The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-10
re UNITED
STaTEs AgmY.
H. rs Real Work 10 War Tine
Is 0rSauizea.

~ rs related q Won Afaifxe tina: when
awakened IN the dead Of nigaf VIE
III sa@ announcement thar France had
III declared war against Germany, ne
I'll culy remarked. Look In nay cabs-
ne. slse A, drawer .: send on las
s<ierram you find" Then he turned oyer
ara weas 10 sie4p again GeneFas -
! ueuia not fnd everything 70 ready u Wal
came suddef.sy upoa this country
An srrny il IKE snake. II has great
leurths Of body and a small head ane
head /. the sGhftng pArt. and one o. is
moss important dutses Is 70 rrosecs kne
Lody. which consists Of wagon trains ana
isncs Of supplies: Tor u the body v IN
twed the head becomes poWtfisss- ~ -
veil 20 bear this sirnfle IN mina ~ eosisaa.
ertnx the plan OF army organization ana
the s.eps which are being taken 10 make
II effective Fortunately for the success
q these steps there IL no other country IA
ehe world ws,cse resources can respond as
nrompfly and az generously TO an irpefa-
live call az those Of tho United states.
where Ayny E90ipments Come ffoo-
In completing IN military equipment the
goyerrn,er; depends partly upon 10 own
srrsorfes and arsenais ard partly upon
nr.vate factories All leather materials
s.seA h. me service are manufactured in
the arsenal at Rock Isiaad. III The ar
nory M Springfield. Mass. turns out the
small arms. the krag-Jorgensen ana
spriuxfseid rifles. and tae ammunition Tor
thase rides n made at the Frankford ar
s eRaI 4: Philadelphia The arsenal n
Watervilss ~. Y, surns out high power
guns hcsf.zers. mortars and heid piece.
while the disappearing carriages for the
new high power seacoaSt defense guns
and the carriages for high power morfars
- II - ...t r~S<
town. Mass. Here also are made the conf
q. shos when are used for practice firing
and fer determining ranges In battle be-
fore The more costly steel protectiles are
brought into play.
Forg:ngs for the great guns are supplied
~ contract by the Bethlehem Steel com
pany AZ Bethlehem, Pa, and the Aidyale
1sesl company, at Philadelphia. The Beth
hhem company also makes ordnance COM
pssse. and II now engaged IN the nsanufac-
lure Of 10 high power steel seacoast de-
fsnse guns which viii cost G.500.00o There
q also under construction by the company
is-sn-h breech-10adfng rifie. the largest
high power gun ever built In The United
States. the projectiie OF which will weigh
loo pounds. Or the completion OF the
guns. either by the government or private
contractors. they are sent to Sandy Hook
for testing. and then they are shipped by
rail or SEA for the paint along the coast
Tor which they arc intended.
The Conmissary Generara Task.
To supply an army with weapons i only
. small part OF the work Of equipment.
The army must be fed and clothed. ard
DsSsision must be made for countless con-
tHSsncies. Wagons hight battery car
riages. arnbuiances and FORCES are now
built by contract. and they can be turned
or quickly. Clothing. shoes. hats and like
Furnishings for the army come under tie
supervls.oa OF the quartermaster general
end his assistants. and are supplied ~
ccntracf and stored at the different quar-
tsmassers' department storehousex
sAosxheut the country. Food supplies are
Ea3cr the supervision Of fhe commivxary
general OF subsistence, and ara likewise
secured by contract
In time Of war. o. In preparing an army
70 take the Geld. vas. ansount CT sup
plies forsse and equipment mug. BE- con-
stantiy on hand. or In easy reach. While
tie provisioning OF company. battalion
a. regiment Of q thousand msn IL perhaps
Set difficult task. the Supplying of a
meal for ioa .o05 men h a far different mat
ter. ard 1t 10 absolutely essential that
transportation from the base Of supplies
should nj al times be uninterrupted and
sGhJect TO no delays. For this reason the
government would assume control Of such
railroads and vessels as nigh; be necex-
sary. and they would be run temporarily
as an adjunct OF the army. private bust
ne~ being permitted only 40 far as IL did
nat conflict with military necessities.
II war should be suddenly declared. and
II became necessary TO put an army In
condition to- take the field. the general In
tsasmand, upon an order from the secre-
tary Of var. woaid at once recruit the
regular military establishment up 20 its
iaE Tint, os efficiency These men, to-
gather with the volunteers who had been
feuussitiored from the governors Of the
various sates. or had been raised by d.
ret enlistment. would be assembled al
tcne convenient puics whore they would
Ae formed In regiments. hr.gaaes and d.
Visitors sndcr officers az sufficient rank In
IRE regslar army. Must OF the volunteers.
when they reached the rendezvous, would
b sna1a 20 be imperfectty clothed aud
tAod and also In many cases entirely sg-
snrsn, Of the simplest features Of the Info
u . stiier In the field. These men must
b ta,sht 10 know wha. II expected OF
shemon the march and In camp. and what
nsy must 10 to preserve their health.
one Days FfghtiaE In Thirsy.
Nth an army In tia field. hardly enc
3w In thirty IL given 10 fighting. The
eSer twenty mine days Of waiting must
lived through ia order that everything
veFk. 1t . not that one day OF lighting
ssteA turns the hair OF an officer grey,
SUI the tweusy.nine days OF anxiety fer his
nes. the supply OF their food and cloth
Hs AMI the maintenance Of health and
900 spirits among them. Men do not
asns well In hattie ON empty stomaehs
saa yss the ordinary soldier rarely takes
are o. the provisions which are issued -
asn ter forced marches. He eats them ali
aasN, ar throws them away on account
v .heer weight and at tire end Of long
&s aasrSh be IL hengry. with nothing TO
sRsease bis hunger. Then comes she
uoaeae He does not reason: he erunahies
expects 10 he Supplied vita more.
"A easai'sns an army other things must
ssekec 10 besides the nen. Horses and
ssF cavtinx. artillery and transpor,
1--WE have 70 ~ supplied ard trained
Sssfs horse differs IN weight and
s~ersi character from one which 10 70
sha ne artillery. and a. much
S'se u required IL choosing animals
"1asAsy service as In selecting men.