Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-27

men of the hospital corps and the TWEEN.
ty-fve officers and SIS men OF the Porte
Rico provisional regiment, leaving thu
strength of the regular army 1888 Off
GERS and 1904 enlisted men.
In addition there are also In the Phil.
ippines 172 volunteer surgeons, ap-
February 2. 1901. and ninety eight Off
GERS and 1878 native scouts.)
Secretary Root favors a general stan
He says:
THE creation of the war college board
and the duties which will be imposed
upon it, as indicated in my report fol
1899, is probably as near an approach tc
the establishment of a general staff as IL
practicable under existing law. Consid-
Grafton of the amount of work which
that board ought to do, however, in the
field of education alone. leads to tbs
conclusion that it cannot adequately
perform all the duties of a general stan
and that the whole subject should be
treated by congress In broader way I
NO one can doubt that the general
ard field officers of our army have Deer
too exclusively occupied IN details OF
administration, with inadequate ,ppor-
tunity and provision for the study OF
great questions, the consideration and
formation of plans, comprehensive fore
thought against future contingencies
and coordination OF the various
branches of the service with view tc
harmonious action. A body Of compe-
tent military experts should be charged
with these matters OF the highest i'm
portance and TO that end l strongly
urge the establishment by law of 2 gen
eral staff, of which the war college
board shall form part
Speaking of the service schools the re-
port says:
1T can not speak too highly OF the
work done in our service schools for q
number of years before the war with
Spain. It was intelligent devoted and
effective, and produced u nigh standard
of individual excellence which has been
demonstrated by many officers In the
active service OF the past four years.
There was, however, no general system
of education. The number of officers
who could avail themselves Of the very
limited accommodations afforded was
comparatively small. The great body Of
officers was confined to the advantages
offered by the post schools called "lyce-
ums," which were, in the general, I'M
satisfactory and futile. There was no
effective method by which the individ-
ual excellence demonstrated could be
effectively recognized. or the results at
tanned be utilized.
After careful consideration and study
of the subject general scheme Of in
struction has been matured and embod-
led in an order, copy OF which is an
nexed hereto, marked Appendix a."
and the general provisions of which are
follows:
There shall be, besides the military
academy at West Point, the following
schools for the instruction OF officers in
the army:
Il At each military post an officers
school for elementary instruction In the.
DRY and practice.
80. Special service schools: GAY The
artillery school at Fort Monroe, Va. (b)
The engineer school of application,
school OF submarine defense, Fort Tot.
ten. N. Y. (d) The school of applica-
ton for cavalry and field artillery, Fort
Riley. has. (e) Inc army medical
school, Washington. d. C.
"3. A general service and staff coll
lege, at Fort Leavenworth. Kas.
"A. A war college, for the most adj
vanced instruction, at Washington
Barracks, d. G.
The war college shall be under the
immediate direction of board OF five
officers detailed from the army at large
and the following ex-officio members:
The chief OF engineers. the chief Of ar
tillery, the superintendent of the mill
tary academy. the commanding officer
of the general service and staff coll
lege.'
"A special register of the names OF
persons so reported as qualified will be
kept in the war department.
"A register shall also be kept IN the
war department in which shall he en-
tered the names of officers of the regu-
lar army below the grade Of colonel, as
follows:
Officers who have heretofore
exhibited superior capacity. application
and devotion to duty, the names to be
selected by a board of officers convened
for that purpose.
Second Officers who shall be re-