Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-08
COPIED FROM U. s.
New War Regulations Proposed
 by Secretary Brodriek.
THE PAY OF SOLDIERS RAISED

The Inducement of Higher Pay Will, It Is Hoped, Bring Better Men Into
 the Army-American Jockeys Think
 '.Tod'' Sloan Will Not Be Reinstated
 Cost of Windows That Overlook
 Coronation Exercises.
 London, March S-The new army regulations proposed by the war sec retary, MT Brodrick, providing for in- creased pay and other reforms, which have created so much comment, ap- pear to have been directly copied from the United States. Major Arthur Lee, member of parliament for the Fareham division of Hampshire, and formerly British military attache at Washington, said to representative of the Associated Press:
 At last we have taken out a leaf from your excellent book, though 1 do no& believe we have gone quite so far in that direction as we might or hope we may. Under Mir Brodrick's pro- posed changes a private i'll the Brit ish army now receives almost as much as a private in the United States army With this change, which l frequently advocated while military attache at Washington, we hope to get a class of recruits similar to those secured In America. Under the old pay we were gradually lowering the physical standard, yet still finding it hard to get men, while our deSertion percentage was increasing at q rate which showed there was something radically wrong with the system.
 Ihe American army was the only voluntary enlisted army in the world with which we could make serviceable comparisons, the continental armies, owing to conscription and other causes being perfectly worthless examples. A year ago MT BrodricE Dooh-poohed the idea of copying the United States Now he has changed his mind and has done what the. majority of the members of the house. regardless of party, believe to be the very best thing that could have happened to the army since Mir Cardwell Gin 1S72) eff fected his sweeping reforms For the first time, Tommy with every thing found and higher pay, will be in d better position than his agricul- tural brother, aHd from that class we ought now to get the best insead or the worst. Yes, it may hurt the ag- ricultural interest, or what is left of it in England But I do not believe that this damage will be as serious as the evils which the change will cor rect. Not only is it interesting to note the influence of the American system in those sweeping changes. but they will have a tremendous negative Importance. Last year the govern ment clearly indicated it's fears that 1t might have to resort to conscription The present move banishes all possi- bility for this, for .I understand Mir Brodrick is willing to go even further in copying the United States excel lent treatment of enlisted men. and by liberal finance build up the stand ard or the army. The increase in pay means an additional annual cost of about 92,000.000. but I maintain that it will be a direct saving of money, for the better class of men se- cured will mean fewer men in the hospitals and prisons"
 London, March S.-The American Jockeys ill England express little hope of Tod" Sloan's reinstatement on the turf. It is intimated among Sloan's friends that he followed Lord Marcus Beresford's advice to apply for a + cense and that the Jockey club is sus pending it's decision pending reply from the Paris Jockey club concernina its desires in the matter
 London, March 8.-This city is al ready flooded with illustrated litera ture pointing out the advantageous view points from which the coronation parade may be witnessed. Many sin gle windows opening on balconies al such points as Ludgate hill have al ready been let for e42 each. Single seats in the Strand have been sold fol $3 to 95. Single windows, with ex ceptiona1 approaches. on the Surrey side, have fetched G73.