PART
WAR
(By United Press)
LONDON, July 10— (By Mall)—In
my judgment" the Important matters,
for a nation going into war.are these:
First of all the statesmen and the peo
ple should have a true conception of
the nature of war and of the charac
ter of the particular war they are tak
ing up. Otherwise the leading can
not be right. TJie supreme leader is
always the statesmen and in a demo
cratic country the people must under
stand and sympathize with the states
men. If he sees too far ahead they
won't follow, and if the popular ideas
on the subject of war are not true
the greatest lender may be cripple 1
In the military sphere the firs; thing
is the choice of a commander and his
assistants. When raising an army
the vital matter is the choice and edu
cation of the officers. In the training
of troops all soldiers will say the
thing to aim at is discipline, and the
best means of giving it, providing the
officers have been well chosen and
rightly taught, is to teach the sol
dlers to shoot and to march.
"In war," said Napoleon, writing t
his brother Joseph, "the man are nc
thing. One man is everything." A
the end of his career Napoleon die
tated a pamphlet which he calle
"Notes on the Art of War," the put
pose of which was to explain to go\
eminent* and nations about to g
to war how to set about it. He sail
"the principles of the art of wa
are those which guided the great caf
tains of the past — Alexander, Hh«ti:
bal, Caesar, Gustavus, Adolphus, Tv
renne, I’rince Eugene and Kroderlcl
the Great." Reviewing the cam
paigns of these commanders. Napoleoi
pointed out that on all the vital point
the practice of them all was the Bame
He then reviewed his own campaign
and concluded by saying that “yoi
should make your war ns they mad<
It, and model ourself upon them," fo
there Is no other way of mastering thi
secrets of war. In other words, “i
knowledge of the high parts of wa
can las obtained only by studying thi
history of^reat campaigns and by ex
perlence.”
In an army that has passed througl
a long period of peace experience ii
necessarily lacking, a knowledge o
war is possessed only by those wh(
have studied It in the way Napoleoi
recommended. Such a student was thi
late Admiral Mahan, of the Unite!
States navy. No writer in any coun
try has shown a stronger grasp o
) war or better illuminated by his wrn
tings its larger aspects, especial)
t In all that concerns maritime wai
- fare.
1 My first point Is this: Warfai
■ cannot be conducted without know
- ledge, but In the choice of a com
> rnander the first requisite Is not know
1 ledge, but character. If I were look
r ing for a commander in chief, 1 shouh
- search above ail f r a man of higl
purpose, who I could be sure wouli
- think only of his duty, only of hi
1 country and never of himself. In-wa
- more than in any other of the attain
1 of life, the saying holds good. "1
' ! thine eye be single thy whole bod;
shall lj full of light."
' I think that Grant as a general am
1 as a commander of the armies In thi
' civil ,war had the single eye, and h(
had a remarkably strong character
! Sherman before setting off for At
1 iantn spent an evening In con versa
tlon with an Intimate friend, one oi
’ his best cavalry generals, who report,
that late at night they talked a lit
tie about Grant. After a pause, Sher
i man, looking in the fffe, said:
i know a lot more about history nn<
law and war than Grant does, bin
1 I'll tell you where he beats me, am
i where he beats the lot of us. He does
1 not care a damn for what he can'
1 see the enemy doing and ft scares tni
• like hell,"
Sherman wag a good judge of th<
kind of character that a commande
In chief requires. In the second placi
your commander must have that gri|
of affairs and breadth of view whicl
are generally associated with a lib
eral education and which give to thosi
who know him the impression of i
man of larger than the commoi
mould. Nothing is more fatal in wa
than the appointment of generals fo
any other reason than their capacity
for generalship. More battles havi
been lost by the appointment of com
manders for political or personal rea
sons than from any other single cause
The knowledge of war comes onl;
- in the third place because this cat
be supplemented for the commande
by others, while character cannot. Tin
knowledge of. war acquired by thi
method laid down by Napoleon mus
be possessed by the commander # prln
cipal assistant. Whose title In Euro
pean armies Is either quartermaste
general or chief of the general staff
The officer’s function !b to relievi
the commander in the burden of In
finite details, which, if they absorl
him, ,are apt to weaken IiIb grip 01
the whole.
--«
Sylvester Chance, of the Society a
Friends, arrived In Nome recently t
take charge of a mission at Kotzebu
Sound. He reports that about 1500 n:
tivos have become converts of hi
church In that region.
LEONARD BALKS
I
! I
NEW YOltK. July 20. — The coun
try Is beginning to wonder If Itenny
Leonard was serious when he nnnoui^
red after winning the lightweight
championship from Freddie Welsh In
would Immediately join some branch
of the United Stales army or navy,
and that" his fights would be against
only the best men In that division.
Since that announcement Leonard
has fot ght twice against a "setup"
each time. He has been matched for
an en ounter In I’hiladelphla with
Johnnny Kllbanc. and the fight Is
to go only six rounds.
Leonard turned down one of tho
best offers the country ever hoard j
of for a bout In that class when he j
he refund Matt Hinkell's offer of a
$25,000 purse for a fifteen round go
in Ohio — and no decision was at
tached to tho articles for the bout.
Kllbone and hfs manager had sot their
signatures to the agreement and were
ready to go ahead.
