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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1902...

THE SUPPLY OF ARMY, undertaken, and some reform is also wanted in |

OFFICERS.

the training, of officers in the auxiliary forces, so that they may be fit to undertake such measures of responsibility, however small, immediately on joining the regular army. What we require is to foster a serious professional spirit in the commissioned ranks. But first of all what is wanted is reform in national education, Sich retorm is necessary, bath for our commercial and military welfare, upon which depend our very existence and position as one of the ruling nations of the earth. And finally it has to be remembered that no amount of reform will suffice to attract the best stamp of clever but penniless men to the Army, unless the principle is recognised of offering them from the commencement of their carder an amount of pay sufficient to relieve them from the present risk of finding them- | selves compelled to live for ever in a position | but little removed from grinding poverty. Soldiering, we are told, is becoming more and more an affair of specialists; and if the country wants specialists it must be prepared to pay for them. From the Times of India,

The close of the war, as has been generally anticipated, has brought with it a considerable exodus of Army Officers from the service. During the campaign itself, apart from death casualties in the field, the wastage must have been considerable, and the War Office now find themselves face to face with the problem of filling a great number of vacancies, which are increising with the issue of each. Gazette. That the supply is not equal to the demand was evident during the progress of the war, when numbers had to be, accepted who were so deficient in general education that it has been found necessary to hold classes for their instruction in very elementary subjects. The general exodus of officers has undoubtedly Been partly due to the public outcry raised against them; they have been dubbel ignorant, idte and inefficient; but happily no charge. has been raised against the British officer as a valourous leader of men. An unusual number of resignations may also be attributed to the fact that many have been admilled to the com- missioned ranks who were socially or otherwise unfitted for their position, whilst another cause has doubiless been the expense entailed in accepting and keeping up a commission, which, some have found it impossible to bear. Indeed, we have it on the good authority of General Brabant that he knows many who have been lately obliged to resign owing to this later CRUSE and that the service has thus been deprived of not a few men who would have

aluabic officers.

As regards the public impeachment of the Army officer for his ignorance we are inclined to think that the nation itself is greatly to

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As time passes and the history of the war in South Africa comes to be judged by critics unbiassed by the intensity of a misguided public opinion, it is remarkable to see how educated military opinion on the Continent has veered round. Sometime ago we drew attention to an article in the Revue des deux Mondes, which is generally, and almost certainly correctly ascribed to the pen of General Negrier,"commenting

the operations and painting that they have re- volutionized the commonly accepted beliefs. He insisted that in the battle of to-day

fhing like the extent they have been hitherto held to be, and that the Continental war of the future will be a war of sercens covering small and highly mobile columns of all arms like ours in South Africa. These views are, it must be admitted, ahead, far ahead, of the

made an attempt to understand the use of cover but to no marked extent; and masses of cavalry in close formation "routed" Armies carefully brought into appropriate position, as they have always done-and every one was hugely im- pressed. Of the Russian manœuvres, un- foitimately, little seems to be known; but there has always been less of the spectacle about the Russian than the manœuvres of other countries. It is certain that their troops, at least, have been ordered to try formations like ours, and all sons of "new "things, machine, | guns, signalling, motor cars and the like, have been tried; but details will only come out gradually, if at all.--From the Finer of India,

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blanie in the question of national education, numbers are not the decisive factor to any NEW Kid Gloves, Fancy and Serges,

stage reached by the majority of Continental writers on military matters; but they do not stand alone. Von der Golize, than whom Germany can produce no greater contemporary military writer, has recently published an article in which he deprecates the Zahlenwuth

which is so remarkably deficient, owing to the faulty teaching of our educational establish- ments; and until this is reformed and conduct- ed on sound scientific principles we cannot expect either Army officers or Englishman generally to acquire a satisfactory standard of that education, which must form the founda tion of all professional efficiency. But we feat that officers in the Army generally give too much time to recreation. In this direction there is room for reform. In civil life, a man devoid of industry soon drops behind in the race; the struggle for existence is so sharp that he is obliged to keep himself up to the mark. The physician and the lawyer have to keep" damper" is urgently required for this pace with the times, for, as Bacon has wisely said, "He that fallows his recreation instead of his business will soon have no business to follow." But this does not apply to the Army officer, whose promotion and pay-miserable stipend though it be-continue irrespective of his industry, which has little effect on his advancement. This should be altered, and; promotion should be made conditional to real efficiency, and idleness-if parsistent-should be followed by the penalty of removal.

