‘. . manly. JAN. 31,111.10 ' ”i hat Has Haifiéntd 3 H i PRIOR to August, 1914, the majority of peOpie in the United States were living in a fool’s paradise-#secure in the Belief that our country was safe from the ravages of war. Especially confident were we because of the thousands of leagues of deep water which Separated us from the powerful war-like nations ' of the world. BUT OUR MILI- TARY MEN KNEW we were not safe. They estimated that one nation could land 827,000 troops on our Atlanuc coast 1n 46 days, and that another nation could ‘and 238,000 troops on our Pacific coast in 63 days. Inview of the milllonsxof troops we ourselves placed in Europe—after we got ready—the estimate appears to have been conservative. Everybody now knows that we had long lived 1n danger of invasion—that what was the fate of Belgium might have beeflnrthe fate of the . people of some sections of the United States. ' "M ‘ ,1.-.‘ ""1, ' J ,, 1’, , _. -~'" w “combination". A That Danger Has Been Dispelled but warning comes from overseas that 1n the jOys of peace the great nations are once more living in a fool’s paradise lie-4 cause they are idle, while to the East of Great Britain and France Bolshevism (not too well understood) is spreading at an alarming rate. , M» m, :j’ A general knowledge of our military history helped us to avoid, in the war now closing, terrible mistakes we made 1n previous wars. Reference to our history may throw A SIDELIGHT ON CONDITIONS now. LET US SEE WHAT HAPPENED at other similar times, when war-weary, the people of the United States laid aside their arms. Q... ‘_ . 31,52 L Immediately After the Revolutionary War 1 the United States had to raise a new military force to protect its frontiers from the Indians. Later came Shay’s Rebellion in which a mob of malcontents forced the Supreme Court of Massachusetts to adjourn and then tried to 'seize an arsenal. Indian wars followed 1n the South 1n which the United States forces fared badly and then after an interval came the Whisky Rebellion 1n Pennsylvania for which 15,000 militiamen were called out. ._ . we. ' After the War of 1812 and the usual expectation of peace forever, came several wars, among them the Seminole War of 1817 and the Florida War (1836— 1841) in which the United States, a nation of 17,000,000, contested for seven years with 1,200 warriors and finally gave up the struggle without accomplishing what the government had attempted l After the Civil War it ' f we had to oust a foreign adventurer from Mexico. After the Spanish-American War we had to fight 1n the Philippines. - « \ Our own history, therefore, seems to indicate that the period following a war is not necessarily a period of tranquility. It IS true that we have no hostile Indians now with which to contend but read day by day of the savagery men overseas have revealed and are revealing, and recall that from all of Europe multitudes have for years been pouring into the United States. In 1913 alone, 1,197,892 immigrants came in and 1n the following year 1,218,480 immigrants came in. Are All ~of These Hordes , which have year by year come in been so raised 1n wisdom and morals that the insanity of Bolshevism cannot yet lay hold 0 YOu Steadfast, Level-headed, Patriotic Man who 1n your work daily come in contact with some of those from over the seas have opportunity in that association to help yourself and your country, by guarding them against the evil influence now spreading oyer the world! Q , Q , E: j- ‘1 ; (I A WM'WWMWmoW I . ,1 “'-I' 1' “"1313, 1 ‘ 'w “em .- .‘(r'r' WWONNWHHMNNMMI mommnmu . . ‘ . ~ I ' 'l I I I ' ' I n ' l , , , , , , n , , , , , n: ,,,",~m,.~m~mm" 3,.W. .mowuoomumomtuIWI¢NlouNo neoomnmumwomvumuofiu: "055")? . . , , .1 \ 3 i 4’5:- 1. ‘24: , 3. #3 . . Lt< ‘2 5. 1 'CoNFERENCE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS Inc . .. . 13‘ wig; HENRY A yy'ISE WOOD, Chairman ALAN R. HAWLE¥,;1‘re§surer 2;": ' ’ i“ 3' 1 ,_. ,. - JAMES E. CLARK, Secretary . .. “43v Aifi‘n-..;.-. ' L Metropohtenfiu Life Building, No.1 Madison Avenue, New York City
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