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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-29

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lsssiisa s,s'sA - ~ Hkssas.
sias. m Phosa.siass bsisg !
sartihs asd ssnnsrssal psspls.
NE gave letter y ssAs world.
NOV II evident, tAas al ths
outside evidssea,' traess shs
Whole hsnsa family 70. cae cen.
mon hssd and notAieg beyoasd:
Al the 'oas sids.' svIdscs. moi,
withssandiag ~ adntxtsrs with.
fabisa. only confirms Moses, ssd
doss not 70 beyond OF back Of
any atatsnsst nade BY Aosss. ]
oan give plenty moro Of saoh
testimony that ssill only confirms,
sae never xsaksas what hss
been said above While ] Am
Satisfied with the inside evidence.
l am not afraid Of any or oil the
outside evidence, and, l an just
- ready to meet It 40 - any
othes kind Of evidence.
Bro, Garrett, Do not know
that 10 q discussion, that . die.
puia hi should define bis terms
that uses? You have said, Ovor
aud over again and again that
Adam bad . living soul ana inc
created man did not have . living
soul, until Christ died Whist
do you mean by thiss Again you
say: Adam had eternal lille, and
the Geatiles. did aot have eternal
life until after Christ died. Whist
do you mean. BY this' Please
DO % kind, 40 TO explain those
two points. I might guess and
miss your meaning, Therefore ! do
not like to guess III cau help IL;
Time Expired.
A: Perkins,
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efslHcn and Formation

