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Our Soldiers

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
August
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Company A won fresh laurels at tlit, state encamjpment wtoich eioéed Monday. Kor years the eompany bas stood ne-jr The top and. nader the efficiënt oflicors it has been' the good fortune of the boys of Com])any A1 to secure, the improvement in all that goes to make a soldier has been steady and permanent. AYjth all ilie improvement in drill and discipline .that has characreiïfied the Michigan National Gaard in the last few years the Aun Arbor company has maintained its place in the load. That karmony which is necessary for the suceess of a volusrteer military orgimization exists in the highest degree. ("aptaiu Pack possesses thé flrmnfessj discretion and sound judgment-néeessary for au efficiënt .ifficcv and hè en.j.vs the p-sptvf and eonfidence of hls entire command. " Unier rhese conditions we nay expect the oTganization to continue ïts successful careev ani ii certainly deserves the eneourageitieiit and support -of every one who talies pride in the success cf iustitutiens which are distinctively of and for A.nn Apbor. The state militia is at times the object of no small amount of raillery and the occasion1 of considerable grumbïi&g on account of' expense, bat the Democrat believes that ttie money spent in thns educating a Citizen .so-1diery is well invested. We have no standing army. If. is not desira.ble that we should have oue. A standing arny is always a Hiena ce to Democratie instítuüons. Bat it is necessary when the peace and security of t'he country is threatened that we should have tralned tnea ready for defense. In the jational guard we have a body whieh is always ready. When called upm tliey eöme, not wilh r!n mechanica! discipline of those who make soldioriog a business, but fres:h from (h p.eople sharing their sentiments. imbued witii their spirit, and ready to fi.nlit not for so much per mont-h, but for the protection of their ho nes. Snch an army is the ;best and sarevi safeguard auy peole can have. Xor is this nuiiiln-r limited to ihose on the muster rolls at the present time. It h'cludes the innumerable host who have servod their enlistment, rece i v :! their training and drtspped ont to n-.ake room !'.:r the educa tion of others. Of such is the material wliicl' the United Sta les lias alwa.vs at hand To draw upon for a volunte ?r army - an army whose magnitude would only be limited by the necessities of the oc-casion. By aJl means let the work of training soldiers go on and let it have the cordial and hearty support of ;ll li'berty-loying people. It is safo to say that sucli soldiers will never be to oppress the people from whence they come and of wliom they form a part.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat