New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-21
AN ARMY WAR COLLEGE.
SECRETARY ROOT TAKES ANOTHER
STEP IN HIS PLANS FOR REFORM.
EBr TELEGRAPH To THE rR1BuxR.l


Army War College similar to the naval nsti-
| tuition OF that character at Newport, with a view
Of promoting the efficiency of the force ashore
along the lines so successfully pursued for the
welfare of the fleet. Brigadier-General William
Ludlow who some time ago selected for
| first president OF the new college. and who was
| called from Havana for consultation on the sub
ject. was to-day appointed chairman of Board
to meet at the War Department next Monday
| to perfect practical plan of operations and
devise set of regulations for the government
| Of the school. The other members of the Board
are Colonel Henry G. Hasbrouck, 7th Artillery,
and Lieutenant Colonel William H. Carter, AS
sstant Adjutant- General Colonel Hasbrouck
is stationed at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, and
| is one Of the most efficient officers in the ser
vice. He was one of the best commandants the
| Military Academy at West Point ever had and
is sure to be attached to the new college Lieu
tenant Colonel Carter is Acknowledgement Cor
| bins chief assistant, and of the most &C
| complished officers in the corps.
TO BE AT GOVERNORS ISLAND.
The college will almost certainly be located at
| Governors Island, although the feasibility of
| Fort Myer, Virginia, and Fort Adams, Rhode
| Island, will be considered The sessions will
! probably be limited to June, July, August and
| September of each year, and atthat season Fort
| Myer is uncomfortaby hot, and the social at
| fractions at Newport would operate against
| Fort Adams as a place for diligent study. The
fact that the Naval War College is located there
| and that it may be advantageous to have close
| cooperation between the institutions was con-
sidered, but the advantages of Governors Island
said to be superior for all practical purposes,
| including its accommodations for the college.
The fact also that the greatest forts are in Its
immediate neighborhood. and strategic problems
may thus be observed. will insure the location
| of the college in NewYork Harbor. 1t is the in
tenton to have the first session of the college in
the coming summer, although so many officers
are in the Philippines that the lectures will
not be numerous the classes large until
the following year. 1t is explained that for
the present no special appropriation by Con-
gress will be required, the officers and in
structors will be simply detailed to duty at
Governors Island from other stations, and no
accommodations will be needed beyond those
now existing the island, which are regarded
as ample for year at least
SECRETARY ROOTS INSTRUCTIONS.
The instructions to General Ludlow. prepared
by Secretary Root to-day, while being suffi-
GENTLY general in their nature to allow the Board
some latitude in prescribing the organization,
curriculum and procedure of the college, are ex-
ceedngly specific and complete to the objects
he seeks to attain and in at least matter
has in contemplation great project for lin
structed reserve" from the vast able bodied
male population of the United States, to which
the new college is to devote particular attention
Among the subjects which Secretary Root d.
reefs to the attention of General Ludlow and
his colleagues as necessary for the officers at
the War College to study are the following:
The welfare and efficiency of the service its
organization, administration, armament EQUIP
III,
concentration distribution, preparations, plans
of campaign. etc. The college is to devise mar
monious and effective cooperation OF all the
military forces of the United States, including
an instructed reserve to provide for Army ana
Navy cooperation by cultivating close relatio o
with the Naval War College, and to enlarge lne
course of the Military Academy
The other essential features shown in
the following extract from the last annual re-
port of the Secretary of War:
An Army War College should be established q;
which shall be composed OF the heads OF Ie S.a Of
t6e abest and most Competent ocers of high
rank in the Army dnclndng 81 30 he detailed
for service in the college limited periods so that
character and performance it shall continually ana
Qua change b 6o9 of ocers to direct the
instruction and intellectual exercise or the army,
to acquire information devise the plans and STUDY
the subject above indicated; and to advise the
in Ghef q and MIL
tary preRaratons and movement movement with re,,forced
and enlarged in its scope and effectiveness. the
present Division of Military Information OF the
its conclusions should be preserved 1t should not
supersede, but should incorporate. continue ana
present service schools supplementng where it is
necessary their courses, which now, so Iar as IN
strucon is concerned. largely cover the ground Its
instruction would at the outset and perhaps per
manently be given through these schools, but 1t
would give unity. influence, authority and efec-
thought developed in them, aside from mere IN
struction, and weight and utility to their records
Of efficiency and merit 10 the pupils not hitherto
accorded to them in proportion to the high char
acter of the work they have done.
The Board in carrying out the Secretary's in
structions will have regard for the relations OF
the new college with present instructions of off,
! GERS in professional matters In order that the
| work now accomplished at West Point as we'll
! as the Infantry, Cavalry. Artillery and Engi-
! neers schools may be properly supplemented,
| and as far possible the course will be ar
| ranged to conform with the proposed reorganiza-
| ton of the Army, rather than limited by the
| existing Anticipated system.
| General Ludlow will return to Havana on
| March ), to remain about two months. The
! Board Will therefore have to complete its report
| and deliver 1t to the Secretary next week In
the three four days to which its sessions must
be limited 1t is expected to complete the details
OF the organization which will not materially de-
| part from those Of the Naval College, and the
finishing touches will be given to the scheme
next month by the Secretary himself who Is
| extremely interested in its success.
PROMOTION OF GEN. CORBIN URGED
Washington. Feb. 20 jSpeciaD.-In support of the
the rank OF major general Secretary Root has sent
| the following letter Senator Hawley and Rep
| resentatve Hull, chairmen of the military COM
mittees of the two houses Of Congress: