Show ARMY PRIDE OF THE COUNTRY trompa of salvador well organized compact and quite modem in equipment san salvador the army Is the pride of the country it Is well organized compact and quite modern it presents a much better appearance than the troops ot some of the neighboring countries salvadorans Salva dorans declare that it is a defensive army yet there Is a prevalent belief that in case of trouble with Gaut emala or some other coun try this army would quickly ake the aggressive years ago there was a president of salvador who did much to organize and perfect the army he gave especial encouragement to cathedral san salvador and was himself a very skilled marks man A favorite exhibition of his waa to shoot an apple or some other article from the bead of one of the soldiers it was his way of showing how skill tul the troops might become there were a number of men la the frankg who boasted the distinction that the president had shot an apple from their heads there never was emulation tor this distinction but the soldiers obeyed orders and when the ordeal was safely passed those who had passed it were men of note among their comrades one day the president missed and there waa dead sol dier it was explained afterward that the president had been drinking and his hand was a little unsteady it was also explained that he felt very badly about the incident and sent his condolences to the soldier s family he was really a good president and he never got oven the accident salvador does not rely solely on its army to maintain and propagate its standing among latin american coun tries it has taken to itself part of the task of promoting latin american unity with the special purpose of ot setting the supposed imperialistic tendencies of the united states there are public men in salvador who really think that their country Is in danged of absorption by what they call the colossus of the north at different periods all south amer lea has been flooded with literature emanating from salvador in which the racial unity of the different ped pies Is set forth and plans are proposed tor uniting them all against the united states salvador put herself in the front of the profession much of this literature Is prepared by ajuntas juntas or bodies of students the young men are those who get easily worked up over the specter of north american imperialism and write let to other young men urging that nil unite in order to lay the ghost borne of this feeling Is really sincere but much of it Is manufactured what Is needed to remedy it Is to have more young salvadorans Salva dorans sent to the colleges of the united states americana in salvador who are en in business and who mind their awn business have little trouble they pet along well with the government and with the people though hey are conscious at times of the existence ot the anti american sentiment |