New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-01

amount Of educational training his service with
the coiors Is restricted to merely twelve months.
The time which he spends in the army or in
the navy may be regarded as constituting the
finishing touch OF his education
Throughout Europe the army can be regarded
as sort of school 1t is there that young
man receives. often for the first time. those
habits Of discipline. of ready obedience to the
authorities and of cleanliness which cannot fail
10 exercise most beneficial influence on his
subsequent life. The soldier is taught to swim,
is trained in all sorts Of gymnastic exercises
that develop his muscles and strengthen his
physique. II for one reason or another his edu-
cation has been neglected at school. the fault
is remeded. Frequently he is taught a trade
In Italy for instance, the Crown Prince. who
commands the military district Of Naples. find
ing that most Of his troops hail from the rural
districts and are the sons Of peasants and Of
farmers, has instituted for their benefit classes
in agriculture. where they are made alive TO the
rules for the rotation of crops. to the value Of
the use Of machinery. and where they are like
wise instructed how to turn their agricultural
activity to most profitable account. In fact. the
army. far from demoralizing a young man.
turns him out into the world after brief period
equipped for the struggle of life than when he
Joined as a recruit SO thoroughly are the edu-
cational advantages of the army recognized to-
day that neither the Catholic nor the Protes-
tant churches in the Old World any longer raise
objections TO the obligatory military service OF
Young men destined to an ecclesiastical career.
That is perhaps the main reason why the
Cars project for Il general disarmament was
regarded as irnpracticabLe from the outset
realization of the scheme propounded in his
manifesto would have involved too radical a
change from system which has been in force
for nearly one hundred years 10 admit OF
it's being put into execution within any given
period II would merely have had the effect OF
disturbing and throwing into disorder the entire
economy. administration and even social life OF
every Continental ration in Europe. and by the
confusion which il would have createu "ou'u
,robablv have brought about that very evil
which the Car desired to avert. namely war
r. t. ir,,ossib,e to refrain from the conviction
that Nicholas realized this almost as soon as MS
manifesto had been issued. For instead Of there
having been any tendency On the part Of hus'7'a
~ diminish her ornaments since last September
she has on the contrary increased them consid-
erabiy. ard her example in this matter mas Deeh
followed BY nearly every other great rover III
Europe. While every Government accepted the
Cars invitation 70 attend his congress for the
purpose Of devising means for an international
disarmament. each one Of them at once set TO
work 10 augment its naval and military re-
sources 20 A greater extent than ever before. In
one word a general disarmament which. II may
De remembered. was first proposed away back
in the sixties by that visionary French En-
peror Napoleon III. is recognized as Impractical
bic by all the most sensible statesmen u the
present day and there is all the less disposition
on the part Of those who are in power to over
come the insurmountable obstacles which stand
in the way Of the execution Of the scheme. since
the benefits that might result therefrom are
open to much question and are problematica in
the extreme.
Queen Victoria's proposal. although it has the