The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-03-30

tie and the consequent invention and
Improvement In small arms, the Of.
Irectlveness OF armor disappeared tho
neeu Tor a horse to cart it about ceas-
ed TO exist, and foot-soldiers. or inSsn-
try, again became La Refine de Rot
taflle". o"'-
The offer to raise force of Ran,-
ers, while undoubtedly prompted nv q
lcommendable spirit of patriotism
shows lamentably ignorance of mil
itary matters and of conditions a.
Mexico. The Ranger, as a sneciman
Of the genus military homo. first mada
his appearance in the War of Inda,
pendence. At the outbreak of this
war the Colonies were without mil
itary force. 1t is true that the males
OF the Colonies were enrolled into a
militia, but they were without train.
ing. Their forefathers had brought
the idea to this country that a stand.
ing army is a standing danger The
men OF that time were unused To dis
lcipline and would not submit to II in
any marked degree There were few
men in the Colonies with anv degrae
or military knowledge to impart To
others. Consequently the training of
military force was almost impossi-
BILE. Due to the lact of cavalry, Rang.
ers took its place in the poorly or.
ganized and trained army that fought
this war.
Rangers were again used in the
Second War with Great Britain. ON
various wars with the Indians. and
they made their last appearance. in
limited number, in the War with Mex
leo, 1S46-4S. AS a military phenome
non they may be said to have disap
peared about the same time as the
flint lock.
AS to the conditions In Mexico
should 1t become necessary for thi.
country to cross its borders with tn,
intention Of restoring order there i
should be evident that we will not un
dertake war Of conquest, rather W,
: Twill undertake to pacify the peopl,
and restore them to peace and pros
perity. Unfortunately, Mexico has bu
: two classes, aristocrat and peon. TIL
former, in lineage and education, com
pares favorably with our best; tn
: latter, of whom Pancho Villa is
, shining example, is as ignorant as |
Is possible for a human to be. Fo
five years only partial crops have bee
raised and the people are on the verg
of starvation. The larger majority O
, both classes hope for quiet.
Should we enter there, in any COZ
fsiderable number, it would be to il
: sure them this. And it would onl
|, be possible with a well discipline
fnr1n Snah 10 nff "a
! the regular army and the Nations
! Guard, raised to war strength and a
lowed time for training.
An undisciplined force Of Ranger
or other similar organization, woul
lido q damage to our intentions ths
: would take soldiers the work of yeaI
!, to overcome.
L If Rangers be needed, the cattl
: ranches of Texas, New Mexico, Ar
: IONA and Northern Mexico offer
/ splendid recruiting ground. Their
lcculd be obtained men who are use
to daily life in the saddle In countI
i lare familiar with the Mexican cha
acter and characteristics.
II AS to the ability to rough it ar
n take care of ones self under har
I. ship, it is amusing to know that al
r person will, today, advance the idt
Il that a plainsman or any other ms
n is better fitted to care for himself
i the field than a regular or Natio
ID al Guardsman. This may be true
n individual working men alone, b.
q in masses the training Of the reguli
or National Guardsman in person
N hygiene and camping expedients
u such as no other class of men in tn
n country receives. The regular or N
"a tional Guardsman of the present tin
10 can get along where the Ranger, lie
- to himself, would be as helpless as
Il babe acknowledgement.