The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-10-20

to be submitted to and approved before
publication. BY the Secretary of War. OF
payment could not be authorized. The
newspapers of the National capital were
excluded by Law from Publishing advertise.
mefits. except for supplies and services to
he used in the District of Columbia.
The Army Regulation.
There has been criticism of the army
regulations. 1t is admitted that as they
are now constructed they are cumbersome.
but they are the product of thirty years
work and experience. To have changed
them materially when war was declared
or during the campaign would have Gre
ated NO end of confusion and perhaps dis
aster. What changes could be made at
such \ time were made. The army regu-
lations under which the War Department
is working were revised under a former
democratic Secretary of War.
Congress Objected to Trained Cooks.
For over twenty years efforts have been
made to secure legislative sanction for the
enlistment of trained cooks for the mill
tary service. but it was denied until after
war was declared.
By the same legal restrictions, the num-
Der of cavalry and artillery horses was
limited to the number Of mounted men in
the service, not allowing for a single
breakdown, q single death or a single re-
mount: and the number Of draft animals
was limited to 5000. a number BIZ no
means sufficient to mobilize the small regu-
lar army.
No law existed which enabled the War
Department to regulate and protect ex-
plosive mines and mine fields in the waters
Of the United States.
Hanpered ~ Old Decisions.
At the present time. . serious embarrass-
ment arises to pay for certain advertise
ments which were essentially necessary in
the matter Of procuring recruits and volun.
teers for the army. and to supply wood for
the troops near Tampa. and to provide
cavalry horses for the service. Notwith-
standing the vouchers tor these items were
approved by the Secretary Of War, the Sec
ond Auditor of the Treasury adheres to a
decision made in 1876. that written au-
thority Of the Secretary Of War must be
obtained before publication, or payment
must be withheld.
Section 364S. Revised Statutes, provides
that NO advance Of public money shall be
made in any case whatever. and agents Of
express companies frequently refuse to for
ward goods without payment in advance.
UnheeAeA Appeals to Congress.
The foregoing are merely q few of the
cases in which it became necessary for the
War Department to apply to Congress for
legislation. Many instances might be
shown where the dispatch of pubic busi.
ness and the workings of the bureaus of the
Department were embarrassed and DELAYED
BY reason of its head being deprived of
final authority in the mater of allowance of
accounts and expenditures.
Attaeks fPon the Rear.
Tie supply departments have been the sub
ject of bitter attack from the rear, though
the American soldier at the front has cour-
ageously borne the hardships Of war, which
he expected and knows are unavoidable,
with but few complaints. The partisan
journals have spread discomfort and created
so.rowful anxiety At home.
President Mckinley end the officers of his
Administration. continually since assuming
ONCE. had been alert and active to bring the
struggle to q close and give peace and stable
conditions to Cuba, and sought, if possible.
to accomplish the end without recourse to
arms.
Driven late War.
Jaundiced journals and jineo orators man
ufactured Q restless disposition and impa-
6ent demand from the people for precipitate
action, and the temper Of the Spanish peo
PIE wss such that pacific diplomacy became
unpopular In both countries. Notwith
standing this public pressure. the Presiden-
and HI associates worked ineessantly for.