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Show WSIIEII COST -EE REM TO tlOYE SAK ANTIONIO. Teg.. Marek 1-(rrdera 1-(rrdera aav bee received ber front Wa.htotrto tkat (lea. Carter' mane ver diviaioa shall kold itaelf ia readi-eea readi-eea to break eamp and take the field if for actual warfar within two hour. Tk order saused muck eoromenl, for th particular reason tkat It did aot com ta tk geosral aianeu-er order iaaued by Oea. Carter, but from tk seat of goveraateat. Muck aa order mean a blanket, tea day' rations, shelter tenia and XOO round of ammunition. Tk order to be i readiuesa for operations in the field, while it might I a IcgitiraptP feature of maneuvers, ip got takea ta that sense. F.icepting tk generals to whom long veers have taught conservatism, vry one reeeted th maneuver theory, but could ant explain where war waa to be expected. Hue officer of prominence paid he koped Mexico and tha I aited rMatra would aot become embroiled. "W eould defeat Meilce and tker would be ao leeaon learned. Th no thinking ia rnngreaa would have aa-other aa-other abject to point to, to show tkat w ran depend oa tha volunteers ia a emergeeiev. W ran, after wa kave loot fi pe' eent, teach tka remaining 5 per erat how to fight. "A atmnger leasoa la needed. Japa or tlermaav would serve, preferably tha former, because af ber geographical situation. They ar quit capable af redncing oa. witk tkeir perfect p re-pa re-pa reds rea, wkeaavar ready. Wa have spent tea dava ia turmoil gathering a handful of men ia Texas. Ultimately wa should triumph, but tk ultimate coat would be appalling. It would be muck cheaper avea in money let alone live, lo Ire hi our fore than ta make sack a leeeoa, considering toe easuanl peaeina rolls alone." (if ficers cannot b ejaoted for pub-liratioa pub-liratioa where criticism of superior, ip involved or to be inferred, but the mnn wko mad tka foregoing statement kaa a e-eputatioa wkick extend beyond tk army. |