The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-23
Military Sciencc..O!d and New.

The present system Of tactics-hat
is, the rapid over the Slows but re-
turn to the old style Of combats andwe
tind that, as the change Of fashion is but
Il repetition of the old, SO in military
affairs there is, in the use Of the bayoret,
return to the hand.to, hand conflict of
ancient days. 1t is quite strange to noe
how the science of war has been control
ed, and even shaped, by the notions aus
prejudiccs of men. There has not been
IA great mind in military service Tor the
last eighteen centuries, who has not left
his mark on the age. One important fact
has been established by the experience Of
ages, whatever may be the reaches Of
military science personal strength and
physical power will turn the scale.-
The only exceptions to this rule, are
found in the camplyns of Caesar with
! the Gau,s. For instance, the ancient
Athenans were considered a match with
the Pursian> at one to ten, and at Mara.
/ thon ten thousand Of the former routed
one hundred thousand of the latter in
| pitched battle; yet one Spartan, owing
to his superiority Of nerve aud vigor,
was equal to six Athenians, as the lat cr
! in time learned to their cost. lu ancient
days tolcrablc substitute for artillery
was found in chariots Of war, which were
as fearful then as battery would be at
present. With the javcnil and the sword,
and with complement of cavalry, Rome
conquered the largest part Of the known
world. This seems wonderful when one
realizes that all was done without the
discharge of a mu>kct, or even the snap
Of percussion cap-tnat never breach
was made by siege guns. nor town
'shcIlcd,' and that one Of the most per
picking features of modern surgery was
not even dreamed of--wc refer to our
shot wounds. The horrors of ancient
warfare transcend all cstimatc-g. neral.
Iy no quarter was taken. s. Vac rtctts >
became a Roman proverb. Hence the
the victories Of Marius and Caesar
Prisoners, when suffered to live, were
sold into slavery, aud iu latter days were
slaughtered in gladitorial shows, even
thousands being pitted against each 9th
or in the Coliseum on a single occasion
and .'butchered to make Roman Holi
day.
There were 10 military hospitals, ant
the wounded were lef, to perish. \:
their wounds were generally cuts, in
stead Of shots, they generally bled t.
death And, as the labor Of burial wa
commonly omitted, the wolf, the kite
and the vuIture finished the work.
The legionarics Of ancient Rome wcr
the most vigorous troops the world ha
ever seen. Their labors would astonisl
even one of Napolcon's Old Guard Eacl
man was his own chaplain, surgeon, nn'
we might almost add, commissary. BE
sides helmet, greavcs and cuirass o
heavy brass, he bore a mixed up burdeI
Of food and camp stuff of sixty pounds
: in addition to this, the pilum was a
> heavy as a mu>kct, to say nothing Of til
: massive sword. The secret Of success c
Roman arms was discipline, aud the vcr
name of an amy, ''tTcrctus,' show
what its character must have been.
We cannot wonder that such troop
became the terror Of the word , aud ye
$ We believe that without artillery an
= musketry-but sin ply with toe bayone
G the modern French army would dri,
/ them from the field 1t is strange th;
the ancients had 10 weapons SO fearf
: as this, and yet so simple.
- UsES or lCE.-To drink ice co
Is Ix Il nhI !
the body, and has been known to Undue
p the most dangerous internal congestion
! On the othcr hand, ice itself may be Ia
is en- as freely as possible, not only witho
s. injury, but with tho most striking d
ID vantage in dangerous forms Of di>eas
N If broken in sizes of pea or bean, al
er swallowed as freely as practicable, Will
l. out much chewing or crushing bctwe'
lc it will often be efficient in checking V
e, rious kinds of diarrhoea, and has cur
at violent eases Of Asiatic cholera. a XII
le Of cushion of powdered ice kept to I,
e, entire scalp, has allayed inflammation
III the brain, and arrested fearful con,,
= sions, induced by too much blood thci
tn Water as cold as ice applied freely
C. the throat, neck and chest, with aspon
IS or cloth, very often affords relief, and
ce this be followed by drinking copiously
,ir the same ice cold clement, the wctt
at, parts wiped dry, and the child be Wi;
;er ped up we'll iu bed clothes, it falls int
So delightful and life. giving slumbcr
raj infamations, external or internal, ,
ut promptly subdued by the application
ed ice or water, because it is converted il
'p- steam and rapidly conveys away the
&C. ira heat, and also diminishes the quau
Ike ty of blood in the vessels of the part
,th A piece of ice laid on the wrist, '
tic often arrest violent bleeding at the nc
raj Halls Journal Of Health.
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Temper is good thing, aud
or. should not lose it.