Show T ln An unusual view of the army has r. r lately beem becks presented In a complaint A 1 d from Washington over the decrease in strength of the coast artillery reg regi I- I 1 meats ments Tho The Tenth company for tor Instance In In- l' l stance which mustered a hundred and one ono men in 1900 was able to get r out only 14 in the ranks in October The Tho explanation offered is that the themen thee e men in the coast artillery re receive a training in some branch of mechanics 1 H and nd can get employment outside at atgood atgood atgood good wages One officer instructed his r i company in the art of telephone repairing re ra- pairing and made tho the men so efficient that the telephone company In thet the t neighboring city offered them 60 and x 70 a month and in some casesI cases r I bought the discharge of the tho men so that they might b begin gin work before their enlistment expired If It the army can train its Ita men as effectively as this e It ought to be a I. I pretty good school |