The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-20
SHALL We EVER LEARNi
Our Army Has Always Been Too Small
in Great Emergencies.

To TIE EDITOR or TIE srN-Str: Not
the least important aspect OF General
Funston's preparations to capture Pam
ch0 villa is this II will show the Ameri-
can people how small IL the United
States regular army. Small? ] should
perhaps have said painfully. pitifully
small. Small when considered IN Its en-
tirety. including the coast artillery. Still
smaller when considered. as II should
be considered. AS the mobile army. still
smaller when 80 reduce II, as we should
reduce II In minds, to fit the facts.
10 the mobile army within the boun-
daries OF the United States.
Thu student OF our military history
realizes only too we'll that our military
policy. from Bunker Hill to Santiago.
and even now. In 1915. has been through
OUT fundamentally shortsighted. May I
call attention to several events In u
military history when this small regular
army policy got US into a mess, even as
We are now In "A mess. though few pco-
pie realize Il?
Excluding the Revolution. We find our
selves In 1912 powerless to nvade
Canada. Why powerless? Until August,
1914. or for over two years Of the war
OF 1912. Great Britain. at death grips
with Napoleon, could maintain in Cam
d only $500 reguisrs Besides these
there were Canadian militia, totalling.
with the regulars. at the outset, In 1912.
not over 5000 men. For the first two
years OF the war. then. or until yelling
toms veterans. $1,000 strong, arrived at
Quebec. the United States had an excel
lent opportunity to invad Canada. But
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