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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter
LAY Saints hold services on Sunday
az 1117h Tacoma av s. g., 10 q
m. Master Christian healing class,
Tuesday, 8 D. m,
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:; =; =: =: !: l7!!|| IN

de no cooking Keep il on haad.
The Original Food-Drink for oil ages
More nourishing than tee, coffee. etc.
In the horne. or at Hotels and Cafes.
Substitutes cost YOU Same Price
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st. PauTs, So. 43d and L sts,
Nev. w. II. Baker. pastor. Sunday
school, 9.4b q. m. Preaching
services, IL a. m. and 1880 D. m. {;
Epworth League, $50 p. m; prayer
meeting. Thur sday, s p. m.
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EVANGELICAL.

Swedish Tabernacle. Cor. 80. 10th
and ] SITS. H. Sundquist. pastor.
Services, IL a. m. and 7:45 ID. m. |;
Bible school 9:45 a. M; Young Peo-
pies society p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Livingway center, 229 Provident
Bldg, Rev. Frank o. Garrison, pas
tor. Services Sunday. IL a. m;
Thursday, s p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Mason Methodist Episcopal, Robt
J. Reid, minister. Bible school,
e:46 a. m; services. IL a. m. and
1880 p. m; junior league, p. M;
Epworth league, 6:30 D. IN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

r. Lukes Memorial church,
broadway and 9Th av., Rev. r. w.
Koator. bishop; Rev. F. T. Webb.
vicar. Services during August at
IL a. m.
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2:30 and 8 p. M; circle, 6 p. m; mid-
week meeting. Thursday, 1880 d. m.
Church Of the Universal Message.
room 229 Provident Bldg, Rev.
Frank o. Garrison, pastor. Services
Sunday. IL a. M; Thursday, s p. m.
International Holiness church,
25th and Tacoma av., Rev. j. Il.
Huteheson, pastor. S. s., 10 a. M:
sermon, IL a. m. and s p. m.
Park Universalist, home of New
Thought and Divine Science, No. j
and Division, Rev Henry Victor
Morgan, minister. Services at IL q,
m.
Order of the Star of the East
meets Sunday evening, s p. M, room
229 Provident Bldg. Discussion by
audience.
Salvation Army meetings II a. M,
1880, 3, 6:15, y. m. All welcome.
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MISCELLANEOUS

Pentecostal Church of the Nazar.
enc. cor. 18th and J. s. S.. 10 a. m.
preaching, II a. m. and 7:45 p. m
Rev. S. p. Westfield, pastor.
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CHRISTIAN

First Christian church, sth Nv.
ind X cts. w. A. Moore pastor.
9:45 Bible school; sermon, 1890 a.
M; Stadium service in evening
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Unity Theosophicai lodge meets
room 229 Provident Bldg, Thurs
day at 3 p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

German Baptist church, So. goth
and ]. r. A. Blandau. pastor. Sery-
Ices IL q. m and 1880 p. m: s. g..
10 q. m; B. Y. p. u. $50 p m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

State Bus. College opens Aug.
2Sth. Revised Gregg Shorthand,
New Bookkeeping. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Norwegian Danish NJ. p. church.
cor. 18th and ] SITS. Services. IL q
m. and $500 ., m: 8. g.. 10 a. m:
~ L. Hanson, pastor. Epworth
league. Z =. m
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Trinity church. No. Sd and X
Rev. c. Y. Grimes, rector. Morning
service, ii a. m; s. s., 9:45 a. m.
ervices Tuesday and Friday, p.
m.
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Church of Holy Communion. SO.
14th and /, Rev. r. II. McGlnnis,
pastor. Early service, 1880 a. m. !,
s. s., 9;45 a. M; morning prayer. II
a. m. No evening service during
August.
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Order of the Star in the East
meets every first and third Tues.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Trinity. East 85th and r SITS. r
L. Moore. S. S., and church 1890
until ~.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Tacoma Unity Center meets ev.
cry Wednesday, 2 p. IN, Maccabees
hall. Mrs. Elizat eth whiteside will
conduct meetings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Society of Friends, East Side
meeting. Bible school. 9:4b a. m.
Y. p. 8. c. E., $3.50 p. m; servicei
{ 80 p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

