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A QUESTION OF INTEREST |
"Aj-q wa prepared to fight?" Thisl
question, with internet sUrr^d in it j
by the war abroad, promises to de-,
velop into one of tlw biggest issues (
before the country <luring the next i
year. The attention. congress !
during the present session will b® I
centered on it much of the time.
While the advocates of a bigger
and better army and unvy are
equipping themselves with heavy
supplies of data to show that, the
I'nited States would be hoplessly
weak if attacked by one of tbe world
powers, the anti-militarists are arm
ing themselves with information to
tack up their contention t&at furth
er preparedness would bs undesir
able and unnecessary.
The pacificists will adntjt that
out preparedness is not to be
compared with that of other great
nations but thev will argue that
with tbe rest of the work' embroil
ed in the greatest war of history
a'1 our rivals will be so exhausted
by fighting that they would not
dare to attack us lor years to
come. This fact, aioug wjth the
natural defense constituted by our
geographical Isolation, gives us
ample protection, the jitace men
win contend.
The case of the mlH^ar'sis was ■
voiced in detail by General \V. \V
Wotherspoon, ex-chief of staff of
the army, in his annual roport just
issued. He summarized our mili
tary situation thus; We could not
defend the Panama canal. We
could not defend the Philippines, or
Alaska, or Hawaii, or any other of
our insular possessions. Our
toasts defenses are lamentably iuade
qu&te. We could n»t concentrate a
sufficient force to repel an invasion j
by a first class fighting power.
Here is the remedy; liaise the
.•egular or standing army from its
present strength of S3,00u men to
205.000. Create a first line of
reserves of 500,000, thoroughly |
equipped and traii»«d. Establish a
second reserve of 500,000 men.
General Wotherspoon does not
go to the length of advocating
compulsory military .service, but he
says this; "In any schema to create
such a force of mobile troops, we
cannot do better than to follow the
example of the master ciimls in
military organization /or national
defense. The policies developed in
• r.is direction all include, among
others, the primary plan of using
the standing army as a school for
training of men who. on graduation
from that school, pass Into -the
reserve and constitute the real na
tional military strength."
Many anti-militarists, however,
will agree with General "Wother
spoon that, there is urgent need for
re-organization of the state* militia.
Agitation has been long under way
for change in the lawB governing
the militia which will bring greater
reliance upon and an increased con
trol by the national government.
Vntil this is done, authorities de
clare, the militia cannot te regard
ed as a dependable branch of our
military strength.
The modification of the law pro
rosed is to place the militia under
Pay of the national government and
under binding obligation to serve at
its call. This, tt is though1, would
produce a state of affairs -where the
militia would be much more thor
oughly trained than under existing
laws, and to that extent can be
more thoroughly depenJed npon.
The actual number -of men avail
able in our coast defenses artillery
is 14,000, or 10,000 leas than the
number estimated to be necessary
to man the defenses. It is con
tended that the offenses are so lJfw
and far apart as to offer on invad
ing army a lrge Choice of lantUng
places along our coast. Experts
are now asserting that til*. latest
type of super-dTeadnaught with its
armament of fifteen inch guns
could stand off at s«o. and batter
our coast forts to plsceg while'the
sheila from our fourteen inch do
fense guns -would fall harmlessly in
the water 2,000 yards short of their
mark.
We have lagged far behind all j
our rivals in military aeronautics, it j
is also pointed out. The army has
uo armored autos, and no motor
tractors for artillery, it is charged.
All these things will bo thoroughly
tlrreehed out if the congressional in
quiry, advocated by Congressman
Gardner, of Massachusetts, is order
ed.
To the charge or weakness of our
navy it will be answered that w-e
have built, building ar authorized,
fifteen dreadnaughts with at least
two more likely to be authorized at
the present session of congress. The
last four dreadnaughts nuthorized
will be the largest in the world. The
sman navy members of congress
win point out that our program is
ample enough while the navies of
Germany and Great Britain, • the
only two larger than our own na
vy, are engaged in destroying each
other.
State of Ohio, City or Toledo, >
ss.
Lucas County. \
Frank J. Cheney makes oath th&t
he is senior partner of the firm of F.
J Cheney & Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pa}
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for «s4 :h and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be curod by tho
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
rltANK J. J3HENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribe
id In my presence, this 6tb day of
December, a n. 1SS6.
A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
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.&iiy, and ai ts directly on the blood
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PURITY OF THE AIR.
An English Scientist Attacks Our ]
Theories of Ventilation.
Crowther, the English scientist, at- j
tacks one of the most cherished of ou
hygienic notions', with a logic that corn
els respectful attention. His contctt
'ii Is t'i». ^(Bilent veuti lift ion does
nt depend upon -the chemical purity,
•r the air. The attempt should be to
-ityijrp motion, -.coolness and dryness
rather than to displace one body of !
sir by another.
Lie denies that there is a toxic or
ganic substance in the atmosphere as
the result of .human exhalations and
challenges .those who disagree with
him to their proofs, as the existence of
such poisons has never l*>en scientif
ically demonstrated.
The lungs, according to him. are
never filled with air some of which
has not been exhaled. Inhalation fol
lows so closely upon exhalation in
normal breathing that a portion of the
air that' has just- left the lungs is In
variably drawn back into them."
Exhaustive experiments show Ihat
the amount of air thus returned Is 1
from 1 ib 2jier-cent in perpons remain- 1
lng quietly" Indoors. It ft frotn 4 to
10 per cent in those asleep in bed.
There are certain sections pf the re
spiratory apparatus, moreover, the -|
nose and the larger bronchi, in which |
exhaled air always Bngers- it thus 1
appears that the air in the lungs is al ,
ways heavily contaminated with their |
own excreting gasei, even in outdoor
life, and the dead spaces make It cer
tain that ti'is contamination will no: I
decrease. :
It is not wortJi while, so the doctor j
argues, to pay much attention to the (
small amount of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere, therefore, and if the ^lr-fa-j
kept in motloi) and not permitted to be
come too moist or warm the necessary ;
ends of ventilation will be subserved |
—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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Near the mantle with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas t.'
Soon jvould be there."
which means that
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WhlU PaJ* Lodge
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meet* 2d **d 4th
frt. ET'ga. ot «*ch
month. VUlUbf brother! M« w01"
come. Phil Abraham*, Secretary.
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Fraternal Orfler
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Eagles inert# the tire* aaa
VVedneed*j night of »*Ch month. *t
their hall on Fifth arcmue. Ylaiting
brother* cordially Inruod to. attamd.
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Secretary. ; . . ..
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^ Thursday «r«a
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Arctic Brotherhood—
Camp Skafway No. 1
A. B. meet* erery Tum
day erenlag it 8:90 p
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ly wolcomo. a. J. Aohason, Arctlo
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JUNEAU ALASKA
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la Territory of Aiailta ' ,
Hn! j v-^Alaaka.
To Cure a Cold In One Day T
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