The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-16

hibition Of skill In maneuvering for
position, and In the quick handling of
troops In the field. The time has gone
oy when the armies of one command
VIII be thrown against an intrencbed
enemy that Is fully covered by it's ar
tiliery and mistaken In any way. Such
nghting Is abandoned and the plans NJ
modern fighting will now consist in out
nanking the enemy, dislodgIng his ar
llHery, and shaking his position before
ATTACKING his lines squarely. In re-
Specl 10 the ratio Of deaths to the num-
p peu OF men engaged I am firm in the
oeier that Notwithstanding the higher
power OF our guns the ratio will not
pc greater than 1t was in former wars
IL Will be very high at some central
point Of attack. When the lines meet
at pivotal point and are fully en-
sased at effective range, and the great
est EFFORTS are made by commanders ON
eitner side to gain the point involved az
that particular juncture of the battle
the losses Will be very great. But N
VIII extend only to small part of the
armies on either side In the DAYS az
caesar and his legions, when fighting
was almost altogether hand-to-hand
there was force of brutality which
could not be controlled The losing side
~.
engagements bring out the barbarous
inStlncts or men and where the con-
tendlng FORCES are within arms length
OF each other the battle Is to the death.
Men are nerved up to ferocity by con-
tact With the enemy, and by the in
splration which comes from the should
er-to-shoulder support of comrades ",
arms Modern warfare has changed ali
this. There Is less of the personal
hatred Of enemy to enemy The EXTEND
eo order OF formation of lines tha
greater distance between the contend
ing forces, made necessary by the high
er power guns, will all contribute to
make modern warfare more of a cool.
sclentlf1c calculation, without personal
hatred, but effective on account of its
GOODNESS and calculation.
Open Formation Requirements.
Instead of fighting in single line for
nations, moved to the front shoulder
to-shouioer, as in the late war, the
extended order Of battle array forma-
tlons places each man more upon his
own Individuality. The outward lines
are not solid. Each man stands alone.
n ~, by supports of lines behind him.
Ihese forward skirmish lines bear the
brunt of the battle, and as fast az
man rails his position is taken by an
o'ner from the support lines, and the
support HneS are repleniShed from the
reserves directly in the rear. all NOV
ing, or standing, in this extended for
I1iatlon, which is to be the distinctive
feature or modern infantry warfare
as distinguished from that of the old
war. This illustrates what 7 sneak
OF as the increased personal equation
Oh une man, and the necessity for the
lLculcation of the spirit of coolness and
personal bravery ard the best type of
discipline. Instead of the single line
formations, regiments will be formed
IN depths OF several hundred yards"
Food Supplies for the Army.
In the matter of food supplies for the
army, Capt. Ray says the situation Is
practically what it was in the last war.
With all the efforts that have been
put forth by the scientists to devise a
system of condensed food for troops II
has been demonstrated that whsn once
hardened fer campaign, there is moth
ing better than hard bread or "hard-
tack and bacon. The United States
army has experimental with the al.eg-
ed nutritious food condensed into small
form. 1t is a failure l recall that
recently the Seventh infantry of our
troops was sent into the mountains of
Coloraoo fer an experimental Campaign
with form of condensed food furnish
ed by German scientists. 1t became
necessary to send the ambulance
wagons and hospital outfit after the
regiment or the men would have died
IN the mountains of disease and STAR
vail IN. 1 he IA ion of man in the Unit
ca states service is the same today
that 1t was in 1S61-5, except the addi-
ton or fresh vegetables where II Is
possible to procure them The ration
consists for each man of hard or soft
bread or flour, salt meat or fresh beef
or mutton. To each 100 rations Is add
ed sufficient quantity of rice or beans.
coffee and sugar. pepper and salt. and
fresh vegetables can he secured. and
canned vegetables in the same quantity
when possible to provide them. When
the troops of the United States are
furnished with good wholesome food
of this kind, and they become hard
ened to camp life and marching. and
each man gets the system of looking
out for himself down to a nicely, the
troops will settle down to hard bread
and bacon and they will thrive under il
and be ready for the most severe duty
in the fed