The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-02

FOR ARMY

NEW YORK, March 25.-The London
correspondent of the Tribune writing
of England's scheme of military reor-
ganization. says:
The new scheme of military organiza-
ton may be roughly described as the
half way house to CONSUMPTION. 1t in
wolves the development of the existing
system of voluntary enlistment and
auxiliary services under conditions
which preclude reasonable expectation
of success When the experiment has
been tried and the results are found
unsatisfactory the way will be opened
for compulsory service. The war Of
flee will then be in a position to as
sert that everything was done under the
voluntary system to provide an adequate
army pr the defense of the Empire.
but the men were not forthcoming, and
that an elaborate paper scheme proved
failure. The only alternative, from
the official and military point of view,
viii be compulsory service. The mill
tary experts, who have been contending
for years that CONSUMPTION was newt
able and that the Empire could not be
defended without 1t, unite in pronounce
ing SlT. bTOuTlch speech IL mastery
performance. This is because they
perceive the trend of an exceedingly
artificial attempt to provide 1850 new
troops and to organize six army corps,
in as many districts, for constant train
ing and annual maneuvers. Mr. Brod-
rick himself spoke like an official who
was condemned for political reasons to
make bricks without straw and had lit
In
The reorganized army will consist of
three army corps of regulars, with
Headquarters at Aldershot Salisbury
Plain and Dublin, and three army corps
of auxiliary forces at Colchester, York
and Scotland, with sixty battalions of
militia and volunteers, a considerable
body OF imperial yeomanry and TWEEN
Tyrone volunteer field artillery batter
les. Each corps Will have its own
staff. troops and stores and be virtually
self administrative. There Will be no
great increase of regulars, although
from thirteen to eighteen battalions
Will be gained by the withdrawal of
Mediterranean and Colonial garrisons
and by the transfer of Indian troops to
tropical points and placing coaling sta
lions under the control of the navy:
but so. 600 will be added to the militia,
the yeomanry Will be recruited to 81, 900
and in one way or another over 1875, 900
fresh troops win be brought under
training in six districts. All these
changes are made in order to keep
three army corps in readiness for for
eign service in an emergency, yet to
leave three army corps behind to pro-
vide for home defence; and whether
the troops are dispatched abroad or
held in reserve, every corps will have
its own ammunition, cavalry, artillery
and transport and be systematically
trained for modern warfare. The
scheme looks effective on paper; the
chief practical difficulty Is promptly
suggested by French, German and Aus
trian critics. How can the men be OBJ
talned? What magic can recruiting
have In the future which 1t has lacked
in the past? There is no increase of pay
for regulars or militiamen. and there
are no additional attractions in a SER,
vice which IL to be rendered more ardu-
Gus than ever before. The scheme Of
reorganization involves the liquidation
of n political debt. When the Sails
bury government dissolved Parliament
last autumn 1t pledged itself to reOr-
ganlze the army, and consequently
some project which looked impressive
ON paper had to be brought forward
after the elections When chat pledge
was made the Government Itself was
open 10 criticism for having underestl-
mated the lighting resources OF the
Beers, and II was convenient for MIN
listers TO lay stress on weak points OF
the military system ana the necessity
for a complete revision OF methods
The Ministers In rcdeeming their prom
I lse, lndlct the patriotism of the nation,
I the loyalty ~ the Colonies ana IN" eii-
cheney of the volunteer system Their
scheme ~ reorganization Is virtually a
confession that oyerythng went Wlons
In South Africa, that the army was
unequal ip itH work, ana that the vol
Iuntary system broke down, That lnr
dlctmunt la not well founded The Min
listers WisCHlCulatei tho resources NJ
the hlrrai rilhpr Lord l+ansdnWne nr
Lord Wulsrlry seut ono army r0Ws 90
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