Show COMPLETE T seattle vash dc 29 fonaas transfer of the chatham cannery la alaska purchased at receivers sale by geo ot portland ore EARL ROBERTS LECTURES ON ARMY NEEDS ate theme the army a it was and as it Is to be the nation should spare no effort to be able to meet its equally well trained opponents london dec 29 the army as it was and as it Is to be is the text under which field marshal earl roberts in the january nineteenth century era reads britaina a noteworthy lecture on tha duty of all classes it great britain would meet the demands of modern warfare after frankly pointing out existing deficiencies clarl roberts writes A leason awaits tho nation whose Bol diora should find themselves opposed by equally brave but better trained men on the field of battle no amount of money no national sacrifices will then avail for modern warfa removes fast and time lost in peace can never be made up during the the stress ot a campaign I 1 hold athla view very strongly and would my follow countrymen with all the force at my command to look the plain facts ia the face earl roberts does not advocate compulsory service because it is distasteful to the nation and in compatible with the conditions of any army which has a large proportion of units in foreign service but maintains that great britain must have a large reserve force and if the citizens of so great and prosperous a nation as ours are to remain exempt from compulsory tn time of peace without the safety of the empire being endangered the right class of men must be attracted to the regular army by good conditions of pay and pension and it ia the duty of the state to sea that every able bodied man in this country no matter to what grade of society he may belong undergoes some kind of military training in youth sufficient to enable him to shoot straight and carry out simple orders if ever his services are required tor national defenses earl roberts interestingly reviews the changes of the last 50 years de the military system prior to the crimean war and points out how tho introduction of modem guns necessitated the complete abolishment of the idea that men must be mere machines officers h bays are no longer able to control tho men because the fighting formation has been changed and therefore the men must have a far higher standard of individual intelligence while among the officers intelligence li gence self reliance and type of leading must bo on a proportionately higher level the sooner this ia realized to the fullest extent earl roberts says the better for all ranks when the hour of trial comes earl roberts says the report of tho committee on he war in south africa made it clear that much is still needed before great britain has an army fit in all respects for war with a modern foreign power among other things she must have a larger proportion of mounted troops tor rapid reinforcement and in order to quickly seize points of vantage he refers to the action of the government in ordering the new quick firing guns tor the complete re equipment of the army as reported by ahe associated press yesterday simultaneously with earl roberta article it is officially announced that batteries will be supplied with new guns at a cost of f and that thae order will be executed within twenty months |