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Show Severe on the Militia. One of the regular officers who was at the Mt. Gretna encampment says the Allowing Al-lowing In regard to that camp: "I cannot can-not refrain from saying that it looks as if the state of Pennsylvania paid $165,-000 $165,-000 for an inspection and two reviews. Beyond that nothing was attempted which could not have been better executed exe-cuted at the armories at home. The militiamen have the idea that if they get a few of the movements down fine which are spread out before them in Upton's tactics they are in condition to conquer the world and haven't anything more to learn. Why, they leave off just where real warfare begins. Booh a thing as modern battle tactics is unknown un-known to them. It is in the ability t rightly handle just uch bodies of men aa that division of 0,000 militiamen which encamped at Mt Gretna that officers in the militia are lacking. That' the sort of work that will count in a war now, and that's the very thing that is never attempted." Army and Navy Journal |