I n · 2009. 12. 28. · victorv to the allied arms Indee 1 we know now escort throughout t ea.rrnv maneuv ers last year at thIlt LIege saved Pan. tb t tl t bb slstance tIeconclusion

'rHE TEl1Jl[$ OJ' SUBSC:aIl'TION 220 FIFTH Wilen de SWOI N ClnCUJ A.NON tot I' fa el•.cut.Hon 01 •• Tho Oklcalll'O 1'rlbual'," ft •• eported III Ie•. oatll to the United Statea gOY- meat u•.• der sectlon 4GT~ of tloe podal lawa and reguJ"tlon" b•• ing the .,crage froID ~prU 1 19 4 to Sept 30 1914. llall,. S•• 'da,. 303,316 459"'28 The abO' e f1;;ure.. are e:r.eluatt·e ot all l.apers hi••• hnn ilL•••••••• aa••• d ttpoU••d •••• turned oI"'pU. .",t, d d•• UYere,1 na compliment ry, I. eXchange, S '''lttll)le. Which T\>e •." nti•••• ed Or lod or •••.re I If! hl til rlrl:ttg lit their d•• 4Itlnntlon or thllt re ••"dn un .•. "ld 'III••,. "lao I'e e1tclu•.• lve of papers f •• I I fu" but (. which mODey 110 pat" hall b en •.fun le~ OCrOllER 11 1914 TB.E DRIFT TO BUREAUCRACY THE CHIC <\'(TO . SUNDAY . [Oo\l~rlght end ra "WIT LIAM ROlll1;RT. SON "I; 0 haa jUst been promoted to the rank Of Iteu tena n t «enllral for hll! servtcea alii quarter master gent-ral of the British a.rmy In France Is the tirst ranker (enllsted man) to at tarn that high grade in Great Britain He began hill oareer all a trooper In the Six. teenth Lancers and after aerving for ten ~ears obtained at the age of 29 a commission as heutenant of the Third Dragoon Guards He so distinguished hlmselt In the frontier VIars ~~-==-~ of Jndta, espectaltv In the Mlranza1 •. nd Black ANTWERP AND AFTER Mountain expeditions and In the Chltral I ellef ex 'Ihe f 11of Antv.erp a Ids another SllngUlnat1 act pedlllon being severely wounded that he found no o tl a tra lc drama whose Ie iouement Wlutl!l dlfl cultv In obtamlng from the late Lleut Gen t t g f th ft I I Palm of the Bombay Staff corps the permission to I chind the In penetrable e rta n 0 e 11 Ire n n ar'ry his daughter all tI at drama the most heroic figure IS Iittla SInce then his promotion has been rapll1 He has Belcium little mIl ys cal power great in high been commandant of the staff college and director hearte I Courage and pntrlotie sacrlflce little III of mlIltary training of the Brf ttah arIny and chief ph~lllcal power and yet hIstOry may record how of the general staff at Aldershot While he won the that little turned the scale of battle and gave favor of King George bv acting as his glide and victorv to the allied arms Indee 1 we know now escort throughout t ea.rrnv maneuv ers last year at h d P tb t t l t bb slstance tI e conclusion of wh ch he rece ed knighthood and t Ilt LIege sav e an. It ie su orn re the hand! t hi m 11 d I ~ e 08 na e of t1 e SIDall Belgian army w hicb w go own n There have been sev eral mstnncea of enlisted men histOl$ as one of the most heroic feats m the rtstr &' to major generalsllp:!<, s ieh a" for instance records of war parrled the deadlr I mge that Gel' tl e late Sir He<'tor l\!acdo laid and of rankers Who man wareraft had lev eled at tl e French capital have risen to colonelcies such as &'11' John Har And now Belgium has lost all the great c tudela ring ton Ollglnalh a private In the \tldllesex regl the genius of her great military engmeer Br almont, mont and who became not Only a. colonel Of that had dest ned for s ich an extremity as this She corps d elite the Indian Stal'!' corps but also BrIt g d ish m nlster plenipotentiary In Abyssinia as 1 aid III blood and sorrow but not a rop ID Sir Will am Robertson howe, er