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Show ; Morritt's Llttlo HHtako. After Gen. Morrltt had been selected to command tho Phldpplpo cxp Million he wrote u letter to the President, from which f.io following is an extract; . I deslro lo point In very emphatic torrns to tho fact that tho volunteers from tho Northwest aio not as well drilled or diclpllned as those from any State in tho East or Interior. For that reason I urgently request the number of regular troops I havo uskud for. Theso tire the same volunjleqrs that swam rivers, faced hidden, savugo foes and eneaged them In hand-to-hand combat In thi fighting around Manila. What they lacked In drilling or discipline disci-pline they mode up In native courage, dash, nnd energy. Gen. Meiritt would propably be vr III-Ing III-Ing to admit now that even military experts can sometimes make mistakes, New York Journal. |