The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-12-22

would be required as a balance to this
infantry division of artillery OF 1,6uV
guns, auoWlng tour guns to each 2,OOU
infantry. 1t should be really twice
lie number. lie cavalry branch
would be dispensed with, as the ait-
cans Would 10 the service required
OF the cavalry.
/, Woulu require 400 wagons and
o,uUU lnuIeS TO maui the SUPPLIES 10 the
sOIuIelS Ill me IreHcneS from sup
p.y uepots. Inls is not taking IN ac-
cuuu. lue tnuusanu wagons ana
u.uleS TO maui camp equlppaoe, reserve
e4uiluu-ll-on, neulUa! supplies, dnlpu-
Iauceo, uelu nOopILal, e.c. IL SnOulu
&c meuIuel eu tAaL every mOuthlui
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be none TO be hau on the Otner. l neIe
I..uoL DC AZ least 80 days supply VI
1000 earn, u With tie a. nldlne4ie. 1u
Iced oUU,UUU troops LOT ~ uayS IL
would require 100000 barrels VI
hour, l,-UU,UUO pounus OF meat and
-u,o.al uuHuleu thousand DuSnelS Ol
corn and thousands of tons or nay
..r .lo4 .es. Canada required 80 ships
to take over her first contingent "
o3,UuU troops. one thousand to +
ship. Suppose we crowd in twice that
many, it would take 400 ships to
transport the troops alone, and halt
that many for the artillery, w CONS,
horses and supplies. So We Ild
reqire a feet of 600 ships. ~. ere
are we to get them? We haven't
them. Those of the allies are busily
engaged in furnishing their own az
mics. So we would have to depend
upon the ships of few neutral ma
tions, such as Norway, Sweden, Den
mark. Would they be in condition
to supply them? Then this great
army would have to be recruited. 1t
has taken us the better part of year
to recruit an army of 100000 men Oh
the border, when danger to our coun-
try seemed imminent. Could We get
volunteers enough to engage in a
foreign war, where no one individ-
ually is interested, war brought
about by a few reckless and foolhardy
men persisted On going on ships where
they had no business, and had been
warned away? There would have to
come the ruthless draft or conscrip-
ton. We have only all told 720 pieces
of field artillery, none carrying a
shell further than three miles, nor
heavier than 60 pounds.
'GMe would be laughed out of the
country, should we take battery OF
these toy cannon among the 800
pound howitzers of the European ar
mics, carrying shells from six to ten
miles, weighing 900 pounds. So our
whole battery would have to be re-
modled, new cannon, new carriage,
motor trucks and ammunition to do
for at least month. See what would
be before us. But taking it for
granted that the army of S0O,0o0
was well organized, equipped and
had been landed on the shore of Eu-
rope, where would they begin the
offensive? Winston Churchhill, Eng
lands first lord of the admiralty,
when the war began, while discuss
ing the situation in one of Americas
great newspapers, deplored the con-
dition where the central powers, with
an army so much smaller numerical
ly.were enabled by their stategy
aid science to hold off the allies, with
their preponderance in men and sup
plies and with navy of negligible
strength, could keep inactive their
great feet of warships. Said he,
what is the use of our ships and
their strength, when a little German