America not Militaristic

Our Government, from its inception, has opposed the idea of militarism. So determined were the colonials to prevent any possible military dominance they placed a positive check upon such control by making the constitutional provision that money for maintaining the Military Establishment could not be appropriated for a period longer than two years, thereby placing in the hands of each succeeding Congress the power to control through holding the purse strings of the Nation. Military training is not militaristic. On the contrary, it is greatly beneficial to the youth of America. It builds men physically, morally, and intellectually, and inculcates obedience, self-control, leadership, and loyalty.