Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-06

for the general stan and supply depart-
ments, they should be filled by details
from the line, the men so detailed return
ing after awhile TO their line duties :. -
very undesirable to have the senior grades
of the army composed OF men who have
come to iii the positions by the mere TACT
| of seniority. y system should be adopted
by which there shall be an elimination
| grade by grade OF those who seem unit
10 render the best service In the next
civil war who are still in the army would
seem TO require that in the matter of re-
| tlrements they be given by law the same
| privileges accorded to their comrades in
the navy"
| ident makes in connection with the army
Is tor the reaIetion of the paper work,
of the service known to the pubic as red
| tape" OF this he says:
Every effort should be made to bring
the army to a constantly increasing state
service should be required. The paper
be greatly reduced. What is needed Is
proved power OF command and capacity
to work well in the field. Constant care
is necessary to prevent dry rot in the
transportation and commissary DEPART
ments."
He also urges the enactment of legis-
laton in connection with the militia and
national guard forces of the nation that
they may be better fitted for active serv-
ice in time of war, and says:
our militia law is obsolete and WORTH
less. The organization and armament OF
the national guard of the several states.
which are treated as militia in the ap-
proPradonsi by the congress- ,n shSSld , be
the regular forces. The obligations and
duties of the guard in time of war should
be, carefully defined and system estab.
lished by law under which the method of
procedure of raising volunteer forces
should be prescribed in advance 1t is ut
terly impossible in the excitement and
haste of impending war to do this salts
factorily If the arrangements have not
should be made for utilizing in the first
volunteer organizations called out the
; ready had experience under arms, and
especially for the selection in advance of
raised; Tor careful i selection not Of the ne kind
! of wal"
: He praises the veterans of the civil war.
: the war with Spain and those who have
4 rendered the nation valiant service in the
: Indian uprisinss of the west and in the
, | Philippines, and counsels continued lib
erality in the nations dealing with them.
? The Civil Service.
He recommends the enactment of legis-
lation that will place under the rulings
e | of the merit system many classes of en-
ployes not now governed by. IT. His rec
: ommendation for this Is as follows:
{ 81 recommend the passage OF a law
: which H. VIII extend e. ID the classified service to
t enable the president thus to extend it.
5 In my judgment all laws providing for
. the temporary employment of clerks
| should hereafter contain provision that
= law"
: tain in the, government service in the
colonies, and says:
: Not an office should be filed in tho
Philippines or Porto Rico with any regard
to the mans partisan affiliations or serv-
g ices. with any regard to the political. So
y have, at his command. In short. heed
e should be paid to absolutely nothing save
. the, the mans ma own character and capacity
o should be as wholly free from the sus-
m r. fac thn nIv
e istration of the army and navy. All that
We ask from the public servant in the
" fleet honor on his country by the way in
n which he makes that country's rule a
IT. This IS ali hS Mfo we shoSd ask
o and we cannot afford to be content with
l. Other Recommc II dntions.
,,r Among other recommendations which .ho
Is president makes are those asking for leg
l. l. islation that will improve the consular serv-
- - Ice along lines outlined in bills introduced
~ M At previous sessions. and he says that:
Ie 1T is true that the service is now in the
q, main efficient, but standard of excellence
the principles set forth In the bills here
~ toforo submitted to the congress on this
oa N subject arc enacted into law"
IS He believes the time has arrived when
In the Indian should cease 10 be treated as a
ie member OF a tribe but as an individual;
OF OF funds, putting stop to the indiscrlminato
To permission to Indians to lease their allot-
=, |
"a recommends also the establishment OF an
j. industrial educational system. and an en-
y deevor TO encourage the Indians to become
l. cattle raisers rather than agricniturists
a. where their lands are unsuited TO the latter.
IN He recommends liberal appropriations for
w appropriation covering expenses incurred
u. by the Charleston exposition in removing
o. government exhibits from the Buffalo eS-
ne position TO that at Charleston.
r. Another OF his recommendations is for
permanent census bureau. as It would in
better. CheaDpr a a. n
D. work in the interest of business, statistics
r economic and social science.
as The Postal Service.
" He calls attention TO the growth of the
he postal system and to the fact that the an
in nual deficit In this department of the gov
ernment seryiee ooh has 1, been reduced to tn.
~ further be increased and possibly surplu!
" shown but for the fact that many publ
ce as second-clnss mail matter which are no
m entitled to the same under the law. o
ccS THE full measure of postal progres
on hampered and obstructed by the heav!
pT pre through through the intrenched and Well-under
80 stood abuses which have grown in con
he nection with second-class mail matter
in. The extent OF this burden appears when
ise is stated that, while the second-class mat
,se ter makes nearly three5hfths OF the weigh @
sje tne revenue @ Of ;li.Gsl. .iss il The pound rat
'cd OF postage whlcB P,0uuees tiiS & iai ~ 'os 70
nd congress with the purpose of encouragin
The the dissemination of public information
ne were llHiiteu 70 tne leEit iIe " sPaP,i
nal and periodicals actualiy cohteinPia.eI y
nd the law, no JUST eXSep'oh coulu os .dkei "a -
lis 1hnt expense Wouiu pe tne iSSpsIlIeu al
IN iiberately adopted for tustitiable enc
uld But much OF the MAJ tter "hien siiJoSs ~ ~
intent OF the laT and has secured admis
Pc sion only through an evasion of its re
thrptt tvh
I'VE qulrements or tnIouB,L laN ~, t,s
ac matter is estimated by postal experts
lis be one half OF the whole volume of second
nil class mall II 1t be only one-third or one
ca quarter the magnitude of the burden
mes apparent. Tho post office department. ha
in | now undertaken to remove the abuses
inc far as possible by stricter applicat tio
ap- OF the law. and 1t should be sustained
ich Its effort.