The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-12

of the army fighting out mimic battle
on paper.
The war college is to have a higher
and broader scope than has any of the
present institutions which are main
tanned by the government for training
our soldiers. 1t IS to be similar to the
war colleges of the European nations,
but 1t will be adapted to the peculiar
conditions of this country and will
cover a wide range of inquiry, includ-
ing theory as well as practice. The
faculty will be made up of the best
posted men i'm the army and the stu
dents will come from the young officers
who have shown particular aptitude IN
the various lines Of military science
The college is to prescribe suitable
field maneuvrs and practical problems
for the annual instruction of the troops
in the regular army. Thus the yearly
maneuvers are expected to become one
of the features of the military branch
of the government much the same as
they now are in Germany and France.
These problems will be utilized by the
militia of the various states, and one Of
the first matters which will be settled
by the college with be a plan by which
cooperation between the regular troops
and the militia can be secured. 1t is
the intention of the president to have
an army officer work out this question
by visiting the variaus states which
support large militia organizations
much in the same manner as the navy,
the officers of which are now looking
into the naval militia.
Inspiration for the fall naval maneu-
vers in the Caribbean comes from the
presidents determination to have the
country i'm fighting condition. The
greatest fleet ever assembled in Ame-
rican waters is to take part in these
maneuvers. General Young is to in
struct the army how to meet the attack
| of this fleet as if it were a hostile one.
| The entire plan of a great war on Ame-
RIGA is to be worked out The trans
port question is to be dealt with. the
commissary department problem is to
be solved, harbor fc.Hc--.i-ns are u
| be examined from a strategic stand
| point and in fact everything possible
is to be done to determine the weak
places in our national defense. Where
| these weak places are found congress
is to be asked to supply more strength.
| The general board of the navy al
ready is well along in it's work of plac-
| ing the country on a mimic war basis
/ The plans for the Caribbean maneu-
vers are practically complete and now
| the fighting experts are at work build
/ ing paper defenses along the entire
! seabOard of the nation. The plan be-
| ing worked out contemplates the use
of the state naval militia organizations
| the lighthouse and life-saving stations
| along the coast and the reYenue-cutter
service Of the treasury department.
The Atlantic seaboard has been devid-
| ed into three sections. The first, eX-
tending from Chatham light, Cape Cod
station, to Barnegat lighthouse on the
| New Jersey coast, has been placed un-
der the charge of RearAdmiral Cooper
| The second section extends southwark
! to Florida and the third section in
| cludes the entire water frontage of the
/ gulf The orders issued to Admiral
! Cooper authorize him to travel from
one part of the station to another gath
! ering information relative to the wal
| resources of the section and secure all
! the facts possible which will be of add
! vantage in preparing the section for
war in case a formidable foreign gov
/ eminent should attack us. The same
policy will be followed out i'm the other
sections and the entire Pacific Coast
win be similarly subsidized, and the
! sections placed in command of com
petent officers,
Altogether there is the most sys
tematic effort to get the nation il
fighting trim hat it has ever known il
me of peace.