Bro. Garrett: ! will sxanIss
''Thas authority yoa aso.s 70 p
- evidence given b other gooi
men. hrst) Here, ] viii remark. u,
more out side sv,descs you get
the better for your two msu
theory, for The very reason. tbs'
the inside svidssos 10 laciing, bul
tho outside evidence given hers
does not help you any.) In ths
first place, ] will notice some n
those Five Bibles Tor historiss)
'older than our Bible some Of
them $50 years older than ours,
That 10 strange, isn't il? But here
10 something stranger still. Listen
And II 10 true (may be "os) mao
had to exist ~ early - history 10
DID,. or else tho account count could
not have been kept Now Bro,
do you believe this statement!
How old Is history, or whom did il
begin? 1t began with creation.
Whore was there . man to keep
count, whom God created tho hcav.
ems and the earth? Whore 10 the
man to write the history OF God
creating the xrass, the herb and
the tree bearing seed alter their
klud2 Where can you find the
man, who kept account ut tha
creation Of the fowls oi the mir, or
the fsh Of ,be sea or tho beasts Of
the feldl This 10 all history, my
Bro. and anteda ties the existsnct
of man. Hence you can plainly
see, # you will look, that thu
statement you made, (auo.ed =
bove) will not, eveo furnish u p-oI
to tho supposltiou, that there was
man before Adam 10 the garden.
/ believe the Zcnd Avisla Of the
persians is - old MS any OF the
ancient books referred 10 II not the
oldest. Until the time of Abrx-
ham, all the nations upon the e.rlh
had the same general views t' the
divinity that created oil things
aud presided over the word. This
will appear from oil the ancient
documents which penetrate into
the mos, remote antiquity Of tho
word. In order 10 form y co, rect
view of the religious character oil
the ancient nations, II IL necessary
here to inquire how lar The 'nhah'
caD,s of Assyri. Persia, Arabia
Canaan, and Egypt, were affected
or influenced by the religious IN
situations Of this. period; for these
werc the FIRST nation whose insiilu'
,iors gave y character to oil the
out,ons of tho world. Abrsham
was u son or defendant o! Shsm
by Arphaxad. The Pers'a"s were
the decen dan,s OF Shem by Elan.
The common psreotags OF Abra'
ham aod the rersiuhs laid tho
foundation for some similarity 10
:heir religion. Abrabams an'cs.
tors dwclt in Cbaidea, aud vt the
time God called Abraham the Chal.
deans had begun 10 opos.atixs
from the service Of the trua God.
Hence the separation Of Abraham
from them-The Persians still
held tho same ideas OF The creA'
ton, antediluvian ugc, that AbPa
ham did; aud the Pcrsians were 81
attached 10 the religion Of Abrs
ham, that the sucrcd book wbict
obtained thor religion 10 called
Sphi hr~him Tint IL ANY. lb(
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issA.s-is.lsv rssaiasd !.,l. s..s
lsdss sftbs me God. I sAesli
hsvs rsnsrksd bslors Akisg q
this part Of TIE subject, thss =,
Book GOV called zssd Avita, NJ
aseisstly written partly 10 ssnlli,
and other characters aid l1ofnst
their sacred into whas thsy called,
Pshlsvi, tPron osnesd Pa.ls.vs.l
| 90 ancient ,Psvssin dialect Aasd
to BE- undsrstsod. Hsaee ske
translstion or Interpretations into
10 more modern form Of thsir Ian
gsags. they called Il, The Bead
And - Avista, usnt their sacred
writiags. then The 1sad Av;sta,
ment The interpretation or sxpla'
natiot Of the sacred writings.
Zorosstsr 10 said to have gwen ihs
first interpretation to these writ.
ings. They we're flushed at .
later date. As introduced the
Fire Worship among the Psrsiaus.
Az l have introduced tho Arabians,
lot me- say here, that the Arabians
are the decsndauts Of Abraham,
BY bic son lshmsel born Of Hagar,
also the midianites from bic son
Indian BY Ke.ura.
Jsthto WAS . Aidisnite priest.
How long after thie they cont'nr.
ed to worship tie true God. We
are no, informed, but their rsli.
gious institutions; o. far IS We
have any account, differed little
lrom those prac.iccd BY Abraham,
with thu exception Of circumcision,
The Canaanites themselves, In
Abraham's timc, had not aposta.
t,xed wholly from the religion Of
Sbem. Melchisedsc king OF Sal
EN-, (who met Abraham returning
from The slaughter Of the kings.
was n priest OF tho most High
God: and during Abraham's o.
iourning among them. they treat
Cd HIM with oil rsspec: NJ the pro-
.phet Of the true God. Even
among ,he philistiues at Gera,
Abraham found y good and virtu.
o Us king favored With the admon-
i,ions of tho almighty. This be lit.
tic expected, for as no entered the
metropolis, he SAID, 'ShurIy tho
fear Of God "a not in this place.
Read the 20 chapter Of Gen. Tor
particulars. But he WAS happily
d isappo:n.ed, For AbimcIch in
his sppea. 10 heaven. aays. Lord
vii, thou shay = 7,rtnOus tatiOn!'
And the Lord did not deny bis
plea, but heard and answered bis
request. There appears IN the
whole narrative no difference 10 the
religious views or practice between
Abraham and A bimslcch, the king
oiths nation. Tho Esyp,ians too,
10 tho timo of Abraham. we, Z
worsbipers Of the true God. Ia
upper Egypt they refused. as Plu
,arch inform, %, to pay any taxe'
for the support OF the idolatroui
worship; asserting that they own
I'd no mortal. dead or al,ye, 10 b
q God.
The incorruptibls aud eternal
God they called Cuepb who, they
affirmed, bad no beginning, and
never should have 40 end. W.
6od 20 understandings mol
d,ff.renca hctwean fphapoah And
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: sas that q We CkalAsaas. Nsv
!ts ave ths world isea IN =
.delstry, Ahrahaa y sallsl, q
4 iesr ssassriss Bic pestssity
ivsss erected into : nation Tor ~
primary objsst, 70 tsash ~ ssisy,
ttAs spiri'salisy. aid provldssss
1os Cod. . we'll o y istrodses I
ssw Vocabulary By . synbol,e
worship, TO prepare The world
Tor understanding The Divine
cbara c,er and gsvsrnsst Of God
preparatory to the mission Of bic
son. Now whv l have I dwslt on
fthess undesirable lacss 90 loskl
answer simply 10 show that
these Five oldest stations 10 the
world bad nothing older than w
have in our Bible. and that they
oil agreed to essentially tho same
thing rsIigiorsIy, and that they
oil decended from the same source
sss Gen. Oh. 10 and IL. / know
that sksptica make . great blars
OF trnmpsts about The Zsnd Av;sta,
The Hindoo Bible or Buddist
Bible, and the Chinese or Con.
fusion Bible, being older then our
Bible How any body can be
deceived by such pra,tle, is more
tbsnI Can tell Yet many good
people believe il. because they
have DOT the RAD facts and dstes
whom these several Books were
written and by whom. they were
written. The eldest authentic
writings Of the Chinese dates
back to the sixth century e. C. to
the days Of the Chimes. phyIosop-
her Coniucius, who was born 65I
years B. G. and died 40 3. q,
! He wrote . Code of Morals,
which 10 the basis OF the Chinese
Jurispudeoce-.I. could not b.
properly called q religion. because
II did not command the worship
Of any God. The religion OF the
Chinese IS Buddhism. Yet the
Chinese have . tradition Of thoi,
origin, which runa back, 10 Noah
whom, they call ,Eohi. Nthsir frs,
king. They SLY, he had no
father or mother, because he was
the frs. this AIDE Of the flood, and
they not knowing any, thing about
his ancestors. The Chinese sup
pose that Fob, or Noah settled in
the province OF Xeusi, which is
the north west province Of China.
and near Ararat, where tho ark
rested. Tie Chinese derive the
maine tF%b',' ron the obIa,ion or
Offering he maae and speak OF
the seven ever clean beasts aut seven
clean fowls used ~ The oblaiion.
This il in harmony with Norcs.
| Gautams, an indian Or A'ndoo
philosopher, who was the founder
Of Buddhism was born, B. Q. 624
years aud died 548. He was
surnamsd, Rudhs. pronounced
Bood-a) which means, . sage. the
wise or tho learned. Thus, ycu
see. this is too young TO compare
With our Bible. Nov to show
Tho readers Of The CRsssEr, the
unity Of thorgbt and the unity
Of oil the people Of the earth - Il
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wA'a Rpai oaalisy asd 1sal xssaeay co1s aIRs IN
Bssasss Hsss pos 40 siillsd ssps,sss, n,A.l
in ,iss and Pair, sAvsss.-
DIR. ", $. CAlaaouN. NoRwo oD ".
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MURPHY named by
RECLAMATION.