ST. Andrews church, No, 9Th and
Cakes SITS. Rev. Frederick Webb,
Evening prayer and sermon, p.
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Tacoma Theosophicaf society, ev-
cry eThursday, y. m. at 719 So. n
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Bethany Methodist church 59th
and Thompson av., Rev. w. III. Sell
leck, pastor. Services IL a. m. and
1880 p. M: Epworth league 1880 D.
m.
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Declares Basil Manly

MEN AND WOMEN who figure in the
tigaion Left to right Warren Billings
Mooney Below Thomas
The police theory that Billings containing
the bomb Weinberg
conspiraors o the the explosion
MISS SMITH, identified Billings
Mooney as Joined m he street
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First Methodist church. So sth
ard G. Delmer H. Trimble. minis.
ter. Services 1890 a. m. and 1890
.. m. s. s.. noon: Epworth league,
6:15 p. m. f. II. Marsh, president
Wash. State Fed. of Labor speaks
in evening on labor question.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

South Tscoma Baptist church, 30.
60th and Warner SITS. Rev. Ransom
Harvey, pastor. S. S., 10 a. m:
services at IL q. m. only.
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With The Churches

and 7:45 p. M: prayer meeting,
Thursday, 1880 p M; b. Y. p. u,
GAS p. m.
will preach.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

The powder dissolves in water. Nes
Rich Milk, Matted grain extract in powder.
For Infants, Invalids and growing children
Pure nusritioa. upbsildins the whole body.
lnvigors,es nursing mothers. and the aged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

As a climax to romance be-
gun two years ago when Miss
Clara Roundtree Gerspacher ac-
cepted a position as teacher in the
Menlo, Wash, schools, where Mr..
Armour M. Murdoch was princi-
pal, comes the news of their mar
riage last Sunday at the home of
her foster parents in Winlock,
Wash. Her father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Gerspacher, of
2202 South G street, served a
sumptuous wedding dinner to the
bridal party on their arrival in
Tacoma at 3 p. m. The couple
will go to Long Beach, Wash.
where they have taken a cottage
for the rest of the month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Church notices for The Times
aust be In the EDITORIAL Office BY
p. m. Fridays. Only those notices
supplied each week will be pub.
tished
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Pencil Mission, SIS So. 18th. Meets
every night but Monday. Sunday
eve at 8 D. m.
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Pilgrim Congregational, No. cath
and Warner, Herbert Livingstone,
pastor. s. s.. 9:45 a. m; Junior
church, 1890 a. m; sermon, IL a. m.
PRESBYTERIAN
18th st. chapel. bet. Adams and
Proctor. Bible school. 10 a. m. d.
L. Soltaue.
First Presbyterian. 30. 10th and
G.. undtr the court house tower.
M; Y. p. s. G. E.. Z p. M; Bible
school meets ~ o'clock. Rev. c. w.
Weyer, pastor. Junior C. e., p. m.
Associated Bible students, Odd
Fellows temple, 712 Pacific ave.
s. s., 1880 p. M; discourse, 3 p. M;
Bible study, 4:3o p. M; symposium,
II p. m.
st. Marks church, 3sth and No.
Cove. w. A. A. Shipway of Spo-
kane will preach at IL a. m. and s
p. IN.
Emmanuel Presbyterian. No. and
9th. Robert III. Milligan. minister.
noon; Y. p. =. G. e.. p. m. No
evening service.
Rev. w. q. woodbridge will
preach.
BAPTTsT
First Baptist. 9Th and Market,
Rev. James g. West, pastor. Serv-
Ices II n. m. and 7:l5 p m: $. s..
psfb q. M b. X p. w. e;fb p. m.
Hethseda Baptist. So. z5th and X.
8. s. DAB a. nj preaching. IL a. .
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c0yoRnaATIONA
East Congregational. East s&
and Il, Rev. A. d. Shaw. Ph.D.. pas
tor. s. s., 10 a. m; worship and
sermon, IL a. m. and 1880 p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Progressive Spiritual society.
Meets Sunday at Tacoma Music hall
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Salvation Army meetings II A. M,
1870, 3, 6:15, s y. m. All welcome.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Pilgrim Congregational, No. cath
and Warner, Herbert Livingstone,
pastor. s. s., 9:45 a. M; Junior
church, 1890 a. m; sermon, Ii a. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

