Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24

which were made a, the Krupp works
In isq6 and other arms Of the Same
date. The soldiers are well uniformed.
and their driii Is as good as that Of any
army % Europe They have Prussfin
army officers as Instructors. AMI the
most rigid discipline has been enforced.
/ The most arlu0us gynnastic exercises
are practictd. 90 that the bodies Of she
men are like Iron, and 70 that today
there II not an army IN the world that
Il moro ready and better lifted @ take
/ the field than that Of Chile. The huild-
lngs OF the army and navy AZ sintiag,
and Valparaiso cover acres. and they
are among tbs fne buildings Of the
country.
THE RESIDENTS GUARD.
Just opposite tho Moncda or the
Chilean white house II the hoadquar-
/ tiers Of the presidents guard. This
consists Of 200 cavalry who are mount
ed on some OF tho nnost horses Of
I Chile. During my visit the command
or held a review OF the troops that
might see what the chiicans can do
on horseback. They are among the
best hofHsmcn Of tho world, aud II IL
common oppression that the chilean
n born ON horseback The presidents
cavalry moved NJ one man. The COM
pauios Of troops went Eallopng over
the hedges and bitches and hurdles.
7 which are kept In the large court Of
Z the quarters for practice. Dummy SOL
dlcfa In uniform were scattered about
the ground 60 represent the wounded
on the field Of battle. and these the men
pierced with their iancea ~ they won't
FailopnR by AZ the military Hchoo,
or West Point of chile saw the sons
~ the best families 81 the country un-
defgoing the most rigid RymnnHtic AMI
military trimming. Boys o. from iif-
teen 60 eighteen. whose fathers ar"
worth millions were marching through
tho same exercises ne the recruits OF
the national guard. They handled their
guns well and the discipline was per-
feet. There IL o naval school at Val
'ernisn There are military and naval
, clubs herr. and chile has military and
ravni journals subsidized by the state.
/ There II no lack Of martial spirit and
the ambition In military way OF both
old and young n bouudless.
TOO MANY CARRIAGES.
Speaking Of the necessity for immo-
dlatc action on nccOunt OF expense
Henor Jorge .liuruarn. the son %
the former Chilean minister 20 tho
United States and for time Chilean
3 secretary Of the legation at Washing
Z ton, accompanied me on my tour Of
military inspection here. During tho
T splendid training and equipment Of tho
men. when senior Asia Huruega said
Yves. they are very me and they look
very we'll but chile must use them
soon n NJ all We are like n man whn
has twenty-five nne carriages and
nothing with which 10 keep them up.
lie may have the carriages brought
round 20 his door every morning ana
the people viii open their eyes and
s.HNs a..
that man has while all the time he
may be starving In the kitchen. These
soldiers are very line, but chile can't
stand the expense long" This IN true.
Chile has all told only 5000. 000 people.
not NJ many NJ n number ~ our Amer
/ lean states. Fivc-aiNihr Of these arc
! poems or inhorcrs. who pay practically
/ no taxes and the burden Of the milf
! tnry establishment comes on but few.
The country does not Erow In popula-
ton 60 any extent and itH tillRbie tor
rtory n comparatively small. II has.
however. rond credit. and Il has al
ways promptly paid ita foreign itilebt-
edness.
PATRIOTISM IN CHILE.
have not yet seen the soldiers Of enc
Z Argentine, but I doubt whether their
army Will compare with this for ef-
fec;lve work. The chiifans are natur-
hl soldiers. They would rather nTht
than eat and when the call was made
Tor the members Of the national guard
between the ages ~ seventeen and
twenty e. come 70 the heli for the
present drlll more than nifty per cent
/ above the quota asked for fpplei.
Business men tell me they could not
hold their employees. and that thou
slnds were ready 20 enter the ranks
who could not SCI ~, u = SAID that
field within a week. and by che reor-
ganixaiion Of the national guard ac-
eorilng 10 the raw OF 1895. every Chill
can from twenty % forty years of aee
must serve. ny this system the night
ing force Of Chile Il now over $4,000.
and fhe 10000 ana more young fellows
now IN training are under th0Ec aEes
The Arseuilns militia and national
guard are more numerous than that of
Chile. hu. Il IL believed here tina. ~
men are ND such good soldiers. ana
that they are anxious to escape service.
while the chileans court H. A. a re-
cent call Of Troops In the Argentlne
about half OF the number fiiled 20 al
pear. The Argenilns has about 1900
900 more people than Chile but among
these there are tens Of thousands OF
Italians who have been warned by
their home government 10 keep out %
the Argentine army. Tire are tens
~ ihhuHAhuH OF ttftnhts VINO hfll hnli
their allegiance 10 the Kaiser, and sens
OF Thousands Of English who are out
here 10 make money and who will moi
fght for anything elrs. Hnenos Ayres
alone has more ,han 10000 people OF
English blood. and these have almost
no patriotic regard for the country.
Here In chile there are comparatively
few foreigners and every chilean IL a
patriot. There Is no country OF rho
world which has 50 many nagftaffs on
lts houses a. this, and the people are
wild with enthusiasm Tor everything
Chilean. This iH especially - among
the higher Glasses. che people who run
the government, who own almost an
the property and are the leaders In
everything They are as Intelligent
and "a well educated A. we are. Few
% them have any indian blood In them.
but they are 90 man ready TO fght
FOR CHILE.
THE WAR WILL BE a BLOODY
ONE.
II the war OCCURS II Will be one OF the