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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-05-07

We are authorized to announce
ERNEST CUNDIFF candidate for
Assessor of Adair county, subject to
the action of the Progressive Republi-
can party, expressed at the August
primary.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-05-07

We are authorized to announce
Oliver Willis candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Jailer of
.Adair County, subject to the action
of the Democrats of this county in the
August primary.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
Wives and Fibs
By WINIFRED BLACK.

had any peace till some one came
and cut the Irvine and set them
both free.
/ never see woman tearing
her heart out with suspicious Of
her husband without thinking Of
the two little boys and the
strong Irvine that bound them So
close together and made them
both suffer so. Cut the string
dear little woman. cut the string
now, to-day, before it cuts SO
deep that you can never be hap
py again.
Either your husband is a man
to be trusted or he is not. either
make up your min TO trust him
utterly, or make up your mind
that you do not care what he
does. and show him quite plainly
that he can never deceive you
again. because you are not in the
least interested in what he cares
to tell you
Don't watch him, Don't keep
tab" on him, What's the use2
Let Him Go His Way.
Be happy. Let him go MS
way. and YOU go yours. both in
peace and friendly trust. II he is
the kind of man who does things
he is ashamed of, how can you
be enough interested in him 10
worry over him and his doings
for one fleeing moment?
If he is good man, what a
world Of quiet peace you are
giving up. just because you will
not cut the string Of watchful
suspicion that is making you
both 50 misera BILE. and let him go
-free-a man about his mans
business
Snip. snap, There, that's bet
ter Why, what a deep ragged
hurt the hateful string was max
ing. I'm glad 1t is QUAINT you
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

YES told you fiji, all about
ii where he had been to
dine. and "a found it out
and never can you believe him
again. never. never. never! And,
oh. what shall YOU do with all
the faith and love and trust gone
out Of your little dark, lonesome
world. and where shall you turn
for comfort. and, oh, "Ain't it,
amt il perfectly awful?'
why. yes. Of course. it is aw-
fuI-for YOU both-just now.
Not as Bad as You Think.
Get out Of the now" into the
pretty soon" as quickly as you
can and you'll find that it isn't
half so awful as YOU think after
ALL
OF course he was Ounce to
fib to YOU about the dinner, he
might have known you would
find it out. no fib ever really
deceived a really loving woman
for very long,
And. of course, there was
something foolish and il-ad-
vised about the truth or he would
not have tried to conceal it from
YOU. but did you never do any
thing foolish in your life and try
to get out of confessing it?
No. TO be sure you can't care
for a man who fibs habitually.
Who could? A fibber is a bit
of a coward and no on likes a
coward-a woman least Of all.
But then. what's the use Of max
ing such a fuss about it, now
that il is done? You can't IN
fib the fiji. can you?
l Think of the Irvine.
once / saw two little boys
tied together with a strong bit Of
linen Irvine and. when one moved
the wrist of the other stung and
burned and neither Of the two
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

Even the most kind-hearted
pedestrian can not refrain from
satisfied chortle when he sees a
motor car on a strike.
II viez Of the feet that the
Colonel is a faunal naturalist it
would be interesting 10 know how
he cures a snake bite.
Reports from the southern Dor
der lead one TO suspect that Mex
leo is about TO ask waivers on the
Government
Il might be said that Mrs
Pankhurst walks right IN. starts
a strike. and walks -ght out
again.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS

II nothing but grape Juice Is 70
be served at diplomatic dinners,
it may soon be necessary for
Cabinet ministers 10 study up on
the art Of foTcible feeding.
Senator Penrose says that now
adays Congress prefers 70 deal
not with lobbyists, but with pr1n-
eipals. Penrose always did.
A pocketbook lost by a Pitts
burg doctor was found in the
stomach OF a slaughtered calf II
was probably lighter there.
Mr. Taft prefers a future that
IS behind MIN.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
Free Ship Law
Proves a Failure
By John TEMPLE GRAVES

