The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No21 (May 27, 1921)] . , and set upMarxian socialism? Why fill our landwith starving children and raggedwomen, with deserted cities and streetsfilled with corpses? So long as men prefer light untodarkness, and day rather than night,one would suppose that other menwould prefer this republic with itsprosperity, its abundant food, its openchances, to those leprous lazar housesnamed Petrograd and Moscow! Littlewonder, therefore, that all red-bloodedmen of the United States have a down-right adherence to the Constitution,make brave protest against Bolshe-vism,
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No21 (May 27, 1921)] . , and set upMarxian socialism? Why fill our landwith starving children and raggedwomen, with deserted cities and streetsfilled with corpses? So long as men prefer light untodarkness, and day rather than night,one would suppose that other menwould prefer this republic with itsprosperity, its abundant food, its openchances, to those leprous lazar housesnamed Petrograd and Moscow! Littlewonder, therefore, that all red-bloodedmen of the United States have a down-right adherence to the Constitution,make brave protest against Bolshe-vism, or the recrudescence of Germanautocracy and militarism. Many leaders today have calleddown upon their own heads the bitterepithets of enemies who are trying toundermine from within our institutionsand our Government. Let us say withGrover Cleveland, We love thesepatriots for the enemies they havemade. This article has been prepared underthe direction of the Americanism Com-mission of The American Legion,Henry J. Ryan, National Director. MAY 27, 1921 PAGE 7. What Shall Be Our Military Policy? The Commander of New Yorks National Guard, in War andPeace, Discusses the Problem of Defense WHAT shall be Americas mili-tary policy? That is a diffi-cult question to answer, for inlarge measure it cannot be answereduntil the policy of state is determinedand made known to those who are tofix the military policy. Military policy necessarily has a di-rect and intimate connection with thepolicy of state. Indeed, logically, itshould be the result of the latter. Itis not within the province ,of the WarDepartment to determine, for example,the attitude of our Government towardother governments, or whether we areto engage in undertakings abroad thatmight be considered by other nations asunwarranted interference with their es-tablished rights. Obviously these,arepolicies of state which are to be deter-mined by other departments of theGovernment. From what we know of our peopleand of our government r
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