The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-12-06

A general staff should be crca'cu'
Promotions should be made solely |
with regard to the good OF the service
Congress ought to provide, the prcS'-
dent adds, for field exercises. lie con-
tinucs:
Action should be taken In reference
to the Iuilitia and to the raising or vol
untccr forces Our militia law Is oD-
solete and worthless. The organization
and 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 the guard
In time Of war should be carefully de-
fined and system established by law
under which the method Of procedure
of raising volunteer forces should be
prescribed In advance.
The Merit System.
The president indorscs the merit sys-
TEN OF making appointments and says:
recommend the passage of Il law
which will extend the classified Srrv-
ice to the District of Columbia or will
Mt least enable the president thus to en-
yiding for the temporary employment
Of clerks should hereafter contain Il
provision that they be selected under
the civil service law.
1t is important to have this system
| obtain ut home, but it is even more I'M
portnnt to have It applied rigidly III our
| insular possessions. The Importance
| of improving the consular service by
| the passage Of rev laws Is emphasized.
The president then turns to the III,
| dian question. lie 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 q trunSi
| ton period during which the funds
| will in many cases have to he held in
trust. This Is the case also with the
lands. y stop should be put upon the
indiscrminatc permission to Indians to
lease their alotmcnts. The effort
| should be 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 as those
Of the whites. In the schools the cdu-
cation should be elementary and large
| ly industrial.
| Cordial support from congress and
| people is asked for the st. Louis expo
sition. The Charleston exposition is
commended to the good will of the
| people. The work Of the Pan-A 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 poStollice depart
ment should be sustained, the president
says, in its efforts to remove the abuses
In connection with second class mai
matter.
| Much attention Is paid to the situa
tion in China, and the progress towarC
the establishment Of peace there Is re
capitulated. Stress Is laid on the i'm
portance OF our continuing to advocat tt
moderation in he dealings with China
The president concludes his message as
follows:
The death Of Queen Victoria caused
the people Of the United States deep
and heartfelt sorrow, to which the gov
ernment gave full 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 Dowagcr Frederick of
Germany also aroused the genuine SYM
pathy Of the American people, and this
sympathy was cordially reciprocated
by Germany when the president vas
assassinated. Indeed, from every quar-
ter Of the civilized world we received
at the time of the presidents death as
surances Of such grief and regard as to
touch the hearts Of our people. In the
midst Of our afIiiction we reverently
thank the Almighty that we are ut
peace with the nations Of mankind,
and we firmly intend that our policy
shall be such as to continue unbrOken
these International relations Of mutual
! respect and good will.