The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-12-07

ments. they should be filIed BY details
from the line. the men so detailed return
very undesirable to have the senior gfU1Ps
OF the army composed OF men who MHe
come TO M the positions by the merefaet
OF seniority. A system should be adopted
by which there shall be an elimination
grade by grade OF those who seem UNFIT
to Tencsr The best service In the neSt
civil war who are still In the army would
seem to require that In the matter OF re-
tirements they be given by law the sams
privileges accorded TO their comrades In
the navy"
Another recommendation which the pres
Is Tor the reGuetion OF the paper work.
OF the service, known TO the pubic as red
tape" or this he says:
every effort should be made to bring
the army to constantly increasing state
OF efficiency; When on actual service. no
service should be required. The paper
work In the army, as In the navy. should
be greatly reduced. What is needed Ii
70 work well in the Held. Constant care
Is necessary to prevent dry rot In the
transportation and commissary DEPART
He also urges the enactment of legis-
lation In connection with the militia and
they may be better fitted for active serv-
Ice In time OF war. and says:
Our militia law is obsolete and worth
less. The organiZatl ton and armament OF
the national guard of the several states,
which are treated as militia in the APP
preparations by the congress, should 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 or impending war to do this salts
factorily if the arrangements have not
been made long beforehand. Provision
snSnId be made for utilizing In the first
training OF those citizens who have al
ready had experience under arms, and
especially for the selection in advance OF
the officers OF any force which may be-
raised; for careful selection OK the kind
necessary is impossible after the outbreak
He praises the veterans of the civil war.
the war with Spain and those who have
rendered the nation valiant service In tho
indian uprisings of the west and in the
Philippines. and counsels continued lib
crafty In the nations dealing with them.
The Civil Service.
lie recommends the enactment OF legls-
lation that will place under the rulings
OF the merit system many classes OF en-
pioyes not now governed by It, His rec
ommendat!on for this is as follows
recommend the passage of law
which Will extend the classified service to
the District OF Columbia or will at least
enable the president thus to extend it.
In my judgment all laws providing for
should hereafter contain provision that
they be selected under the civil service
law"
He also wishes the merit system to OBJ
tain In the government service in the
colonies, and says:
Not an Office should be filled In the
philippines or Porto Rico with any regard
to the mans partisan affiliations or sery-
ices, with any regard to the political, So
have at his command. In short, heed
should be paid to absolutely nothing save
the mans own character and capacity
and the needs of the service.
The administration of these islands
should be as wholly free from the sus-
picion of partisan politics as the admin
lstrat!on OF the army and navy. All that
We ask from the public servant in the
philippines or Porto Rico is that he re-
fleet honor on his country by the way in
which he makes that country's rule a
benefit to the peoples who have come un-
der 1t. This is all that we should ask,
and we cannot AFFORD to be content with
less"
Other Recommendations.
Among other recomme ndations which tho
president makes are those asking for leg
islation that will improve the cons u.ar serv-
at previous sessions, and he says that:
1T is true that the service Is now In the
cannot be permanently maintained until
the principles set forth in the bills here
tofore submitted to the congress on this
subject are enacted into law"
lie believes the time has arrived when
the Indian should cease to be treated IS a
member OF a tribe, but as an individual.
and recommends breaking up the tribal
funds. putting a stop to the indiscriminate
permission to Indians to lease their allot-
ments and stopping the ration system. He
Industrial educational system, and an en-
deavor to encourage the Indians to become
cattle raisers rather than agriculturists
where their lands are unsuited to the latter.
He recommends liberal appropriation for
the Louisiana Purchase exposition and an
appropriation covering expenses incurred
government exhibits from the Buffalo ex-
position to that at Charleston.
Another OF his recommendations is for
a permanent census bureau, as II would in
sure better. cheaper and more satisfactory
work in the interest of business, statistics,
economic and social science.
The Postal Service.
He calls attention to the growth OF tho
postal system and to the fact that the an
nual deficit in this department Of the gov
eminent service has been reduced to the
b Gr ne says
shown but for the fact that many publ
cations are now securing the pound rate
as second-class mail matter which are not
entitled to the same under the law. or
this he says:
THE full measure OF postal progress
hampered and obstructed by the heavy
burden imposed on the government
through the intrenched and well-under-
nection with second-class mail matter.
The extent OF this burden appears when IL
Is stated that, while the second-class mat
ter makes nearly three-fifths Of the weight
of all the mail, II paid for the last fiscal
year only "a, 294, AS of the aggregate postal
revenue of Sill, 63l 1888. II the pound rate
Of postage, which produces the large loss
thus entailed and which was fixed by tho
congress with the purpose of encouraging
the dissemination of public information,
were limited to the legitimate newspapers
and periodicals actually contemplated by
the law, no just exception could be taken.
That expense would be the recognized and
accepted cost OF liberal public policy de-
liberately adopted for justifable END.
But much of the matter which enjoys the
privileged rate Is wholly outside of tho
Intent of the law and has secured admis-
sion only through an evasion of Its re-
auirements or through lax construction
The proportion of such wrongly included
matter IL estimated by postal experts to
be one-half of the whole volume of second
class mail. III 1t be only one.third or one
quarter, the magnitude of the burden Is
apparent. The post office department has
now undertaken to remove the abuses SO
far MS possible by stricter application
OF the law, and II should be sustained In
its EFFORT"
The Chinese Difficulties.
He calls attention to the satisfactory
settlement of the Chinese difficulties OF
last year. and this nations part In tho
settlement and says provisions have