The Popular Congressman Of the
Six teenth District Had NO
Opponent 10 The Field
~
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1906-11-02
Aux Hommes d'Affafres

Nous attlrons l'attention des
hommes d'affaires sur notre impri-
merle. Nous sommes toujours en-
6tat d'ex6cuter toutes sortes d'ou-
wages typographiques. Notre per-
sonnel du d6partement des impress
sions est au complet, nos caracte-
res nouveaux. Nous demons satis-
faction au public parce que nous
apportons d notre Outrage toute
l'attentlon n6cessaire. Nous avons
des id6es typographlques les plus
modernes pour rendre notre ouvra-
ge attrayant. Done avant d'aller
ailleurs venez nous volr ou deman-
dez nos estimations pour Outrage
de tout genre.
Nous poss6dons un stock de pa
peterie tres assortj. Nous lemons
tou]ours en- main cartes imprim6es
de ''maison de pension ''maison q
louer", "chambre q louer', etc.
Nous sollicitons Encouragement
des societies canadiennes ct attirons
d'imprimer les livres de constitu-
tions, livres, blancs divers, cartes,
entete de lettres, envelopes, entin
tout don't on a besoin en- fait de pa
peterie.
Ceux qui nous ont d6ja accord6
leur patronage une fois son inva-
riablement revenus d nos ateliere,
ce qui prouve que nous donnons a
tout le monde la plus grande satis-
faction.
Cest en- apportant aux impress
siors qui nous sont conf6es tout le
soin n6cessaire, que nous avons ga
gn6 la confance de notre clientele.
\ W . + 4 4
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1906-11-02

