The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-18
SECRETARY OF WAR ROOTS
PLANS.
win Grapple with the Higher Prob
lens of Military Strategy and Tao
tics-Inception Must be Delayed.

Secretary Roots plan for war col
lege mas been carefully worked out by
commission OF unCelS appointed Tor
that purpose, of which General William
Ludlow is president, but it cannot be
carried into effect at present because
OF the lack of material. No officers can
be spared from active service, either
for instructors or students, and those
who are interested in the proposed in
stitutiOn will have to be patient and
wait until the troubles ~ the Philip
pines are over and the army has been
reorganized on a permanent basis.
There are now four schools for the
training of soldiers-the academy at
West Point, an artillery school at For
tresS Monroe, d cavalry school at Fort
Riley and an infantry school at Leaven-
worth. The three last named have
been suspended since the beginning of
the spanish war. But the proposed
war college is to have higher aim and
u wider scope than any institution for
the education of soldiers that we have
ever had in this country. 1t is to be
similar to the war colleges of the Eu
rOpean nations adapted to the peculiar
conditions in this country covering
wide range of inquiry, combining the
Dry and practice, and the original ac-
qurement and application of profess
siOnal knowledge affecting military or
ganiZatiOn, the conduct of military
operations and the practical command
of troops in campaigns. The faculty
will keep themselves fully informed as
to the developments of military science
and scientific discoveries and inven-
tions in both this and other countries
that relate directly or indirectly to the
art of war. The faculty are expected
to supervise the conduct and methods
of the several service schools l have
named, and also the military teachings
nf Il IaN- nTt1 oil
which officers of the army have been
detailed as instructors
They VIII also prescribe suitable field
maneuvers and practical problems for
the annual instruction of troops of the
regular army. which may also be utiliz-
ed by the militia of the several states
devise means for the cooperation of
the military and naval forces in time
OF war, and propose problems affecting
the national defense which require a
concert of action between the army,
the navy and the militia forces of the
United States, including the organiza-
uOn Of an instructed reserve
Narius other military problems are
to be proposed for the war college to
solve, and it is also to consider and re-
port upon all matters affecting the well
fare of the military forces of the coun-
try, with the idea of harmonizing them
ana securing conference and economi-
"a StbilillllSli dllOI anu elHClency.
The secretary of war expected TO re-
fer to the college for consideration and
report all matters upon which he may
desire professional information and adj
vice, including legislation, organization
and regulations, equipment, ETC., etc.
The bureau of military intelligence,
now under the adjutant general. is to
be transferred to the war college. and
one of the functions of the latter will
be to collect, record and disseminate in
formation concerning military affairs
throughout the world
The faculty is to be composed of a
general officer as president and so
many professors as may be needed, to
be detailed from the different branches
OF the service. They will serve for four
years, but can not be reassigned to duty
except after an interval of two years
actual service in other lines of duty.
The students will be younger officers
selected because of special proficiency
andFood conduct. Militia officers from
the different states above the rank of
captain may enjoy the benefits of the
college if they so desire.