Is the first en shame \\ I atev er her fortune may be from now !lilted man to attain the grade of lieutenant gen on sl e bas this to sustatu her ernl and hit! career is In tI 0 nature of 1\, romance <\8 to the mil tarv conseq fences of the capture and calculated to fUrnish encoura.gement and in of Ant" erp It 18 foolish to prot heBy 'Ihe talk Sl ration to all those Britons wl 0 hav e VOlunteered (If Antwerp as a base aga nat Englalld IS exag for ser Ice n the ranks of the British army now In gerated Napoleon is quoted as call ng Antwerp the field against the Germans a pistol at t e head of 'England B It It "a! II __ PI tel that hI' could not discharge Germany had In. a base for opera tiona against England b It she will not be able to use It until the Brltrsh fleet IS beaten Zeppelin raids WIll co int for little except to t ruse Br tish '1\ ar feelmg stlll more and increase the rate of enlistment The mom strateg c motrves for the determined aU I(!> upon Antwetp were based uron the fact tI at It , 11.>< a danger to the b-errnaI\ commuUlcatIOnll and the fllet tl at It II eln~tenCe on tl e flank or rear of tl e( erlUan advance necessItated wlthhol1 mg' a huge force from tl e main battle Ille ", lat "Ill be tl e result of the release of the large bod~ of troops !llld heM y "'uns as 19ned to the t lklllg ot Antwerp 'I '11 e Belgltm defendlll" for ( "\\ as nl t captured aud '1\ 11 jom the allieS "I at \Ii 111 be the effe••t of the remforo'merrt of 'on 1\:11 k 8 army? ~ 1\1 It 1 e as serious to tl e auny or t e allIes as tl c te nfor<'ement of the Ja~an",~e at MUkdeu by Nogi after the fall ( Port !\rtl tr aud the releasp. of Nogl s llrlllY from that task? A tew days must tell dec "n eh ago AMERICAN ARTISTS One of tl e sms of \cOleI'Ian I uustry III the pa~t Ius bO'cnIts fa lure to de elo] or e en to encomage the Illdus rill artist at home It was taken for grantc 1 b~ the Silk I lls of the countn for In 11 1914 Qlle,tWlIf 'Iff"tinenl 10 1lI/UlMO. ';Ilmtohrl!l, ond prlltle"'w,, 0/ t*l,ealle I' matterll 0/ general mtefe,t wlll be anllwered III thlt column WhlJrtl ,paoe Will not permit or tho ,1ub'flct .,1 flO lIudabltl, letter. «all be perlonall,l an,wered ,ub- lect to proper hmttaUon« and fj hero II IItampea tJdarell8ed (!1Ivlllopotil welo,ea Dr Evan, wtll not make alltgnO$e, or pre,onbo for Ifldwlll'llIl dtllcr4RU Ref/uut, for lIuoh IIOrvlce 114f1not b•• n4lCered RED CROSS WORK Th perlffillMI of voluntary a Ii so cietles duly recogt zed anti au hor iaed b} their own governments which are em ployed In the 'an tary fOrmations and C8 tabllshmen Jj vi .armies IU''C as. mtls ted to th~ per so r "I oontemplated In U l!> pre ced I g ar tlcle upon condlt on t'hat the sa d pe sonne l sh~1I be subfect to mil tary laws arid regulatrons Each state shL1I make kn()Wn to the other either It time of peace or at tl e or enlng or dur ng the progress of hostrlt t as ar-d In any case before actual ern ployrncnt the names of the scctettes wh ch it has author zed to render ibSslst ance under ts respons btll y In the <>fflclal Banltary service or Its arm es Volunteer so leUM of neutrals must blL~e consent of their own government ar d also ot the go, ernments whose sol del's they seek to aid An army may requlsf tlon the wagons and trains of the Red Cross for the care ot the medical COlPS but fol' no other use I The NatIonal Red Crol!lsof Amerlca Is the only volunteer a d socletv tha can be ernploj ed by the land and naval forces of the United StatO's In future wars to