only for the scrap heap, IF FOR
EIGN.
They would give good Ameri-
can gold for old, WORKOUT, IN
economical, expensive-to operate,
inefficient, foreign built ships of
10. 20, even 50. years old-No
MATTER HOW OLD, so LONG
AS THEY WE'RE FOREIGN
BUILT!
The sagacious foreigners who
sold their old foreign ships to us
would take our gold and buy new
up-to-date, economical efficient
foreign ships, to compete with
our worn-out foreign hunks. Could
pro-foreign idolatry conceive Of
more fatuous folly?
This country is able 10 build all
the merchant ships it needs.
It has the materials in album
dance.
1t has red -blooded, intelligent
skilled, well-paid and well-fed
American workmen able to build
them all.
1t has the money and it has the
commerce.
Will Keep Out U. S. Ships.
BUT If THE DISCRIMINATE
ING DUTY SECTION OF THE
WILSON UNDERWOOD TAR
IFF BILL HAD BEEN LEFT IN
THE BILL 1T WOULD SUI
FICE TO BRING VESSELS IN
DER OUR FLAG. THAT FREE
SHIP LAW WILL KEEP OUT
AMERICAN BUILT AND ONLY
BRING IN FOREIGN BUILT
SHIPS.
Is that the kind of an Ameri-
can merchant marine the people
Of the United States want2
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
Would Admit Anything.

The law is a failure.
II should be repealed forthwith!
The failure is explained" as
due to the age limitation.
Some Americans are SO enam-
ored Of free foreign ships that
they would admit any tottering,
doddering old hulk. otherwise fit
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
What Free Traders Said.

For 30 years free traders have
claimed that the free admission
Of foreign built ships to Ameri-
can register would solve the
American shipping problem
Subsidies and .bounties were by
them denounced as robbery, loot,
graft, stealing from the people.
And yet in 1912 a Democratic
House Joined with a Republican
Senate and President in FREE
LY OFFER ING FOREIG y
BUILT SHIPS AMERICAN
SUBSIDIES if they would AC-
CEPT FREE AMERICAN REG
ISTRY!
Neither free admission to our
registry nor the bait Of Ameri-
can subsidies has brought one
foreign vessel under our flag
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12

THE free ship" provision of
the act of August "a. 1872,
should be repealed before
the new tariff bill is passed.
Nine months ago Congress en-
acted that foreign built vessels
not over five years old, if Amer
lean owned, could be admitted to
American register, and SUCH
FOREIGN BUILT VESSELS
WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RE-
CEIVE SUBSIDIES under our
existing subsidy act of March 3,
1891.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
WHERE INVADERS LAND.

An invading force does not PICK out
Mace 10 make d landing where Il or "a
inch shells can be hurled through their
troon ships or a mine exploded against
their hulls. A quiet stretch of beach, un-
molested by the roar of heavy cannon
and the insistent reports of the quick
firing gun. is much more inviting TO cite
q recent example, look how the American
force invaded Cuba in the war with spain
Al daylight on the 22d of June. 1893, the
improvised transports-thirty-tw OF them
in all-stood in toward the Cuban coast
at Daiuuiri, a safe distance IRON any
fortidcations. The naval escort shelleo
the woods along the beach and unop-
nosed by mobile troops, General Smarter
army of about seventeen thousand men
was quickly landed. 1t is simple matter
I. load men into ordinary ships poa's
ard LET them row ashore. They may get
. ducking when the boats are beached out
,yba, of IL? Horses and mules can be
toyyered into the water, and they can then
he made to swim ashore. supplies ana
heavy equipment such as Held artillery
and wagons. can be lightered in, beached
and unloaded. This has been done many
times I'm the past, and 1t VIII De zone
oeaip In other words, instead OF trying
"a come in at the doors dhe seaports)'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

our outlying possessions, but our own
United States.
We must provide an army for protec-
ton I'm such cases-a field army, mo-
bile army-infantry. cavalry and field
artillery troops-that can be moved from
place 10 place and take their weapons
with them to night the enemy wherever ne
may attack U.s. This army should be or
ganized on efficient economical. workable
in-war time lines. II should be as large
as we need and no larger; adequate to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

requirements IN time Of peace, and eX-
pansible for war
A mobile army should be a machine
complete in all its parts, with "a properly
balanced proportion of the various arms
or branches Of the service that go to
make up armies. The great mass of all
armies is the infantry, the foot troops,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