II ny a pas d'oA6cier public de
la vile qui a rempli So charge
avec plus de satisfaction que M:
Hubert, le tr6sorier de la vile
ct uui est le candidat du parti re-
publican. 81 une prompte atten-
ton aux affaires dune charge pu-
bl1que, une rare habilet6 ex6cu-
tive qui est une sauvegarde des in.
t6rets du public m6ritent la consi'
d@ration des 6lecteurs, alors NJ.
Hubert sera r66lu par une tres
fcrte ma]orit6 au poste de tr6so-
rier de ia Vile. II ne s'est pas SER
vi de sa position pour son propre
gain mais remis au fonds pu-
blic tout largent gagn6. Avant
son entire en- Office les sommes
provenant des int6rets allaient gu
profit du tr6sorier lui-m6me, mais
sous son administration Get 6tat de
chooses a complement change.
M. Hubert a non settlement ren-
du CO d6partement payant, mails il
de plus par ses m6thodes gagu6s
de fortes sommes d'argent pour la
Vile On ma jamais critiqu6 le
moindrement son administration
de ce bureau ct meme ses adver-
saires politlques mont que des
6loges a faire de son systeme. On
aussl bon serviteur public deyrait
etre maintenu q son poste.
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Vente de Novembre
du Ter au z Novembre

Ces jocrs seront des jours de "bar-
gains; ne manqnezs pas Get occa-
sion. Procurez-vous tout ce quill
vous faudra pour la saison enti4re.
Parde ssus pour hommes, en- OK
fords roirs ct girls valiant $3.50
pour settlement $4.95
Pardeesus de $40. q $l1 toutes cou-
leurs ct modes settlement $8.25
200 psrdessus assortis, dernieres
modes, bonnes valeurs de $l6. 3
SIG 80, pour cette vente $ll.75
Les habits sont aussi r6duits dams
la nome proportion que les par
dessus.
Habits d'6cole pour garcons va
liant $3.50 ct $l.75 settlement $I.I5
Habits pour garcons de 1926 pour
cette vente $l.68
Habits ct Pardessus pour garcons
ct enfants, grandeurs de 8 to l6
ans. toutes les modes, valiant de
$275 a $3 Is special settlement,
|$2.35
bargains" en- fait de chemises
SOUS -vetements, sweaters. CANT 8
mitaines ct pardessus doubles en-
peau de mouton.
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quarter de voter pour lui le 6 no.
vembre. Car il m6rite leur suffrage
ct en- plus etant du parti dominal
au consell ses services seront de
plus grande valeur aux contribua-
bles du Be quarter.
M. Hill quoiquez jeune a tres
bien r6ussi dams les affaires d'as-
surances dams lesquelles il est en-
gage depuls plusieurs annees, ct il
compte pour un de nos jeunee
hommes des plus progressifs de Ia
vile. II possede une habilit6 ad.
ministrative reconnue par tous.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1906-11-02
LES "HOLDUPs"
UN FRANCA1s VICT1ME Dun DE CEs
AssAss1NATs. A LA MODE DEPU1s
QUELQUE TEMPS, MEURT DEs
SUITES DE sEs BLEssUREs.