AND
Social

Youngsters OF the Children's
Home were given an outing this
week by Mrs. William l.. Nc
Cormick at Glover Park. They
were taken in the auto bus Blue
bird to the picnic grounds.
The ladies' auxiliary to the
Brotherhood of Railway Train
men will meet next Friday even
ing in Odd Fellows hall at .
D. m. A..
The Twentieth Century club
will be entertained at picnic
luncheon Tuesday at 1:15 p. m. at
the home of Mrs. w. II. Johnston,
622 South seth street. Take Span
away or Old Puyallup car.
A shirt waist and MILDLY dance
will be given by Puget Sound
Homestead, No. 500, in Eagles
hall next Tuesday evening.
The Mary Stuart Altruistic SO.
ciety will give acard party next
Tuesday afternoon in the Pythian
temple. Friends invited.
The tennis ball In the Elks' club
ball room last night was the
climax to the social events attend
ing the Pacific Northwest tennis
tournament.
Mrs. l.. w. Owen, president of
the Fathers Day National asso-
citation, will speak in the Park
Universalist church Sunday even
ing on Who's Who"
Mrs. q. j. Ordal, 912 South
18th street, is at present visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. p.
Leque at Bellingham. She has
with her the children, Johan,
Marie, Olaf and Dorothy. Rev.
and Mrs. Ordal lived in Belling-
ham eight years and have a very
large circle of friends there.
Alpha Degree Of Honor will
give a picnic at Point Defiance
park at II O'Clock next Friday
morning. Mrs. Pearl Roderick, |
Mrs. Ben Hallam and Mrs. Ber-
tina Johnson are the committee in
charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

Emmanuel. No. 14th and Stevens:
o. Hagaes, pastor. Services 1880
y. m.
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st. Paul's Evangelical, eth and
Tacoma, Rev. II. c. Ave Lallemant,
pastor. No S. S. or services.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

$3.50 and 8 p. M: circle, 6 p. m; mid-
week meeting. Thursday, 1870 p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

First Swedish Lutheran. Rev. T.
q. m. and .. M. 8. g.. s:3c a. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-05

- So. Tacoma Norwegian. Warner
and 62nd. o. Hagaes, pastor. Serv-
ices IL a. m.
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REsBYTERIAN
18th st. chapel, bet. Adams and
Proctor. Bible school. 10 a. m. d.
l.. Soltaue.
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St. Paurs Danish Lutheran, so.
18th and L sts.. Rev. P. N. M. Carl
sen, pastor. Services. 1900 a. m;
Young Peoples meeting second
and fourth Thursday. 8 p. m; 8. s.,
10 a. m,
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st. Marks church, 36th and No.
Cove. w. A. A. Shipway of Spo-
kane will preach at IL a. m. and 8
p. IN.
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LUTHERAN

Our Saviors Evangelical Luther.
an. cor. nth and sts.. Rev. o. j.
Ordal. Service IL a. M; communion,
Ordal Services IL a. M, in Norwe-
gian; p. m. in English.
The sun., 1916-01-09
MEDIEVAL Italy.

