Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1916 — T. R. Favors Bill to Make Youths Learn War Rules. [ARTICLE]

T. R. Favors Bill to Make Youths Learn War Rules.

Washington, Nov. 22.—Lieut. Gen. S. B. M. Young, retired, made public here today a letter from Theodore Roosevelt, saying: “I most cordially and emphatically approve your efforts, as president of the association for national service, to secure the passage of a law making it obligatory upon every male American citizen between the ages of 18 to 21 to serve six months or a year — as the case may demand —in the field with the colors. I believe no one should be allowed to vote who has not thus served —poltroons and professional pacificists are out of place in a free republic. “There should be education toward military training along the lines, followed in Australia, Argentina, Switzerland and Japan.”