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Obligation To Serve In The Armed Forces
. . . The following article was written by Major General Lewis B. Hershey for the June 1954 issue of “School Life,” the official publication of the U. S. Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. It is reprinted here for the information of the public.
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“Our forefathers in the early settlements along the Atlantic seaboard lived under constant threat of attack. The problem of survival was immediate and continuous. Each of the colonists was aware that he lived only because he and his associates were capable of selfdefense.
“The colonists never knew for any longer period than a day whether they were at peace or at W’ar. The provimity of the Indians and the constant threat of attack resulted in the Thirteen Colonies passing more than 600 laws providing for some form of compulsory military service?
“Today the term ‘under threat of attack’ takes on a meaning widely different from that of colonial times. Distances are greater today,, but with the speed of airplanes being what it is and with the development of guided missiles and ‘pushbutton’ warfare, we have no more idea of how far away the enemy- is than the colonists had of ~how far away the Indians were. ~
“If JEp are to survive in this
new a^L our youth must - be awakenen to the fact that citizenship carries along with i.t the obligation of service. Each youth must serve to protect the freedom our forefathers won for us through force of arms.
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