The new South-news., 1908-02-08

forces And now they say they are
perfccting a system OF photograph
twenty miles away by electricity. Well
have that. too. Fancy the advantage
II would have been TO take picture
over a mountain twenty miles away
In fighting Indians in the time OF
Custer and Crook. Lawton might have
got old Geronimo sooner IL he could
have taken his picture several times
as he was fleeing into the mountains
Of Mexico. When the wireless telegra-
ply is perfected wen have that In op-
Grafton. To some extent wc'll use the
telephone
The Hospital Corps passed by. The
General stopped them. "Show this man
how you operate with those First-Aid-
fo-ihe-Injured packages you carry" he
said. One OF the men dropped to the
ground. He was supposed to be
wounded in the leg. Out came the
bandages and appliances FOR stopping
the flow of blood. In few minutes
he was bound up and ready to be put in
the stretchcr to be carried on. PITY
we didn't have such fxlngs in the old
days" said the Colonel. Many a
| life would have been saved
The sharp rattle. deepening into a
roar. OF the half dozen field guns was
heard from the top Of blufT in the
distance. The General pointed out
how those guns were lighter. stronger,
and fully four times as effective as the
iield-guns In the Civil War times, shoot
ing ammunition and scattering bullets
right and left In way that the old
grape" guns could never do. A train
of mules with mountain-guns, taken
apart and strapped to their backs. H.
Illustrated the latest development In
campaigning. especially in mountainous
territory. There's pack-trnin for
you" he said, 1.-THE like OF which we
never saw even in later days on the
plains"
At the close Of the day q squadron Of
cavalry stopped TO water the horses
on the way to camp. The Coloners
eyes lighted up as he examined their
equipment. "Ah." he said. heres one
thing you haven't improved upon. You
still use the old Mcclellan saddle"
Yes" was the reply. nothing better
than that has been found for cavalry,
but you will notice the saddle is better
finished than formerly 1t is stuffed
as 1t never was before. and il you
will look close. you will see that its
endurance is strengthened by the way
oil is worked into it. 1t is fifty per
cent. stronger than the old saddle used
TO be. and because of that 1t lasts
longer and is far more comfortable"
THE so-cALIED BABYrSG.
Then the Colonel pluckeG up courage
TO tell the Brigadler that the general
opinion of officers of other armies was
that the men in the United States
Army were "babicd" too much. A snort
Of disapproval, amounting to half-ra &c.
was the first answer. Other people
don't see why we make our men as
comfortable as possible In ordinary
routine army work" he said. And then
he told why one finds the American
private soldier with napkins, good beds,
good rations. and even confections.
such as chocolate. provided for him.
1.-The best at all times is the creed
of our Army" he said. when the
men are in barracks or camp, why
not make them comfortable : They
know that in war it's another story.
Time and again they are likely to go
half starved. But what's Of Importance
is the fact that they know the officers
will be half starved with them. There'll
be no favoritism when the fighting is
on. No food Is too good for the Amer
lean private soldier at such times. and
he knows he'll get Just as good things
to eat as his superiors in rank II he
gets anything. He's willing to give
up his napkins and his sweets, Just as
he Is willing TO go without his clean
linen and creased trousers and well.
brushed coat. when time for business
comes around.
: 'Yes, we a. baby the men in the
sense that VI care for them all we
can. On the march to Pekin we had
!, distilled water for them. We made II
, ourselves from our own plants, as we
went along. Or commissary and quar-
termaster arrar ,ements were the won.
der Of the troops OF the other nations
, In that march. We had 'em all beat
That was one result OF our desire to
make our fighting machine as strong
! as possible. Bahying' 'em. they call it.
eh? Well. cali 1t making strong men
OF 'em."-Harper's Weekly.