Show OUR R RAND ARMY the idest aue of the san franciaco wasp has cartoon and comment en the military strength th of the united state in the former we see half a dozen stout potbellied pot bellied generals colonels and mchors of the J S army in renew under general sherman while U S grant with plumed hat cigar in the mouth and sword in the right hand supervises the G arand army as captain general the glorious U S army itself i represented by a skeleton boldios presenting a rusty old blunderbuss with piteous looks ed countenance and far in the misty distance a fair cadaverous warriors are stationed at the rate of one soldier to 00 mile the whole review h witnessed by a motley crowd of foreign military spectators representing the military of the various european powers turk swiss prussian austrian russian french english ittlean Itt lian etc all these spectators display great merriment at the show presented by the review of the G r r and army of the republic the spectacle is one humiliating to our national susceptibilities but it is none the lem true although drawn in strong colors and ludicrous shapes in its editorial department the wasp has the following remarks we commented a fornitt for ago on the gayy of the republic this week our artist gives a fancy sketch of the land forces under review if the navy is a the army is certainly a skeleton the proportion of officers to men is equalled equal led in no civilized country that we are aware of except in the grand duchy of gerolstein during the recent campaign a partial list of generals who supported hancock occupied nearly a column in on of our contemporaries A list of vates might have been inserted in almost the same space the valor or the tented field of both and men is undoubted having been displayed in amny a bloody scrimmage with overwhelm ing olds of savage foes n t to mention the sanguinary combats of the rebellion which in many cases more resembled man bat ties but personal valor has become a small factor in modern warfare strategy weapons and commissariat have taken the place of individual prowess we are not advocates of a large standing army the curse of european states but what we have should be as effective as it can be made sharper claws and less plum age would render the army rooster a more formidable bird it is certainly far from unpatriotic or disloyal to point out these flagrant deficiencies ot our national institutions the people have too long als lowed themselves to be rocked into indolent slumbers of vain security by the delusive lullaby of republican politicians and democratic demagogues ag if the united states need an armed force they certainly can afford something like a force that is ahmud ci pable to do the bloody work if required expeditiously and with the least possible loss of lives means and time |