Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-01

Cuoe Hao quite unprecedented, with 81
curio'ss device Of a suspended soTerci gnty
given up by Spain. but not in terms vas; i,
In anybody else. and II vested renainir.,
dormant, while. a practical working gov
eminent OF military occupation In time at
peace. deriving its authority from ,Ae sos,
ereisnty OF another country. 'clai.l.d tam
p0rary allegiance. made and cnfor. Il
laws and developed political organiza-
ton OF the Cuban people to take and ex-
srcise the suspended or dormant sover-
eighty. 1t was important that in inaugu-
rating the new government there should
be no break in the continuity of legal OBJ
legation. Of rights Of property and con-
tract. OF Jurisdiction or Of administrative
action. 1t would not do to wait for the
new government to pass laws or to create
offices and appoint administrative officers
slant that the new government was Gre
ated the intervening government ceased.
ana the period Of waiting would be a Pc
fiod Of anarchy.
Changing Cuba's Government.
1t was necessary, therefore. to take
such steps that the new government
should be created as a going concern,
every officer Of which should be able to go
on with his part of the business Of gov
erning under the new sovereignty without
| waiting for any new authority. That
everything necessary to this end should
| be done and that it should be done ac-
| cording to consistent and maintainable
legal theory caused the department Q
good deal Of solicitude. 1t is gratifying to
report that 1t was done and that the gov
| eminent which until noon OF May 20
was proceeding under the authority OF the
| president Of the United States went on in
| the afternoon OF that day and has ever
since continued under the sovereignty
which had been abandoned by Spain in
April, 1889, without any more break or
! confusion than accompanies the inaugu-
ration OF a new president in the United
| States
| / know Of no chapter in American his
tory more satisfactory than that which
will record the conduct of the military
| government Of Cuba. The credit for it Is
| due first of all, to Brigadier General
Leonard Wood. the commander Of the de-
partment Of Santiago until December
| 1899, and thenceforth military governor Of
| the island. Credit is due also to Brigadier-
General Tasker H. Bliss. who had charge
Of the collection Of customs revenues.
Major E. St. John Greble and Major and.
Surgeon Jefferson r. Kean, SUCCESSFULLY
heads Of the department Of charities.
Lieutenant Matthew E. Hanna, 4superin~
tsndcnt Of public schools; Lieutenant e..
G. Brooks and Mr.. J. D. Terrill. success
sively auditors Of Cuba. and to the Cuban
gentlemen who as heads of the various
OF the military governor.
Especial credit il due also to ther medical
department Of the army and particularly
to Major Walter Reed and Major William
G. Gorgas for their extraordinary service
In ridding the island Of yellow fever, de
scribsd In my last report and to, DR.. Lef
ferson r. Kean and DR.. James Carroll
for their share in that work.
The brilliant character of thiHs scisntific
achievement its inestimable value. to
mankind. the saving Of thousands Of lives
and the deliverance of the Atlantic sea-
coast from constant apprehension demand
special recognition from the government
Of the United States.
Dtsposit1on Of the Army In, Peace.
The restoration Of the normal. condi
tions of peace and the return OF the
greater part of the army Of the United
States have made It possible to resume
with increased activity the work OF pre-
pairing for future wars,
The increase Of the army from 5000 to
. minimum Of e8.00o has Of course made
necessary a great increase in barracks.
quarters. hospitals and, all the oonstruc-
lions which go to make up an army post.
The accommodations which had been pro-
vided before the war with Spain are now
quite inadequate and, require to be more
than doubled. The work Of construction
has been pressed vigorously by the quar-
termaster's department to the extent al
lowed by the appropriations, made by con-
gress for this purpose.
The policy followed has been rather to
increase the size Of thee posts in which
the army To- to be quartered than to in,
crease the number. Two considerations 1
have determined that policy: First, econr !
omy Of administration. and second andE,
most important. efficiency Of officers and |
men. The tendency off, life in small one I
or two company posts>is narrowing and
dwarfng, and such posts can be justified
only by necessity. On the other hand, the
comparison and emulation, between OFF,
GERS and organizations grouped in large
post, the advantagesssof systematic study
and practice in the schools which can boz
maintained al such posts, the advantage
Of being under tina, immediate direction
and influence of officers Ut high rank wh0
cannot be scattered among the smadl
posts but can be-. collested in the. large
Ones che practicali benefit derivedi frshn
handling considerable tOdies' of troops SO
that company officers may be learning. to
handle regiments and regirnentat Officers
to handle brigades and so on-all these
considerations point 10 the large post as
furnishing the conditions of increasing
efficiency on thecparu of both odacers and
men.
The only sEgumsnt which haas been
made against this view is that thu scat
tering Of the army in a. great; number of
small posts would pop,sarize.it and that
there ought to be- an equitable distribu-
tton Of the troops among alS the, different \
states. thank taese propositions may be
dismissed with. the confident assertioat
that the army will be popular and salts.
factory to, all. the states in proportion as,
1t Is efficient, aud economical,
Another line of policy followed by the
department. is so far "a: practicable, to
get the army posts out. Of the cities and
large towns, and establish them upon
larger tracts of cheaper land in. the
neighhsrl1oai of the, same citiess and
towns, SO that the men may have the
benefit Of country ain instead of city air
and more room for srainiag and exercise.
The neighborhood OF the barracks may
be under military control. The rum shops
and hrotaels may be pushed farther away
from the men. and. at the same time the
advantages of convenient inspection.
transportation and supply and q reason
able degree of edncatfona and social priv
Heges may be retained.
The Canteen,.
Referring to- the operation of section 81
80 he a 80 Tai .