Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25

quarter, which IL surrounded by n r,,,,,
guard but on the march the order he =,
necessity at times very loose. 10.
again. the discipline OF the separs,.
corps and batteries comes into plav
Taking the army as n whole. II is AZ
rected by the general In chief 10 march
to some certain point and 10 into on,nn
or throw up intrenchmcnts or press ~
enemy or engage him In battle. The.
/ directions are handed down from a.
/ commander through his aids 10 tho rc,-
erals OF the corps. Each corps will H..
assigned a route Of march and nm az
/ iective point. The corps communal.
I directs the division commanders ms :,
the movements. and each division con.
riHting usually OF two or three briand..
moves NJ one body. on arriving M ~
| destination the division sonorah IL.
I to work with their subordinntos 30 cas-.
/ ~ out the orders Thus from tho ma.
mcnt the last camp was broken up !,
I the time when active operations bar',
at the front officers ana Holdiera have
some definite object In View 10 occupy
attention. Any deviation on the ran, 4,
any officer or his men IL subject 10 mum.
/ iahmont under the articles OF war.
Were II not FOR the hlgh state " IA,
cipllne In the army such thing a,
combination In movement would not bs
possible, and with a large army success
without combinations Is impossible rh,
I troops nrc distributed over fold O.,
wild, that communication cannot br hsa
on the instant with separated Wirrr
and dctachments. Everything mur,
II.
that combinations fail for lack of iI..
I clplinc. often they do fail with d.ras.
trous consequences. but failure Is lp.
10 wholly natural causes not 10 o. bro.
vidrd against such NJ vloloicos of ra.
turc. destroying bridgca or flooding
roads. the Interpolation of the eHer,
with a strong force across the iIn. 6f
march NJ some irolntod corps or Aiyl.
sion. the trcnchcry " guide nr hs
innc'uracy ~ maps. which are often ite
sole reliance Of the commander
Soldiers In actual contact with the
enemy nrc n marvel TO stranger Z,
war. ana he viii be- surprised that there
should be 80 little show of discipline un
the one hand and an much execution 8n
the other hand The reason Tor this 10
that the soldier IN sometimes On warrior
and sometimes only man while uu1ar
the hostile guns. Tho last word e a
good lender before going into battle 90
his followers ~. after directing hHm
how 60 get at the cnemt. Take care of
yourselves" md while he ~ taking rnfs
NJ himself the man never fofrcts that
he II taking care ~ unclo Sans soldier.
lie viii ignore danger and keen cool an.
der Ore with mon falling nIi around
him, but he may show Impotence over
such n trlnlnH thing ne mud nr cold Ur
heat or fieH This shows the power
which discipline hhs over the mind.
The warrior has had Il out I'm tussI.
with danger. but has failed 20 steel him.
self against tho little annoynncea ~ iIfs.
The matter Of health ~ LEFT IN ihs
main 90 the soldier himself cxccrt In
the case of cpldcmlcs. There nro nor.
geons ana a dispensnry with every trrI.
mont and battery 20 be called In In cas-,
NJ need. hut tho soldier has started one
insisting before tho examining board
that he ~ perfectly healthy. and BE- does
hls best Co prove II. Ito hates above 400
thInRn 10 be seen In the hospital squad
marching NJ TO tho surgeons tont.
In the matter Of policing camp. M Il
IL called. or keeping the quarters Ia
hIvounca clean. there ~ regular ryn.
tenn In which n dctnii or officers ioin
after II 60 see that no breeding Place
Tor disease be loft lurking In or around
a camping place or near the hcndapHHgi
Of water used BY tho men.
In thinking Of possible great var
problems We may well take into ae-
count the fact that tho American VOL
untccr soldier Of 1895 IL the most thor
ouFhly up 90 date man on the face
~ sH.N
Ideas are n universal possession In this
republic. The romotost hamlet has been
Invaded By the intricate mower and
reaper. tho steam min ana steam
thraHhcr. tho sewing machine ana -.
pcntlng rifle. the electric light and mo.
tor. the telegraph ana daily paper, tho
bicycle and telephone.
Civilization travels all around tho
Hodges " England md the SLEEPY
ilanscs Of Germany leaving them na
rustic mr. their forofathorH. nut Amcri'
ca has no ycrdnnta now Tho trade
uonnl "wnyhack" has passed out The
"hnyaood" beats the hunko man az ha
own game. Ada Co this the Americans
adaptnbillty % conditions, ana There rr-
mains no room Tor wonder that tho
farmland masters nc q glance the ma
chime gun. the dynamite throwcr. the
Kmg-IlrgonHcn ride ana the mncheie
nr that the Newport blood roughH II
NJ wei ~ the Texas cowboy, Neither
should there be any wonder when they
readily sink SET NJ the word N COM
mnnd without reasoning, without drllh.
Grating. without replying, simply doing
and dying for the glory of American
arms Astounding. IL II. that mon cun
be reckless u death ana wounds and
yet 10 orderly ana huaineasllkof Thty
are not gods given M 20 glorlncd inn
notation. but creatures ~ human as
piratlona ana desires. Hchoolcd In the
trade Of warfare 10 nut battle nrmor
and battle fiorconcss on or on az VIII.
Beside row ~ barking guns or on
the picket outpoata stand the hnrncsHed
warriors sending home death shots. cy-
cry cord 81 tension. every oychnl
strained, They nre shooting 90 XIII,
shooting ~ Spanlarda. Around them
within call and even within reach arc
their on duty comrades, some slecpinH
some cooking. some eating. some writ
lnr letters 10 close 60 the rampnrts that
dust thrown up hy the cnomy'a shots
dries the ink on their paper. Others arc
reading letters and newspapers from
home or playing tho EDDIE ana nuie,
while tho battery CLEO club alnsa out
the latest Coon songs ana variations ot
Tho Glrl | Left Behind Me-" These
writer's and frollckcrs. these fcnatora and
readers. were NJ the guns on the last
relief, and several Of their number came