All Necessary Supplies for
Miners and Prospectors.
SAM McMILLAN, Prop.
FREDERICK&NELSON
SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for
such items in FURNITURE and
DRY GOODS as cannot be readily
supplied by the merchants in your
own community
All such orders received by
FREDERICK & NELSON receive
the prompt, personal attention of
an expert shopper, and Parcel Post
shipments are sent POSTAGE
PAID to any point in Alaska.
Inlet Soda Works
W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
Manufacturers of all kinds of
MINERAL WATERS, SODA
CIDER, SYRUPS.
AGENTS FOR GRAPE JUICE
Anchorage - - Alaska
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LAUNCHES FOR CHARTER
Office: Next to Labor Temple ^
FRATERNAL ORDERS.
MASONS
Anchorage Masonic Club
meets first and third Thursday
in month. G.C.HAMMOND, Sec.
L. 0. 0. M. 1534
Regular meeting every Wed
nesday night at 8 o’clock,
at A. L. U. Hall.
JAS. L. CORT, Sec.
BILL’S CLUB.
J. T. WESTERMANN, Secy.
Meets at Club Rooms every
Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
DANISH CLUB
HAMLET
Meets Every Friday, 7:30 W M.
2nd and East B..
NOTICE
To all Carpenters. United Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, Local No. 1475 meets at the
Anchor Club rooms, 4th and II St ev
ery Tuesday evening at 7:30 ‘ m.
J. S. BALDWIN, Sec.
Get your eyes examined free at
George Osborn’s, the leading jeweler,
by Fred Carlquist, graduate optician.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 260
Having bought our Wall Papers
previous to the advance in prices we
are in position to sell at the old prices,
which means a saving to you of 25 per
cent. Our line is new and complete.
Our stock of Paint is the largest and
best in Anchorage. Our work is al
ways done right. We are practical
Painters and Paperhangers. See us
when you want a good job.
4th Ave. Near H.
E v ANS frantzo n CO.
Dohrmann--Herning & Ce.
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS.
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
. PHONE 76R.