East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-04

with suspicion. But il this country
wishes TO do anything towards
strengthening It's military establish
ment the thing TO do is TO build up
the artillery branch The artillery
requires few men but they must be
trained men and there must be mod
ern guns and ammunition available
for use. In case OF war well equip
ped artillery service would be worth
more to this country than a stand
ing army OF half million men. The
mere fact this country has a very
small regular army numerically speak
ing is Of little importance. We can
get infantrymen by the million with
in few months time. The real ques-
tons pertain TO the chances of get
ting equipment for these men and
above all to the status OF the artil-
lery branch.
The United States is in no danger
OF invasion at this time.-The Sun.
Lese-jingoism! The
Lese-Jingoism. Hun Is at the gate,
and the Jig is already
up. We are conquered people. and
what is worse, We never were any
good. An army colonel named Heis-
tand. out in Chicago, has been telling
US all about ii.
To begin with the beginning:
We did not whip Great Brit
ain in the War Of the Revolu-
ton. Great Britain was busy at
home and quit because she hadn't
the slightest idea what kind of
real estate We had here.
AS for the Civil War:
In the war of the rebellion two
great mobs of the finest citizenry
that ever stepped up to the can
mons mouth went to the front
without knowledge OF organiza-
ton or warfare for four straight
years, and at the end the one
with the longest purse and the
greatest number Of men tri-
umphed. II was scarcely a war.
1t was conflict of mob organi-
zation.
Somehow. we had not thought Of
regarding the troops commanded by
Grant and Lee and stonewall Jack
son and Sherman and Sheridan and
Stuart and Thomas and Longstreet as
mobs, and the great soldiers Of the
North and South as mob-leaders; but
hitherto we have not had a Heistand
to illuminate our history. Sheridan,
who accompanied the Prussian Cen
eral staff, was disposed TO the opin-
ion that the Union army on the
whole was superior to the German
army; but Sheridan was no such mil
itary authority as Heistand, and prob
ably knew nothing at all about armies.
The thing to do. Of course, as this
Col Heistand shows is to turn the
whole country into an armed camp
and make everybody do military ser
vice. Then instead of winning our
wars with "mobs,, as we have done
for nearly a century and a half we
can break our backs with military
taxes and finally be licked scientifi-
cally.-New York World.
~S~SSSSs-S
Very frequently profound advice is
given by people who know little
whereof they speak al Il shown by
the following yarn: Coming out Of
church after listening to a sermon on
Married Life and Its Duties" two
old Irish women commented on the
address. TITS a fine sermon his rev.
erence would be after giving u.s." said
one to the other. at is. indeed" was
the reply; "and wish knew as little
about the matter as he does!"
S-SS-$0S-SSS
Those who have been away from
Pendleton for several years upon re-
turning are struck with the great pro-
gress the town has made.
S-SS-SO$~-S-~
All Pendleton feels real sorrow over
the death OF Mrs. Marshall.
S-s-S-~S~~~~