General Schofield is a politician as well
as a soldier, and at consideribl? h-n?'. 1 '
1,., disc :sscs this subject from a p litieal
as well as from a military point of view.
!' ■ rays tiie prompt and vigorous .. .io’i ■ ’’
th.- troops In ail eases, and the great t >:-
be.-ranee manifested by them when sub
ject-*1 to till sorts of Insults and imiig’-i
--ties, ilesigni-l to provoke iqial’atim, were
the x ihighest c mmendati ■ t.
’the Value of National Troops.
They illustrate tn the most striking man
ner the great value to a government of a
well disciplined force at all time subject
to the orders of that government for the
enforcement of the faithful execution of
its laws. It would seem unnecessary to
point out. the fact that any force like the
militia of a state, or the police of a city,
acting primarily under another authority,
though highly efficient in their appropriate
service, cannot be made a t -I’abie instru
ment for the pr .-mpt .*i*d e.-eiive
tiou of tiie laws of the United Suites.
Mami'estly every government should have
an tuiequate fo v cc oi* its own tor th** execu
tion of its own laws, no les*; than the
judicial ami exe:-utivo officers necessary
f* r the sain*? purpose.
Tl.o country is now, forth" first t:m -.
squarely confronted whi ihe necessity of
x. uking adequate provision, not only t’m'
defen - ■ against any pos-ible foreign ag
ssi-m. but also tor licfen against d»-
mestie violence in the form of forcible r--
si.dance t" the laws of the United States.
