The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-03-14
british ARMY REFORMS.
Eseat Britain Has Taken a Leaf
From Uncle Sans Book on
Army Matters.
TOMMY ATKINS" WILL Be the GAMER
yh~ nrttish Army VIII get n Better
Glass Of Recruits Instead OIL "a
Sow Depending Upon the More
worthless Elements 40 keep ths
Ranks FILLED.

London, March 9.--Ihc new army
regulations proposed by the war sec
,stary, MIR. Brodrick. providing Tor
i~reascd pay and other reforms
nhich have created SO much com
mcnt. appear to have been directly
,Spied from the United States. Mag.
Arthur Lee, NJ. r., formerly British
military attache at Washington, said
10 a press representative:
-At last we have taken out a lear
ircm your excellent book. though 4
H. not believe we have gone quite so
far in that direction as we might,
s~ hope we may. Under Mr.. Brou-
s,rk's proposed changes, a private IN
the British infantry now receives al
most as much as private III the
iuited States army. With thus
-GauCc. which frequently advocated
while military attache at Washing
ton, we hope to get class OF re-
,ruits similar to those secured IN
America. Under the old pay we
we're gradually lowering the physical
standard, vet still finding il hard TO
get men. while our desertion percent
age was at rate which showed
,here was something radically wrong
with the system. The American army
vas the only other voluntarily en-
listed body in the world with which
nc could make serviceable compari-
sons, the continental armies, owing
Ia consumption and other causes. be-
ing perfectly worthless as examples.
A wear ago Mr.. BrodrIck pooh
vcohed the idea OF copying from the
Matted States. Nnw he has changed
kn mind and has done what the ma
jority OF the members OF the house,
regardless of party, believe TO be the
very best thing that could have hap
vcncd to the army since Mr. Card
wen Gin 1922 effected his sweeping
reforms. For the first time Tom
ny.' with everything found ana high
or pay, will be in a better position
than his agricultural brother, ana
from that class we ought now TO get
the best instead OF the worst. les,
Il may hurt the agricultural interest,
or what is left of il in England. but
I do not believe that this damage
will be a. serious as the evils which
the change will correct. Not only is
II interesting to note the influence
81 the American system in these
sweeping changes. but they will have
. ircml ndous negative Importance
Last year the government clearly
Indicated its fears that il might
Nave 60 resort to conscription. The
crescent move banishes all possibility
~ this. for | understand Mr.. Brod
trick is willing to go even further In
copying the United States excellent
treatment Of enlisted men, and by
Ibcral finance build up the STANDARD
Of the army The increase in pay
means an additional annual cost OF
shout e2.oo0,0 900. but maintain that
Il will be direct saving of money
for the better class OF men secured
will mean fewer men in the hospitals
and prisons. as well as obviating 9th
or forms of wastage. and will quick
" make up for the additional initia
outlay Some day. perhaps. we ma,
bc able to adopt the sensible plan y
ihc United States Of paying the en-
listed men Of all arms at the same
rate. But traditions here die hard.