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Show AS GENERAL MILES SEES IT. Tlit United Stales Is In I Dtlenstless Condition. II W.nldT.k. 1.. Taara r.rltfy Oar laiM-l Bllll.a Maa V.aia tie H..I la a Banlk. Wahiiiiiutun, Deo. 1. Oenerel Mile! ojrniuandlng lb. army, bao ltn out a statement by rt'iiit In miiard to II.. ability ol the United Kintaa to defend herself In oaae of war. Ha Bald: "I have Just relumed Irum an Inspvollon tour o( lb. aoulb.ra onast, aud Ilk. Ihoea of other aeclloas ul Him m.unlrw I f.,iid tbni 111 an all. Ilroly delenaeleaa eondlilon. If war linuld break out at lh. preaaut lime, all we have In lh. Houth, r In faol, any whor.elio. with a few eieepiteue, would be a lut ol oiaoleie aunt on rot ten carriaiiMit which would fall oa.r liafor. ih.y could b. of any aar.loa. Th. country lain a aeplurabie coadl lion for defeuau. There ar. auly Ihre. modem bl(b mw.rd guaa In poaliion lu Una cuuniry. Twa uf Iheoe ar. at lh. eutreiic. to Now York harbor aud the Itilrd Is al Hau h'ranolaoj. Mll CtiriKreis . would make liberal appropriation!, tll.OoaaU nan b. plaoed Inoouditlon lur def.naa lulwoye.ra' lime. The work wemd coat In the neighborhood of lsti,iioo,iMO, It would lake in the n.Uhburlioud uf a y.ar lo manufnetur. lh. inola nrcutaarr fur lha I'uuatrurllon af the gune and then another year lur tb. mauufaoiur. ul th. guna tb.maal.M. " I'lier. ar. fjiir waya by which lh. roiial ultlM -could b. prut.ol.d. Tli. Ilrat la l.r rioallug baii.rlea, that la baill. .lilpa and monitor. riieeeouad way la by land baltcrl.., which oould ba built quickly and Wuuld I mora alieollve. Tb. third way la by tnrpdo.a and mining oaae-melaa. oaae-melaa. Without high powered guns It would be poaaible, however, for an ont'lny to laud aloroe aud eariod. lb. mining casemates, luua obnallng Ibis danuar lor lUllael. 'There la another way of proteol:ng th. harbors, but thai luvolve. doatray, lug tu. ooiumoro. uf Hi. cities lying upuu tb.m. Tbla melbiKl la to load vnaaala with atone, Iruu, l.., and sluk them In lh. channela, Tnia would naturally pravaul either Ingresa or agrees and would destroy the oltlea' ooiuuiaro. after a war aa uuoh aa during II, "KegBrdlng th. land furooe, no diinuuliy would b. .ip.rl.ucd In rreitlag . mlllloo man In a uriatb. Tb. small army w. have would be In tb. nalur. of a nuol.us fur olb.r iruupa. What wa nerd, however, la not man but onast fortirluatlous. Alter wu get th. lortlllcauona w. cuuld gel lh. m.u lo operate the guua." "Cuuld lh United alatas ba luvad-ad? luvad-ad? No, uor would an enemy car tu luvaduil. All that would be aoceeeary would be for him to place bis aulpa oil our ooaeta aad Ore shelle lata our olllee, Tula would drive ruilltune ol people from lli.tr Uoine. and cauaa unluld dlBiraas. 1'hu wealth ol "00 years la stored In lioatou, few York and other great oltlea, and Ih.lr lose would ba very s.v.r., W. cuuld not .fiord lo toe. tbem. They should b. pruteot.d. Uo tli. reolflo ooast lh. same Ue-fauaelias Ue-fauaelias oundlllou .lists. Not a shuvelfulof dlrl has beau thrown up aruuud i'ugal rtouad for the pruieolloa ef til. ollloa lying on Ita ah.rm. Tun llrllliQ hava a naval elation at Eaqul. riaull. and it oould b. uead as a baa. against tins oauuiry. 'Heuator Hqulr. ha Introduced a bill lu lu.Henal. fur lb. protaollna ol our ooaeta which meals my views. It aiakaa provisions for lit. .stabllahm.nl ol formications and clliur daiaiaus raonnimended by lh. board kuowu aa the Kudlcoll bjard, which was ep polulad by lha I're-ider.t In IHS'I. Tu. bill appropnalea t)7,UU0,0UU lor this wurk. |