The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-26


dance OF courage; the German is un-
equalcd for discipline; the Frenchman is
a liisty antagonist when all goes well, aud
OF them all the Hungarian has the most Of
dash and pluck combined. | leave out
Tommy Atkins. for he is our first cousin.
The American soldier is of q different COM
position from any OF these. To get an idea
Of the American regular the European
would have to make composite picture
containing something OF the Boer of South
Africa and something of the English Of
fcer who has seen rough work In India
The ground element of the European
soldier is the peasant In America tho,e
are not nor ever have been peasants, aud
consequently our enlisted men have wholly
lacked the element of docile servlliiy which
makes discipline in continental armies com
parativcly easy.
The American regular gets minimum
pay Of $40 n month small enough. to be
sure, considering the average rate OF wages
in civil life Yet no; only Ia It sufficient
10 attract good men TO the service, but IL
holds them practically for life.
The quality which impressed nc most III
the regulars at Tampa was the average
intelligence and pond sonso OF cnnrso
do not COMPARE them bero ,,,,th ,tcl,sJ .y,I
unteers nm Win tron,s of t,,ro,,,,.,,, or
mics. In america tbein arc ma ,norA or
eIite ,roors IN tbo Is,,,,,,,,,at, -. - -
regiment of regulars Is presumably lust az
good as any other, at least from the com
lnanding generals point of view. | have
or even ,,qo offonsiy, la,,s,n,.r "a 10 a. ,''an
,be contrary ha,, 80, ,,,,', '' i' st.. "a
wholesome relolinn het,yoc, n,ginors and
mon. can moi eos, ~. n,,ci, ~, cori,tn
voluntncr roytr,o,,s a., ra,,,, Ai,,
II is frcc,sentl" l,,,a,tna ~ ,,or no.
custon,d 10 ,n',ch t,i,or,,,1na III II, ..,n|
ard of t,srsnnaI ,.o,rfort ,,, ,,arsnr' ,',nr,
difficult to control I'm, ,coana mo ,bnec
of Russio ,vbn arm ol,.,sto,,,,I a., -, -,
no trea,o1 ,, WV i'V at "oi'io W
40 ",nerienc., io,, ,,'t u.. mn.
,io,, a,,id -, ~! VIZ tnis
ron Tho IittIo - - 'Ii" it'us', '''oii'
iirited s,ates IL, tS,- n"I NIl,.uvn w '"9
,"',o" l"'es nv tHl8 war. fuI lust tlcc,
comlort so cxtrsn,o 9 anG 90 a', "a u's.
the bulk of the reelme,,ts aho,, ~, 80
| have already rctailed much of what snw
"hlie nNng IN camp and do not propose
nrrin,. ma, No. , p,n'''' rl,p,P''
hear of INV sarlons nrcach -, t, ",d
There must have been nenly of mutteriug
among the men, but no attempt WIS mado
among me co,nnsnio. tr 49,, m,pNpa ireelS
guest was. and the n,pn Ind nnrin ' "noHo
tunity Of ventilating the grievAnces Inv
Iei, but thoy preferred to suffer like men
az worrvins ahar,, ~. '',,'l % 70 wv en"rs'
fort. In some of the rn,irnc,ts
happened 10 have the on,nrtnuit, 90 -
the matter | found the averoea hai,,f,t -
the men decided1v bighns 49,, 49, ~
walls In Europe I bnyn noon o,,.,.,
mountlnps whore o,,,,.,,' -, 'N'n hN"i"
above five feot ntn "i"n appe"ren 10 be
fcers and mon snor, ., 20, ~ P9,n ~
peror in this resnect 70 , ".,aa'u Ivy, NJ
regiments | have .ao, al, i'iVSH
perbnns ina Inr,,cst ,., nuNaiana nave
hut outside NJ ,ba 1921, 1921 ~" OF ttii' men,
regiment az No D.,,sta,, - uuuut Il any
a proportion of well h,,ii, M, m'a 'o i'l'ie
the Firsi or T,yont,, 3D., W nteu u.s. say.
MAR Infantry '"'' oh'Ve0 states reg
mazda tho ro,on1
,,o,r, w '"o composite
pNe'lo VI hoer ana Englishman because
tho English officer represents thN an,r,t
OF the enterprise COURAGE ana htr, 49,,
g., ny, "AV "hu hiBh preed
'''e'' oh Tue other hand, typt-
mes the element OF silent logged. unpol-
ished clear-eyod, homesnun wb, doos no,
care much for r,i,nn H.,
,asa LIN "S o'"''S' ana cares
'oes s.ih LOT oeing governed against his
WILL The American soldier Is worried
by very few rules. ana thos, roo, o,, ,,,,,,
nc be "a, ,,,rnn,,,,'. NV Guy"
,aa,,' No'o's"'E unuerstand' was so
ioi'uHa'e as 10 accompany the frat Ameri-
can expedition which had fighting with
Spaniards on Cuban soil The trepsnort
used carried two companies Of Tia rirst
regular infantry. and wo were gone nbnnt
six days. The men dnrIng IA sV - "u .'s
apparently as much liberty as tho,lrh ~, -
picnic. Guard was mounted at night cor
reasons that all could understand hu,
during the day officers and man wero NJ
liberty to- seek rest and recrention much
as they chose. The harshest ruIe MADE
during that voyage was chat no onr should
smoke between decks, This Was ordered
not from any precedent in the navy but
for the very good reason that our oareo
were on the same deck as tho sleenn,,
quarters OF large portion OF the men.
hear Of \ single man ~ h 'n's s,,p J ara not
I hear any complaints IN arrn,,a. ~ ~