Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-06

Wuuiu liOS CudtNsS lily IeCpTC Ill lily sSe
stntial point II I had to nll.e 1t over
again. But / have already made .li,s
letter too long, and again thankins you
whom you say ;oinel NTH you III your
excellent Letter, [ ain ve-y truly yours.
ALVIN SAGNDEI.S.
Ex-Governor Saunders last visit to
Des Moines was while the appropriation
for the Omaha Worlds Fair was !end-
ing before the iowa legislature. md his
influence was more helpful than tina. of
any other man in securing that appro-
sriation. lie had the old sifertion for
Iowa AMI her people, the later affection
for Nebraska, and the memory of his
good labors WI be cher sit.d i'll both
states as long as the people revere the
good records of the pioneer fathers.
MILITARY PREPAREDNESS.
In the November number of the Cen
fury Magazine, in paper on Military
Preparedness and Unpreparedness."
Governor Roosevelt contrasts the con-
dition of the American army with that
of the navy in 1895, and draws an obvi-
Gus moral from the contrast:
| AS fast as the new navy was built
we had to break in the men to handle
| II. luS SOuIG CluCSiS WIZ tsooh
hold and developed the possibilities of
our torpedo boats, for instance, really
deserve as much credit as their sue
lcessors have rightly received for hand
Hing them with dash and skill during
1.-THE war. The admirals who first exer-
cised the new ships in squadrons We're
giving the training without which
Dewey and Sampson would have found
| iy,r, 1iffiril1f
AS for the ordinary officers and sea-
men, of course it was their incessant
practice in handling the ships and the
guns at sea, in all kinds of weather,
both alone and in company, year in and
lyear out that made them able to keep
up the never relaxing night blockade at
Santiago. to steam into Manila bay in
1.-THE darkness, to prevent breakdowns
and make repairs of the machinery,
and finally to hit what they aimed at
when the battle was on. In the naval
bureaus the great bulk of what in the
army would be called staff places are
| held by line officers. The men who
made ready the guns We're the same
men who af,erward used them. In the
| engineering bureau We're the men who
| had handled or We're to handle the en-
gines in action. The bureau OF naviga-
| ton, the bureau Of equipment. the bu-
reau of information. were held by men
| who had commanded ships in actual
| service or who were thus to command
Them against the Spaniards. The head
! of the bureau of navigation is the chief
lof Staff and he has always been an Of
lfcer of distinction, detailed, like all the
lother bureau chiefs, for special service.
4 From the highest to the lowest officer
Ievery naval man had seen and taken
]part during time of peace, In the work
(which he would have to do in the time
LOT war The commodores and captains
! who took active part in the war had
/ commanded fleets in sea service or at
1.-The least had been in command OF
single ships in these fleets. There was
4 not one thing they We're to do in war
(which they had not done in peace, save
lactually receive the enemy's fire.
Contrast this with the army. The ma
terial in the army is exactly as good as
,althat in the navy, and in the lower
ranks the excellence is as great. In
no service, ashore or afloat. in tbs
world could better men of their grade
be found than the lieutenants, and In
] deed the captains, of the infantry ant
4 disnloun,ed cavalry al Santiago. But
lin the army the staff bureaus are per
manent positions, instead of being held
q as OF course they should be, by officers
s detailed from the line. with the needs
OF the line and experiences of actua
service fresh in their minds.
The artillery had for thirty-five year!
= had no field practice that was in tn,
!, slghtest degree adequate to it's needs
: or that compared in any way with tn
practice received BY, the different com
$ paniee and troops Of the infantry ant
g cavalry The bureaus In Washington
q were absolutely enmeshed in red tape
x and We're held for the most part by ell
s derry men, OF fine records In the past
. who were no longer fit to break througI
G routine and to show the extraordinar
u energy, business capacity initiative
y and Willingness to accept responsibiiit
= which were needed Finally. the highe
y officers had been absolutely denied tina
z chance TO practice their profession I
which the higher officers of the nav
had long been accustomed. Every tim
n war-ship goes To sea ana cruise
around the world. its captain has jus
such an experience as the colonel of
regiment would have IL sent off for
six or eight months march and If dun
Ling those six or eight months he II
= eessantiy practsed his regiment
- every item of duty which it woul
> have to perform in battle. Every wal
!, ship in the American navy. and not
- single regiment in the American arm;
i had had this experience.
OF 1T has become household med
t. cine with us--we cannot get alon
Sc without il" writes Mrs. r. r. WilsoI
s. Gordon, Ark, of Beggs' Cherry Coue
at Syrup. the guaranteed remedy Il
o. coughs, colds. la grippe. consumptio
ee and all bronchial affections. Never fall
is Geo. p. Powers.
~ Mrs. Sarah Terry of Philadelphia b,
~ just celebrated her one hundred an
eighth birthday. Her father fought in ii
~, war Of the Revolution. She spent seve
~ nl years of her younger life in Denmai
on as companion of the wife of form,
ne .eauish ambassador to this country.
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