Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-05-18

victory Of Yorktown was made pos
sible only by the timely presence of
the French fleet"
Thus the military authority who
knows what conditions were from
public documents sums up the revo-
luton,
CHAPTER II.
Continuing the account Of how
Americans have sprung to arms in the
past. we quote from Fundamentals
OF Mili.ry Service
while these conditions (of ineffi-
cheney ana shirking) could be ex-
cused In the revolution, dueN to the
iealousies of the colonies ana Me lack
Of q strong central government-n0t
so in the war of 1912. We were then
a nation, going to war on our own
motion. But our conduct of that war
was even more unintelligent, was in
fact pathetic. with no victories Con
land) during the war TO remove the
sting Of repeated disasters.
I'VE brought to the colors for that
war the astounding number of over
52 900 men--to oppose an English
force of less than l7.000--and were
beaten and humiliated at every turn
Lack Of organization. Of discipline, ana
OF trained leadership made our arm
les pathetic objects ana ended by al
lowing a small raiding force Of British
10 penetrate to Washington and raze
our capitol-'while the fleeing presi-
dent and his cabinet looked back from
the hills of Maryland and Virginia
upon the ruin their Incompetence had
wrought
England was also at that time fight
ing Napoleon.
CHAPTER III.
Continuing from Captain L. c. An
drews' summary If our wars
In the Mexican war success at
tended our arms against an inferior
foe. There were two conditions
strongly in our favor: the command
ing officers were trained soldiers. and
the scene of the conflict was so far
removed that the Weaknesses Of our
volunteer system could not operate
l}y the time the battlefield could be
reached, long continued training had
put something of discipline into the
armies, while to desert back home
was physically out Of the question"
1t may be remarked that the war
was much prolonged by the fact that
The enlstments ran out and troops
had 20 be shipped home, the generals
waiting until others arrived from the
states.
CHAPTER ".
From Captain Andrews summary
Of our civil war in Fundamentals OF
Military Service;
Finally there stands our great civil
war, the garing example of the inef-
ficicncy of our system and of its ex-
t..... - 1
When a small trained force in the
hands of the nation could have sup
pressed this rebellion. by continually
understanding the amount of force
necessary TO put 1t down, il was all
lowed to grow, until MILL )ns were iu-
VOWED.
"The same civilian control Of mill
tary matters quite beyond their com
prehension, the same short term en-
listments. the national government
again in the position of a supplicant
TO its citizens begging them to enlist,
offering them hounties as an induce
ment. and in the end having to resort
to eonseription in order 60 get them;
The same state control of raising and
differing regiments; desertion by the
hundreds and hundreds of thousands,
to return to their homes, or to re-
enlist and thus get duplication of
the hounty--all the weaknesses of
our previous military experiences
were here repeated over and over
again While in the end the sure
aftermath of such a system the ma
tion is paying annually the astounding
sum Of s170, 900, 600 in pensions Fifty
years after the close of the war an
annual payment that would build a
Panama canal every three years.
History books in the schools teach
us that we are patriotic enough to
sacrifice when there is any real need
The history books in the schools do
not tell the truth.