Sharp County record., 1878-04-26

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pressed by war, the people pf5 Of fes
ain have been yearly growi,u9' wi S,'
bers, and this increase, of coT5I o suct
corresponding capacity to nrs3
mics. When the British waro p,o9 SHf
Napoleon so successfully on % a.
nent, the Kingdoms ponr,as % 8 Z
about quarter that of RUSS ' Y. = . !
a third; then it was only baIt srson
Austria, now it is three-fourtb, 1Iuc,
An important element to ba % '''s
to account when the relative st. al
England and Russia is copsido,s S sra.'s Z. =
vast subsidiary territory po,., nsi :, !
both, These outlying depend & Slgei
perhaps more apt to be a wa.s I OIL
Russia's case than that Of IS !.
The colonies and conquered no,a adt's
of the latter have been the F u ght !
great wealth and strength, and I Cnl
be depended upon in an emergs' MarilI
armed assistance; on the confTSsr Wyer,
sia'S immense Asian accesSion' CHE
a burden, and likely to be pp,saral 6
troublesome for years to come has
connection it is quite the habit llndI
upon Russia as the boss land n[onun
among the nations, and to repm ounte
with undue territorial covetonS arc
cursory review of the facts, bnIingd'
will show that leonine England IH44 I
exceeded her ursine rival as a mhailn
land-grabber. Within a ceDn,s and
has graSped 2,650,000 square m1ious (
habited by 250,O0O,OO0 peouIe IJulia
Russia has acquired in the Same II s
only 1,642,O0O comparatively lie. X
miles, with a population of butr'by.
900. Then, in addition, there a. 4 s.
vast countries as Australia, viii hese
former has attached to herselfbv
full colonization, and for which H. 4,
ter can furnish no parallel. of
But it must be confessed thathIh a.
sudden military aggression End "a q 4
at present quite incompetent. I an
ana Uernlany coUlu moolllze thuxur
mense armies in IA days; her i,
would require three or four mon !,
organize hers, and for immedhr " I.
/ ice it is doubtful if the latter vi 9ar
muster $1,000 able-bOdied ighhw ~ ~,
| The war minister's estimates FORTH a'r : !,
ent year-Of oursereckoned Ons ,;n1' 4
/ basis-call for 135, ,452 men, sOms m t;
/ increase over last year. Over S,"M'
these are booked for the colOnie; p-oo
| ing about 10000 for home Servg no
hind this little standing army Of ID
men is a volunteer reserve of 4 y, ~
India, in addition, has a guard A 20
glish soldiers numbering $500 "a
besides considerable body Of Po0l
militia. There is some doubt abu sho, l.
value of these native troops, and oss',, srn,
men sarcastically observe that t fy,
900 Englishmen are needed to guG are
Sepoys. Of the $4,000 colOnialan Z I, \
gency half are stationed at GibraE Z
Malta, China has a regiment,
another, the West Indies 1900 s,
Halifax 1900, South Africa, whea ''''l' !,
is now a war of some magnitude "
the Kaflirs, LOO, and various !, !,
,,,;n+, lngcn,. ,,nY, haT-- -
English writers seem TO find q
room for criticism in the details d 4
army system. The nation has ~, j
little to do with modern cOnil ;t;1'
warfare that it has overlooked th, III
sibility Of progress in military IA
since the glorious ways OF Wat G,
and with true British conserval ny
adheres to much that is now oN,o1a'
and cumbersome. There is gre III ~
pernuity Of officers and too mu- 10 I,
cumlocutory red tape to attain nEms A.,
suits. The whole organization ~ =,
seems needlessly expensive, for 70 %
soldier of the line last year cost Ps
Neither do the English recruits coa a a
fayorably with their continental II
ren-at-arms. The armies OF the of
European powers are compoSedd = !
come of age, with strength and SD mir
fully developed-none are draw
have not passed their Dist birt1l
whereas, large percentage OF b
enlistments are raw boys OF Il f
with many even as young q
OF such reinforcements ii was II
Raglan bitterly complained ID ~
Crimea that "they died like flies ~ -
sertions are of course frequent - = ~o
50 immature warriors, and they%"S
whole company day, half Oi1
succeed in eluding subsequent cay 'nO y
This trouble of too much JuVeNu - !,
now, however, abating. The pt :: :
stagnation of business is the reca 4 4
sergeant's opportunity, and 18th l.
vigorous men in their prime are aEVg =
ing, forced thereto by want Spo'
need come for volunteers on ~ ~
scale, thousands of brawny men ns' d
idle mine and workshop could eas tfe t
found that, for muscle and pow :
endurance, it would be hard 10 ~ !
anywhere else in Europe.-Sp'"' =
mass. Republican. 7.
Lord Rosebery will be by nons @ PEI
the first " "sWelln who has c0nu~n