a d the medical peraonnel and the r employ ment must be under the responsibility of the government as part of the med cal personnel and e~tabllshments of Its army and they must be ass gl ed to dut es In localities de Ignated by competen mill tan authorIty The person rel and establishments of voluntary aid socletles Vih le soemployed are entitled to the same prh lieges and protectlon as that to which the army medleal service Is entitled under certain ecndltlons which are • That the soc eties are duly recognized and authorized by their goverr ment b That the names of the soclettes to be employed must be notified to tl e enemy before any of the personnel Is actUally employed c That the personnel ISsubject to mill tsry law By way of exp anatlon the rules ~tate In past '1\ aI'S eo many II' regular t es and even acts of ho"ttlity have been committed by members of vol Unteer aid sUCletles that the conditions above mentioned have been found necea sa y Under appropriate I eadlngsln the roles are given In deta I j at Vihat t e ellef bodIes are allo'l'led to do and how tney shall do it and "hat shall be their spa Clal prlvlie~es a~ non<lombatnnts lI-lldthe 11mtatlons of those priv leges Generally spea1t11~ the P."d Cross does not work at the front The eqUipment of the medical al d corU! s~ary depart ~:nt~:=-:::~~S:~Id\~r:e:~d a~: c:~:l~~~ ~..wld S cre ary the sIck ar d \\ounded A voluntary aid NO LIOEN 1I- _SOES 4 \-R"l: OAN. organization In that zote would be '" ,,"OT SELL CIGA-RET!! !lttle service and would be very much n Chicago Oct 4 -[To the 1'rlend of the the way 'Ihe stretcl er ambUlanoo People )-19 a party" too" DS a cand (lresslng slation field hospital and ev lCU store permitted to fell t bacco to t "men at 01 hospItal equlprr ent of an ,un v is In the factory where Ie ,"or ks ? u"ually f rly well organized The MRS IJ H CLARK '\'Iounded and sick are lose enough to I "n" pau<Nngaven e tl ell' comrades to have some care from I "~Illreto state that the t 0 Chcag-odo S their f1st sergea ts captains and colo not exact" I co so t eo 1 tobaccoIn. a "1 nels as well a" from tl ~ I o~pltal corp!t slo ~ or tor the ell d~.Iore It_e f ex optI tl" But from the evacuat 0 hospitals case of tI e sala ot clgarels I cannot conceva through tne base hOSI t'tls r J convales t arty W8) In which a na can be ,topp I se cent clllmis back to tI ;lJQ e:orthere IS ng tot ° In rhl'l l)la Ii where I e wo'tk. prl}- nee I of an acceSSOTY I rg"r "'atlon , I ng I (J doe~ Jot se I Igarets o. l! ~ "'" aY D l'('C l' EP B cltnell "3 qS that w lh e garet pape s '" 110 the tohaceo U '"I''' he is stoppedby lhe power. In the lIar t filly army the R~d Cro~. Vi uld be ex ED" ARD OOHN OItyCo lector pected to nave men al d r e<essat:\' ambu _ lu.1Ce mule tans etc for Pe tr ns PUBlIO HEARING TO BE HELD POItatlon of sick al d "oun Jed SOldiers, Ch cago Oct 4_ [To the Frle d of the fro n tl e f1eld ho .pltals to the t ase hos People) l\. nd} te I me If the al €y l' n pit lis The Bed Crosa WI uld be expecced I lUng ea nd "est bet een Hob<"yanJ to prov d such urgeons r urses clellcal L coin ets and between Mad son f ce and d{)mest c help at U e ba e los I stree-t•• rIen a~enue Vi ill be- pa 00 plt.'