Show slandering volunteers an amazing feature of the present war Is tho the frequent assertion that volunteer troops cannot be trusted against veterans until arall they hv have become familiarized zed with the field evolutions of art an tinny army the provoking thing Is that our troops are not going coin against any trained veterans in the english or german sense and second they tire aro not at least last not yeti yet going as a a great cicat army and third our volunteers have never yet ailed failed when tried and in the main all our wars wara have been fought with volunteer soldiery bull run Is ig cited BS as what la in liable to happen untrained troops it means nothing bull run resulted merely in a peale panic so did waterloo on st helena napoleon gave a detailed statement of 0 the last days battled of 0 waterloo ile he depleted the progress of it the melting away the falling ailing back find and the distress of the allies and added that it was all lost in a moment ot of panic tho the truth Is this pennsylvania had state guards that were ere perfectly all the evolutions of 0 soldiers lacking only the experience ot of actual battle now new york had as a s many more had a strong force and it Is true that hom the trained state stata guards might have been called and all rendezvoused it at a given point in n ton days As A many more regal regul regulius ars irs could have been summoned and with the help of the pary could have been landed at matanzas in thirty days aar the war proclamation was issued and before havana could have prepared any effective defense with that city captured and with what admiral deleys deweys fleet did at manila the war would have been as good as over it if as reported there was no ponder for tho the seacoast sea coast guns no effective preparations tor for even men in the way ot of arms and L equipments quip ments after the war or had bad been imminent for a year find and six weeks after tho the sinking ot of the maine then neither the war nor navy secretary Is 13 fit tor for the office which he holds it will be all right unla j ln the advancing season an epidemic seizes the troops the stronghold should have been captured at once garrisoned by and insurgents aud and the city put under a thorough course ot of sanitation while the cleansing ot of the city was going on the american soldiers should have been removed to the highlands behind the city it Is ungracious of course to find fault but under tho the pro gramme that has haa ruled there would have been no lexington no bunker no crossing of the delaware no an and it by the time that giant had fully completed his arrangements lor for an assault upon donnelson floyd and bucknor buckner with mith the garrison would have bave crossed the blue ridge and joined gin lee in front ot of richmond |