The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-26

the examining board thar ~ * perfectly
healthy. ana he does Nis osSs ~ prove il.
Tie hates ahcVe al things to De seen n
Inc hospital squad marching Up 10 the
surgeons cent.
In the matter 81 policing camp. AZ Il
u called, Or Keeping the quarters In Siyou-
acS clean. there - a regular system II
which 4 detail 1t osrsers looks after Il ~
SEE tina; 10 breeding place for disease ee
lefi iarkins II o. around q camping place
or hear Iha head springs * wafer used by
the men.
In thinking ~ possible great war prob
lens We may well take into account no
TACT that tho American volunteer soldier
OF NE ~ the most tNorouEhly up-to-ttate
man Oh the iScs, Of RE glos<a Modern I'M
! DEoVrnaen;s and IDEAS are a universal Ias-
~ sSzoa in this repaoasc. The rennotest ham
e. has been invaded ~ The intricate mower
/ and reaper, the steam mn. ana steam
ihTesh9r. the sr-sinr machine ana repeat
! Ing rife, The e,octrlV light ana meteor. the
telegraph and daily paper. the bicycle ard
telephone.
Civilization travels all around the
Hodges OF England and ne Sleepy uanses
OF Germany. leaving them as rustic IA
their forefathers. But America has no
verdants now. The traditional! ''waxback'.
mas passed out- The "haYsced" beats the
hunko man al his own game. Add 10 tbs
he Americans ad2ptaAillty 20 conditions.
aau tatie ft mains no room for wonder
that the farmland masters a; \ glance thu
machine gun, the dynamite .hr0wer thu
hFAg-Jergense1 rife ANA the machcte nr
that the Newport blood roughs Il as
We'll "a the Texas cowboy. Neither should
there ho any wonder when they readily
sink self AZ she word Of command with
out reasoning. with celebrating. without
replying simply doing and dying for the
glory Of American arms. Astounaing -
II. That men can hS reckless Of death and
wounds and Yet 81 orderly and business
like They are not gods given up 10
siorified .mmolat.on. bat creatures OF hui
man aspirations and desires Schooled in
the trade OF warfare 20 pat battle arn,or
and battle tteiccnesS on or off at will
Beside r row of barking guns or On the
picket outposts stand the harnesScd war
riors sending home death shots. every core.
at tension, every eyeban strained They
are shooting 10 Kill, shooting az Span!araS
Around them, within call. and even with
In feach. are their on-duty comrades
some sleeping. sumo cooking, some eating.
some writing letters SO close TO the ram
parts that dust thrown up by the euemys
SHOTS dries the Ink on their paper. Others
are reading letters and newspapers frons
homo or playing the fiddle AMI flute.
whiie the battery glce club sings olt tina
latest coon songs and variations of 'srhe
Girl | Left Behind Me" These writer's
and froliekers, these fcaSters and readers.
were al the guns on the last relief and
several OF their number came out dead or
wounded. In an hour, IN a moment. IL
may be- summoned by the tap OF drum,
they VIII he up and AT Il again while those
powder blackened. bare-armed demon.
now on duty turn from their grim labors
10 play at being man Just fer an interval
II Is 50 al over the field with every reg
;ment. troop and battery. Every phase OF
human character is eNempiifled and all in
tue highest perfection. In place OF con
demn.ng war for It's horrors one feels
like pfrpe;uating II for it's grandeurs. no,
me least or which IS the development OF
| The hero man. One Is led TO believe at the
| hrst blush that the proper thing to do with
thLS American army would be IN send 4,
| forth on the AlexandrIne mission Of world
| conquest. and no one who sees II In ar-
| ton VIII harbor a doubt or It's ability to
| win. and win hands down.