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To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

In view of Congressman Gardner's assertion that this country is totally unprepared for war, would it not be a good plan for Harvard to fit her men, so that if war should come they would be better able to serve their country? "In times of peace prepare for war" is an axiom which, although little heeded in this country, has been proven by Germany to be only too true. Two hour's drilling a week would not materially disarrange the life of the students. Besides preparing them for an emergency, the drills would be beneficial in a moral and physical way. Many men in the University never exercise at all and many who do, do not do so in the right way. Hence all would gain in strength and health from the "setting up" exercises which are a part of military drill. From a moral point of view the drills would teach discipline and order, which are to no small degree lacking in the citizens of this country. Harvard has been accused by outsiders of thinking in the past and heeding little the affairs of the present. Let us show the country that we recognize the present need of a reserve force to protect our, rights and dispel from all minds that hackneyed term "Harvard indifference."  MILITARIST '12