The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-05

Inc triumph Oi our fmt, hu'' 'l
the triumph of our laws md printlplcs,
has comc sooner than " a any Ilbht
To- expect. Too much yhise canhot u"
given tn the army for " lat II has don"
In the Philippines both n warfar' and
from an administrative %stnndpo'U' IN
preparing the way forl civil govern
mcnt; u similar creditlbelongs To the
civil authorities for the WAY. In winch
they have planted the sedds OF sell gov
nme In the ground thus made
ready for them. The c}irage, tn IN
ninchtng endurance, thd high solul''y
efficiency. and the GENERAL k'hd.
hcartedness and h%umknity OF our
troops have been strlkiu tly manirsted.
There now remain only some mitr"n
thousand troops In the stand. All told. |
over n hundred thousand have he"n
sent there. or course, there have been
individual Instances " w~ronedolng
among them.
They warred under fearful, difficulties
OF climate M s~urroundlngsi unoer
tho strain OF the terrible provocstions
which they continually rcceived from
their foes, occasional instances of cruel
retaliation occurred. Every eHort has
boon made to prevent such. crueities,
and finally these efforts have been com.
pleteiy successful. Every snort has
also been made TO detect and punish
the w~ronodocrs.
After making all allowance for these
tihtf'f N'rs ~ " UT 'lhN -
deed have been the instances In winch
war has been waged by u civilized
\ power against semi-civilized OF har-
barous forces where there has pe'h 40
little w%rongdoing by the victors az IN
the Philippine islands. on the other
had, the amount of difficult. important,
and benefcient work which has been
done is well-nigh incalcuiable.
THE NAVY AND ITS NEEDS.
Fol the first time In our history ma
val OF n large scale AZ" be-
inE held under the immediate com
mnnd Of the admiral OF the navy. Com
stantly increasing attention In being
paid to the gunnery OF the navy, but
IL IL yet far from what IL should be.
l earnestly urge that the increase asked
for by the secretary OF the navy in the
craftsmanship be granted. In battle
the only shots that count are the shots
that hit. IL IL necessary to provide
an pie funds for practice with the great
guns In time of pence. These FUNDS
nust provide not only for the purchase
of projectiles, but for allowances for
prizes to our the CUR crews, and
especially the gun pointers. ana Tor
protecting an intelligent system under
which alone II is possible to get good
practice.
There should be no halt in the work
Of tuiidina up the navy, providing ev.
cry year additional fighting craft. We
are q very rich country, vast in extent
Of territory and great in population; a
country. moreover, which hae an army
d%iminutive indeed when compared VIII
that OF any other first class power. We
have deliberately made our W GER
tain foreiqn policies which demand the
possession Of a firot-olass navy,
The isthmian canal VIII greatly IN
crease the efficiency OF u navy " the
$500. A.. II -,tllla.. xiuns lint M "a,
have an inadequate navy. then tn'
building Of the canal would be meiel!
giving n hostage to any power of su
perior strength. The Monroe Doe
trine should be treated AZ the cardina
feature OF American foreign policy
but II would be worse than idle to as
sert II unless we Intended to back
w. and Il can be backed up only by
thoroughly good navy. "a good navy
no. "A provocative OF war. 1t IL IN
surest guaranty OF peace.
Each individual uniu OF our n
should be the most qG'eNnt ON III
kind an regards both material ana pd&
, sonnet that is to be fouid In the world
! call your special attention to the
need OF providing for ne manning OF
/. the ships Serious triuble threatens
! us II we can not do setter than we
! arc now doing az regaips securing the
: services OF n sufficient number or thu
: highest type OF sailornen, OF sea me
y chnnics. The veteran seamcn OF oul
u war ships are of AZ high n typ as ear
: be ound In any navy which rides tn
7 waters OF the world: they are unsur'
. passed I'm daring. In resolution. in read
S mess. In thorough knowledge of thei,
profession. They deserve every con
size ration that can be shown them
PIs there are not enough OF hem. i
is no more possible TO imIrovise F.;
Il crew than II is possible to %inprovise {
war ship. To build the finest ship
with the deadliest battery, and to sen,
n II MO with IA raw crew. mo matte'
how brave they were Individually
would be to insure disaster II Il foe ~
Leverage capacity were encountered
Neither ships nor men can be impro'
!, yieed when war has begun.
u We need "A thousand additional Off.
3 cora I'm order to properly man the ships
!, now provided for and under construc-
. tion. The classes at the naval sChoo
y Mt Annapolis should be greatly on
larRed. At the same tim that we thus
ait the officers where we need them,
We should facilitate the reti-ment OF
those at the head of the list whose
usefulness has become impaired. Pro-
U motion must be fostered II the service
IL to be kept efficient.
U The lamentable scarcity of officers
Z and the large number Of recruits and
, OF Cnskilled men necessarily nut aboard
I the new vessels as they have been COM
4 t''sFio'i'h, h"H uDoIlIDUT VII
J ocrs, and especially on the lieutenants
! ana Junior grades. unusual hbOr and
; fatigue and has gravely strained their
y over Of endurance. Nor f. there
: sign OF any immediate let-up I'm this
: strain. II must continue for some time
! longer, until more officers are grad
. Jared from Annapolis, and until the re-
cruits become trained and skillful IN
trcir duties. In these difficulties Incl
J dent upon the development OF our war
! n-ft the conduct OF all our officers has
! been creditable to the service and the
ll"ntenants and junior grades I'm par
tiCular have displayed an ability and a
: sIeadfast cheerfulness hid entities
them to the ~ungrudging thanks of all
who realize the dishearteningI trials and
fatigues to which they are OF ucccs-
silly subjected.
There IL not n cloud on the hOri-
] ION at present. There seems not the
? slightest chance OF trouble with n for
eign power. We most earnestly hope
that this state OF things may continue:
tid n way tn insur It's continuance
H. TO provide for a thoroughly efficient
. navy. The refusal to maintain such a
navv would invite trouble. and II trou-