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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, NOVEMBER, 1899

A LESSON FROM THE MALAY STATES

By HUGH CLIFFORD

British Resident of Pahang in the Malay Peninsula, and Author of
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Mr. Clifford describes the physical and mental characteristics of the inhabitants of the Philippine Archipelago, and discusses frankly the conditions which must be met if Americans are to coöperate successfully with Orientals in establishing a stable government. His account of his recent conversation with the Sultan of Sulu regarding the political situation will be read just now with peculiar interest.

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The Werner Company's Fall Publications

THE UNITED STATES
ARMY AND NAVY

Text for the Army Section by
Lieut. Col. A. E. Wagner,
Asst. Adjutant-General, U. S. A.

1776-1899

Text for the Navy Section by Commander J. D. Jerrold Kelley,

U.S. N.

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"THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN."

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The Werner Company's Fall Publications

Germany's Army and Navy

Compiled from the Latest

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Their history.from the earliest

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Organization, and Efficiency❀❀

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ARTISTICALLY ILLUSTRATED

-HE prevalent idea that Germany's military institutions are an immense burden, and consequently a source of impoverishment to her, does not hold good. Having been confuted by many able writers, the assertion needs little further discussion, Germany herself forming a striking proof of its fallacy. The present work, originally intended for Germans resident in the United States, of whom many not only served in the German Army, but also fought and bled for the Fatherland, appears herewith in an ENGLISH-GERMAN EDITION. The work will doubtless be welcomed by the American public with that interest and favor which it manifests not only toward all important works of literature, but toward all national achievements, among which those of the German Army may certainly be classed. The work leads the reader through each important historical phase of the army, beginning with the universal liability to service of the ancient Germans, followed by those of the feudal institutions and the later mercenary system of the Middle Ages. It treats in a general way of the subsequent conscription methods of the nation, and finally of the present system of compulsory military duty. This section is succeeded by a highly interesting description of the army's organization, from the pen of the prominent German military author, Major-General Von Specht.

Especially interesting to the military student, as well as to the lay reader, will be the details of the infantry's modern equipment, the manoeuvres of the balloon and railroad troops, with the introduction of the lance as the uniform thrusting weapon of the entire German cavalry.

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