To account for one thousand years
OF history, 3O1-l3l3. giving special
chapters on great episodes and per
sonalities and on the religion, art and
literature Of the time is the great
undertaking of H. T. CoTrERILL :
UcdidCrdI ItnM ,StOkeSl. The Eng
lish is not impcccahlc; the narrative IS
often obscure and ov"rcrowded and
there is no hiblioSraphy This last Is
an almost Indispensable adjunct To
such "A book, for the volume is con-
fessedly an introduction to the sub
jcct, the beginning Of "A study. The
student would bo infinitely grateful
for the mention of sources. For oN-
ample. from what original sources is
the we'll known story "f Jacdpon" ia
Todis conversion drawn" The taI"
is lightly sketched in in this volume
while doubt is thrown on the authcn-
ticity of the I.audi
II is diiilCuit to find u reason for
writing the history OF the years from
2Oj to 476 in the present tense. since
to the readers great relief the follow
ing chapter falls back naturally and
easily into the past tense. Doubtless
lnt HhlnbT I'll tilhN Nv WIS H'lulilS
variety and vividness to dun page
4 by such writing as:
! In 3a7 Constantine 'ho Grct' dc. a. hi,
{ palace urHr NicndcmiL ,Hlfhvuip and
the empire Is at, idtd among hts three
sons--tw"nj"-n "-nnc. twenty ana ."ycntr"n
years of age Constantine II, Nun-ttu-
thus II. amt Coustans. or these the hrs,
/ Is killed when invading lta,N
Indeed this volume might serve as
"A text for "A needed sermon ON the
/ unfashionahie and disCr"dited task ui
learning to write before one UNDER
takes any book whatsoever, Bui
with all the modern professors of Ian
guage busy destroying such traditions
and laws Of language as should ob-
tain, 1t is perhaps useless To urg,
upon any one the futile labor.
The author has divided his boob
into five parts prciiNlng a brief aC-
count of the political events OF tho
period in question. Tho first part deal.
with the fall of the Roman Empire
roughly dated at ii5 \. d.. ana con,
tains chapters on the cause of tn,
fan of the Roman Empire; one civ,
ing an analysis of the type Of tho
barbarian, one on the struggle he
tween christianity and paganism
one on Theodosius the Catholic: on,
on Stiicho. Alarir and placida; one
on Attla the Hun and a final chapter
on the period from Gaiscric To- Odo
vacar. In this part the chapter or
Attili IL perhaps the clearest ant
most interesting even though TN
The sun., 1916-01-09
FEUD OF THE BELLS.
story of Church Rivalry In . New
Hampshire Town.

sitting around the office in the Farm
ingtOr Exchange the other day, the talk
ran TO "reminiscences and a gentleman
who lived IN Whit.feld. y. H., told this
story to a Lewiston journal reporter:
In Whiteheld, when I was boy,
there were two churches, Methodist aud
Baptist. on opposit. sides OF the street
and opposite sides Of the fence as far
as religion went, While there was no
outspoken warfare, both working to-
Gether. presumably, FOR the Lord there
wac sens. OF rivalry, which II YOU
have ever lived In country town re-
quips no further comment
My father was a deacon in the
Methodist Church and one day he came
over to my house, had just been mar
ried and set up housokocping-and said
TO me: George something awful hap
rened at our church sunday What
was II, father said |. Well. said he,
we don't want II generally known, but
some one went up IN our telfry, unhe-
known To us, and took the tongue out
Of the l-ll, and when the sexton started
10 ring it for service sunday morning %
made no sound whutcN-r Going uu-
stairs into the belfry We found it in that
ueplorable condition
The next morning. was then ruu-
ming the train out OF Whiteh"ld. being a
'onduc'or--l Went along to the luComo-
tive and. getting IN into the cab, sat
down to talk with thu fireman ard en-.
gine.r Ns we were talkiu. aroih,r one
of the d.Hcons of my fathers chrr,r
! came along and spuk, ia th., crpiueo,, /
whispered 10 the fir man Won say II
! seemed IN Uy 10 Non that YOU dln';
! hear the he'll ring Yesterday morning
| so he spoke up a,d said. nv ,,.
/ way, Mr.. Simms, what vu,, Tho trouhIs
! Yesterday morning | didu't honr ~,
/ sound of Your bell calling the neonl,
| to the services No sooner had IN. irs
/ man made the remark than Mr.. Simm,
The sun., 1916-01-09
reader must struggle with such stras-
Cling sentences as the following:

