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dar Rapids Gazette.
Captain Lowering would make ss.r
coach for a professional football team
Omaha World-Herald.
The military post OF Fort Shrsiasn'
seems to be In urgent need Of a civic fssa-'
eration.-M Milwaukee Sentinel.
Dragging a man by a rope tied 70 MS
heels does not seem to be the best mr4h<an
Of enforcing army disciplinc.-7 Dnbssssr
Herald.
The organization Of Society for ts,e
Civilization of United States Army O&i-
GERS seems need Of the hour--Ascs
Moines Leader.
The only remarkable thing in ccwne<>-
ton with the latest sensation nj ss,s<c
Sheridan is that nobody was kihe4--
Washington Post.
Even the brutal Weyler will have fhr'
right to point the finger Of scorn M aase
American people and call them hyHso-
critics IL they permit such outrages--Mi1-
neapolis Tribune.
Perhaps that private soldier who way
dragged by the heels at Fort Sheridan
was merely being put in training for n
military football team at that post
Springfield, H., Journal.
We hope the story of the maltreatmemf
of the private soldier in the regular ARMY
at Chicago has been exaggerated. III n i~
literally true, we have no reason to cy1
out against the brutality of German orr
cers.-Buffalo Express.
The cruelties practiced upon Private
Hammond will heal, but from the ',roasss-
ings" the british captain and his friend,
the colonel, will get, there viii be ma re-
covery. And they deserve all they WIN
get.-Grand Rapids Herald.
The rack and the thumbscrew shDQaa
be made part of the equipment Of Ftza-
Sheridan. Dragging Il man by the hrs&s@
and prodding him with n sword is too swR-
ward method of enforcing discipline sx1ss
intoxicating sentiments of loyalty--Min-
neapolis Times.
The officer who approves this outrage
expresses himself as perfectly satisfied
The victim was insubordinate. He refrs-
ed to perform some allotted labor, ttsrse-
fore he was treated with sayagery sixat
would not be dreamed of for n day i'm
Turkey.-Philadelphia Bulletin
There can be no state of affairs THAT
justifes such cruelty. Other penalties
diers. To persist in such practices la 20.
reduce soldiers to the level of brutes nnd
to make their officers bloodthirsty tyrxriss
of the Weyler type.-Buffalo Couriex- Rec
ord.
Col. Hall is quoted as saying that tkere
is nothing improper or inhuman in p<zn-
ishing contumacious privates by dra--
ging them by the heels for 600 yards or Nd
The colonel has not volunteered to dezpsm-
strate the harmlessness of the practices ina
his own person, however.-San FRANCHISES
Bulletin.
The report of that outrage to Pnvate
Hammond ut Fort Sheridan reads as III IN
might have happened in military Ger
many or barbarous Turkey. Byt that sam
American citizen should be subjected M
such humiliation and that an Americun
officer could stoop so low as to enferce
such edicts, passes all understanding
Peoria Journal.
The old idea that commander must be-
a terror to inspire obedience and secure
good discipline has largely disappesaseS.
and it is demonstrated at every post in the
country to-day that the more considerable
and self-controlled method of handbag
the regulars counts UNNECESSARILY for xAe
good of the service.-Detroit Free Prexs
Gen. Miles found the soldiers of tbe
European armies well drilled machines.
but he did not find among them the bright
ness and alertness to "catch ON" tfanf
characterizes the American soldier And
yet some of Gen. Miles officers act rs IL
they regarded the American private sol
dir as no better than a beast.-Minnenpo-
lis Tribune.