Patriotism

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 10, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 45.

Patriotism.—The characteristic commonly called patriotism gets the following thrust from the New York Observer:—

“Is every other American a born office-seeker? We are almost ready to think so when we read that over four hundred applications for appointments as general officers have been filed in Washington, while twenty thousand applications have been made for staff appointments. A military journal suggests that the latter be formed into an Army Corps, utilizing the services of most of these patriots as non-commissioned officers and enlisted men. It is to be feared that such a procedure would hardly suit the views of many of these ‘volunteers’—for specially honorable service.”