They found Attila and his vast army en-
camped near the place where tine river
Minco flows out OF Lago di Garua-
where Peschlera now stands-not far
from "olivo-silvery" Sirmio. nigh which
the villa OF Catullus once stood, not iar
from the country. sacred to all lovers Oh
Virgil where the hills slope gently down
toward Mantua. and where with wind-
ings slow wandereth the broad Mincius
and borders his banks with soft reeds
One gathers the sense. OF course,
but the six struggling connectives rop
the writing of any elegance.
The second part Of the book begins
with a historical outline of the times
from 476 to 56S; a chapter on Theo-
doric the Great; one on the writer's OF
that age; one on ST. Benedict land in
parcntheses it may be noted that
never was st. Benedict dullcr; com
pare Montalembert's Monks OF the
West"D. and one on Justinian. In
this period Boethius seems chiefly to
have aroused the authors interest
and enthusiasm.
The third part moves on to the pc
riod from SOS to 500 and gives as well
as the historical outline chapters on
Gregory the Great: the architecture
and mosaics Of the time; Venice and
other cities (namely Pavia. Florence
Naples. &c) and one on Charles the
Great in Rome. The fourth part covers
the period from 800 to 1890, with
chapters on the Dark Ages. the Nor
mans. the Rise OF the Republics and
Romanesque architecture. The ffth
part closes the volume. carrying on
The sun., 1916-01-09
deriving so little profit from marked
superiority in numbers.

u,storv ia reo,e,o with inaccuracies and
omissions. and the campaign of Santiago
AFFORDS another instance OF this fact. Al
Enough the role played by Gen. Garcia
and the Cuban forces after the landing oil
,he american army searee,y reuo"nusa "
.ne. , e,eo,' s"e ,'' ssos,..n non. ..s,,a, .hnv
rendered anva,na bie asslstancs by virtually
isolatinr the spanish in the vicinity Of
Santiago from those in the rest OF the
province. With the suggestions made by
Gen. Miles on June Garcia complied to
sueh an extent tha' OUT Oh sos. spbnish
/, 'uops ,n. III ."e ] os''ee ,ooos % "o,s,s,. .na
I ooo sailor, Win rh,oh 70 onno.o shaf,er
That he failed 10 utilize them as a good
general would have done was extremely
lucky for the Americans, Thus far his
torians, almost without exception. have
nes'ecteo 10 give 10 oareia ana MS euoans
VIC p,oper eoosn,.ou auo 'or une '"' =.
The sun., 1916-01-09
COMPOSERS OF HYMN TUNES
Authors of Many Familiar Nr
Now Almost EOrgOttcn.