\ls as might be called fo by the &1 my :N CQLLEI'; author ties A pUb1 ring w II be held d ng tl e ta I III COnale~eent camps t1 e R"d Cro~s or" Int•••. ° tI(\ pr posedpay g of the a e> eenlce would Increase reiat veh And In tie b oc'!' bet" een lobe) L nco nand tl en In getting tl e dIsabled hack to tbe l' Mad .00. .tree II a d Warren Ii\en e ad". homes tl e duly would laroely rest with hope to b. aL. to ha 0 the 0.1 ey paved so • the \01 II tary organization tin e "e~~~aARD J GLACKIN Secreta 'Ihs sen Ic may see n <>f I ttle COl~e -+- ry quence Yet tl e I'e ords sho\< that tf) I WATER lUA.IN!il FOR OLAREMONr , rd the end of the cIVil' 0.1'tJe pt;r A"' ENUE eel tage at 20 ers In botl 11 e Fedoeral Ch ago Oct 4 -[To the Fr end of the a d Contedera e a mles al er t Irom I People l-Plea e tell n e "hen the wate their commands wa. at all tlrne.1:1r",o p pes wlll be laid on I..laremont avenue \t t mes the absentee_ totaled one tllrd loutl of S entv tirsl 6treet of thi.' command Many Inquiries" ere n 0 F 131H En ~t uted and n aJ y ren-ed es for the con 7 !9 Cae no 11 en e dltionS, Vi ere offered ConI act for lay g waler nal • In C &"-8 It seemed ,I en a man got out of touch mont avenu~ tron S venty flut to Se enty t\ Ith his eolol el I e somet n "s dlRap to rth stree s has been let and" I I explro f)t;lil'ed entirely sometimes got home 0 t 21'> The cO(llraelor.Iates that \\ork wi I t d ly and usually keep I gin tou"h with be eompeted before that t me a H r~ It.:C<\S hi n at lome and gett ngo11m back" as Superl tendert Wa er P peExtension d fllcult and otten Impossible A Red \ ross or!{an zatlon "olld have greatly I Ip"sened th s ev I The orga I",atlo I of the Red Cross IS nto four burea I~ 1 lIIedlcal bureau with dubes outlined as above 2 Bureau of nursing 3 Bureau of mater1al WI Ie the rna tel' al supplied Is ot every character the main function of this bureau Is to supply dellcacles and comforts needed by the fl ckand "'ounded but not othenvlsea.vall able tor them Among th" artlclel!l to be found In DI rector Bicknell s I st are s<>upscondensed milk grape j lice fruits marmalades and jelltes pipes and tobacco nlgl t clothes convalesc&nt cloth€s socks underwear tooth brushes writing material towels plllows mattresses mosquito bars bed clothes and cots 4 Bureau of Intelllg{nce This bueau a;erves as a means ot communlcat on and it formation between 1]le SIck and wounded soldiers Itlld sa lors and their frlel ds and relatIves at home They keep records of the" ounded and dead and ne>- tlfy their faml1len Records of capture a e kept and ilformatlon for 1Vardedto r"latlves 'Vhen It Is poss ble Ute names of the enemy captured or the WOUlded enem es taken and the kllled enemies Idel t fled "lth ouch factll as a e popel' are sent through the lines to the relatl\el!l I(lopyrlr;l1t. 19H T HE obJect of th. A'lllttlcan Red Cross the rea son it exists Is to &,0 a8 a Vrnporarl' means of reller Into any fte d where there Is any break In the ordinary machtnery of soeletr tOllupplvWlieels" hen the ordfrrarv w heels have got out of gear Th<!l tmergoeney cea!llng to exlrt, the ordloo17 machl"e h~vlng resumed Its worK wltb its" heels rachets and IIIlJ1: :Jelte In pNlt(m and moving rightly It becomes the object of the American Red Cross to retire from the field with expedition If n e emergency Is one of war th ••tunc tlon of the or-gantza.tlon Is the same though deta Is of the rellef machinery are organized on B dlt'terent bulS! -- II) the ordinary dll-y8 wor {)t •• co 11 mun ty the d trl<rem parts 01: the soclel machine carry the loads for wh ch they were dev sed Thl'J food produe ng ma eli ne with itl dlvl810ns Into manufae turers and other producers "hol"El"llalera and retailers dealers purct asera pre parer's and consumer-s 15In harmonious reclprocal relation Th'" medical ma chine conserves the health of the people S ddenly there comes & ell am ty flUm cle t to d sarr ,uge a constderab e pal t of the mach ne Dsy. rna} be months ",111be requ red to reeatabl sh relations The human bees whose h ve has been broken up fiy around In reckl ss disorder or .tand aroun In stupefted Idleness It Is lh~ runct, on of the R"d Cross p omptly to come on tnts !!'Ceneand get into actIon-to supply bread to the hun•• grl' c!