Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-26

Lieutenant Patriekss Lecture on MfIi. tary ScIence-Germany's Comp pulsory
 System-Our Military System of Re-
 cru1ting-CaIdwell Will stroke-The
 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture.
 A few days ago the number of men who were trying for the freshman crew was re- duced to two crews. They are now training regularly every afternoon, the work consists ing of @ run of three or four miles, light gymnastics and a short pull in the rowing tank in the gymnasium. There is much good material among the men, and it seems rather pity that they will not be able to match their strength against the Harvard freshman crew next June, Ysle's challenge having been refused because Harvard had @ race arranged with Columbia and did not feel able to undertake two races in 80 short time. The following is list of the men now in training, with their weights: Swayne, captain, 16s pounds; Kidd, ITO pounds; Crosby, 1894 pounds; Kyle, 16s pounds; Thompson, ITO pounds; Ballet, 165 pounds; F. w. Jones S., ,166 pounds; Robinson s, ,164 pounds; Hollister, 150 pounds; Gregory S., 164 pounds; A; J. Williams, 164 pounds; Houseleind, 163 pounds; ". T. Haskell, 16S pounds; Mills, 172 pounds; Lyman, 161 pounds; Hilton, s., 15O pounds; Morrison, 171 pounds; P. T. Haskell, S., I'll pounds
 Captain Woodruff of the University crew pas notified Caldwell, the stroke of the win ming crews of 'S6 and 'S7, that all objections to his rowing this year have been with drawn. Caldwell went into training yester- day and will occupy any position to which Captain Woodruff may see fit to assign him. It is not likely that he will immediately be- gin to stroke the crew, but there is no doubt that in 8 few weeks he will occupy the posi- tion which he has so finely filled.
 PHI BETA KAPPA.
 Prof. c. T. Winchester, professor of Eng fish literature in Wesleyan university, deliv- cred very interesting lecture in Linonia hall last evening on "An Old Castle" The sub- jeet embraced literary and historical matter of the sixteenth century, with which period Prof. Winchester is especially we'll ac- quainted.
 Prof. J. F. Weir has just finished writing book entitled ''The way, the nature and the method of revelation"
 The Apollo club goes to Wallingford to- night to give concert.
 The candidates of the University crew will go to the training table March 1. At meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic association held Saturday afternoon at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, resolutions to withdraw from the National Association of Amateur Athletes of America were passed. This was done for the purpose of placing the Intercollegiate association in a more inde- pendent position.
 LECTURE ON MILITARY TACTICS.
 The first of the annual series of military lectures to the senior class of the Scientific school was given in North Sheffield hall yes- terday afternoon by Lieutenant Mason N. Patrick, U. s. A. ''Armies, their organizs- tion, equipment and tactics" was his theme. He began by speaking of the great need of more men in the standing and then turned to detailed comparison of the compulsory sys- tenn of service in force in Germany with the voluntary system in this country. He said that the United States could probably never come to such compulsory system and showed many ways in which our system was superior to that of the great European military power. He seemed strongly in favor of raising the standing army to at least double it's present 1 strength and spoke ot still larger figures. In this manner he thought that the prece- dence of the United States would be greatly l enhanced among nations. The number of men in the country capable of bearing arms was placed by him at eight millions, while the present standing army numbered scarce | ly more than twenty-five thousand. The uses of the different corps of cavalry, infantry and artillery, with their arms and | equipments, which form an army were fully and lucidly explained to the martial listeners. Tactics past and present were l reviewed and many beneficial changes sug- gested. The next lecture will be on Friday afternoon.