. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . DKConATKi) I)Im;i; IX cnARci: or sticwahh mavi: 55 50 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE. Baltimore and OhioEmployes Magazine Robert M. Van Sant, EditorArthur W. Grahame, Associate EditorHerbert D. Stitt, Staff ArtistGeorge B. Luckey, Staff Photographer Preparedness STATESMEN and soldiers, fromthe days of Washington to thepresent time, have been urgingupon the American people thenecessity of preparedness for war—whichmeans insurance against war. But untilthe fate of Belgium furnished us withan example of what befalls a weak orunpre
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . DKConATKi) I)Im;i; IX cnARci: or sticwahh mavi: 55 50 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE. Baltimore and OhioEmployes Magazine Robert M. Van Sant, EditorArthur W. Grahame, Associate EditorHerbert D. Stitt, Staff ArtistGeorge B. Luckey, Staff Photographer Preparedness STATESMEN and soldiers, fromthe days of Washington to thepresent time, have been urgingupon the American people thenecessity of preparedness for war—whichmeans insurance against war. But untilthe fate of Belgium furnished us withan example of what befalls a weak orunprepared nation when kings go outto war/ their words fell upon unhearingears. Yet we need not turn to Europe tolearn the cost of unpreparedness. Wehave paid it, in some degree, in every oneof our wars. The situation in the Revolu-tionary War was summed up by GeneralWashington in a letter to Congress in1780, when he said: Had we formed a permanent army in thebeginning ... we should never have had toretreat across the Delaware in 1776 trembUngfor the fate of America. . We should nothave been the greatest part of the war inferiorto the enemy, ind
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