<othu to the unclad ilhe~ter to the unsheltered care fo'!" th sick and. en de-a,or to prevent epldemlc 4lsea6. '" 1en l!Iocletybegin" again to function In an orda!:"lyway tna Red Croos retires I and leaves the WO'l'I:: to the ord nary "fIork ers -- Now th~ Amerlc •.111 Red Cross had ita origin In the needs of the nation In time of ws.r If may be aid to have heen born O'llt of war Its in eat<!:stfur -ction" re late t() '1\ ar lOne te3son for tI s Is that nothing dis turbs tI e ever day operatIons of "{lciety ke a great war Drawing frt)m the ordinary voestlons 00 "'any men It deprl,es t mllles l>ftheir means ol SUI pOI t As ti as,," fanulles can 8tJend but little product on and trade ar~ 11mted lLnd thus ether workerll are thrown out of work The Red Cross maY be caLled upon to help care fDr the fam 1 es left at home The army is Iro, Idea wIt! maci>fnpry '1\ th wh ell to care for the s ck wouna ed disabled an 1 dead at the front But here I" ge erally noeu of a mach ne to care for or to he'P care for the base hos pItals and convalescent car ps and to keep the men at tl p front In proper touch "lth the folk at hDm" Th s s an 1m p rtant part of the work of th-eRed Cross ..•.. --- ar Mis" Ciltra Bartoll had on H\ C' 1 f'{Jrthe ails stance F.he had rendered the" oun 1 d and the help she had gl\ en the fami,,~ \Vhen she \\etta S" ze land n 18GG51e was b oug" t closely n contact \ th the \\ rk organ e J tl ere She returned to tl e Unit"d Stat~s and be"an ber worit for a s m ar 0 ganlzat on here Sht. succe-eded r ~81 Orgar ized on a VI ar basis she proposed tl d s ur d a a nendm<:nt to Ie const t t 01 na ng It poss hi" tor th ori\l1n lZ3.ton to give rebet following d <!-Sters Fran e 1 a~ usta cd a I m t n~ of peace severe 10 s thro gh the t \s tJ e years went'by thc organization d~ath ot Co nt Albert de Increased tl e respect and esteem I whlc 1 Mun Ro} allst leader it Vias held throu",1 out the country until Ilember of the French it renc ed &emlom" al po'llion by lea I\. REFERENDUM ON GRAND OPERA Acldem} and /llnce the son of a proclamation by U e PI' sldwt of I lten gent lovers of m IIHCare RViare that 1M death of Gambetta.. far the Un toedSta-tes <'lated Dec 27 Wll and away the finest ora Tile pres dent proclaimed that on and opela as 1Il other thlllP,"s thele are cycles and tor of the chamber of after hat date the Amer1can fud Croea per ods ~ agner tor example is tjrt1nt no more I nco:-porated under the laws of the United in the opera VI orld He Is in the p rmanent rep deputies in wIlch he Sates Jan 5 1000 would be the only represented Ro~coff In organIzation ~rmlttoed to render &ld to ertory but ~ ngnerlan opera no 10ng"r mOlloIoltze~ I the Flnlsterre for close the laf'd and nll.val forces of the Un ted our seasons ~ e have had Ital an reVIvals an -} upon fOI , vears wltl;Jout S atea French peno 1s but VI t ere are we no" operatically nterruptlon I This act on- was by reason of an agree speaklllg What does the I lblic want II) "rand I His eloq ence "'II as of me.nt of one of the cO'nvent!ons