The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31

Is only Tommy AUinS = undcrStudy Duk no
Is In good trim ~ rule. and his namo consid-
erng the limited population from which no Is
drawn is legion Tho only sad fact that assails
one in reviewing the strength OF the militia Is
that it il nearly 10000 below strength. and there
is a great need for officers The recent system
Of giving army commissions TO Dung militia
officers has been an easy niodo Of rengthening
the commissioned ranks Of the army, but 1t has
left many militia battaions weak In officers
According TO the latest official return Of the army
the following was the strength Of tho army ro-
serve, militia, yeomAnry and volunteers
Waning
EHradcd. r,nt sompist.
Army Reserve. ....... IS,o5p $1,000 A,2l1
serve,"........'.... 1890 1a2.4ea 1901
volunteers .'.'..'.... ESQ - 2h2'"so Sl'bo2
Totals. 4a8 1913 4po.oi. 1881
"a portion Of the army reserve has already
used TO stiticn the backs Of battaIions ordered
10 the front The War Office announcement
calling out practically all .hc remainder, Of hc
authorities a ttl Of fully 10000 men. allowing
for those who do not come forward. Nearly tho
Srtwcen q and IS Years u age. ' Il is not fully
appreciated that the army reserve man is not a
WORKOUT solder, but comparatively Eouns man
army. and, under the short service system. has
passed out into the reserve while stu young,
with his health unimpaiIcd, in the full 'iEor Of
manhood. and with soldiers training In march
Ing and shooting. lie IL tho finished article
give a good accoun, 81 himself wherever he may
BE- cmploycd., and under whatever conditions,
however. hard he may have to scrvc., Nearly
II 600 brlong 10 thu Royal Artillery force
so badly needed at thc scat Of war 600 To tho
and over 5000 to the Royal Engineers. The
present intention OF IT," War Office Is TO call out
twelve additional baitaions Of Oh" militia for home
which have bcrn already embedded, and will hc
sent TO thc front The militia is in hcalthy
proScm no viii pfoS"by v b. 10 nd Scn 1Ts s"'
Al Tho annual uaining in 1893 the most recent
Of which thcrchre any Official records, the following
figures were made M:
p,..,, training 81. - : sg F sS, ,ggss's
S 81: % i = s,i5s sly
Nun enrolled. 3,o"7 asa ?.?52 ioa. Ooi IIa.43o
Most Of this force - nearly 1000 . men who
were present a. the annual training helonrcd 10
ri 'n s Linz but ,hTTG |Gie @ ar, Srr.cIy
Office can dcrcGd unon getting at least 1900
men % the :wo scientific branches Only $4,000
the same number between 30 and 35 ycsrs of age.
while the remainder, lit round figures 20 900 men.
are pnGT 30 ySnTS o. nse The 60 o TS strong
cultural lgborers. 20 coo ere mechanical laborers,
ncrIls $4,000 are miners 10, 600 IRE artisans and
$500 IRE fishermen. The volunteer force Is a
growing force. though in the pnst lew years i's
progress has been checked possibly by continual
official NEGLECT The ,o'l1wing table indicates
Ma!csty's services.
xnm,.r on-o,,. , 5ss hy,s,; Rmr TS a..
This total also Includes eOs light horse and
3i3 MrIicgi Stall Corrs. % MI ranks 22i. 900
arc returned as siCicnI. while over 20 600 officers
AMI scrgeants earned special grants for prof.
.,a an ,.fug paI ,tal
grants for tactics and artillery All tho fore going
figures apply 10 last year
The following particulars II a visit to tho
Weinberg Hospital were written from Capo Town
under date New 30:
After seeing the wounds Of the patients. nearly
ALT caused by gunshot the onlooker Is struck
by the clean. welldehned, small. circular en-
trance and exit the Mauscr bullet makes II
produces q canal not much, " anything. larger
than q GoOdt'lzch goose quill and cuts its way
through flesh and hone as neatly as an Arch.
medean drlll would. leaving no ragged edges
II produces little local disturb ance or Rad after
effects Hencs shock 10 the system and sub
sequent septicHmin are, owing 10 the lesScned
destruction Of soft parts, and splintcrng Of honc,
minimiz.d considerably. by careful antiseptc
treatment the wounds heal In about twenty To
thirty days Tho course which some Of these
vessels or producing dangerous effects is simply
marvellous To cut through soft parts and
follow the track made by these missiles without
doing irrcparable injury would tax the dcxtrrity
Of the most skilful and delicate anatomist that
ever handled scalpcl
One OF the wounded at Wynberg is a typical
example The Mauser bullet entering at the
lower part Of the abdomen. evidently taking its
course In a backward and upward and oblique
direction. must have cut it's way just below and
betwecl the blfurcaton OF the large descending
aorta 1.-THE great artery. then perforating the soft
parts pierced the bone and made its exit through
tho skin In the centre Of the right bullock No
important vessels seem 10 have been wounded
and the man Is now conN alescent Another cX-
f,apriinary case Is that OF a private who was
shot complrtcly through the head, tho Mauscr
bullet entering the Uranium on one side and emery
Ing on Me other. Not onl il he living hut his
wounds have healed without a check-a slightly
alone rrtarding his discharge In this instance
the bullet entered Just IN front Of the left ear
and somewhat downward co rise along tho floor
Of the skull. pierced tie right maxillary Cheek
bone, and emerged below ne eve on that side
sees, eats and sleeps we'll ono may consider
him lucky fellow in having exchanged the cX-
Boss for that Of Mauscr bullet INV"
"Annthcr private had been shot through his
rgn, foot and iit arm all he four wounds q
tcnti"n' at the foot 81 his bed when IN" doctor
apnrrHchrd him and, carefully surveying, in,
CURED 81 him how hr was
quite we'll Nothing wrong with me now.
sir, replied he. Then remarked his doctor
in his most kindly and consideraie manner:
Good! And now, my lad, | shall send Won
down To the Cnnvalcscrnt camp at Green Point
where You will get more freedom and fresncr
air,
on. no. sir, don't do that, please | don't
care for them convaleScing homes | wants 10
Ert back t. the front 10 join my chums and give
them ere Beers fits for sarying me in this ere
Astonishing to Sir William MacCormac was
the nature OF case that occurred in the surgical
wards private had been shot through the
leg The Mansrr bullet entered his right icp
about ope-third down from the knee cap, bored a
s sing well defined round hole, through the
parO oi the thigh. The doctor is able T., define
rs direction by inserting and removing drainage
turr No shat'cring Of this bone has occurred
and little inflammation and suppuration followed
ON 50 dangerous gunshOt punctuTc"
The railway telegraph operator al FL andslaaRte
who was Tor some little time a prisoner in the
hands OF the Beers ill the battle Of Elandslaaets
set him free writes an Interesting account of his