Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-03

To tAa FiifTr % III Fvsrt1E star
You publish "yno % the bes; known officers
In the navy" a. saying that if war should be
declared. with England our antagonist, within
sulouth thereafter this country would be out
more money than worll sustain standing
army ~ 100. go men for one huud-ed years and
give n th- rne-t navy ~ the world.
our soldiers now cot ia much more. but
suppuse - cut thing, DOWN and compensated
our soldiers with about 500 Tor pay, S75 for
fool hospital and inclLen;als and s2j for
clothing per year one man would cost $500
Then. 100 COO ueu would cost $4,000 COO
psr wear One hundred wears Of this would
so-i u 3 COO 600 600. That amount Is approx
rnately the debt the four wears war Of the re
belhou loft o. a.
Does the well-kuovu officer 81 the navy from
whom YOU give this statement mean to say
that 70 We declared war involving England
we would BE- out - 90 600 coo in the first
month these -usa.l figures are given for con-
yeuisut illustration. but II be means what he
$40 and suuNs what be -ay-, our loss the trst
month wauli be FAR more than -3.O0O.OoOOO
Your naval officer describes in detail how
England ~ from three hours to three DAYS,
would lay our beat cities IN ashes. and he de
c.a-c- that o. suty-fOur hours ali the north
western rur-iou % cur Try would be E-Ittrii
I0--s---aus.
Your u.yaI ofscer Saw The wisest man
Twins cannot tsI whether u tin United States
II
over 90. i-lsnd. 10 VII rot result in war.
~. "g.acy -t- ought g. pursue I-thGs sug-
Er-fs.i Ug YOUR naval officer We should never
give Lss tug and that one last liuk Ia the
ohF4a 81 t1Tut atom, she has welded almost
around g- ~-r NAV protest against the an
u.zsu.r. tgt What "a the name Of all that :
Iatal hl- rts Eat o. -av about u anyway.
90 seems OBJ rlo that yuar uaya. officer answers
Ill ls-t question fasu-tb.y % EIs.Nud in his
rsuars that tte ISLANDS are a. necessary TO her
o. man Tain hey supremacy In the Pacific a.
Giuraltsr ir tn Mediterranean
It SCENE l1 ne shat tn. logical conclusion of
vu.r naval af-.er#.- remarks l. that such being
III uerss-ity 90 England. such being her YoweJ.
aud % being orr certainty that We will lose all
eur rurtLusstsru portion. al our military and
naval pUtl.s 20 vantage. all our grcs: seaport
si'ie- ant general damage - The extent at the
lowest ralculstiol. % s3oOo 900 .00O the fret
mont. wish ru--il.y a Few more months u
hear from AMI the distressing casualty Of a
cuu.iisruhic number % western statesmen
Larsed hats TIL word. kAEged-in the
street by she ilfaT4atod people II seems %
M. % ! NAV Be peru4stted o. rcpsat, that the
lo,-irai cuuclu-iuu . youT naval officers start
hnz statements l. that the wi.est thing We can
d. J. Co invite England 10 take the Sandwich
I-lart-.
% seems O. me- standing as ! now feel do in
M awful presence of certain destruction. and
with an ancctiouate regard for several western
Statesmen, that u - worth doiuy to give Eng
En1 another battery 10 lnuhce htr 10 Keep al
kaT batteries quiet
! did not ku0N all these things toll By your
naval ofcer have been a simple. ignorant
ya'tiDt ssrmlv IN favor 20 annexation. Wher
"a lat ] -aw a man IN a hotel billiard room
In ~an Francisco who extremely DRUM
and Inclined o. crawl under the table. By.
stan.ler- told me this the ring ~ the Sand
uich l-lani-. for several DAYS 1 have beer
using thIs Incident u sustain the rcvolutioulsts
who are coming on 10 give the islands
nov desire O. withdraw my approval OF the an
netatiun scheme. sui | withdraw unequiyo-
snlly IN favor % England
presume 70 ~ apparent 10 everybody bu
western man. but beng acquainted onl,
with uhi' riscr fat boats would like To asl
one question aAA then, Lie the Corsair. III
peace dsFsEt'
IN cur ships are What your naval o6icers IA
they are. and We could have Kept them hid M
the creeks and bsyous and merely sent out I,
the world the glowing printed descriptions tia
Neru fed 20 the western people. why in thi
name 30 AL that's naval dii Admiral Walker
paint lot % them all white and 20 sailing int,
foreign port villa thems What the use il
showing the miserable cookie shells 10 peor!
Ne Inight have ~ Sight NEsrXaSIE-