. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . my itself is recruited fromvolunteers; that is, no one is forced to serve in thearmy, but those who like the life of the soldiermay enlist. They are then paid for their —In addition to the regular army of theUnited States there exists in each state a bodyof troops called the militia. These are citizensoldiers that do not make a business of armyservice. They are men from all walks of life whofrequently come together for the purpose ofpracticing militaiy movements. In summer themilitia assemble at a state camp, where they hav
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . my itself is recruited fromvolunteers; that is, no one is forced to serve in thearmy, but those who like the life of the soldiermay enlist. They are then paid for their —In addition to the regular army of theUnited States there exists in each state a bodyof troops called the militia. These are citizensoldiers that do not make a business of armyservice. They are men from all walks of life whofrequently come together for the purpose ofpracticing militaiy movements. In summer themilitia assemble at a state camp, where they havespecial drills and manoeuvers. The militia is thebest kind of a military force for a republic. Itkeeps alive the training of the soldier, and at thesame time it does not constitute a force whichcan be used against the liberties of the people. 122 CIVIL GOVERNMENT The regular army should never be made so largethat the entire people could be oppressed by it. The Navy. — The most important branch ofnational defense is the navy. The greatest battles. The Michigan One of our 16,000 ton battleships in the future will probably be fought on the a nation at war has lost its navy, its chancesfor victory are usually very small. For thisreason the nations of the world are at the presenttime spending great sums of money for the buildingof powerful war ships. A war vessel is the mostpowerful product of national industry. It takesgreat talent and experience to handle such a ship,to manage its propelling engines and all the electricmachineiy by which the gun towers are turned THE ARMY AND NAVY 123 and hcsivy doors opened or shut. The largestguns on a man-of-war cany a missile weighingnearly one thousand pounds, which at a distance
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