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clothes, but there was nothing to do but to accompany 

 my kind hosts and trust to their good nature to pardon 

 my shortcomings in the matter of dress. The colonel 

 drove me about in a smart open carriage, with two good 

 horses and a liveried driver. It was a much more fash- 

 ionable turnout than would be seen in any of our cities 

 save the largest, and even in them probably not in the 

 service of a public official. In all the South American 

 countries there is more pomp and ceremony in connection 

 with public functions than with us, and at these func- 

 tions the liveried servants, often with knee-breeches and 

 powdered hair, are like those' seen at similar European 

 functions; there is not the democratic simplicity which 

 better suits our own habits of life and ways of thought. 

 But the South Americans often surpass us, not merely 

 in pomp and ceremony but in what is of real importance, 

 courtesy; in civility and courtesy we can well afford to 

 take lessons from them. 



We first visited the barracks, saw the troops in the 

 setting-up exercises, and inspected the arms, the artillery, 

 the equipment. There was a German lieutenant with the 

 Paraguayan officers ; one of several German officers who 

 are now engaged in helping the Paraguayans with their 

 army. The equipments and arms were in good condi- 

 tion; the enlisted men evidently offered fine material; 

 and the officers were doing hard work. It is worth while 

 for anti-militarists to ponder the fact that in every South 

 American country where a really efficient army is de- 

 veloped, the increase in military efficiency goes hand in 

 hand with a decrease in lawlessness and disorder, and a 

 growing reluctance to settle internal disagreements by 



