Show A suggestion OP OF SANTIAGO the findings of the naval board lav gating ti the points in dispute in naval encounter at santiago althof aitho depriving schley of some of the 9 gl I 1 public opinion generally geve rally has to him shows clearly why victories 1 that at manila anal ani santiago santago were i sible the light fight was a 1 captalina cantal capt alna lw fight admiral sampson had laid h plans and given his orders to each chiss each captain knew exactly what bvm ta in case cervera should attempt to areat through the line and when the att atten I 1 V V a actually C dually was made each oni one a carriemae hi his spart part of the program ing the absence of the admiral fh captain was for theotime the time being a an k t maral all were ere conversant wath general plaz plan and could bould ther therefore 0 opera a eadi here la Is shown the superiority of a aw system stem in which each individual member of the force is something more than A part of a machine in the fleet of amy other country the absence of the admiral at the critical moment most have caused a moment of confusion which might have cost a victory not so in the american fleet fach each ship instantaneously went to work even without waiting for orders to close to in and engage the enemy this suggests that a country when contemplating the propriety 0 enlarging its military forces should not forget that the quality of its fighters on land and sea is even more important than numbers the armies of europe would be a great deal more formidable than aan they are were they composed of men with intelligence and patriotism jm Ba perlor to that which can be expected of recruits forced into service often against their own will it would un pay any country with strong notary aspirations to reduce the num bet be of their soldiers and to spend the loopley lOO oney fley thus saved on the education of alie remaining ones the suggestion is ate which the coming peace conference czar would do well to consider |