Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05

make up their minds definitely to ACCEPT
q secondary position in International af-
mercial matters. 1t has been we'll said
| that there is no surer way of counting
national disaster than to be "opulent ag-
sressive and unarmed.''
THE ARMY.
An Increase in This Force IL Not
Deemed Necessary Now.
army beyond its present size at this
highest point of efficiency The individ-
ual units who as officers and enlisted
men compose this army are, we have
good reason to believe, at least as eff
clent as those OF any other army in the
entire world. It is our duty to see that
t their training is of kind to insure the
nlghest possible expression of power to
these units when acting in combination
Inc conditions of modern war are such
as to make an infinitely heavier demand
than ever before upon the Individual
the enlisted man and to make it far
more difficult for men to act together
with effect. At present the fighting must
that each man must act for him" himself f!e and
at the same time act in Combination
with others with whom he is no longer
touc !he nder scb ebGw to elbow
OF the highest excellence are worth more
than many men without the special skill
W oa1 tu Is only found as the result of spe-
t1onal physique and morale. but nova
Gays the most valuable fighting man and
tne most dlmcult to perfect is the rifle
man who is also skillful and daring
rider. As
me proportion Of our cavalry regi-
m aa IT.; has wisely been increased. The
yer and fight with equal facility IN foot
and on horseback, is the best type of
so,'nG Tor genera! purposes now to be
1 1sn 81 IN tn the world The ideal cavalry
can fight on foot as effectively as the
pest lnfantryman and who is in addition
nnsurp "a h; in har the care and manage
fight on horseback
stan Department Needed.
A general staff should be created A..
loa the general staff and supply depart
from the line, the men so detailed return
Ing after awhile to their line duties. II is
very undesirable to have the senior grades
Oh me army I'm composed of men who have
of seniority. A system should be adopted
by which there shall be an elimina ton
to render the best service in the newt
grade. Justice to the veterans of the
civil war who are still in the army would
seem seen to require that in the matter of re-
tlrements they be given by law the same
privileges accorded to their comrades in
the navy. 49,
The process of elimination of the least
nj should be conducted in a manner that
would render it practically impossible to
apply political or social pressure on be-
halt OF any candidate, so that each man
may be judged purely on his own merits
Pressure for the promotion of civil Off
Gals for political reasons is bad enough,
but it is tenfo1d worse where applied on
Every promotion and every detail under
the war department must be made solely
with regard to the good of the service
and to the capacity and merit of the man
personal of any kind will be permitted
to exercise the least effect in any ques-
ton of promotion or. detail, and if there
Is reason to believe that such pressure is
exercised at the instlgation of the officer
concerned it will be held to initiate
against him. In our army we cannot .af-
ford to have rewards or duties distributed
| save on the simple ground that those who
by their own merits are entitled to the re-
wards get them and that those who are
| peculiarly fit to do the duties are chosen
to perform them.
Reduce the "Red Tape"
Every effort should be made to bring
the army to a constantly increasing state
OF efficiency; When on actual service, no
service should be required. The paper r
be greatly reduced. What is needed is
10 tSe nd and capacity
! is necessary to prevent dry rot in the
| transportation and commissary depart
RSen nE armv is 90 small, and 90 ro,,cn sc.+
| tered that it is very difficult to give the
higher officers (as we'll as the lower Off
GERS and the enlisted mem a chance to
| practice maneuvers in mass and a COM
| paratively large scale In time of need
no amount of individual excellence would
avail against the paralysis which would
| follow inability to work as coherent
whole under skillful and daring leadership
The congress should provide means
whereby it will be possible to have field
lars and. if possible. also division Of ma
tional Euardsmsn once a year. These ex-
ercises might take the form Of field ma
on sas s1 the f
Of the great lakes the army corps when
assembled could be marched from some
inland point to some point on the water.
and again marched inland. Only by actual
handling and providing for men in masses
barking and disembarkinE will it be posi-
Bile to train the higher omcers to perform
their duties well and smoothly.
Indebted to Soldier AID Sailor.
A great debt Is owing from the public
should be so treated as to enabl. them
to reach the highest point Of efficiency SO
that they may be able to respond in
SLaNLly 10 any OSAlAAO AAuO upOH inc"
to sustain the interests of the nation and
the honor Of the nag: The individual
American enlisted man Is probably on the
whole a more formidable fighting man
than the regular of any other army.
Every consideration should be shown
him, and in return the highest standard
of usefulness should be exacted from
him. 1t is well worth while for the con-
gress to consider whether the pay of en-
listed men upon second and subsequent
enlistments should not be increased to
correspond with the increased value Of
tho veteran soldier.
Progress Of Army Reorganization.
Much good has already come from the
act reorEanizng the army passed early in
the present year The three prime re-
forms, all Of them of literally inestim-
able value are, first. tho substitution Of
four year details from the line for per-
nAnent appointments in the so-called
stan divisions: second. the establish
msnt Of . CORPS Of artillery With = chief
at the head: third, the establishment Of
. maximum ana minimum limit for the
army. It would be dimcult to overesti-
mate the Improvement In the efficiency
Of err army which these thru fQforna