Show Ste Sv t O-JL O wa Jf o l-o h X LETTER UiA J NOTHING C CAN REPLACE THU CAVALRY C HORSE HOnSE fl Dy By P STEWART ART lEA E Service Writer WASHINGTON July Over H-Over It at Fort Myer lober Va a platoon of cavalry was drilling the th other day It wa was II a lovely sight Beautiful horses Magnificent Munificent horsemen P Perfect teamwork The most I intricate Intricate cate maneuvers with en enease ease that made mad them look hll- hll lin Itself Risks taken that would make mak II a a circus riders rider's r stand on end nJ but never an m It never a it I hitch hit h What aJ a al J thought t that ell cavalry Is virtually They eay say ay t Wa Vol w t u il My cy two r or three times on In the w wt wot t Lr front ironi n Done Donto to death b by tile tu o nn and anI the lb tUne ne Then It occurred to me If IC cay cay- cavalry cavalry alry aIry Is I obsolete why do they keep this up Is It In fact tact fact obsolete So I investigated Heres Here's what I tolled found out Cavalry ly t o The rile auto and ond the th plane hav ha cu In on ita usefulness but bilt there theN lher st 11 aro a II man on horseback can CoAn do that cant can't be b done oy n mar limn In tn pi oil WI auth author or the th cockpit lt of ot a plane When those thIngs haY have t to br bl done lone cay uv- cavalry's airy's alry's needed tito tho Vo t vay The Tho lut ever Ir in inthe the artillery son Ic much much Ices Ius cavalry True y caval didn't figure flure much on the th west est front durin during the World war 1 but It was wa used to good effect on the lh east cut front and In Palestine Filling stations are ar few fow f w and far between on the th German Russo-German and Austro borders In the th Bal Dal- Balkans kans Eal-kans kans and Mesopotamia A V country must be Industrialized to support automobiles A horse hors can find for- for ago Co almost almo t anywhere Bringing Gas f up to II a front Is slow elow work In a a region relon where them ther thora isn't an any A horse can snake make mak It In Jig time Time Tim counts In war Even In Q a settled country 11 horse a-horse a horse has certain advantages ad over a car carA A ditch across a II road will stop atop a acar ear car A horse hors can ean jump It tt or scram scram- scramble scramble ble through or go eo around the tho th ends Suppose half a a dozen or more soldiers are ar scooting along alone In a 3 car carIn In a a desperate hurry to get from somewhere to else cise jr IL ILc c f MaJor Malin Maim Craig Chief U S S where theY're they're needed more A shot shotor shotor or an accident puts that car out of commission SIx or more men are stranded where ther no use ue It It had been cavalry It would have been only one horse horae and one man Same with artillery A shot hits bits a 0 horse Another horse Is I put irs In or orthe the gun goes on minus one horse But Dut it If a shot hits hils II a tractor vitally the gun that tractors tractor's hauling stops An airman airmans II a better scout than ft cavalryman eler and accomplishes pushes about OPT cent of all that thata thata II a can accomplish be- be besides sides bt-sides sides aides But an airman gets gots et only broad general effects effect effects lie He II sees see the ter ten terrain rain Ho lie notes mass mau movements of troops He lie spots spoil i c-i- But Dut he detail A the tho th details If I an airman aee the tho enemy Is dU dun dus I r that na no do doesn't there Isn't much t I ho cAn An do about It but go bic bolC ani report Cave ry I- I ry Il Attends l to nr 1 r s to 1 to t-cdon t e edone done right richi on n il I lCt Ono One On of ot these theao the days cavalrymen sadly llY predict we probably will have an effective mechanical horse hone but It In the tho th indefinite tn future |