The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-06

The REORGANIZATION provided for by the
act has been substantially accomplished.
The improved conditions In the Philip
pines have enabled the war department
materially to reduce the military charge
upon our revenue and to arrange the
number OF soldiers 80 as to bring this
numbec much nearer to the minimum
than to The maximum limit established by
law. There is. however, need of supple
mentary legislation. Thorough military
education must be provided and in addi-
tion to the regulars the advantages of
this education should be given to the Of
hcers Of the national guard and others in
civil life who desire inteligently to fit
themselves for possible military duty.
The officers should be given the chance
to perfect themselves by study in the
higher branches Of this art. At West
Point the education should be of the kind
most apt to turn out men who are good in
actual field service Too much stress should
not be laid on mathematics, nor should pro-
flciency therein be held to establish the
right of entry to a corps d'elite The typ
ical American officer of the best kind need
not be good mathematician, but he must
be able to master himself to control 9TH
ers and to show boldness and fertility of
resource In every emergency
Action should be taken In reference to
the militia and to the raising of volunteer
forces. Our militia law is obsolete and
worthless. The organization and arma-
ment Of the national guard Of the several
seates, wnicn are treated as militia IN the
spp, n is., Wy .ue Sonsress, snouio pe
aee msh.chi win .nose Provioeu Ior
duties of the guard in time of war should
be carefully defined and a system estab-
liphed by law under which the method of
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.or .ne seiec.Ioh m aaVance OF
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rnisea; ior careful selection OF the kind
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Gu Itseii great constructive force.
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The Veterans.
No other citizens deserve 40 we'll of the
republic az the veterans, the survivors
Of those who saved the Union. They did
have meant that ali else in our history
went for nothing. But for their steadfast
prowess in the greatest crisis of our his
tory all our annals would be mea ninpIess
and our great experiment In popular free
dom and self government a gloomy fail
ure. Moreover, they not only left us a
united nation, but they left us also as n
heritage the memory Of the mighty deeds
by which the nation was kept united. we
are now indeed ono notton ona In To-, &c
well as In name; we are united in our de-
votion to the nag which is the symbol of
national greatness and unity, and the
very completeness of our union enables
us all, in every part Of the country to
glory in the yalor shown alike by tho
Sons of the north and the sons OF the
south In the times that tried mems souls
The men who in the last three years
have done 80 we'll in the East and in the
West indies and on the mainland of Asia
have shown that this remembrance is not
lost. "a anv anrioifa crteiu tho Trpita1