to th~ ef 01 era? the cla"slcal order and fect tra volunteer r,,1ef .IIocletlu In '------ --' portra} en the French order to hav~ the PI'vllet;e1laccorded by A recent (ferend 1m by tl e Cent lrj Opem - h t must I ave the sanction lang "gee In sucl p rlt} and per:rect1on that e en t I1greem~n. 1 [an~ of Ne \ York f rl shes an ansVier to tI ose of 1 is poll tICal advelsarles ",10 most bit I of e head <l. t ~ go,ernment q est oll-tl e more mterest g to S III Ch CflgO tNly opposed lis rellg 0 " and ro} aliet doctrines In tl p P.ulf's ot i:nd Vi srfare Issu<\d beca sa tl at company I~ to uppear here and g Ve "ere accuston ed to listen to hln not merely with by the war department on Apr!! 2., 11114 us a t!l~te of Its qu Ihty Hundred~ of bflllots \'I €Ole I respect but '!11th pleasure an 1 satisfaction I tl ere occur many l'eferences to the actlv cast and t1 e result thro~ s It.,ht n tl e develop I have alVla' s conQldered th~t tl e deference with It es of the Red CrOlS1! Th~se are based ment of p bllc taste ] I e ten opel'lS that lead VI hleh he 'l\as llstened to was due n art to hie im uI>on articles of agreement of the dltr.r T II t b Id h d d ent conve tlons Some of these rule. the !lst of favor tes are these Alun ['lam preSSlve appf'alanCe roo s a ea e • .s with a Vihlte m sta>Cheand other",lse clean aha,en are a follo\ son and DelJlan The Barher of ReVIlle 1l I 1 Relief 5Ocle1les for prisoners of wa,r IOUlse R "-oletto :\1ldame Butterflv pale face a Roman loae a fu ana dlsda nfu which are Ploperly constituted In ac '" n outl broad shoulders a tremendous chest nar cordance with the la" s of their cO'llntry Bolilme The Tales of Hoffman., Tl alS roVi haunc -es and arrayed il a froelc coat of fault al d w th the object of II4lrvlng 'lS th. H .ensel and Gretel" ,lfSS build he looked the typical retired cavalry channel for charlta111eeffort shall receIve i\n exce lent rei ertory n Itself oflloer trom tne b•.lllgerentB tor them&elvu and sound highly cred table repertory His language and demeanor 'l\hen speallng "ere I their duly accredited agents ev"ry facll new !tuhun old Fren 1 new Frel cll characterized by the most perfect 0 ltViard courtesy ty tor the efflc ent performance of their I t th t th humane task within the bounds Impo"ed German opera" III be fou Id n the hst TI e puhh And yet sometimes t was so pro, oca ve a ere by mll tary necetlSlt1~a and aum nJCltra. would be signs of restlessnesll on the benches of \'Innts neither hackneyed stuff nor mere novelty D 'f 1<'1t t h t ve regulationo the extreme left ",hereupon e un wou s re c _# dl t Ib tl U." for the sake of Do,elty It wants beauty melody J! or the purIJOse "" s I' u nil're .,.~ out his arn s at full length toward them and rno~e agents of the8e -societies may be at<mUed en 01 on and takes It where,er It Is fonnd '"Is hands at them as If he were chid ng and re to the place. of Interment as also to the :rt e ten operas next III order of pOlulnrity ar" pressing clildren halting pla"e of Npatrlated prloonel"8 If these ( IOCOI du 'Iosca :U gnon The Se Th •. llbbon of the Legion of Honor which he wore furnl,,11el1with a peraonal permit by the ret f 8uza Ine 11 e J er of N tre D'ill e Ir his buttont ole waf! won as a cu laRS er officer m 11 ary au 1orit e.!l Rnd on g ,log an un rl II ~ r ts T :\1 a-kPl Ball rh In the 'ar of 1870 In "hlch he greatl~ dlst n dertaklng In WI' tin!, io comply wIth all ~ul"hed hI n elf af e I a In~ prevlou h 5<\1' ed fo meas rcs f ordel a d pol ce \1 cl the \f gel lute T1 e \\ ,,11 B rlS Go 1 no, I Ilatte may Issue -Hague convent on \g r\ h \CO' 01] wi I\ I ~ncJ 011 and I v I eight vears I Alge a t d t th" I art Ie X\ :lfll ter nail} e' s t e grea g at gnn" e .,\\ s" It 1 lJ nl d ne" ((I n:ln n done Uu ~ I 1 I I --- phllosOll er 1 et u" \\h Ie on h 9 fa t er sse T~ mnbl e san I ary torma.t ons In h k 1~ I er t h" les eni!ed f am one of the oldest ta n lie of the clu neg te[ ed Crop-str n-port column :IV tr II nrt Iaristocl aev of t e qo thwe~t cf Frnnce taking his 1 ~htlll b" protecled and respectf'd by bel 101 t s ""en lnele name Ii tt e f om the" '''tle ann to'\'ln \(gerent -(Jenev& convention article let of l\lun 111an 0 SCUI e COlnel of te p~ enee" j\ 1 man} By Dr W A EVlUlL] -- II;\. "E PHYSIOAL EXAMINATION T. writes What i. the norma tem t" rature for women? For more than a l'ea my temperature hall reg! terf'd 946 II nd over How much of a l' se Is thIs and what VI ouid It signify accompanIed by los. In w-elght and gellieral weakne!tl? Lasi winter I sent ,*,veral cultures to thl) health department and th., repol t wac T B neg-at ve Still there Is this per Iistent rlS'CIn temperature and continued lOll! in weight In sp te of overfe •.1lng I do not cough except "hen I nn.ve a cold but I have a pI' ddspo<iltl<ln t<>C<ldll. Friend of the People. 7 hu department appears aery day In VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. NEEDS OF ARltlY AND NAVY, Cllcago Oct 6 -[Ei! tor of The 'llib une l-'Ihe MonrO<ldoeh ne i. not a v til. t rohlb 'lion to a tO~~lgll. country untes- "e have an adequate force b~hlnd It a d. in this connection Is there any gU!1ran ee tl at Germany frustrated In t.lI present encounter wtll 1emaln qu escent In the future? Our only safeguard la an ade quate navy an Increased first IIn~ of ml !tary defense and olfense especially In the artlilery arm of tl e fl~rv ce and 9 large tra ned re2erve or second Hne of deler S<l To depend fOl a .econd I ne on th" state mlllthl. alone Is not satilfactorl' nor ex pedlent for mal y and obvious reasons In order to overcome our deflc ency I would suggest that enl stment In the state militia be re·trlcted t<>men betVieen 18 and 2" ves rs of age and that we embody a natlonal,olunteer force composed of en listed men In whlch lhe enlisting age Is between 25 and 35 This force should be made up chIefly of md'antry reg me t5 , th a scatterIng of Cl'cl st battal ons since poss bly the n a rtenance of ca\al ry reg ments on this foot ng Viould prove too costly The writer hag been through I two" aI'S one of '1\ hlch "ae the SpanIel AmerIcan and fullY real zes the terrIble wastage "here green troops aI''' rei ed upon n a modern cOnflict which so sorely trl€>sthe nerve and starn na of the ~st tra ned troops of this day and age Our army as at present const luted ca.n O'nlyplace a single nrst line army corps In the field (Germany Is reyorted to have twenty two army corPI!Ioperating as a flrst i1n~ in France alon") and wh Ie our nM y consists of fewer mlts than that of Germany yet Its effl lency Is such as to g~e preponderance io this coun try ex cept In ll'lIbma.rInes 'Ihls latter Is not an Item to oe overlooked nor Is tI e fa t that '\'Ie have two p.xtended and wIdely sepa raled coasta to deferd On the face of It we would seem to n Ite attaclt and the sa~lng facto In the , hole situation Is our lateut resources n men and money an<1th s factol Is recog ""zed on the cont neni ~o,o ~STRA

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