ffyTO understand thing is to be
interested in it."
u If you are already interested
In the military situation Of your country
a better understanding of this question
will result in a keener interest and, we
hope, an active interest in the national
defence.
THE vital need of the army of the
United States" says Secretary Of War
Garrison in a recent number OF "Har-
per's Weekly" lis TO have the people OF
the United States know more about II
and care more about II"
This article is not TO be preachmeht
for the cause Of 'militarism.' The Uniteo
States on account of its geographical
position will perhaps never have to be
nation in arms like some of the states OF
Europe. As a people we are opposed 10
the idea of a large standing army. ana
let US hope that no aggressive rlVals'
cramped for space at home, will ever De
able 10 compel US TO maintain great
regular military force. But let US not
forget that at present our measures lol
protection are very limited. that we are
hundred million nation. and that the
number of our trained soldiers is very
mall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

Must we not have protection after he
gets in? Did you ever see an advertise
rnent for iirearms-a picture OF a house
breaker, covered by man with re-
volver and underneath the words. You
may never need II, but If you should
what them"
Enemies can invade our territory-no'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
THE CONTINGENCY OF WAR.

To quote Secretary Garrison further'
The contingency of war in the preseh.
state OF civilization must be one that al
Reasonable, thinking men must CONSIDER
We cannot disband the army. we must
make adequate preparation to protect or
selves in the enjoyment of what Zoo "aS
bestowed upon us as nation.
What have we Americans In the way
Of an army. anyway? How is IL organ
ized and distributed? How is 1t trained
Does Il need any changes, any Improve
ments? Have we made all the mlIIt"I'
PREPARATION that we need TO make lho'o
are some Of the questions when VIII pei
haps occur 10 any one who wants u
understand the military situation OF the
country, and then he will prooapiy say
Can find all this out without slu"''"S
lot Of dry, official documents
think so. We believe you can get VIZ
good idea OF this matter by reading ti'is
Paper. More; we think you viii ma u
Interesting Realize tnat the future "
Your country depends upon her pow,
bold her own among competing hau'
When II comes to a showdown. Ihis
uon Is vital 10 you-eyen more 'i'"'
your children.
10 begin with, what is the relation "
tween the two branches OK our ha'o''''
defence, the army and the navy.
The navy must not be tied down W
the protection Of seacoast cities. for IN
stance. take any seaport-New YORK u
Savannah or San Francisco II mar.
urns power made war upon us' anu W.
newspapers spread the intelligence Una.
NE enemy's feet was under way--exac'
Whereabouts unknown, but moving In the
wreetion Of any one Of these porp7--"'
ceuot the presence In the hsrbor Oh q
isw DTeadnoughts. cruisers. destroyers'
&c with steam up. ready for acuoh'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
OUR REGULAR MOBILE ARMY.

To-day our regular mobile army con-
sjsts Of.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
VULNERABLE POINT OF DEFENCE.


The vulnerable point or the shore bat
teries is their rear Approached by troops
from behind. the big guns. If unprotected
by mobile troops on that side, would he
helpless. If infantry troops attack the
coast Notifications from the rear there
must be other infantry there TO oppose
them. or the task of the attackers will oe
little more than merely taking possession
of the heavy batteries.
The navys proper function Is TO seek
out the enemys feet and defeat 1t. But
even a victorious fleet must be supported
by an army in order to secure the fruits
OF it's victory. The naval battle Is only
the first stage of the conflict. our naval
strength should be made great enough 10
meet all possible needs, but TO rely on
that alone would indeed be putting ali
our eggs into one basket That would be
like closing only the front gate to Keep
out intruders and leaving the doors WIDE
omen. Even with our fleet intact an
enemy might elude IL and, with our long
coast lines, effect a landing. Remember
that the big coast artillery guns behind
their massive entertainments OF concrete
and earth are valuable for combat solely
against warships By protecting our mar
bors and securing our naval bases inc
coast artillery releases the heet LOT Oh
fensiye operations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
REGULAR ARMYs FIRST DUTY.

