The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-15
TO rsCEsD oUR CorNCRY


 Great ...ta...r o' tur aud
 vcrsary of Ir.. st rauuds is thlt th's
 great naval Nl>tlr, v.s r'slN t'' h"gin
 ring of thr s..f ,f N Q .or. frr u eN
 tingu.shcd ih, Trench nA'li power upor thc ssus. md rr.u . Co Eug'tHd has t.en o.. ls.. .uw.r in thU world ro hrr rH. .l ~.m mttN Enriuu' owes h,r srcltnrss rr. her couuuuano, of national ufc Her lar position proc trets h,r from succ,ss-' attack s' lous as her fleets holds th' >e8s Eug'J1d may w,T lnuur Nelson. lnr to Ncisous naval genius Great Britain owed her immunit, from destruction hy N1uolcou's veteran armies Suppose In ivc. when Napoleon dared uot lttcmpt Che rlsstg' of Che English Channel in on, flr. "f Great Eriuiu's rcct br hlj ou,y % narrow str,am ukr thr Rhine to have crossel. what could have saved London frnL th. fate of Berlin. MtIr.d and Vicnn1e Ter powerful navy and I purse iouc emo ..h Co multiply its ships not multitude 'f soldiers. constitute Eng'aul's only s1f't
 for the future and it is not unlikely thHt a powerful navy and elaborate seJco1st defeuscs miuued bN skilled HrttU.r.st. win bc hcrcefn~th r0l,J uH.r hv .h. United States for her best I.f.rs. We shall u"t rciv largely "pon -rtrt'"r u'- val defense for th. Slmr rI-ou as Eue land We sh1u uot attempt t'-or-t1.~. and maintain vre1t e,a"l.rr army upon the nl,l thrt v, H~r d'Hc..nt On Che number of our arm .u,1r.Hg ron1- latior. for VI. lrr s.NerfN--IN millions "' peopIe: we shall r.'v rHHn n strong and wcu-c.u.pp,d ntNy HHi n.v.rt s"i. crtHc5Iv hrut ,uref J.f,r-.e. i..in-. u iS forri-u O. trr f.rI.rrs anal habits of o1r people tH t.i.rat. H worry nrr. standing army.
 Furthermorc. thr ltt.-t .Vrsrisncv of modern VurrIr, b1s shown chat on. t-nitsd States. with lrr pr,~,rt stand Ing army as a school for thr soldier u military organization ruI discipline. c'ui' safely rciy on picked ,.'Hnt'.r ',ti'- ,' rcneI an invasion b. on. most pow. rfr foreign foe Th, Eo.r war hI~ proved that with perfected arms Hni swosD'"s. powder. with impr'ti-sd nfrenchmrnt. and blrbsd-wirr Jtf.ns.s r'Hr'-.'n. farmers who arc wlrk-m.H con mHi, successful defense against tre h.st trlin. cd and most r1Ul1t Infantry 1nd 1rtr lery that Europe l0nuls Th"rv is 0" mystery about thr suc,rssful resistance Of the Eoers to any I1t,l-Dnt m1n Com pared with th1Istuds nf Western Nm"rI- cans accustomed to tbr r.He. thr N"'rs were not exceptionally -o'i shot-. they wsr, not eoul mIrk~r.n when shUo'l"E from distances Eu.If.r thIu th"~" i'- mniar Co hunters This WIS th' iliEm'nt of Captain Siocum J S N. our miittr1 rcpr.ssntatiye during f"rl Roberts cam paien Th, British lrti'rr WIS cNc"l- lent. superior to thr 1rtirrIst- "f th' Bo.rs in nlmhrr= Hr1 power. th"v w"r" beaten simply ba.uusa of th' c"mn''tr revolution In modern v1rftr. vrnu-ht n, technical scisrre The cavalry. save 1~' the eyes of or army is extinct as a for. ntIabi. weapon of mol.rn warfare Col Henderson. of t.oui Roberts stIn. s'y that "c1yaIr is I~ ous'iri' 1s th' Cru saders r,f.rrin- u cavalry armed trained and equipped Is is th" ~H''1iii horsemsn of thr St1ul.- armies "f| France. Germany arI Elssll. rh"| Snali-horr magazine military ride and smok.l.ss powder h1v. destroyed th" ancient importance of calvary n war The experience of on. Eo.r war proved foo. thlt artillery 1-H.rst 1u ntrcrch'i enemy never caused heavy losses never flushed th~ enemy from his position o~| shook his morale. with the single 'Ncrr- tlon of Snioukon. where tf' British were not intrcuch.d. but crowded together on a small hW top without protection and consequently su0,rd greatly from the Boer shrapueL
 The experience of the Eoer war m th' opiaion of a military observer of hiEh inteuigrnce. uke Dr Conan Doyle. h1 reduced greatly thc importance ot uc- tlcaI training compared with the quoi- Itv of Individual courage ioiued Co marksmanship Tor Doyle believes thot an army of raw volunteers who Were men of pluck and sk.ned ln th" us' oi the rife. could succ. ssculiy resist th' Invasion of Che mnst powerful standing army in Europe. whose operations w'f' conducted according to Che present bat tie tactlcs of France. Germany cor Rus sia. If Grcat Britain with woooo on % people. could rely on thc principle of voluntary service for military defense against fpreign invasion. sur.'y th' United States. with ,fo.0't. would he impregnabie. Tf Great uuuiu oIt %. her W.oooo,o could obtain t".'r' toiun. tesrs. who colll shoot str1 -ht and i1s' with magazine rifles from l.h.ri hedges woods and farmstclds thr TrItrd Stat. could raise . .Iaea m1~ksfn.n s0iri.nt f"r the same purpos. Ir th- Eosr war atI P,ardeberr. ths regular troops wsr' driven back with terrible bosses 1ni tho victory was won bv ih, uml attack or th' Canadian volunt.srs Kimberly md Nafeking were defended ehia'y Joy civil- ians against forces greater than those that attacked Tadvsmuh. defended b, regulars. The picked volunteers. who are marksmen and individually cour. ageous. will bc found ample for th' military defense of this country or1ins' invasion by a great for,ivu power s1p plemented by our highiy trained rcgu lar army. with its skilled artIll~rists. nad by powerful navy. and scientifically constructed. armed and manned scacoasi defenses. We do not expect to bccom' invaders. but Co r,sist invasion the pre- paration named would hc sufficient