The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-03-05

+ per>. il seems 10 me, are utterly reckless il
/ their Wild statements. Contradiction simpl,
/ Increases the vanity and >elt-e,tecm of III,
! smart boys Of the press, whose Imagination.
alr better than their Judgment and who claim
| the noble privilege Of invention, Or what uset
| ID We called lying leaving the victim the hu
initiating right of denial or eXplanation.'
WAR AND TIE ARMY.
+, " men did more than Gen. Sherman It
4 cnd the war i'll triumph, but he was convinced
4 lon- before politicians We're willing to admit i
that tho war was over and its results secure
I Ialkidg to hl~ old comrades and soldiers at the
/ New Hampshire gathering in lS>2, be said
Wv may NOW rest in peace, certain and sure
! thal thNt for which We fought i now assured
4 Nn as, uroi tora}er.'
! ~tiIi, he believed IL war when the necessity
| came. ON the occasion Of another as>embLe(
| Of soldiers be said
| "War> are not an evil; they are part of the
| grand machinery by which this world is GOV.
/ ernc3. They are the thunder storms which
/ pu'liv thC pultical atmosphere, test the man.
/ hooiof a people, and prove whether they be
1 worthy to tame rank with others engaged in
the SAME task ny different methods"
| lie urged q larger standing army. with a
/ better organizations, and in bis last report as
! General OF tha Army. on Nov. 1. 1883. he eab-
oratgi his plan TOR Increase, and added:
IVY ere such an organization to be sanctioned
! toy Congress. the military reace establishment
could, believe, ne nain-i,ned on the present
c~tjmHAsy and would Possess the inestnabIe
advantage oI admitting Of an Increase without
Hl-"f"tI OF confusion 10 COCO artillery, )2,H0t
cavalry an" 10000 infantry. Ry the mere
scratch If a pcn and the mg4ic wand Of money,
an@. atterWard, hy doHb.inG lhe enlisted
~irrN@tb II each company without the further
at'llou Of a single officer, We should have the
rH'r'ahle force Of Hj.0ND mru a force large
cHauEh for any probable ntcr~~ity Turing the
REMAINDER uf this century. 1hu militia lnd
Volunteers ~ the states WuuI SOON follow suit
ami we ~houd liYe thruu4hUut the country
thr-r @HaH nuinj, battalion. ut four comuan-
ids, instead of the large cumbersome regi-
HaUt~ of 10 rumlaui.>. a bad tactical unit ana
Il practice alWNN~ >catlcrcd'
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III, (" '"''N
.'"' r"'. 4A"l w" ~ ltll Nh" necessity NJ
-H"- UT .''fla' ",'''''"i 7" .ae uA!trf u -HP,
t|'- I'F hl> troops, ani that Ay General could
/ '"''" "i 'he >"'l''hlH! upon ms stall. The
~ i>' n -.ht ll ft-hHil words. ~ M Greal
"''h If NIlfAf4 it>>"f~ II the v ar
'lt MH> 4lN" lh' ~Htlef Al. personal attcn-
N''It i'F 'he aiIiN fei'oe@1 II MN alone and
>'Nuti h"\'t tioNll lhr thrt thal IT. existence
| 'f'r' rs Nj'a hlW III imp rtancc all other
''l'- i'''A>' 'lre al-a. ct 'f M. ard that
'- 'liN '+th ''lif thl rln h', soldiers are a.
W11r rl.hh- M !rar thc lar-c~I measure Of
iIiN di"h"
ihrr" II Wta.tu N do~t.iptloa IN two brief
-'h.rH'e~. Nfltitu III ~LoW th, difference Of
rD"lillou- in var ItrD ana in IUrupe;
" Europeans fu1u u1.N criticised cur war
''t'"-' W" dl" i.i a.N4N~ i.ht inH advantage
"' N'tt"iN. He irtr reason ~ IA that habit
.iuih tle NVuG> ~.rNcd al A Screen, aul W. did
nur II l.Ie the tart that an pHeny hld retreat
IN l.. 4. "a- a.r pIE Hi'. AWAY pnd again in