Show FOR W WAR All AR In the N North th Am American rican Review Major aj r William Ii H. H the army has an article on military preparedness He reviews th the past wars of the country s shows how niggardly the government has bas been in time of peace to prepare for war but profuse pro pro- fuse in its expenditures in war One would think that the experience of the Spanish war would be enough to make every man manin manit it in lIt the country think that our nation ought to al always always al- al ways be prepared That war was sprung sprong upon the ther r country almost in a day A little more e expenditure expendi expendi- ture in the army armr and navy in the twenty previous years would have made it altogether unnecessary As it was the very first act of President after the declaration of war was to ask congress for an appropriation tion of to expend as asbe ashe ashe he be thought best It was granted by unanimous vote and yd yet when i it it came to assembling volunteers at Chickamauga Chickamauga Chickamauga Chicka- Chicka mauga there were no tents no 1111 blankets n no preparations preparations prep prep- I ar at ut all for organizing training and and taking care cafe of th the small arm array army of volunteers Had that been spent in the previous twenty years a ast an e educated soldier woud would ha have hae e spent it not only would the war wale have been avoided but the country would not ha have vc been taken by surprise in incase Incase in incase case the tho war wat had been precipitated rhe The of the country for foi war has been the anxiety of those in power ever sin siu since e th the days of Washington So keenly did he feel it that his last solemn advice to the country was to in time tic of peace prepare for war and the advice is just as s sound un today as when he gave it The pr peace ce ad advocates tes W who 11 fight such preparations on r th ground that it stimulates stimulates-a war feeling surely tt t a ya y O rs and they are arc about lt the first o ones 1 to be bc hc rd from wh when Ii a war is really nent No one forgets how when it was known that Cerv Cervera's ras ra's fleet had left Spain the thc hole Atlantic yo co coast st people cried out to the nation for protection arid and their an anxiety det was so great that the government government govern govern- ment mont had l to organize a flying squadron to protect pro r teet them That was the squadron under Admiral Schley and nd he lie was bus busy patrolling the Atlantic co coast t until it was known that Cervera's fleet t was cooped up in the har harbor or of Santiago and then he went vent to join Admiral Sampsons Sampson's fleet And that eastern coast contains nearly neary all aIr n the 1 peace peace at an any price fanatics is not worded worried wor wor- ned ried at all about the west vest coast although were it to be attacked it would be b. b by Japan and it would c come me all at once Her warships are le just as numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu as ours and they are arc all at home and she has transports which she could call in in iii three days or OJ a a. week week sufficiently numerous to ship an army of If men to ou our west coast course where they to come within the next nest year they could land laud in either of half a dozen places and ravage the for two years before the government cou could d organize a force to lo drive them out In the me meantime tl they e could inflict more damage than ten wails wail's wars would d cost more cost more damage than Ulan it would cost to give every man in the land bc between 18 and 45 years e rs of age a a thorough knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge dge of war and the maneuvering of armies |