Show DE DECLARE CLARE CRITICiSM oi Of ARMY'S ciNc ABilITY IS UNfAIR WASHINGTON Sept 21 Tho n.-Tho The infantry in in- f fantry antry officers in many cases d do not t take ake kindly to to severe severo criticism passed by the tho inspector general upon upon the marching ability of the American foot soldier Some Somo of them feel that the tho con comparison parison between European troops and our own was decidedly unfair in lD several important respects It is true tho they say that some of the continental infantrymen have made some remarkable endurance and distance distance dis dis- tance marches march's against time But they assert that in many cases cases these tests were more or less spectacular and aud the marching inarching was done by specially trained and selected troops The rho general army average would be far below these per per- American infantrymen h have vc in incase case ease of need they assert fully equaled any European performance iu in marching and they can do it again but butof butof butof of course more marc or less preliminary training and hardening ening is necessary Much praise has been accorded the famous flexion marchin marching step of the continental armies This is a cnn curi curious curious ous loping gait the tho foot never bein being advanced before the upright line linc of the body and bein being driven backward with witha a p partially fixed knee and ankle joint the motion being very rapid It is undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- a quick marching step and some of the specially trained Euro European can troops have havo covered upward of thirty thirty- five miles a day by its use But it is declared by the American infantry officers that thorough h trial has shown that it is unsuitable for military use iise and and already most of tho the European armies have a abandoned it |