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FOOTNOTES:
[1] The reader will recall Nast’s skeleton representing the Regular Army with the legend, “Match it for grit if you can” or words to that effect.
[2] Statement based on statistics.
[3] Authorities concede these matters.
[4] See War Department Reports, 1915.
[5] Taken from actual stations of various troops at various times. The army post system is considered indefensible among military men.
[6] Speed of embarkation of a mobilized and prepared army as calculated by European military staff officers.
[7] One thousand rifled cannon could be enumerated from the naval lists of less than four Powers. Less than four Powers could match our Navy with battleships.
[8] This is exactly what happened during the Spanish-American War.