Frequent study has been made o..
writers Of famous hymns, hut less
has been gwen to the makers
tunes which have often beer Tho F.,.
OF carrying the words into unvNs
tise. \ tune is easier 10 learn y. .
than words are. and thus a singer
have recourse to book for words
out needing the score for the mo''
But after all. our association r
hymns are quite as apt TO BE- " N D.
music as with the words ana TIE r
els Of our best hymn tunes a"e o..
eminent composers
Among the obscurcr composers
hmm tunes that have lasted lu.- '
Christian work mentions lsaa. r.
Woodbury. Of Beverly, Mass, Who veg
his career as a blacksm,th's appr0''.
His interest In Chugchvuug '..-
him at last 10 an interest In ".J- a.
he even studied in EuTNpe and secs
associate of the better known ,r.-..
Of the day. HIS tune cil'ri 90
sung 10 Hehcr's "By cool :
shady Riil,' is known tn mos ,''
goers.
Slas Jones Val, for a tine Q '1''.
In New York. composed tie u'..-
Fahers beautiful hymn. Tie.
Wilderness IN Gods More" ant '0
set we Shall Meet beyond 10, t..
by the Rev. John Atkinson of ". '"
sey. l,hamar Conkey ~ Sl' $50.
Mass, composed "Rathhuru . .H
lie was tenor solois' ia "a y,
church. GeorC" y Allen. ,owrns-.
the tune Maitland" MAS Mts7.
setts man who went To Onto a.
posed good many ~a "Hl ,.'-
tunes "MaitlaHi" is su.r 80 = -
S"ott's "Must jesus B,u - '
Alone"
"Dedhlm' was composed F.
/ by william Gardner "EuE .>
Rsoton tune hy Lowe, Ml-uI
Street" is an old choral" form % '
Ia Isaac smith Of London. ''i',,
one OF the most familiar Hnl
Of tunes in the hNmu houn.
posed tv Jean Jacques Eun--s
, obscure save in his ry'o u' n'.
| Wherein his good Wu-k MS , '..
| his wider fame, MANY 10.
! hymn tunes, Of course, woe
| mon or recognized anus. ~
! 'hui'nrh," for eXawr.r. 20 v.
| tn the Word, tho l"l I~
/ sung. is an addpt,'n f.u"
/ ''M, ssilh"
The sun., 1916-01-09
nitcd statcs Military Histor, aud
Policy.

Cyclopadc in bulk and scope. TIE
Mihtary Unprepdrcdness Of the United
states, IA history OF American land
forces from Colonial times until June
/, 1915" by FREDERIC LOUIS HUIpE-
ROPER ,Macmillans). Is so straightfor-
ward record of wars and the mill
tary activities of the peaceful Intervals
that 1t can be easily followed by the
non military person to whom the les
sons OF past experience are OF interes;
in the present discussion of policies
and equipment for the national de-
fence The authors frankness in the
title of his book leaves no need FOR
statemen, of the tendency and conclu-
sion of his commentary: as to the
spirit. 1t is judicial, objective and not
inclined TO force unwilling facts into
line with arbitrary preconception. The
military sketch OF each war Is followed
by a chapter on its contribution to our
science and policy Of arms. These
| chapters enforce that conception of
United States history which insists
upon recognition of the existence Of
! "A department in the Divine provld ldcnce
specially devoted to the supervision OF
|
brave men or competent officers. with
abundant resources at command and
a country begrudging no justified eX-
peudture. We have all too often owed
escape from the consequences Of IN
adequate preparation to the weakness
or blunders of our opponents, An in
stance of this Is in the Spanish Amer
lean war
Spain had l9S,S20 troops in Cuba
and 365S2 OF them were in the Prov
inCe of Santiago when we invaded Il
with an army of 1900 men. Havana
was one Of the most strongly fortified
places in the Western Hemisphere
Superbly fit AZ were the American SOL
diers. in unusually large proportion
regulars, these were heavy numerical
odds something like II to ! in tn,
totals. But Linares and Blanco were
apathetic and inefficient, the Santag,
forces were strengthened only by
single column of less than 1000 men
coming from Manzanillo. Garcia will
his 5000 Cubans had isolated the II ,O0'
troops about Santiago from those il
the rest OF the province. but the Cuiban'
"could easily have been brushed aside
had the Spanish commanders beer
alert and energetic. Long befor
Skaters expedition reached Sibona,
its destination was known. and M
difficulties were not great enough I,
have prevented an abler commander
far short OF genius, from concentrat
, ing the bulk Of his forces within stril;
ing distance, Had I.nares attacke,
| with half his troops during the Amer
lean Decentralization, Shafter woult
have been driven into the sea" witt
$4,000 men assembled on the height
of Santiago at any time within min
, days after the landing. the autho
, says, our troops could have been dc
!, feated. In a word. history gives few
parallels to the Spanish experience o