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Title: Leonard Wood, administrator, soldier, and citizen
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Hobbs, William Herbert, 1864-1952 Wood, Henry A. Wise (Henry Alexander Wise), 1866-1939
Subjects: Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927
Publisher: New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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were especially fittedto become officers in the army. Under theinspiration of the General, the business menresponded to the call with enthusiasm, andhaving passed through the camps they wentout as so many missionaries to spread the gos-pel of preparedness. Such men as RobertBacon, a former Secretary of State of theUnited States, and John Purroy Mitchel, theMayor of New York City, elected to becomerookies, and the splendid effect of theirinfluence it would be difficult to overestimate.In the campaign which the General made tosecure recruits for the camps, as well as inlectures delivered to the men, the opportunitywas found to sound the call to arms and todispel the erroneous impressions concerningwhat the military history of the country hasbeen. In setting forth the purpose of thesecamps the General said in an address: The Plattsburg Idea is expressed by thewords—Preparation for National Service/Primarily, service in war, because trainingfor such service is generally wanting in this
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Mayor Mitchel and General Wood reviewing parade of the Alaskasoldiers at New York City Hall The Fight against Pacifism 147 country. Incidentally, the training is train-ing for life, for with the spirit of service forthe nation in time of war goes the spirit ofservice for the nation and the communityin time of peace. The Plattsburg spiritvoices the principle of individual obligationfor national service and an appreciation ofthe fact that with equality of opportunityand service goes equally the obligation tothe limit of our physical and mental capacity.It is the spirit of patriotism; it voicesUniversal Military Service. At first it wasa voice crying in the wilderness. Now it isbecoming a voice which is heard in the high-ways and byways of the nation. It is notonly a call to service, an appeal to everymans sense of duty, but it is also a voice ofwarning—an attempt to awaken a slumber-ing people to a sense of present unprepared-ness and inability to meet its soldierresponsibility by cit

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