Hence it must be recognized that the
army at home and the army abroad are
two distinct parts of our military organi-
cation. The regular army must, there
fore first of all furnish adequate garri-
sons TO meet the requirements OF these
political and strategical outposts Of the
United States.
Let us see what their several require
ments are:
The duty of the force in the Philippines
Is 10 hold the authority of the United
States throughout the archipelago. ana
I'm the event of war to hold the defences
OF Manila Bay at all costs until our fleet
is free to operate in Eastern waters.
Corregidor, the rocky sentinel that
stands suard at the entrance TO Manila
harbor, was silent on that May morning
when Admiral Deweys ships. passing
near the islands peaceful slopes, steamed
In to destroy the Spanish fleet.
To-day Corregidor is another Gibraltar.
Its rocky sides conceal batteries OF huge
cannon manned by American gunners'
Ratjons and supplies sufficient TO last
through long siege are stored in great
warehouses. Artesian wells furnish ex-
cellent water in unlimited quantities. IL
unable TO hold its own on the mainland
OF Luzon, the entire force OF mobile
American troops can withdraw to CORE
gidor. and, we 'hope, hold that fortress
till help arrives.
Until about year ago the tour Of duty
in the Philippines was two years and the
garrison was changed by shifting whole
regiments. Now the regiments are Kept
there permanently as organizations out
the personnel Is changed. An ofncer
serves three years with regiment III
the islands, and is then transferred home
the officer of the same grade with least
foreign service" to his credit being or
dered out to I'LL the vacancy. The eniist-
cd men are furloughed home shortly De-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

The infantry must be properly supported
bv field artillery, movable artillery, guns
that can be carried over rough country
and served anywhere. There must De
cavalry, mounted troops, the eyes ana
ears" of an army, capable of scouting
rapidly to the front and TANKS, right and
left. screening the movements of the main
hody behind IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
THE PERFECT WHOLE.

THE PERFECT W1OLC'
The signal corps, engineers, sanitary
personnel, ammunition column and supply
trains-all must be provided for If the ma
chine is TO work well. No part must be
left cut, no part must be defective All
must be OF the proper size Tor the
places they are to ill and the functions
they are TO perform
Mobile armies are not kept always mo-
bilized. That is, while all the parts
should fit together and work smoothly as
a whole, 1t is not necessary to nave them
always assembled. ready for action But
they should be brought together fire.
auentIy and tried out. Then for conven-
fence of maintenance and effectiveness
of training the various units return 10
their permanent stations.
The division is the great unit OF army
organization. All branches OF the service
are included in the makeup of DIVISION
and il these great units are complete the
rest is easy. The division Is a complete
machine i'm itself: grouping the divisions
top ether makes armies.
The United States army has never had
peace-time organization that was well
adapted 10 actual war service. We have
maintained a small regular army scat
tered through many small posts all over
the country, and not grouped with any
view to the tactical uses and training or
their garrisons. The parts of the mechan-
ism have not been properly proportional,
and the machine as whole has not been
frequently enough assembled TO prove the
smooth woi king of the parts as they have
existed and TO give the men charged with
handling it chance TO practise their va
rious duties and test their skill
OUR REGULAR MOBILE ARMY.
To-day our regular mobile army con-
sists Of
30 regiments of infantry. ......... 4,63I
6 regiments OF field artillery. 5,l09
Is regiments OF cavalry ...,..........lf,90
Engineers az companies) ......,.., 2.000
Signal corps az companles). ..,..... l,2oS
In addition to the above we have 500
Porto Rican infantry and 50 companies
OF Philippine scouts. These native troops
are a very efficient force, but are available
for use only in their respective islands.
Our regular regiments. widely scattered
as they are. are grouped by War Depart
ment orders into brigades and divisions,
but the organization OF these larger units
is hardly anything more than a paper
organization" for the regiments OF the
most closely assembled brigade are sepa-
rated by "A distance of more than three
hundred miles. The Secretary OF War
and Major General Leonard Wood chief
Of staff, have recently completed an in
spection OF all the posts in the country in
connection with plans which they have
under consideration for the elimination OF
some OF the present stations and the con-
centration of the army into larger gar
risons.
Perhaps you are already wondering how
the regular soldiers stationed in the Phil
ippines, for instance, are going to play
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
Two Officers Of the Regular Force Tell Why,
in Their Opinion, 1t Is Essential That
America, Confronted by New Duties,
Augment Largely Her Peace
Time Military Strength.

