Show f FAVORS REDUCTION f OF f L CAVALRY l 1 Gen Gell Miles Regards He ards it as Obsolete And Believes and Autos Will Take Its Place ITS PROPORTION INJUDICIOUS lie Would Have Hare Government G Construct Military Rods lou for Strate Strategic gic gb Purposes t I Aug Au M UThe The Chronicle to tomorrow morrow will print a u dIspatch from Nolson Nelson A Miles lust communication t to tn time the war onke e MB was Ial public today through un SOUI itt Iii u time the war IIII department It II l Is II In Iii the form ot or u a letter to tc Y Yot of ot War In It are ore for 0 OF the tha Improvement of at the time service The Thi general regard the tho a as obsolete no Inn the auto aulo automobile automobile mobile will tile the place of ot th lie horte horto horteIn In iii tho tim next war Will Tor that lie he advises reducing the tIme cavalry brunch branch to o the minimum and the building bulletin of ot roads of Qt strategic c Importance throughout tu tilt thia country count h In time of ot pence peace Gun Gen Mitsui letter sa sas saI s sAt At the of ot the Span hIm lih war ar We e hind had well wet trained thoroughly equipped hardened and ex ax experienced cavalry u IL portIon of ot It wo wa was obliged to remain at It Tampa and In ID ls place newly nelll organized troops troop were sent to 10 the front Now No that was vai either all alt wrong or the tho present organization of ot the army with the great greit e cp nse at ut attached attached thereto In is unwise e and Injudicious cious elous anti this subject requires inquire In my judgment the its solemn serious attention of ot the he government It 11 Is safe slIte to Hay sa nut that hint there are ar tens of at thousands thou lands of at men In out our country who ulio are In tn the saddle saddie every very day who are art skilled In landcraft and use of or arms and ant who can be easily converted Into a most moat formidable corps of ot mount mounted ed et riflemen In fact there could easily cailly be mobilized In tn our country cOlin try at n least ten times ns as 8 many mony mounted men many of ot whom have had hod military service an all could be La landed on our shores hores by any go government eminent or governments within any reasonable time We AVo have men accustomed Id tO t the tho saddle and rifle that could be bo used usell to quickly overrun either Canada or Mexico Hence the tue disproportion portion of ot our OUI mounted fortes forces to that I of ot the main body of ot the army Is un unnecessary unnecessary necessary and Injudicious The rhe marvelous development In mod modern modern ern ecu arms rides machine guns and quick Urine firing Held field artillery renders the cavalry an all li formerly used on the bat battlefield obsolete while the t I lie he wonderful development In the he use uSo of ot motor power and electrical appliances has hlll rendered the horse far less Important than for tor formerly formerly merly These facts are doubly BR sill significant anti and should be bo recognized by bythe bythe bythe the military authorities and the gov government government 0 There Thero Is ii however a n corps corp of ot force fores required In oUr army Unit that could coull be bo rendered of great utility not only to lo lothe the military but to the people of this country This power Is la tain recap nixed by European governments and nn I have several times recommended It its Ih use ule by b ours It will wilt be utilized In the next war var and preparation for or its use Uso by our army should no longer Ion ireI bo bJ neg I havo reference to the bicycle motorcycle and the auto which have do developed eloped to the extent that lucy have hae become a most valuable moans means of ot communication and transportation Fire regiments of ot cavalry should be discontinued und mind a corps corp of at flye real rai ments should be organized thoroughly trained and Constantly employed In the tho th USe uio of ot these modern appliances a Tim modern appliances of road building are vastly superior to thoc tho o formerly used In fact tact the work lork la Is now done principally by b machinery and this corps should be supplied with all nil the recent Inventions and Improve Improvements ments for tor that purpose The millions of ot dollars that are nosy no uselessly expended for tor of ot tho the mounted force toree could In this way tay be he utilized 1 In bringing about a It great Im Improvement provement In the army conferring u a great benfit upon tho the country at the same mme time titHe training a It most mutest Important corps for military service and I urn urge thou that this thin measure fco he recommended to and authorized by Congre s |