New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-13

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s"ned for double base for sh gPore a9n
forces and also to prevent Spain o, u ang he as
Power from attempting 10 tas make such at
tempt. yet II was well TO be prepared '''
OF that kind from any quarter.
GENERAL sCHOFIELDs ARGUMENT
At the afternoon session General schone'', W.
preceded General Miles In command OF the Ai%,.
,,., h,s chief attention TO the friction inevitaoy
rsing betw een the Secretary OF War ana the ooi'i
manding General under the present system
had occurred during the command Of Genera 5000 TO-
who removed his headquarters TO- New, p,m
oyod dineren ,cs arising with the War Department;
II occurred also during the commune ~ Sriction
The trouble arose Of the system which gave ne
head OF the Army the name OF Commama,hn,ee ,tv or
even influence as Commanding General wiener s, ne
he does anything depends largely on ms pthsse rea
close then the O. wa, se In
that event the Adjutant-General becomes more
important official than the Commanding General &C.
sental features Of Army reorganization was to give
the President absolute power to select ms own ON
grade Of Lieutenant General. he favored giving the
President authority TO- select at any time leu leu
retiring to the former grade The title also should
be that of General-in-Ch!ef instead Of Commandlng
he bead Of the Atty the e6sc WY I IN mrge
the bs b ANA ad the 81 Ell tn Bureaus should be
sTbordniatsd to The in .Dou,a con-
sis Of about 1000 men for the philippine. $500 70
o. co for Cuba 5000 to 5000 for Porto Rico. 900 for
manning and caring for fortlhcations 1900 ior the
Indian country and 1900 as reserve. he dlI NOT
believe in Understanding the seriousness or tne
task in the Philippines and the only thing 20 90
was TO meet the conditions in the best possible
manner
THE COMMANDING GENERALS POWERS.
After General schoneld had finished General
Niles spoke briefly on what had been said as to the
Commanding General. He said the laws now
clearly recognized this position as Commanding
al and .oft hece Law de
commanding the Army member ex-offic!o: OF the
Fortifcations Board. He did not approve the sus-
gestion that the head of the Army be executive
the last one hundred years the Army had Deeh
under the command OF general or lieutenant
lie did not speak from personal pont OF view as
he was ready to be retired at any time Bu, ne ne
believed In the principle OF TANK and authority
commensurate with the responsibility
General Miles sand in reply 10 question ,hat ne
thought it would be better for the President TO
have the War Ministers more particularly direct
the vast administrative work of the War Depart
ment. It manifssuy Impossible l0r any
man to come from civil life and AZ once become
the occupying the chic. military position , WIS a
not liked then let some one else be sRRo aGggu nni
be from so far down the list as TO amount 70
favoritism. for that would not be approved by me
peoue General Miles pointed out that three MAJOR
generals-Merritt. Brooke and hiHisell-hsu e0lne
through the recent war without hope or recos-
urged that the services of General Merritt ana Gen
era Brooke had been such that the rank OF nsu-
tenant general for them. az would De gwen ILL.,
his bin would be eminenty httlng re reIear t
TO the cruel working OF the system by which Meaue
Hancock ana Thomas had never received the rank
and recogniton Eve them for emnen. services, TWO
General Schoned strongly indorsed what General
Miles had said on giving the amphst recos"i'o"
and rank to generals for their services. ,,,
4, to-r,orroy's hearing Adjutant General Corbn
and other bureau chiefs will be heard