Word: armament
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...doubtless the part of wisdom to sacrifice a portion of its wealth and resources in national defences. But no one can possibly conceive of the United States as in a position analogous to that of Belgium; or of the summer military camps as other than part of a new armament policy entered into in competition with similar policies of other nations...
...drawn into any war of aggression of self aggrandizement. But to many of us it seems that a sincere love of peace alone is not sufficient to keep us at peace. Probably last June Belgium loved peace and was as unoffending as Switzerland but Belgium had no "adequate armament" as had Switzerland and as a result her industrial development of centuries was effaced in two short months. Truly, the road to perfect peace through the development of international law and political unity is long...
...assumptions on which you say the arguments in favor of these camps are based is that "adequate armament" is itself the best guarantee for peace. Has not this been proved in the case of Switzerland during the present war? That country by means of a military system, which many of our experts advise for adoption here, has compelled both France and Germany to respect her neutrality for the past eight months. To see what her condition might be today without a well-organized militia, one only has to look at Belgium. Geographical conditions have aided her, but those alone would...
This country is supposed to have become a world power; consequently, it is argued there must be a reasonable increase in armaments which the Military Camps are expected to give. Adequate armaments, however, are relative armaments,--a fact which those militarists who use the insurance analogy ignore. Any increase in military strength on the part of one power no matter how reasonable--is sure to be met by a similar reasonable increase on the part of other powers. The menace which we face is that of permitting this country to enter the European reasonable armament competition which has no other...
...part of wisdom to prepare himself in time of peace that his sacrifice may give the maximum of production with the least actual loss. Lying back of this argument is the further assumption--less prominent now since the outbreak of war in the armed camps of Europe--that "adequate armament" is itself the best guarantee of peace. The Summer Training Camps offer, it is held, an opportunity for college men to do their part in securing this so-called "insurance" in a not altogether unpleasant way, with the least possible personal sacrifice and without danger of developing a spirit...