Joseph Garlout. tel est le nom
du malheureux compatriotes, qui
ie l3 octobre dernier r6cut des
pleasures fatales dun assassin au-
.ourd d'hui devenu meurtrier, Car sa
victlme succomba une semaine plus
tard.
Les plus braves d'entre nous
pour ne pas dire les plus prudents
Sc croient en- snret6 la mutt dams
nos rues, parce qu'ils mont pas de
fortes sommes d'argent sur eux ou
paroe qu'ils ne voyagent pas par
les coins dangereux. Ce fut la
conduite de Joseph Gardout ct il
ne fut pas moins assassin6. En-
ploy6 CONNIE cuisinier au Minika-
da Club, le 13 octobre, apr6s So
journee de travail il revenait chez
lui pour SO reposer ct y passer Ia
journ6e du dimanche. Loin
de lui 6tait Ia pens6e qu'un etran-
ger voudrait lui oter ou sa vie ou
beaucoup d'argent lorsqu'il atten-
dait paisiblement son tramway tout
pres de l'avenue Excelsior; son
ceur de Francais lui aurait plutot
sugg6rer une pensee pour son
6pouse aujourd hui inconsolable ou
pour sa petite file quill await lais-
see dane un convent en- France ct
quill n'avait pas revue depuis son
depart pour ce pays d'Amerique.
LIE money or your Life, il est ia
Gle de Sc l'imaginer, le jeta done
dams une froide stupeur ct notre
brave homme n'h6sita pas de s'ex6-
cutter, mails rassassin d6sappoint6
de ne pas recevoir advantage vou-
lut SO 7apger en- faisant feu sur sa
victlme quill 1env erse bless6e NOR
tellement. Ce fut le signal dune
lutte 4 mort. Fun pour ga vie ct
l'autre maintenant pour ne pas
tomber dams les mains de la justi-
ce. CO quill r6ussit a:faile. LIE blee-
s6 qoi dams ce demel6 await refu
quatre coups de revolver, fut con-
duit q l'h6pital od lon crut d'abord
le sauver mais mardl dernier il
tomba dams un affalblisseme.. t 81
grand qu'on d6sesp6ra de son
6tat. LIE pretre ct son 6pouse furent
appel6s mais arriverent trop tard, lie
await deja rendu lie dernier
souplr.
Vendrsdi matin lie service du de.
funt fut chant6 a lEglise st Etien-
ne par son cure le Rev. Pere Ri
chard de la paroisse franeaise de
Ste Anne de Minneapolis, ct l'in-
cut lieu au cimetiere de
Ste Marie, au milieu dun groupe
DAMS d6vou6s qui 6taient venus
montrer leur sympathie q P6pouse
6plor6e, en- melant leurs prieres 3 |
celles de l'Eglise qui dams son "Li-
bera" supple le Grand Juge de
bsaucoup pardonner 3 Ia derniere
heure, meme q ceux qui l'oublent
dams la sant6 ct dams la prosp6rit6.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1906-11-02
JOHN A. JOHNSON

John Johpon naqu Peter Minr le % Juliet 1862
Page de II TRAVELLER dams 6pcerie oo fut
appren dams
puurs ann6es pendant
es chemins de fer Ses ul
% Peter Herald quill poss6de
En- 1899 ut 6 ecr de State Editorial
fut 6u president de cette organisation En-
Ncoe fort district
republican, agr6 opposon dun oanddat republican, Dams au
1904 fut canda de la
convention d6mocque fu e noyembre de ee
mao6 de pres dc 5000 Duran cee me-
Roosevelt canddat republican, la pr6siden
rempora Etat de 10000 LIE Sept 1906 fut
d6moaque
canddat sa adoescence usqu heure acuel 66
inspiration pour la jeunesse de iEtat.
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Donnez-nous vos travaux dim
pressions.
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En- parl ant d'assasslnats nm de nos
vieux Canadiens +. Plouf r6sidant
chez ga file au No 1905 Dupont
nord fut aussi assomm6 de coups
jeudi de la semaine derniere. LIE
vieillarI en- est sorti q bon march6
mails men pas moins eu l'exp6ri-
ence de ces ''holdups''.
Les bandits, il semblerait,
avaient Intention de recommen-
Ger leur travail diabolique de Pau
tonne dernier; nous done de
prendre les precautions n6cessaires
ct 4 la Justice de surveiller.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1906-11-02

M. Geo. v. B. Hill. est un jeure
homme qui s'est d6Ja attire l'esti-
me ct le respect de ses concitoyeDs.
Sa popularite 6t6 prouvee lors
de l'6lec.ion primaire alors quill a
obtenu la nomination de son parti.
II est age de "a ans ct est ne dams
le quarter quill a cherche 4 repre-
senter au conseil. Nous recomman-
dons q tous nos compatriotes du Be
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LIE Juge Frederic v. Brown

Occupant actueement lie banc de la Cour du District
comt& d'Henneon ct candidat pour succeder.
Quand Brown fut nomm6 banc de du
septembe 1905 Minneapolis Tribune dit parlant de ui
terme qu aura lieu lautomne de lann6e prochaine'
Dams meme temps e journal" sat du uge Brown "M
Brown excellent honnee possede
ractere qu quali6e ug Nous aendons quill
fasse un bon record sur e banc"
LIE fat tou les membres du barreau du comt6
gande maor r6pubcains son faveur
canddature du Brown les provisions du our
nal 6taient ent6rement jusi66s.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1906-11-02

