The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-22
FRANCE AND HER
AFRICAN RESERVES

sri upon - an sce or two no the sleeve
ri that e.a'ntry. Both the French and
Geim1r prs-s either frankly allow q,
plainly hinr that the coming duel Of ns-
tinn- Is g. H. thst of the Teutnn and the
,isul. Vet. while Germany boasts her
growing population and the prspect Of
r..p after crop al s.,ns who shall live to
~ -s'l.i'ers. while the newspapers Of Ber-
lin ia"sh Q" ss'orn the efforts that France
ha~ nl'slc 10y a thp~ year law To check-
mate the moves of the Fatherland, the
military hesdquart-r- at Paris, whose
functionaries are many Of them soldier
triesi and tested in African wars, point to
the r-vinents Of Algerian, Tonkinese.
anil other dn~ky warriors a. men who
will H. found we'll aide not only tn main
tain the integrity of the French eolonies.
hut also to tivht side by side, with French
regiments in Eurnu- shnuld continental
war ever threaten France. A deta .hment
of these dark sons of Mars has re,ently
been visiting Paris. n the GArroIs of
that city say:
''Sixteen hundred soldiers, young, ac-
tive. we'll drillsd---tirsilleurs Of sharp
~h".t.-r- ii Senegal. Algeria, Tonkin and
AMMAN. hsve cosne to breathe for = while
's's. air of that France Of which they have
f%Nn at distance the courageous ser
wants SIXTEEN hundred marched to
I.ongchsnp and called up before our eyes
th- vision "f our empires colonial army
SIXTEEN hundred who made us think of
the thousands Of braves who cluster be-
meath our fiag and do battle for it,
Thi- f.,rsign contingent was received
with 'n'hn~is-m by the popnlac.. who
>honI.~i a. the Foreigners marched by:
''ii':s-e rhser- f'r the tirailleurs, for
FRAU f,r the 1frs Years Service,"
rh'- d~m s'-t'afi"n of popular favor,
j"ins~i with t''r linz spt,..arsnrr of the
nsrt .ro'npt- the Paris SnLrn. 10 ne.
nsarS:
Al the Wiy moment hat W. are
-ran'hiny, not like Di,genes, far a man.
hat for n~n numerous enough t. d4f-ndl
our -s.ii in ,lI" h"nr of nss-i, Why shpuld
re n"s tnrn ons Eyes tn the isnd sa Af-
rct2 She now ofiers III whole armies"
The ancient eInIires fell into q. cay 90
-son n they b~ysn ~ engage the services
"f m~rcenaries. this T.aDer proceeds to
say. But:
''Ihes- are no nerPnaries whirh oan
be- honght France - no Carthrre: she
enliStS. she fosters roIraoe aud ~elf-sacri-
flee; she does not pay f"r them. Ia Is
with something like fiIial affection that
these primitive forces. the-e recruits of
the Wild land lcadets de In brous-e).
lavish their devotion on France. All
witnesses agree that there H. enthusiastic
and trnder admiration in the
fidelity 81 the blark soldiers. To- them
their French risirf- are at onre divInitie~
and comrades, masters and brothers A
v hite heart heats beneath the biack hos
ON. Such i tle contagious spirit derived
from contact with our national energy"
Dr. VI. A. Is-grande. principal phy-i-
clan of rctirsd Navy men, sieclars- that
he admit the value. in FuroIs.. 81 the
African black A. a soldier. but ur~-s ~,
the French War Office tn prepare the
foreign DICTIONARIES ''for the new climate
and the new environment, since We
have not yet had an opportunity ''of
a mass of black African troop
colIected in civilized regions" In time
II peace. DIR. LegraBde writes in the
REvCE Paris), Vet us prepare the-c for
eigners for European war. Thus:
''Ia order that We may count npon the
blarg army in Europe---on the outbreak
81 war, We ought to consider tn. question
at the time of complete peace, in order to
organize srh an army in view Of this
war. and o. prepare "a for it, work with
ont hurry or haste Of any kind.
wow this fitness for European con-
ditions can not he prodnced in the black
without due preparation. Therefore We
must each year bring over from Algeria
into France, one by one. not mere de-
tachment-, el'o~en at rsndom, but whole
regiments. who may, sojourn here for
months. say a regiment every year. or
at least q battalion to begin with. This
regiment We should make u travel thru
tie length and bre,lth Of the land, from
the north 10 the -outh, 70 the grand ma
neuvers n autumn in the Center to the
grand maneuvers ~ winter in The East.
The mo~t important advantage vould
rerult from putting the bls~k army in
immediate. u not intimste. contact with
tbe French -,ldicr- of all arms, with their
various organizations for combat. Frem
pureIy military standpoint, such q
cour-e Of training would be BY nc mean.
Improbable. Literary Digz-r