The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-09

paDcrs have been AZ All aio"o' '
title "The Great Bunco." the Norlu
said:
one hundred and sovonty-hve thousand
volunteers we're called when there "ds
not and could not have been hesi y,
more soldiers than were In the ihcreaSeu
regular army. .,,
Three fo1rrths Of these unnecessary
volunteers were herded In nome camps
10 be the prey OF Algcrism ana Alseiian9'
one hundred thousand OF 'hesc In.
teers. all az whom were enhs'eu ~
the VAR are still held In the service
although the war has Deeh a0'u""'
for three months. - f,,,ho
These volunteers. enlisted 10 free cup1
and avcnge the Maine. are now hoip
chiefly 10 be swept by the currents %
destiny into garrisons in HAWAII iho
Ladrones and the philippines: ,e.,-o.
sucb are the rewards Of seli-sacflhcihs
patriotism.
Now. let us notice these statements III
detail.
WI, tho war came on Spain had in
c,,h, ond Porto Rico all OF two hundred
thousand troops. and their hgh'ihs a'
Santiago proves that they were mo-
,roo,, ~ he despised. II the war was to
ACCOMPLISH anything we had 10 nlaS''i
,hoso soldiers. and how could we reason
ably expect to do that with smaller
army than the President called ior' Inc
soldiers called for would, OF courSe' ~
raw and green, and to have uhuei amen
% conouer two hundred thousand THOR
opehIv trained soldiers with smaller
number han they. OF green soldiers "OoiD
have been the perfection OF hauHe7S'
No we'll balanced man acquainted Win
the facts of the case viii censufe inc
President for calling for as many soldiers
as he demanded.
That these soldiers, when called out
should have been subjected to Alger ana
Algerism is n just subject Of criticism
but II is not an occasion for criticism
that they were put into home camps ana
kent there until they could be made sol
diers This was absolutely necessary
for their effectiveness in the real war
that It seemed that we had on hand.
T. &c entirely right that 100000 Of these
soldiers are stm held in the service
No treaty Of peace has been signed and
f. is entirely possible that we snail nave
moro fighting to do before peace Is con-
Guided It would be simple madness 10
d,sband our army to a greater extent
f., tbe present condition Of things.
If # be the fortune of war that our vol
unteers are sent for garrison duty TO the
islands we have wrested from SPAIN
II is ono of those unhappy results which
all soldiers take account Of when they
Volunteer. II is the fate Of war, II
they are sent to those islands~to garri-
eon them as our acquisitions we shall
resent the act as pointediy as the "orid
or Journal could.
Pint our resentment viii turn upon
the acquisition of the ISLANDS anu ho'
mon the deportation Of the volunteers
We ought to take the islands from SPAN
and exercise a protectorate over them
until they can manage their own-aifalrs'
ord q will take soldiers quartered in al
of them 70 keep order and~preserve the
neace while they are going through the
formative processes of their govern
rnonts our volunteers must expect TO
have TO perform this duty for n time al
least and they ought to have contem-
plated that possibility when they en-
listed.
All this sort of criticism Of the admin
jstration is energy wasted. The people
| understand the case. and they are not
GOING to quarrel with Mr.. Mckinley
nnon any such grounds. But they want
to know the facts about the War De-
nartmenfs disposition Of its war patron
age who got the contracts 10 supply
tba troops. what prices were contracted
for and what sort of supplies were iur-
,ished? Upon whose pull was this
man appointea to Office and that man
given a soft place? These are the ques-
tions that tho people want information
about and II everybody would cease
earning at what is of no consequence
and turn their attention thus, we might
have some useful results.
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Hon. Pingree got great victory and
NOW ne can settle on potatoes exclusively
and stop raising sheOl on the sue.
Candidate Wesiger's "bed Of pain cam
paien apparently was without many sym
| Dathizers.
The latest returns show that only one
| coroner in North Carolina realized the
| ante-election prospects.
COT. Russell will probably now with
| draw his charges Of "pernicious activity
| AGAINST the machine Republicans.
| The Van Wyck sequence seems 10 nave
| been broken in New York
! Croker's audiences of deaf mutes seem
70 have been much larger than anybody
knew.
The Prohibiuonist candidate in Rich
mond got two votes. He thus probably
| has a son who is a voter, too.
majority Of the registered voters IN
| Richmond did not vote at all. It would
1 xtb their choice