| Show ISAD ton Till CONTIN Or ZIT lATlltOT 0 I Now rome train Washington which Is I bd for tbo contingent patriot by 1 which term is here meant the American f gentlemen who havc expressed a will wil-l lingness to eat army fallen on the I contingency that they can 1trtalte thereof In the officers mass rather than with the common low down soldier who enlisted Just because ha thought his country needed him instead of keeping his no on the main chance The news Is I to the effect that most 01 J tho 7GOOO troops for which Ireoldnt ItlcKlnley has Issued < his second call will be used for the purpose of fllllnir up existing regiments to their full capacity lItnd or creating new regiment The estimate is I made that at least two thirds of tho men nllstlng under this sooond call will Ile J so dloosed utleuv 011 Ins only about 25000 ua material for I nw regiments This moans that there will be fewer I regimental olllccrs by several hundred I than would bo required were the hole of the 75000 recruits tn bo made Into I now regiments and It means that Dev era I hundred mon who desire tu bo colonels majors captains etc from the word go will not be given the epaulets they so ardently covet before tho same are earned It further means t the I n large number or men wluo potrlotlsm Is I contingent on the eomnol I i lions they have asked fur will not on I tor the service of their country I Hut It la I nu doubt nn advantage to I the ormy to exclude rom It as many ns possible of the ofllcc seeking Ilk An of army officered by men who have been OI pr6muted after being tested Is I far more Jt Ilkelv to achieve victory and to ire IT 14 j tervu n high staiidanl of excellence I llJ than It I would lie If oillcered b > kid t C eye gentlemen whoso willingness to It t 11 serve their I country depends UJMII the I ullllngness of tho country to honor 4 I them Illkl bj giving them the eommls I I to i along and emoluments or army officers I It would be a grand thing for the art ar-t m > If It could be relieved of the olllce I lecker and political wire puller as cum I pletely as the navy hiss ben ly The bane of American national life Is the pestiferous office seeker and that statesman who will devise I u plan to rid the counlrj at him will deserve a place by the side of Washington ana Lincoln In tho enduring gratitude of the Antvilean people I |
