The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-31
SOME REPRESENTATIONS ON DRILLING AN ARNlY==9

preserve the peace in Europe. For my
self, I should be willing to run the risk
OF an occasional row. Can't some one
tell them that they are out. Of date--wtth
their bits OF feathers and their odds
and ends OF ronmongery-Grown men
that have to be sent out for a walk ac-
companied by tin whistle and drum
OUT OLA top shop! ] always think OF
them in connection with the WHITE
Knight" out OF alice in Wonderland"
i take 1t that tor practical purposes-to
fight for your country or to fight Tor
somebody else's country, which Is gen
orally speaking. more popular, the thing
necessary is that certain proportion
OF your people should be able to shoot
straight With gun. Flow standing in
a line and turning your toes out Is go
Ing to assist you under modern condl'
ton. Of warfareais one 5Jof the many
thing. yintellect Is incapable OF grasp
Ing. In N edinevals days, when men fought
hand to- hand, there must have been ad-
vantage In combined and pre- lse aoYe-
ment. When armies were mere IRON ma
chimes, the simple ,endeavor6 OF each be-
Ing to push the other Oft tho! 60 tn linen
the striking simultaneously with thou
.nnd arm. was part Of the game. NOW.
when We shoot from behind cover, with
.mok ele.. powder, brain, not brute force
Individual sense not combined solldlty,
i, surely the result to DO aimed at can
rot 1 some body, as have suggested .ex-
plain to the military man, that2 me
proper place for the drill sergeant now
museum OF antIqultiesa 1
7 lived once near the Hyde Park bar
ra cks, and saw much Of the drlll ser
reant's method. Generally speaking, no
Is - rat man, f.witl,fthe walk Of an. egotis-
ticaI nYseon. His voice Is one OF the most
extraordinary things In nature u you
can distinguish It, from the bark OF q
big dog, you are casyer, they tell m; me
that the pr!vates, after a little ptaelico
oan-whfch gives one a higher opinion
Of their Intelligence than otherwise one
might form, i But myself. ] doubt even
| this statement, i was the owner OF q
| fine retriever dog about the time OF
| which, & am speaking, and sometimes he
| and I.sWould amuse ourselves by ~atcI-
| ing Mr., Sergeant exercising his squad
one morning he had been shouting ollt
thu usual "Whough, ~ hough, ,Whough!".
| erto gone we'll. Suddenly, and evidently to
his intense astonishment, the squad
| turned th,slr backs upon him and conf
menced to walk, towards the Scrpentine
| "Halt!'f yelled the sergeant the instant
| HIS amazed Indignation permitted him
! to sneak, 81 The squad hnltad, Who the
thunder, and the blazes, and other things.
| told yi,l to do that ~ The squad looked
/ bewildered, hut said nothing, and were
/ brought back TO as they We're before. a
minul, later, precisely the same thing
occurred t"a, again. really thought the SER
geant would burst. T was PREPARING to
hasten to the, barracks for medical AID,
] But the paroxysm passed, Gazing upon
the combined forces Of heaven and hell TO
sustain him In his trouble, he requested
his HI squad !, as man TO man, to Inform him
OF the reason why to all appearance
! they were dispensing with his services
and drilling themselves. At this moment
"columbus" barked again, and the ex'
PLANTATION came to him. Please go away,
sirhs he requested me, How can ] eyer-
else my men with that dam dog OF yours
Interfering every five mlnutes?" i was
not only on that occasion. It happened at
other tlrnes. The dog seemed TO under
stand and take q pleasure IN II. Some