The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02

MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD.
ton had in seventeen minutes done up
the crack British frigalc 'jucrrerc he
went next morning TO the British .Ad.
miralty and said, Il have spent sleep
less night, not because of the loss OF
single frigatc, but because the man
ncr in which that frigate was CAP.
turcd shows that Britain has TO meet
sea power totally different and great
CT than any she has ever before met.
SO with our armies. The four wears
OF CIVIL War showed q tenacity and
determination to fgh, 1t out by which
all modern wars sing into inslsni-
licance. The Japanese OF any other
nation attacking us, will find out these
simple facts in time. but Colonel Rousc
velt's ridiculous action when he was
Pres!acm, mas led TO Il terrible discon-
Geption Of the Army ana &avy OF lie
United states
one may go back still farther IL
mat unerring lesson OF history. ana
see the price that Europe mas had to
pay for man much bigrci than Col
one! Roosevelt. and therefore napable
OF doing more harm. Bismarck in his
memoirs prociaims with frank b.nlau-
y that he tnndc war on Schlesleir-
Holstcin merely 10 see now Europe
would stand il He says that lie meant
from the beginning il he succeeded In
the Schlcsleig ii olste!n case 10 make
war on A"stro Hungary ana ii Prus-
ga was successful there, to make war
on rance, ana demand OF her such an
indemnity that she would never he able
10 pay IT. ana that the French ,roons
Wouid remain cntrenched IN French
.ortresscs. The people in these wars
hao no cnmfty against each other and
no wlsn TO fight, but they we're driven,
Us they can never he again h.. tha
antocrntc power Of one man. T:nronn
$1,000 BY and saw France despoiIed RI
ner territory. and able to pay an in
utilritS that put IA premium upon high
way robbery by nations The cyamnIe
mus ESTABLISHED by Bisniarl Of one
'ia,ioh nNlhs at the throat of another
~ oup,ns ana despoiling her OF all
ner available cash. has made ovorv
rich country appear the noseil,,a 49,
VI thosc less rich than itself. t;crn,,n,.
having e%toricd billions from t,ranc.
i ,,nS HearhinEiy toward England ~
ihciy TO be able to shell ont an enu,i
mount OF money. 1t has made Ia nan
- ''''chsclH war-like but pitifully
tT
me United States ~
- me time OF the Spanish War tbo
Yea was dcrided IN Europc maj NJ.
'i.'cu 90 teS would not annex Cuba
i,applN Tor our honor. the UnitcI
S'a'fs f1d what has seldom been done
80. III ne history Of the world--it
ic1t cuba free ana paid out lis ron,i
money for the Philippines. with ~.
same Spirit the United states rcmittcd
us part of the indemnity cxtortod fro,,,
roor emma by tho Boxer troubles in
.'"o: and thereby made China a CRATE.
!ui and nnforse,ting friend. Thnsn
rn!ngs we're totally misunderstood in
ope' Wherc' since Bismark's day,
INC StandlnS armies have Increased
from about 100000 men to some.
thing like l.00o.O0n where 50 ,n,,o,,
capital IS locked up In the maxi
ing OF munitions Of war ana mj,i,.r,.
clothing and supplies that any effort
AZ even ~ per cent OF disarmament
Wouid create an economic reyolution
An omlnols silence prevails through
out Europe, and the falling OF a tcacup
makes the nations jump''
Inc United States. however with tla
ability TO put 1900, 900 OF GghtIne
men into the field, and with . paw
mat has not SO far met with q single
reverse. can take care Of itself in spity
Of Colonel PoosevcIt's follies. Tho
ful Injustice of promoting Or.
Mood over the heads Of more than 100
graduates OF Weet Point, the "greatest
school in the world,'. as the London
Times has called il, did immense harm,
to the army
u ala not. however rob single West
Point sra'slatc Of the scientific ana
military training 10 which every West
Pointer Is compelled 10 devote four
strenuous years, and TO which Can.
era Wood devoted four months with
an ohstr"pcrouS lieutenant colonel as
lis instructor These follies arc cx-
pensive 10 the people. General NYoc..
conducted series OF alleged ,nanncu.
Frcs IN tho summer Of 1909 which cost
INC country S'ooa,oh0. and caused the
trained officers Of Tho army to 20 about
With their heals hanging down wlth
combined rage anN shame al.1 nmusc.
mnn'
Tho trouble w;h Colonel Roosevelt
Is. INC absence Of 81 sense Of humor
but these lri@htful jokes which he un-
consciously pcrpctr;ucs. like forcing
! fsusSihf hand ana playing Japan's
Eahc ana mnkint; an estimablc doctor
nc commanding officer Of some
thing oyer S1,on0 mon arc not
, merely costly 10 tho tax payer; they
arc cos'iy to the credit and prestige
OF nc country. On the day that. Gen
cral Woods namc was IN for coniir-
nation iii the Senate Colonel Roosc-
rcl' then president published {. with.
hclI dispatch from the Philippines an
| bouncing that General Wood had that
Day Killed 800 Mnros in a pitched bat
tle-5a record which probably cclipscd
ANYTHING he had ever done In that line
| ~ doctor. Tho country laughed /; II
| shohid nave through its Senators
STOOD President Roosevelt OH his bead