The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23
PREPARATION FOR WAR.
SPECIAL STATEMENT ISSUED TO
 THE 1RMY.
Secretary Root Says With the Reduction of the Philippine Forces and the Withdrawal from Cuba the Army is Called to Resume its Most Important Work, That of Preparing Against F0ture Warfare.

FUturc Warfare.
 Washington, July 22.-Secretary Root before leaving Washington to-day is sued the following:
 With the reduction of the Philippine force and the withdrawal from Cuba the army is called upon to resume it's most important work in time of peace the work of perfecting itself ill mili- tary science and skill, and of promotion of the preparation of the United States
 against future warfare. I wish to call
 attention to the conditions which now require especial effort and zeal on your part in the performance of this duty. Since the declaration of war with Spain, in April, 1898, there have been appointed in the line of the army 1,542 lieutenants, in addition to 276 appointed from the military academy. Of these 616 were appointed from officers of vol unteers under the act of February 2
 1901; 414 were appointed from the en- listed men of the regular and volunteer
 armies, and 512 were appointed from civil life
 J schools for commissioned officers which followed the employment of the entire
 army in active military operations, has
 left these 1,542 new lieutenant substan- tially without any means of acquiring
 systematic military education. While
 many of the former officers of Volun-
 teers have acquired the most valuable
 experience by active service in the field,
 yet it is of great importance to them,
 as we'll as to the untrained appointees
 from civil life and from the ranks, that
 they shall have an opportunity for broad and thorough training, both prac- tical and theoretical, under the compe- tent masters in the art of war our army is able to supply.
 Congress has now with wise liberal- ity made provision for the re-opening of the army schools, has given it's sane ton to the general system of military education embodied in the general or der of November 27 last, including the enlargement and development of the Fort Leavenworth school into general service and statff college, the establish ment of the war college at Washington, with suitable buildings, and the re-
 building of the engineer school and has
 made ample appropriations for these
 purposes.
 Every effort will be made by the war
 college board, which has general super
 vision and charge of the whole system,
 to bring it's advantages to the new off,
 cers of the army as speedily as possible and to organize officers schools at all the considerable posts without delay I ask for hearty and effective co-opera- tion with them on the part of every of ficer of the army .,
 There are 1 ,452 graduates of the mili- tary academy now holding commissions. They especially have an opportunity to demonstrate their loyalty to the princi-
 ples of that institution by helping to dffuse throughout the service the ben efits which have come to them from their four years of hard study.
 "The newly appointed officers should realize that there is much to be learned,
 and that the way to qualify themselves for the high and independent command for which they should all hope, is by constant intellectual exercise and by systematic study of the reasons of mili- tary action and the materials and con- ditions and difficulties with which mili- tatry commanders have to deal. Careful attention to the instruction of the newly appointed officers is enjoin- ed upon all regimental, troop, battery and company commanders. They should be impressed with the import ance of the faithful performance of ev- cry duty, however unimportant it may appear to them and with their respon- sibility for such conduct and bearing in all their relations as shall do honor to | the service