FIRED. j. PRATT Jr., M. D.
TRAITEMENT DES
Yeux, Oreilles, Nez ct Gorge
AVENUE CENrRALE ct 4Ame rue.
Heures de Consultations:
10 A. M. al P. M. ct 2a5P.M.
Dimanche ia l Il ure
Lunettes Ajust6es avec 'Pr6cisjon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11

TF were asked how battle is fought, should
say, in the first place, every battle has definite
object in the part of each of the opposing
- forces, which is the destruction capture of
an opposing army. The combat is either
offensive or defensive and while decisive results
usually obtained by the offensive. there great
many instances in the history of the world where
the defense has taken the offensive at the critical
moment by counter attack with overwhelming
effect While single battle is usually one of the
incidents of campaign war, it has frequently
happened that battle has resulted in such a
crushing defeat of the opponent that hostiities
terminated. Generally, several successive battles
must be before the enemy be compelled
to sue for peace.
Before the opening of hostilities formal
declaration of war, both belligerents frequently
mobilize their armies. and organize equip. drill,
and discipline the auxiliary volunteer forces At
the beginning of hostities definite plan has
been prepared and troops moved against the
objective, which is usually the capital of the enc
mys country, some principal city that is the
center of wealth and communication and whose
fall will paralyze the commercial and political life
of the enemy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11

Information, especially as to
the number and location of
his forces, and cavalry forces
are thrown across the frontier
to screen the advance of the
invading army, and to gather
all information possible con-
corning the movements and
intentions of the enemy.
As soon as the invading
force reaches the enemy's
country, it may proceed by
direct advance toward the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11
Destroy All Distractions

A S the invaded country will certainly nterpose
n army between the enemy and his main objec
tive the first object of the enemy will be to en-
counter and destroy the armed forces he finds be-
tween himself and his desired goal.
During times of peace, the offices of nearly
all countries have number of their trained officers
engaged in collecting all information concerning
the topography of all possible theaters of war and
the resources of the nations with whom they might
be involved in hostilities: that at the declara
ton of war, general policy or plan of action
has been mapped out in advance, and while the
necessary preparations being made for the
equipment armament, and transportation of the
army secret agents and spies actively engaged
in the enemy's country collecting all additional
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twenty SnrapfleI a minute;
its useful range is five thou
sand yards; and within thirty
five hundred yards no troops
exposed to it's fire can re-
main unless under shelter.
The automatic machine uses
the same ammunition as the
rifle, and will deliver a sheaf
of bullets at the rate of one
thousand a minute.
The telegraph. telephone,
and wireless biography en-
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main objective and the enemy's main position,
by series of strategic movements, which may
wide of country, hundreds of miles in
extent.
Strong advance guards, consisting of divisions,
of army corps, frequently used to
make feints false movements to deceive the
enemy, draw his forces from his chosen position,
and compel him to deploy so that an attack may
be made against him to advantage. These SUBJ
divisions to become engaged in heavy
slirrnishes, and serious fights sometimes, bringing
on an engagement between the entire forces of
both armies which is called a battle.
As soon contact with the enemy is established
by the advance forces of cavalry which are spread
the country to form screen, reconnaissance
made by officers, patrols, and by large bodies
of troops. Sometimes a division or a corps is
employed to make reconnaissance in force and
compel the enemy to disclose his position and
strength.
The Commanders Instructions
A FTER the commander has obtained all the avail
n able information as to the number and position
of the enemy, the weak points in his lines and found
the locations from which he can bring concentrated
fire on them, he decides upon his general plan of
battle and issues instructions to the Generals
manding his corps and divisions. The object of his
instructions will be to seize the key of the enemy
position which is that point whose capture threatens
the larger part of his position and renders it un-
tenable The situation or location of this point may
not be developed until the action has been in
progress for sometime, and if large reserves have
been kept under shelter in some central position
the commanding General take advantage of
any development of the action.
battle usually presents three distinct stages:
the preparatory stage, the decisive action and the
completion. The object of the preparatory stage
is to engage the enemy wherever he may be found
in the field of action, to stop any advance his
part, to compel him to depoy his lines and to bring
up his reserves; while large portion of the attack