When the Army becomes a real and serious profession, carrying with it the reward of success due to merit, to industry, and to ability as in civil life, then we may expect that the supply of efficients will equal the demand; but this cannot be hoped for unless a career is opened out to men of ability and intelligence, or until the present system, under which the wise man and the fool are of equal value, undergoes complete reform. As to the various services of supply-the Military Col- leges, the Yeomanry Militia, and Universities

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the madness for numbers-which besets the armies of to-day; and he insists that a

madness and points to the South African War as supplying it. Long ago he pro phesied that time would show that many of the military customs governing armies-the forms, the ceremonies of military training-would become obsolete, and that a new era would arise in which small mobile bodies of highly trained men would take the place of the enurmous masses of men that now constitute the Armies of the World. He, too, is ahead o the times, and it is unlikely that his views will be accepted for a long time to come, any more than those of General Negrier.

The French and German manœuvres of the last month show clearly enough that South Africa has presented no lesson at all to the former and few to the latter army. French in- fantry has advanced in dense masses to within ranges of an enemy in position which would have been ridiculous twenty years ago. Every- thing has been done as if there had been no Colenso in the history of Armies very

spectacular and impressive to onlooker and

soldier, but useless as a lesson in war. The *Gernians are said by some observers to have

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It was once thought that a medicine was all the more heneficial for having a nasty taste and smell. We now know that such an idea is perfect nonsense. There is no more reason why medicine should offend the senses than why food should do so. Therefore, one of the greatest chemical victories of the past few years is what we may call the redemption of cod liver oil. Everybody knows what a vile taste and smell this drug has in its natural. state. No wonder most people declare they would rather suffer from disease than take cod liver oil, and the emulsions are grite as foul and abominable as the plain oil, no matter what may be alleged to the contrary. Now it is one of nature's laws that a medicine which disgusts the nose and the palate, and also sickens the stomach, can have no good effect as a medicine; because the system revolls against it, and cries out to be delivered from it In

- WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION the desired miracle is wrought, and we have the valuable part of the oil, without the other. This effective modem remedy is palatable as honey and contains the nutritive and curative properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil, extracted by ut from fresh cod livers, combined with the

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Mails,

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

(THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.)

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PROJECTED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG-SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,

STRAMERS.

DESTINATIONS.

SAILING DATES..

• Noon.

KAGOSHIMA MARU .............. { BOMBAY, VIA SINGAPORE and) FRIDAY, 5th Dec., at

{. COLOMBO

MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANT-SATURDAY. 13th Dec, at

K. Kori...

KANAGAWA MARU .........

J. MacKenzie TAMBA MARU

J. W. Wale.. KINSHIU MARU*......

F. L. Pync

SADO MARU................................

J. 1. Macmill in..............

Yawata Maru..............

A. E. Moses SHINANO MARUŽ M. J. Curnow

KUMANO MARU

*

E. W. Haswell SANUKI MARU ....

W. Townsend

WERP, VIA SIngapore, Penang,

COLOMBO and PORT SAID, Daylight.

NAGASAKI, KOBE and YOKO-) TUESDAY, 16th Dec, at

HAMA...

Daylight, VICTORIA, B.C., and SEATTLE) TUESDAY, 16th Dec, at

U.S.AVIA SHANghai, Moji, Kob and YOKOHAMA

MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANT-

WERP, VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG,

COLOMBO and PORT-SAID

4 P.M.

SATURDAY, 27th Dec., at

Daylight.

(NAGASAKI, KOBE and YOKO Į SATURDAY, 27th Dec, at 1 HAMA.......

VICTORIA, BC, and SEATTLE,

Noon.

4 P.M..

U.S.A., VIA SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, TUESDAY, 30th Dec., at MOJI, KOBE and YOKOHAMA ....... SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, VIA) THURSDAY, 1st January, at

THURSDAY Iṣland, TownsvILLE and BRISBANE

KOBE and YOKOHAMA ..............

4 P.M.

FRIDAY, 2nd January, at

Daylight.

* Through Passenger Tickets issued for the Principal Cities in the United States, Canada and Europe in connection with the GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY and Atlantic Steamers: Round-the-World Tickets also issued. Between Moji and Kobe,' 1st and 2nd Class Through Passengers have the Option of Travelling by the Sanya Railway.

