Michigan Volunteers

The London Spectator, of July 9, in speaking of the volunteer soldiers in the Cnban war mentions only tbe Michigan regiments besides the "roughridera." The Spectator says: "No regular soldiers ooald haveobeyed their offioers more perfectly than the regiment of volunteers from Miohigau or the dismounted "loogh riders," or have "gone on" with more determinad courage nnder a murderous flre. Eye witnesses, by uo means disposed to critioize, all desoribe tbeir condnot ae 'heroio,' or, as we Eugilsh wonld probably say most oreditable and gallant. They never blenohed even wheo taken by surprise, they uever 'go ont of hand,' and they shot at least as well as regulars, probably muoh better. Even when so to speak, beaten by the weight of their opponents' fire, they only threw themselves down, and then in a minute went on again. They wasted uniforms, baing borne down with the heat, bnt they did not waste oartridges. In oamp they bore delays short rations, and exposare as well as regulars, and, so far as ajipears, were ! jnst as traotable, thongh probably plainer spoken. What failed so far as tbere was failure, was the oapacity üf the offloers, Who were ready to die and did die in heaps, but who did not always know what orders to give, and sornetimes sacrificed the men by posting tbem in the wrong places; the snpply of artillery, which was wretohedly insufficiant; and the organization of the departments, who brought op food too late, and water not at all. Suppose for a raoruent that the American governinent had been acoustomed to keep np a saffloient body of thoroughly iustruoted and supplied artillery, and a Transport Service aud a Commissari at and to have maintained offioers like those who come out of West Point, snfflcient for 100,000 instead of 25,000 men, would a voluuteer forcé dispatohed to Cuba have been in competent to its task? "Would Lord Roberts or Lord Wolseley really object to take the London Soottish Volun teers nnder scientifioally trained offioers into a serious aotion? We rather thiuk they would very muoh like to be followed by snch men as oompose the regiment from Miohigan which foasbti before Santiago on T f - ' ' - v j v fv n r v ' v u - ' iv iir i í a K-4 p _ - i ir k j day last; and if they would, a great many of the difflcnlfcies of the nations may receive au unexpeoted solution. It wonld be possible, in faofc, to maintain great armiea for defense without developing great militarism, whioh would lift one of its greatest burdens frorn the whole of the white race, who, in faot, would give their lives to soldieriug only whenr equired."