The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-04

To the EdftOr OcAtd baAhNts
note in your issue OF August Ssth
"A Long War" and the warning o.
Lord Kitchener, from the World.
"The north suffered two years Of
almost continuous defeat before
began to wear down the resistance o.
the Confederates" A frank COMES
sion, which is worthy OF note.
Note the frankness OF Senator
Lodge OF Massachusetts In his boof
of Lodges and Gamers History
the United States.
AS our Confederates were numer
icallv smaller from start % finish
and no place to recruit from excep'
the cradle. and a Gordon ON the high
seas, communication severed In two
or three places. by superior numbers
on land. recruiting officers In all thf
countries on the globe for the United
States. az the pension rolls will ver'
fly, still we held out from 1861 -.
1865, at Appomattox. when starved
out and surrounded By overwhelming
numbers, we surrendered
The first terms o. capitualtiOn were
IAN unconditional surrender" Tc|
which Lee replied Il have eigh'
thousand men, and will die az the
head of them before I'll submit e
that"
Grant then said: Name your
terms" (Which we all thought mag
nanimOusl.
Note the disparity In numbers.
was in that army before Lee was its
commander. from early 1851 70 Apo
mattox, 1865; was in all the battles
Of any nOte-nearly forty besides
some side issues. behind a good En-
field rife. that did good service.
A prognostication or a forecast
may not be amiss. Germany. ] think
Enthusiastically sounded her weakest
point before she got in the fight when
she said she was "abundantly able 20
sustain a war indefinitely
Any experienced soldier knows II
will require more TO sustain troops In
the field than az home Then. besides
these men who are fighting the bat.
ties are the producers. or bread-win-
ners, and as harvest time is now on
there is no one 20 do the harvesting
except the women and children.
I see the call is from &c to go"
These millions and millions OF men,
besides the animals. have 10 be fed.
and these women and children are in
adequate TO the task.
At the present outlook shipping Is
out of the question: besides. IL II liza
BILE to the vicissitudes OF war. and the 4
allied powers will see that supplies
are not transported over the seas.
''If'' is a bad word: never did like
it since General Ewell az Gettysburg
failed to make a simultaneous attack
the second day. thereby thwarting
flank movement and preventing US
from holding the key 10 the situation, /
after a death struggle 20 obtain H. 4
Doubtless old lube Early. one OF his
division commanders. was taking /
nourishment in the shape OF a decOc-
ton of corn.
Now. if the allied forces will
agree on a line OF action and hold 1
the kaiser on his own Territory they 4
will starve him to terms. with less pc 4
cuniary loss OF life.
The kaiser, princes and princesses.
lards, counts. szarinas and dignitaries 1
who are very much exercised. hold 1
ing prayer meetings. asking the good /
Lord. IF you don't help me. don't /
help the other fellow" bathing twice |
day and being rubbed down on a /
tiled bath room floor. three square
meals and luncheon between times /
every day, champagne. beer and red
raven splits to promote digestion.
reading wireless kilograms (official-
ly). and not an officer killed-only
two hundred and three privates-they
will soon see what fools We mortals /
be-" This. think. Is the beginnlna /
of the end.
THAD D. LANCASTER