Show 1 CUBANS D DERIDE THE ARMY MY PLAN PUB Impossible to Raise an n Efficient Force of Men in inthe inthe inthe the Island NOT NECESSARY ANYWAY RUAL RURAL GUARD LIKELY TO BE IN INCREASED INCREASED CREASED CRE SED SEDi i i I Havana April Api l 28 IThe The e plan of a stand army of men as suggest suggested ed d by the general staff of the American army ar la Is 5 most moat attractive to that element of the Cuban people which Is fond of the tho gold lace and regalia of armies But among the conservative ele elements elements elements ments th plan excites really less Interest than the preceding one to recruit the ru rural rural ral rat guard ip p to men menTho menThe menThe The Tho latter plan plait was vigorously opposed even ven by the liberals who it ft was sup supposed supposed posed would have Jumped at the opportunity opportunity opened by a lavish distribution of patronage and while the standing army arm scheme has been framed to meet their ob objections objections the apparent a Impossibility of this accomplishment has hns caused It to be re ra received with something very ery like derision Received With Derision Governor Magoon who pas has as net yet been advised of ot any Intention of ot the war vur de do department to adopt the elaborate pro program program gram am of th general staff does not be believe lieve Jl ve It possible to recruit in the Island of Cuba soldiers who shall come up to the standard of aC the United Satee army array This view la is I fully full shared by Cu Cubans Cubans Cubans bans experienced In military affairs who point out that the he United States today has hasI I ch a difficulty In obtaining satisfactory recruits for Its relatively relative small establishment establishment of men that It cannot keep the ranks of the army of pacification even reasonably full tull How then say they can Cuba be expected to raise a force of men which In proportion o population would be equivalent to more than naif a million mUll on soldiers in the United States Where It is asked are areto areto areto to be the officers to command this force I Few Educated Officers While ThUe it Is true that Cuba is richer in colonels than Kentucky and than Haytt Hayti In the matter of qt generals few tew of these warriors have hava any knowledge of military I other than those of the bush To fo insure a supply sup ly of trained officers a aI I 4 military academy a Cuban West Point they the say sa is Indispensable This Is in hi inline line a proposition strongly urged upon Governor Gov Maroon Maon by br General Estenoz a prominent liberal that at lorit Jerst two schools scho b be established to form the he nucleus of a Cuban Cuben Annapolis in which to 10 rear the Nelsons ant and of Cuban flecks tle s to be Still more erious serious to tho the scheme are that it at once imposes on the republic the double burden of a huge mil mU military mUIta Ita establishment which will absorb at a aleast least of the revenues and dimi diminution nution of the already thin ranks of labor by b just so many men as are called c upon to bear arms Army Not Necessary Apart Irom from these e military and economic there Is the pregnant question qU fit of r what necessity exists for the creation ol of nf 1 a standing army arm What That hat it is asked i Is this army arm to do l assuming that it t be betO tO sible to raise it itH If H the force foret Is Js designed for foreign aggression what becomes s sor or nf t the obligations of the United States to Inviolate the soil of CubiT Jt It the army is designed to maintain whatever government may be In power when the American troops troop evacuate the Island Cubans predict it will be in hi effect a guard capable of use as a terrible engine of ot oppression In the hands handsor or of a despotic president pr and ever er rendy ready to hurl one tyrant from power and ele elevate elevate vate another as the interests of the ml rail tary caste casta may dictate That the project does not excite any very grave apprehension among Cubans of any faction Is due to the impression that the plan Is merely a tentative proposition of ot the th general staff and an that the tho manifest obstacles In the way of ot Its ac at accomplishment accomplishment render it entirely unlikely of ot serous serious consideration by the American a a moderate in increase increase increase crease of the rural guard suard now about 1600 men below Its accustomed strength of will be regarded by most Cubans as a satisfactory establishment of the status of the armed forces of the re rc republic republic public |