The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08

tie present war; Tina. ii IN.
NU all absorbing topic at the
y present tFs. II fhe opinion
OF f1ase wisose views are
entitled 10 respect ~ reason OF training
and exp%rier.er be taken as criterion.
tho answer may he given In tso words
Absolutely aore.
The history vi the spanish government
eor nearly two centuries has been osie Of
what might be ssiied ',siisaslfoas dessa~
lnoce." One by enc her enormous COLO
m0n1 possessions have been swept away
until now. omitting fsiba which Il a.
good as gore, practically nothing remains
excepting Puerto Riro and the Phi ppitt.
islands, and i IN b. 40 means certain that
by the time IL. pressnf war shai. have
ended the Spanish fag VIII not hase reasea
10 wave over those plaees. sole relics as
they now are Or Il past glory
Senior SaEasia soms tifne ago. wsen q5ss-
tened as 10 tie number Of men he ca,sid
put into the Geld, said that or a pEGch
the Spanish government could muster
90. 90 able TO bear arms. Ii has been com
puted that the United sta1es by great
though by no means extraordinary effort
could, IL II were necessary. oppose these
with an army Of 1900 90.
Those who are In Il position 10 know,
1o1iare that for all purposes Of warfare
SOC 90 are a good az Gs.u1g 0aa. That IL
20 say. no body OF troops could be gath
cred together which could successfully
oppose u compact ARMY OF s.oe1. 90 properly
Osf1cersd and disciplined.
Without any desire 10 appea. ysingio-
sfoue. !. may therefore be stated with ref
er~nce TO any nation In the world or any
possible alliance OF nations Ire United
States rs invlncit,l.. provided SHE he tbs
attacked party. II the statement = 70. II
would appear thai possibility % spainss
SUCCESS IN fiIe present war is absns as re~
he. ysftFtE
We have the men and The money. and
Va also have the officers. who WILL be re-
eruited for any auxiliary troops which
may b. needed from the ranks Or those
who served in the Confederate and slniss1
armies during the civil war. 10 say ao;h-
ing OF the hundreds OF thousands o. men
who have done shelr iirnr IN tie Iallitla
organizations of Tire various states. For
example our national gnardsmen have
had 50 much general training that even
the prisates will make capable minor OH
GERS, such as sergeants and iieutenanss, To
Inspect the drill ard effectively command
tina men who mag enlist As volunteers.
There are more general 0fficsfa in The
regular army than are actually needed
for the number of men. The first class
MT West Point has Just beea graduated,
ard from that supply mas he drawn OH
GERS to have general supervision or the
volunteer forces. That We shall have then
Hfiffttifft BAtIhsi "a t14bi'Eafht ttiHia-ffs
directors IL assured. and there arc many
more among the surviving So1.ooa members
OF The c. A. II. who would again bring
their experience into the ranks. while
flo.t Of Confederate veterans are anxious
10 hear arms under the folds OF Old Glory.
The organization Of the army il little
understood by the average Individual TO
inc lsyrnaa n company and a division
represent vaguely about tire same thing,
when Ia reality they are al Ia apart az
the poles
A regiment 81 iafantrT g properly W
eonspanies OF To-, men cacs. or 1000 SOL
disrS fineluaing the officers. i,Ais inena-
pnt while this is the strict intent or
fui confinement II r seldom realized. and
a regiment from various causea IS itksfF
e., number anywhere from -, TO Liza men.
lin times Of war it, ranks are naturally
depleted. and sometimes. when II IS IN
possible TO keep up the desired quota ny
re;saaied etlIfsfmenss. two Weakened bnd-
ies are consolidated and The eoinhinatioa
IA known by the name Of one OF ihe tcF~
fner organisations. or II may he gwen an
entirely new designation.
The regular United States army today
consis,s Of 10 regiments Of cavalry. reg
i,uents OF artillery AMI - regiments Of IN
fanfvy--that Is complete. a body OF AZ go
,nea. Eli. as there arc only z'.119 soldiers
sno,e az tile regiments ave really nothing
nare Than hattailons 81 from four 10 eight
ssor,,tafsaes The maximum nuitao~f ~
either a cavalry or artillery regiment Is L