Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-10-17
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tetnat,oual Prison Congress n rrpurt was
/ presented 10y the standing committee on
/ Police, aud which consists % X. W. No
ClAuRhry, chici ~ pulIcc ~ Chicago,
Charles J.. Felton,, ~ superintendent, ~
the house ~ correction ~ Chicago, lieu
jamin Murphy, ~ jersey City. aud Jo.
s-ph Golden, ~ Charleston, =. &. The
| tcIruit having b-en referred tu the appto-
| pfiHtc committee, the congress resolved
itsef into n committee ~ the whole, Tor
the purpote ~ listening ;o ~ interesting
paper by Capt j W. PpI-, commandant
~ the United Statre mniaty prison,
| Fort lrHvenwuith. Knusap. Uiun "Ctiuo
aud ttmlnals IA the American Army"
The speaker IN the upcu,ng SAID "lt
mHy npIcat Anomalous that there should
/ l." ~, H"fted tu the National Prison aA
t"clHttpn Nhuee chief aim IN the Improve.
, mrut - .ociety ~ It's peaceful asI@cts,
AsuhJ-ct which pertains to military NJ
fw's h,!unh the ordinary acVre ~ this
cuuet",t, yet there has h"cn annually
IT, Ldtns l"n' meetings u representative
La in,s trnnch Il Jour e., mprehpns'v.
,tud,
II thr' should 6ppea- anomalous. II
may t'iNr To- puint out the more hbnur
MAJ plouumrnnu enhih't-d 10y this great
era II civilizations, IT," nineteenth ecu
tut,.
Among the most deep seated cuu,ic
tIuuS ~ enlightened mrn have b,sen the
assumptions that civilization ncts asa
! prevent ,iINr u var, that Il intuition u
thr rt'nalwIiy ~ war reduces the nccea
city f,r iatgt military forces. that the
Limitation II the mlhtnty energies ~ ma
uuus ed, mur" tue and opportunity
T ,ht uultNbtiu" ~ the arts %, peace
DIES ~ eel Tor the Hmeltuthtiun - the ma.
t"lu and eoclnl welfare - the lcOplr
Ia suutta\cu',un ~ there rh"tishrd II.
lur,"us, th" u, sltg decade u tiis cen.
tut! u CIVILIZATION witurnea live ~ the
n,u-t advanced evil ned pua etR ~ Europe
ho!dug IN armed preparation twelve NIL.
lio,s IT human beings devoted 10 the dc.
s'turtlUn ~ each other ard what EN-
d"nVur- can lc spared 10y their statesmen
from internal war, preparations NJ. TX.
hau-;td N diplomatic attempts to drive
all other Ierple into the crater ~ the
dreaded eruption certain To follow when
such huge hosts meet IN armed collision
The Who'll "f civilized Europe stands
upon vast crater ~ impending war ~
such d.structlvrue.S Rs the world never
dreamed ~ IN ~ meet batharnus ages,
and this IA tie cloeing years " the cen.
! trr> most noted f"r It's prodg,uus strides
IN all the arts aud sci.uces suited Tor the
ameIlprRtun ~ the human race, but per
! vrrlei Tor the most part To the abuses Of
human destruction Not only are the
lives ~ the human race doomed To such
eI-crdblc ends out the greater part oi
, their Substance, their intellect and facul.
ties are perverted 10 the same abuses, to
? the rrNcuiluh II such drmunIacal nipple
? ments II death ~ dynamite, mclinlte.
srnoks!csa powder and noiselsss powder,
high poser and rapid firing guns capa.
bl. ~ more oyers helm,Dg slaughter than
the brains Of our ancestors could con.
ceIye ~, Even ralways, those peaceful
: harbingers ~ Increased social intercour
and friendly intercommuni caiion, are
chiefly diverted to the rapid transport OF
armel hosts to battle, and are thought Of
= principally M lines % attack or Of retreat
aud OF communication with military
bases of supply.
America, thank God, though a pro.
= tess,oral soldier, stands to-day the sole
grea, emb EN- Of the aim ot true clvilza
ton, which IL peace, u great and good ex.
= smplar to people who are groveling un
der the mighty load Of wariike prepare
;. ton, % q great nation d,votinn lts en-
}. erHIes aud boundess resources to the
Il arts Of peace and good will
n America, who, with her exuberant pop
n ulntion OF sturdy manhood and incom
: parable resources, 10 capable, II fully pre-
n pared, OF meeting all Europe IN srme,
q conflict, stands facing thess millions o.
= armed men and mighty navies with be
= H'uls w -@'totp tlVu huu
- navy tn b- built
~ But Is this great nation entirely salts
II tied To be utterly helpless should un
D avoldahie war menace her borders?
The great preparation gong on il
Europe il the supreme edor, Of decade
OF military training, which training /
N now more absolutely requisite 10 mil,tar
~ competence than ever before under tn
r marvellous development OF the noder,
Vi art of war.
10 In truth, stern discipline and perfec
n training hav. become indispensable 4
AZ meet such iues IA modern ar MES mus
ID encounter. Citizen soldIery could on
r afford easy food Tor the match sas weap
" ons aud hin shed discipline % the presen
N European iorces,
Are We then, Hs great nation, willin
NJ TO be utterly at the mercy % any Euro
- pean power which may seek pretext /
"a attack us: II not wiling To b- absolute
II ~ defenselesa We must bethink ourselve
n To have at least "a compeient nucleus 10
q war force, and ut present our defens
" depends upon the well trained but poor
y armed regular force 81 25,OOo men, an,
!, therefore every American 10 virtual
n concerned in this scant military ARA.