The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-28

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complications. chiefly in regard 10 ar
icrcni classes OF arms which il would
be confusing rather than instruciiy.
10 not. in detail.
obtained rarity by election from th.
ranks Of The 'Einjahrise rri.wiilig".
wn" bcionT mainly TO the wealthy AMI
the cadet schools. ia which tays .rc
hn"ol"lly educated for a military carecr.
, rHn,g adj arc usually the SONG OF
WlIitarT officers or men in the civij
service. and they enter the army as
"uSisrS whom they are eighteen wear
OF ar" and advance through the var
Gus ranks OF rfticershiD in much ~.
sam" way and - about the sam. ;,t-,s
as on officers do.
N,rShi system IKE this are that IL sun
piles the state with II large numbc, o
IN the army. have learned to shout ana
occupy a d.nnlt" place in the arm
organization. These are great adNant-
ages, especially when a hastv blow i.
minimize them.
.Yc,; +: We can view the matte,
$o'ucthine can bc sAid for our vuu
- S'"iu In the nISt place between
IN" british aud the German stsuding
armies there should he Just the dime
cncc thai there Is between The profes
si"naI and the amateur.
\ man Who has served in tho
hrl,iSh army for, le, us say, six Or
,,;nm %Gars should know his, business
"h" or twcnty-two who has AT tho mos,
Sou only three years o.; service. M"rc
over. the British soldier will iu uN
rf1p'nlitN' nave seen some actuai W.
fare nHG have his skin rr;tzcd it, sutuc
thins more serious than formal
linz. Probably. too. lie has be. g.,
ia various climates. has brokcl u..
iIS family and territorial ties AT Ntil-
omS times. ami has done transport
l III a . linn.
those "f real warfare than proliu vi
hy mia.noeu,Mres. whether he is Or t.
L." ought 10 he better. And. seeing
that We take our ideas Of what sol
die' Is from our own tried and pr"fcS-
sI"hnl troops. this in itself discounts
German Is soldicr.
"Thcn, again. when NC draw npon
our army reserves We draw upon a
body OF men who have not merely dou.
w" years service In the army, but
aud have had the training and cxperi
entc to which I have referred. H.
moreover. the German can make a salts
factory soldier in one year, as he does
l the ca=c OF the 'Einjahrigo Frefvii-
lig". We ought to be ahlc 10 do a,
veil, or even better. IL our nrst line
OF defense can resist and hold back tn"
rush which Is the prime tactics OF the
nation with universal organization
"iichind ulat rush there IL nothing.
broadly speaking, but niddlc-agcd ana
old men and boys. Our enemy has.
JUDGED the ,pcrmanem, advantage OF :,
larger population. but that win lie mot
sources. Behind our lighting force.
wholly iisproportionato though i; ual
population which contains many "hu
are uf tn. best nEhting age, and who
Will NC may be sure. volunteer for tn.
service.
ing Nirtu. OF the volunteer spirit ihc
rcnarh that one volunteer is worth
TWO pressed men comes down to u
from those days OF strenuous tightiu-
zoe years ago when britain was ~ Sc
riousIy threatened as sh. Is TO-DAY
when. as l may remind You. Napoleon
o. the passage fur six hours. In that
crisis iir!iain mustered 10000 volun-
t"crs II Is said that they would have
"n"r"d, Dut :, small impeachment to the
veterans al the Grand Army. That may
or MAY not De true, but We must re
member that III" veterans OF Napoleon
army were matchless. because they had
learned the art OF war by long service
ana n9i because they had been inn
pressed INTO the service.
one cannot compare the ordinary
tWn0-Nrar men OF the Continental armies
WIN me veterans OF actual war. MANY
"i the former heartily dctcst military
serVice Aears ago | made the ac
nni'"iance OF younS foreigner who
Was Was "pproachins the age of service
one 81 his greatest wishes was that
ne might not grow taller because II
he did so he would be drafted Into tho
cavalry instead OF the Infantry and
nave 10 serve u year longer. I have
met others who diSlikcd tho service
Just AS much.
"fhc desir. 20 gain the certificates
which shorten their terms OF service
IN nc army is in part the cause OF
ihuch mental ovcrwork and strain
among German boys. II has been as
serted That owing to this strain 20 per
cent OF The boys become short-sighted
ana mat 50 per cent arc ultimately
rejected as unnt for military service
Moreover Child suicide is unuttially
common in Germany, and the causes
arc often oNcrwork and the failure
TO pass the critical examinations"