The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-30
MILITARY nlsAEEECrloN.
Recent Outbreaks Among the Dissatisfied
English Soldiery.


English Soldiery.
The bnuishment OF an entire English
regiment to hard duty in Canada as a
punishment for insubordination is still
fresh in the public mind, followed as it
was by another mutiny much more Sc
rious, the mutiuecrs being sent upon
that occasion to Indian service. The
latest report from Aldcrshot has ere
ated n sensation in England and a pro-
found sympathy for the soldiers
throughout the kingdom. Tho report
duplicates II number of the soldiers of
the crack regiments OF that place in an
attempt upon the life of IL corporal,
whose inhuman severity to the men in
his command could no longer be borne.
In the last five years from every
branch of the English army both in
England and in the foreign service, n
dangerous discomfort, suppressed only
by the most severe measures, has been
apparent and the strongest feeling
against entering the service is every
where manifested.
There was Il time when the English
army was the finest in the world, when
the morale and discipline were perfect,
and the soldier himself was proud of
the service The decline ia the popu-
larity OF the army has been going on
! for IL long time. Commissions in the
army are bought for scapegraces of all
| kinds but scapegraces, as rule, do
not take kindly to discipline, although
they are invariably the scvcrest narti-
| nets. The monotOnous life of the bar
/ Il,
! the lack of actual employment beit-
ting n soldier wear upon the rank and
! file, and the regulations and conditions
| of the service make many abuses possi-
| ble.
The disaffcctiou of the English sol.
dicry is marked when compared to the
enthusiasm exhibited for the army in
| France where the army is mainly of re-
serve men, drawn from civil life, per-
fcctly trained volunteer force, and the
discipline of the German army, the reg
imcnts of which bear the most protract-
ed drills without n nurmur.
Politicians and statesmen arc begin
ming To regard the situation in the army
of England as serious, but are at a loss
to know how exactly to proceed in its
reorganization. In many years there
has been no period when the anxiety
that the army should regain it's prestige
was SO great as it is now. England's S
foreign relations are bcsct with dan.
gers, and ut any time diplomacy may
fail and force be the means of main
tanning her position.
That spirit of patriotism which ami
mates the armies OF France, Russia and
Germany, is not SO intense in the Eng
lish army. The soldiers have known
the hardships of campaigns under the
burning suns and amid the drifting
sands of Egypt, and in the maIarious
low-lands of India. The statesmen
would sacrifice every soldier in tho
army to retain India and many brave
men have already laid down their lives
useless sacrifice in Egypt hut the
masses of the English people are bount
by ties of blood and interest to only
two Of the foreign possessions: to Can
ada, because it has before it n prospect
of political liberty; to Australia, whose
manifest destiny is Independence, anC
they care no more for India and Egypt
where, nevertheless, they must suppor
armies who loathe the duties they mus
) there perform than, they do China anC
) the heart of Africa. Chicago Graphic