would be a very gratifying sight. But
this is not the function Of the navy. Its
role is offensive. The fleet must be free
TO go and hunt for the enemy and de-
feat him. II must secure for us the COM
mand of the sea and keep it.
The local defence of seaports must be
met by other means, and our country is
fortunate in having for that purpose one
of the most efficient corps of coast artil-
lery in the world. Our coasts are fairly
well protected with batteries of large
guns. The purpose OF these fortiiicauons
is to repel direct naval attack, and II is
doubtful If a floating fortress protected
only by limited thickness OF armor plate
could win success against guns equally
as good as hers and protected by unlin-
tied thicknesses of earth and concrete
and firing from fixed emplacements
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

Nv Ljeutenants Campbell b. Hodges and L.
W. Manley, 18th Infantry, Fifth Brigade
II. = 4.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
An Expert Analysis Of the Conditions Which,
Cause General Staff to Urge Maintenance
of Greater Trained Army-Ehciency
of Coast Artillery and Of
Naval Defences.

must be considered as made up Of two
distinct parts:
(a) The army in service beyond the
limits of the United States.
OBJ The army within the limits OF the
United States.
We have foreign service" attachments
in the Philippines. Panama, the Hawaiian
Islands, Alaska and Porto Rico, and with
the establishment Of the naval base at
Guantanamo, Cuba, proper coast artillery
defences and mobile army troops will be
required there.
Each OF these attachments has dis
tinct mission and is to operate within
restricted territory. All of them depend
upon communication with the United
States and are liable to be cut off from
communication for considerable periods.
This is especially true OF the critical first
stages OF a war. These faraway garri-
sons must therefore be able TO go IL
alone until aid from home may reasonably
b. expected. They must be organized and
supplied so that they can be self-support-
ing until the navy has secured command
of the sea. Then we can go to their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD WAR.

Our Dolicv toward Japan in the CAN
lornia land controversy and the patieHoe
and forbearance shown in the MeAI'ah
situation should be proof to the worm
that the United States is one nation lhaI
ia willing 10 do everything possible 10
keen the peace. However, these incldeliIs
serve as a warning TO us that even VIC
NAV some day be in need OF military
PREPARATION. There have been too many
wars IN the last year or two-Wars ahiohe
the cruelest and bloodiest that history
records-for US TO lodge much faith IN the
doctrine that war can be relegated TO the
past AS a barbarous custom, that we are
now TOO civilized to night Selhshhes'
continues TO be one of the principal mann
springs Of human action, both indiVid-
uslly and collectively, but especially does
this amply to nations. We are rich peo-
ple: we have fallen heir to a rich sectloh
OF the earth's surface, and WITH Inc
Monroe Doctrine we have fenced on from
IN. governments Of the Eastern Henl-
pbere vast sections equally as rich ana
in many places practically uninhaoiteu
and undeyeloped.
Can we hope 10 keep what we nave got
Tor ourselves and our posterity' ana u
stand sponsor for twenty other smalie-
American republics, without ever ha'i"9
some outside nation try 10 get some u
his vast area away from us or IRON
,ur weaker sister states to the south?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
THE ARMY AT HOME.

The army at home is on an entirely diff
ferent basis. 1t is supported by all the
resources of the country, and we can have
access to those resources-both men and
supples-after the war starts, and regard
less of the navy's control of the seas.
What is the proper amount of organiza-
ton of this wealth OF our resources in
men and materials that the situation de-
mands? Having them at hand, how long
will it take to make soldiers out of raw
recruits and rifles out of iron ingots?
Putting a uniform on a man and giving
him a gun does not make him a soldier.
ready 10 play in the game OF war, any
more than baseball uniform and bat
would by some magic process change him
into a ball player. How much should we
try to learn about the game Of war be-
fore the game is called?
Whatever may be the answer to these
questions, 1t is certain that the detach-
ments of soldiers keeping the Stars and
Stripes flying in our outlying possessions
will be isolated when war sounds its sud-
den alarm. Unless our battleships COM
mand the waters that separate them from
us we cannot start transports laden with
reinforcing regiments TO their assistance.
We cannot call them home to aid'in the
conflict here, because. first, they cannot
be spared from their distant posts OF
duty, and, second, we would have no
means of getting them here until our
navy should control the seas.