Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-06
Re making and have in part already ef-

are making and have in part already eff
The reorganization provided for by. the
act has been substantially accomplished.
The improved conditions in the Philip
pines have enabled the war department.
upon our revenue and to arrange the
number of soldiers SO as to bring this
number much nearer to the minimum
by. law. There is. however, need Of sup
Elementary legislation. Thorough Mill
tary education must be provided and. in
Of this education should be given to the.
officers Of the national guard and others
in civil life who desire intelligently to fit
The S officers Should iS be- given the chance ;
higher branches of this art. AT West
most apt to turn out men who are good
in actual field service. Too much stress
should not be laid on mathematics. nor
tabiish the right Of entry u to 'e a C corps rps
d'elite. The typical American officer Of
the best kind need not be a good mathe-
himself, to control others and to show
holiness and fertility of resource in
every emergency.
The National Guard.
Action should be taken in reference to
forces: Our militia law is obsolete and
worthless; The organization and arma-
ment of the national guard Of the several
states. which are treated as militia in the
appropriations by the congress, should be
i made Identical with those provided for
the regular forces. The obligations and
duties Of the guard in time of war should
De carefully defined and a system estab-
lished by law under which the method Of
procedure of raising volunteer forces
be in in It s
haste of impending war to do this salts
factorily If the arrangements have not
been made long beforehand. Provision
volunteer organizations called out the
training of those citizens who have al
ready had experience under arms, and es-
the od1cers Of any force which may be
raised: for careful selection of the kind
necessary is impossible after the outbreak
That the army is not at all mere i'm
strument Of destruction has been shown
during the last three years. In the Phil
itself q great constructive force, most
potent implement for the upbuilding Of q
peaceful civilization.
Justice for the Veterans.
No other citizens deserve so we'll of tho
Of those Who saved the union t they did
the one deed which If left undone would
have meant that all 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 meaningless
and our great experiment in popular free
dom and self government a gloomy fall
ure. Moreover, they not only left US a
united nation. but they left us also as a
heritage the memory of the mighty deeds
by which the nation was kept united We
are now indeed one nation, one in fact as
well as in name: VIC are united in our de-
votion to the flag 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 valor shown alike by the
sons. of the north and the sons of tho
south in the times that tried mems souls.
The men who in the last three years
have done so well in the East and in tho
West Indies and on the mainland of Asia
have shown that this remembrance is not
lost. In any serious crisis the United
States must rely for the great mass of its
fighting men upon the volunteer soldiery
who do not make permanent profession
Of the military career. and whenever such
crisis arises the deathless memories OF
the civil war will give to Americans the
lift of lofty purpose which comes to those
whose fathers have stood valiant}y in the
forefront of the battle