Show americas americal Ameri caB need of cavalry Car alry DIc discussing the possibilities of a war with england and the strength of the united states militia or national guard some of our newspapers lately boasted that an army of men could be thrown into canada within a few weeks how many of these men would i be mounted on horseback it Is a very pertinent inquiry for it requires from three to six months training to make a cavalryman and some of the states which furnish large contingents to the national guard have not a single troop of horses homes if there is any lesson that the failure of the confederacy can teach us it is this that an invasion of canada and I 1 do not mean that such a thing Is in the least probable or desirable made anade without sufficient cavalry would be as barren of permanent results as it would be if made with an army of cross bowmen november century |