Show MILITARY discipline son novel from one win I 1 not n soldier or a sailor Is n blackguard tho proper remedy as not for his off levra to dim by torturing him but simply to turn him out of tho ber vloe it ho desires noth liiK better then bla dismissal is n both to tho he docs not desire it then he will do his best to mend hie weye as to bo allowed to it if nn officer is a blackguard tyrant or an incompetent nuisance the proper remedy Is for abo soldier to lotuso to serve under him this moans that lie soldier should bo to doivo loivo tho army as I 1 am to icaco tho staff of this journal to retain a well conducted soldier in tho army against bla will Is to ninko a slave of a mun who hue done to deserve it some day when wo get tho better of our national cowardice wo shall giro up tho system of having our fighting done by slaves and boldly maho tho boldini Bol dici and ballor as free as tho policeman who want to leave the fleet so they will strike their officers and face bogging and imprisonment for the dismissal will bo provided with nn ablo means of retreat I 1 look forwar dio tho time tho army will bo by a powerful trades union of the file which shall drive incompetent officers out of the army as effectually aa tho cotton operatives of doivo incompetent employees out of tho trade I 1 would have soldiers perfectly free to strike for higher pay w better conditions in time of if they chose for example I 1 would trust them unhesitatingly with an undisputed legal right to receive an order to charge on the field of battle itself by striking then and thero for another a day it that struck them as a favorable moment I 1 am perfectly aware that with every demand made and enforced on behalf of the men tho standard of ability among officers would go up and batches of stiff necked adolte who now blunder their way along making infinite trouble for the and costing the country hugo sums for discipline would be retired as useless I 1 am also aware that the army and navy under such circumstances would withdraw from civil activity a much higher class of men than they do at present and that these would cost more money per man per day than acro cannon fodder but if a conflict between such an army and cannon fodder I 1 know whoso side I 1 feel most comfortable for table on 0 bernard shaw in london saturday kevles |