One of two things hnphenel to Loo
nard whpn ho received that offer -
He either figured Kllbane far too dan \ j.
gp-oais to battle for fifteen rounds
or he decided that fighting s'x rounds
for a war of money was more remu
1 neratlce than battling fifteen rounds
1 for a sllghtiv larger wad. The bout
. I
in Philadelphia does not promise any- j
thing, and if Leonard does not show
nt his very best he will be soundly
1 panned. The unpopularity of Freddie
Welsh and his record of many no de- i
bfsion alleged fights should be a
w’arnln:; to Leonard. There are many
1 young lightweights aching fo a crack
at his crown and they would be
willing to even take him on, (a ten
round bouts. The fans w ir.t that
kind of action — not the six round
kind, even if It Is with Johnny K 11
bane ns an antagonist. Be: ides, as '
was stated, the country w ints to
know about that enlistment. Leonard
probably will find some insistent ques
tioners regarding that when he on
ters the ring at Phihu&dphlu.
--
Take a Victrola
on your camping trip
A Victrola is looked upon as a regular part of
a camping outfit nowadays.
It is always sure of a rousing welcome.
Its delightful music is one of the real joys of
camp life.
—
Whether you are gc’ry camping or not, come in anti get acquainted
with the Victrola. We*’] £ idly play any music you wish to hear.
Victrolas $15 to $250, Victors $10 to $100. Terms to suit your
convenience. *• , ^ > w
- ' I . I N _
Northern Drug Co.
CORDOVA 1
* >
--------JL... ■ ....
Manhattan Hotel
KT. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
'l——_______
r------- -----==="
. T ...
Copper River
& Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN -
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change with
out notice. ' •
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office, one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
Superintendent. Agt. Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
MEET ME AT
. The HORSESHOE
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE
Where We Can Always Find Our
Friends.
-1
Finest Billiard and Pool 1 ablet I
Alaska.
» _
- -5?
r
- BEST GRADES OF 8TANDAR
BRANDS OF CIGARS.
4
5
4
4
> '
One Visit
Will*
’ Make You
A
a !
Pabular Patron
At
■
» ■»
Slater’s
Restaurant ;
i
4
<
i
Private Boxes 1
For <
<
Lari*e or Small K
<
3 Parties <
4
• -
lj "" -- ■ - ,1!—BC - B I
rT^ON’T satisfied with a
— tobacco you can get along
with. Find the tobacco you
can’t get along without. ^ j
nn' -if ■ ‘jp*
’17'ELVET a nat
▼ urally mild tobacco
—its mildness improved
by natural ageing. A
naturally good flavored >
tobacco made smoother, |
mellower by nature’s pa- 1
tient ageing method. Try i
it and see if Velvet isn’t ,
f
!
(
_
f
[HI |^H | ‘‘That some arc rich shows that others may become
* ' I
The riches of one stimulate-others to energy and m
tcrprisc the prune factors in the acquisition of property.
Moral: A bank account here is a helpmate to energy
# and enterprise.
| THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA I
Id' Territorial Depositary.
United States Depositary for Postal Savings Funds,
j J |j Commercial Department. Savings Department.
Windsor Hotel
L. Wain, Prop.
Where You Get
Comfort and Service.
Ami tlx' Rates Are Right.
Cordova Alaska
-1
—.. „ ., ■■■ A.
BATHS j
♦
Tub and Shower. ♦
Bath House Open Day and *
Night. ♦
F'rst Class Barber Shop in ♦
Connection. *
ALASKAN HOTEL ♦
BARBER SHOP, ♦
Frank Cunningham, Prop. *
»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
.. —■■■■■»
i
M C. Thompfuk»» H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompeon & Murphy, Prop*
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
|
Northwest ♦
Soda Works l
Manufacturers and ♦
Bottlers «
Soda Water, all Flavors, ♦
Gingerale, *
Root Beer, ♦
* Coco Cola. J
Mail Orders Given Prompt ♦
Attention. *
Cordova, Alaska. »
>♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«
Why Pay Rent?
Will Build on Lot on A Street,
and SelJ on Easy Payments. t
Cordova
Contracting Co.
ED. M. KANE.
Phone 220.
Opposite Game’s Tailor Shop,
Second Street.
Residence, Alaskan Hotel.
INSURANCE
IRF, MARINE, LIFE and ACCIDENT
Insure your property against nro In
elinhle Insurance Companies.
We represent the Niagara, London,
’hoenix, Hartford. Northern, Globe
ltd Rutgers, and others; all strong
loard Companies.
We also represent Hie Maryland
’asuslty Company, and Issue Fidelity
ml Surety Bonds.
Northwestern Realty h Trust Co.
Alaskan Hotel |
ROBERT GOTTSCHALK—Proprietor*—ART CLONINGER |
“The House of Comfort." 5
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN
ALASKA |
I
|:j Bar and Barber Shop in Connection.
| Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, §
Electric Lights, Steam Heat, Suites 1
i With Bath. f
g _ §
I CORDOVA . ALASKA |
_
WHY NOT OWN YOUR OWN HOME?
Many families are Paying out from $200 to S500 in 1
rent each year. Why not put that into a home of your if
| own? I |
Call on Geo. C. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, and I
l|i see if it can’t be arranged. ' i I
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co.
LONG AND SHORT MILL WOOD FOR SALE*"**
Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and
Dressed Lumber.
Also Outside Lumber
We Have Succeeded'the Arctic Lumber Company and
All Mail Orders Should be Addressed to Us.
Orders From up the Line Office and Mill Opposite
Promptly Attended to. Railroad Depot. Phone 5
%
-#