The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-12-06

Il The Navy.
The president dovotos considerable
space to the navy. Tie upbuildink Of
which. nc saws. should he steadily con.
tinued. The nary offers us. II is deciar-
ed, the only means o. insisting on the
Monroe doctrine. and stronI: navy is
the best guarantee against var dc
recommends that provision be made
not only for more ships, but for more
men. -Four thousand additional sen
men and 1000 additional marines
should be provided, as well as an In
crease in officers. After indorsing the
naval militia forces the president. says:
But in addition we should at once
provide for n national naval reserve.
organized and trained under the direc-
tlon II the navy department and sub
ject 10 tbe Gull Of the chief executive
whcnev,l war becomes imminent 1t
should be J: RAJ auxiliary TO the naval
seagoing peace establishment and offer
material 10 bc drawn on ut once for
manning our ships In time Of war.
The Army.
| 1t Is not necessary to increase our
army beyond its present size ut this
time. but II is necessary to keep 1t at
the highest point Of efficiency. The In
| dlvduaI units who as officers and en-
listed men compose this army are. we
have good reason to believe at least as
efficient MS those OF any other army in
| the entire world. II Is our du;y 10 Nce
that their training is Of KIND TO in
sure the highest possible expression of
power to these units when acting in
! combination.
A general stan should be created.
Promotions should be made solely
with regard 10 the good Of the service.
Congress ought 10 provide the presl-
dent adds. for field exercises. He CON
tinucs:
Action should be taken in reference
TO the militia and TO the raising OF vol
untccr forces. Our militia law is oh.
solcte and worthless. The organization
ami armament Of the national guard OF
the several states. which are treated
as militia in the appropriations by the
congress. should be made Identical with
those provided for the regular forces
The obligations and duties Of Tire guard
In time OF war should be carefully de
7 fined and n system established by law
under which the method Of procedure
Of raising volunteer forces should be
prescribed In advance.
The Merit System.
The president lndorscs the merit sys-
TEN OF making appointments and says:
recommend the passage Of a law
which will extend the classified scrv-
Ice to the District OF Columbia or will
Mt least enable the president thus to ex-
tend 1t. In my judgment all laws pro-
vIdIng for the temporary employment
OF clerks should hereafter contain y
provision that they be selected under
the civil service law.
II is Important to have this system
obtain Mt home, hut 1t is even more i'm
portnnt to have 1t applied rigidly in our
Insular possessions. The importance
OF improving the consular service by
the passage OF rev laws is emphasized.
The president then turns to the In
dim question. He says:
We should now break up the tribal
funds, doing for them what allot.
ment does for the tribal lands - that
is, they should be divided into individ-
ual holdings. There Will be transit
ton period during which the funds
will in many cases have to be held in
trust This is the case also with the
lands. a stop should be put upon the
indiscriminate permission TO Indians TO
! lease their allotments. The effort
: should lie steadily to make the Indian
work like any other man on his own
ground. The marriage laws OF the In
dians should be made the same MS those
of the whites. In the schools the edu-
! cation should be elementary and large
ly Industrial.
Cordial support from congress and
people is asked for the st. Louis expo
sltion. The Charleston exposition Is
commended to the good will Of the
people The work OF the Pan-American
exposition is praised.
1t is recommended that the census
office as now constituted should be
made permanent government bureau
The Postal Service.
A tribute is paid to the postal service.
and the extension OF free rural delivery
is commended. The postotiice depart
mcnt should he sustained, the president
says, in its efforts to remove the abuses
in connection with second class mail
matter.
Much attention is paid to the situa.
! tion in China, and the progress toward
the establishment OF peace there is re-
capitulatcd. Stress is laid on the i'm
portance of our continuing to advocate
moderation in the dealings with China,
The president concludes his message as
follows:
! The death of Queen Victoria caused
the people NJ the United States deep
and heartfelt sorrow, to which the gov
crnmrmt gave fun expression. When
President Mckinley died, our nation in
turn received from every quarter Of the
British empire expressions of grief and
sympathy no less sincere. The death
OF the Empress DowaGer Frederick of
Germany also aroused the genuine sym
pathy Of the American people. and this
sympathy was cordially reciprocated
hy Germany when the president was
assassinatcd. Indeed. from every quar-
ter Of the civilized world we received
9 -, 49,. f.JrutFa Hon "a IL.