Show national honor there Is a little south american country called paraguay about the time of 0 our civil war paraguay boasted a population of 0 souls the then reigning dictator plunged her into war with the powerful neighboring countries of 0 brazil argentina and uruguay for years paraguay kept up the unequal struggle although she was outnumbered twenty to one when she finally succumbed in 1870 her population was a little more than she had no men left literally none her last levies were composed ot of tottering old men boys not out 0 of the nursery and women this too mind you as warfare in the nineteenth century not in the middle ages warfare with gunpowder muskets and cannon paraguay literally was extinguished for a generation the proportion of 0 males to females even now cow is just becoming normal it shows what even a small coulD country try can do it if it is ready to sacrifice all for victory and independence pen dence army and navy journal |