For further information as to Freight, Bassage, Sailings, &c., apply at the Company's Local Branch Office in Prince's Building, 1st Floor, Chate: Road,

-A.-S. MIHARA,

Henglong, 2nd December, 1goz,

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'STEAM FOR' TRAITS,CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN

PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND .

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« PARRAMATTA,” Captain F. J. Fox, carrying His Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this fo BOMBAY,OD SATURDAY, the 6th December, at Noon, Jaking Passengers and Cargo for the

above Porta,

Silk and Valuables, all Cargo for France, and Tea for London (under arrangement) will be transhipped at Colombo into a steamer proceeding direct to Marsailles-and London; other Cargo for London, &c., will be conveyed. vid Bombay with Trasshipment.

Parcels will be received at this Office until a E., the day before sailing. The Contents and Value of all Packages are required.

Shippers are particularly requested to not the terms and conditions of the Company's Billa of Lading.

For further Particulars, apply to

E. A. HEWETT,

•Superintenden Hongkong. 22nd November, 1900..

cure, in either sex, all àequired or cans. titutional Discharges from the Urinary Organs, Gravel, and Pains in the Back. Free from Mercury. Established upwards of 30 years, In boxes, 4s 6d. each, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the World. Proprietors: The Lincolao and Mid- land Counties Drug Company, Lincoln, NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP England.

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PAQUEBOTS-POSTE FRANCAIS,

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STEAM FOR

SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, COLOMBO, PONDICHERRY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, DJIBOUTI, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA PORTS, LONDON, HAVRE, BORDEAUXƒ

ALSO

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N MONDAY, the 15th December, 1903, ON

Stabi "INDUS, Captain Duchateau, with Mails, Passengers, Specie and Cargo, will leave this Part for MARSEILLES, Ports of Call, WITHOUT TRANSHIPMENT.

Cargo and Specie will be registered för Lba- don as well as for Marseilies, ad accepted in. transit through Marseilles for the principal places of Europe.

Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon, Cargo will be received on board until 4 P.M. Specie and Parcels until 3 P.M., on the 14th

instant.. (l'arcels are not

be sent on board;

they must be left at the Agency's Office.) Con- tells and Value of Packages are required.

For inher Particulars, apply at the Com-

G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent. Hongkong, 2nd December, 1902,

pany's Office.

To be Het.

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HOUSES at CAUSEWAY BAY, facing the

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GODOWNS at BOWRINGTON, Praya East. Apply to

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BOSTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY. BOSTON TOW-BOAT COMPANY.

4, KNUTSFORD TERRACE.-Kow, PROFOBED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG, N

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VIA

Steamers. Captains.

Tons. 1902-03

Glenogle ...... G. E. Warner.. 3,750 Dec. - 6 Tacoma ...... A. Dixon

Tremont......

Victoria.....J. Panton.

1,811 Dec. 17

9,606 Dec. 32 3,502

Jan.

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Steamers marked (*)` have no passenger accommodation

The attention of passengers is directed to SPEEDY. Pacific Coast and to the Interior and Easter the very cheap rates offered by this line to the

WE deal directly with the people, through our own employees all over the world, selling 1,000,000 Machines

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YOU get an up-to-date Machine, built on honour, to wear a life-time. YOU get it for the Lowest Price at which such a machine can be furnished. YOU will receive careful instruction from a competent teacher at your home. YOU can obtain necessary accessories direct from the Company's offices.

YOU will get prompt! attention in any part of the world; our offices are everywhere, and we give careful attention to all customers, no

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GENERAL OFFICE FOR CHINA:

18, BANK BUILDINGS, CORNER QUEEN'S ROAD AND WYNDHAM STREET, HONGKONG. BRANCHES IN EVERY CITY IN THE WORLD AND AGENTS IN EVERY TOWN. RETAIL OFFICES: 3A, WYNDHAM STREET, HONGKONG,

64, ELGIN ROAD, KOWLOON.

Cities of the United States and to Europe.

Special rates allowed to members of Govern. ment Services.

Through Bills of Lading issued to Pacific Coast Points and to the Principal Cities in the United States and Canada. i

For further Information as to Freight of Passage, apply to

DODWELL, & CO., LIMITED,

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