Show I Sill 1 ant J JId I f 1 COUNTRY'S HOPE I SEEN IN MILTIA MILITIA Gen Fred D. D Grant Urges Fostering Fostering Fostering Fos Fos- of Military Spirit Among Citizens INADEQUATE Main I J Force Porco Is Pound Found in Soldiers Sol SuI diers and auth Sea Sel Out of or Date Now York Feb 24 General Gon General r F. F D. D Grant of or the lie regular army at t the tho IO annual annual dinner lInnor of ot the officers of the tlc Fourteenth re regiment lmont in Brooklyn last night characterized the thc state militia the most Important adjunct to lo our a RJ a C civilization next to the regular mm army Indeed he lie declared that tho the pitiably Small smal standing ar army is merely the nucleus of or a n force that must be c strengthened by y the national guard of tiC the several states in order older to bo ho effective ef CC- f- f ii in maneuvering and t deploying I against an nn Invading host This Is a great country said General General Gen Gout eral Grant hint but bu it Is not a military country rut a vr very small percentage of the citizens of ot the tho Ut United States Stales ot affairs And Interested in military are arc milan it Is a sad sl state state of oC things Wo We are alo immensely wealthy wealth and there hero Is nothing noth noth- lug ing that actuates men to proceed l against their thel neighbors so strongly as cupidity Wars Founded on out Commerce ell We Ve are arc essentially a commercial country and nearly neaily all al of ot tho the great cat wars of or modern times have been Coun founded upon commerce Indeed the thc purpose of or our standing arm army our navy and our OU militia mita as a I J tal take c it i isto Isto is isto to protect our commerce You officers of or tho ho Fourteenth cannot appreciate too much the importance of oC the thc militia mita as an adjunct of our American civilization civili to Insure tho the perpetuity of ourI our Institutions I Insl tu u I 1 am frank rant to say sa perhaps one oue two or three nations combined mn may be In Ina Ina ina a position to Inflict great damage upon us were the they to our would certainly humiliate shores They hey ate us but I do lo not think that they the would be able to maintain any stron stronghold hold on our shores for army any an length of time The Tho sea sta is no longeri longera longer a i protection for tor us us It I used to be In Informer Informer Informer former times Ures but the hut the great grent navies of or orthe the earth carth find the sea an easy obstacle Lo to overcome overcome Our re regular ular army is not adequate to o cope with wih a first class invading force and it i Is up to t you men inca of oC the tIme mita to join wih with us of or the tho regular establishment in endea endeavoring to main main- Lain our prestige among tho the great na- na lons Lions of the earth You should bend your every endeavor or to foster tho the mita militia spirit among time the people of your out community 0 S |