The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1902-08-01

the enlargement and development of
the Fort Leavenworth school into
general service and staff college at
| Washington with suitable buildings
and the rebuilding of the engineer
SCHOOL, and has made ample appro-
pria tons for these purposes. Every
effort will be made by the war college
board, which has general supervision
and charge of the whole system, to
bring its advantages to the new officers
of the army as speedily as possible and
to organize officers schools AT all the
considerable posts without delay. 1
ask for hearty cooperation with them
on the part of every officer of the
army"
In connection with the investigation
now going on at the Navy Department
relative to the duties of officers on
shore duty with view to determining
what. IL any, officers can he spared for
sea duty, n significant table has been
prepared at the department which
shows that the increase in the sea-
going officers in the last decade has
not kept pace with the increased ton
| mage OF, the navy. In 1893 there We're
965 officers and 244,S43 tons displace-
ment of ships in the navy. In 1902
| the number of officers has increased
only toll ,O23, while the tonnage had
| llcTtuStu 10 S-t,o--. III 1000 ILtiN
We're 556 officers on sea duty and 400
on shore duty, against 30 on sea duty
and 1903 OIL shore duty. against G2O on
sea duty and BOB on shore duty in 1902.
The President has returned to the
| War Department the cases of Major
Edwin S. Glenn, Fifth infantry; First
Lieut.. Julian T.. Gaujot. Tenth cav
airy, and Lieut.. Norman G. Cook Pril-
ippine scouts. Glenn was found guilty
| by the courts and sentenced to be sus-
pended for one month and to forfeit
| $50 of his pay; Gaujot was found
guilty and sentenced to suspension for
three months and to forfeit $50 per
month during that period; Cook was
acquitted. The President approves
the findings in the cases of Major
Glenn and Lieutenant Gaujot and dis
| approves the action of the court in the
case of Lieutenant Cook. He makes
no comment on the case whatever be-
yond the approval in the two cases and
| dsapproval in the one. Glenn was
tried by court martial for administer
ing the water sure to the presidente of
Igbares. and Gaujot for administering
the cure to three natives. Lieutenant
Cook was tried on the charge of order
| ing three natives to be shot by the
| Macabcbe scouts.
!
| Department desires in the protocol
| governing the construction of the pro-
posed Panama canal before it assumes
the shape of Il treaty have been trans
mitted by Secretary Hay to Mr. Con-
| cha, the Colombian minister at WASH
| ington. These relate generally to CUES
tons of control and of sovereignty
over the strip of land through which
the canal, If the Panama route be
finally determined upon, will be con-
structed. They are destined to bring
| the protocol more in harmony with
| the provisions of the Spooner amend
ment and to facilitate ratification by
| the Senate when the instrument
reaches that body in the form of n
treaty. The Colombian legation officials
| 10 not feel that the instructions they
now have are broad enough to author
| ize them to accept the notifications
| proposed by Secretary Hay without
| further consultation with the home
| government. Consequently the matter
has been submitted by them to their
| government for further instructions.
The aim of Minister Concha is TO have
the instrument in such shape that
when ii comes before the two houses
of Congress of Colombia for action it
will receive favorable consideration by
| them
A general order has been issued by
! General Miles. commanding the army.
announcing the award of medals OF
honor and certificates of merit TO Of
| ficers and enlisted men for specially
meritorious service. The awards cover
period beginning with the civil war
and extending TO last winter. and are
in addition to list published two
years ago. when the first awards We're
announced. In the present list are the
names of Gen. Horace Porter and Col.
| Albert L. Mills. superintendent of the
| Military Academy. both of whom are
| given medals for acts of bravery. the
| former at Atlanta. and the latter at
Santiago. The medal of honor list, in
part. is as follows: William f. Berk-
heimer. major. artillery corps; William
| C. Bryan, hospital steward; Bernard
! A. Byrne major. Thirteenth infantry:
Robert &. Carter first lieutenant. U.
S. \. CretirctD; Robert Temple Emmett,
first lieutenant, Ninth cavalry: Freder-
lex Funston. brigadier general: James
Kephart private. Company c, First
battalion. Thirteenth infantry; John y.
Logan. major. Thirty-third infantry,
| L. S. V. deceased: William II. Sage.
captain Twenty-rhird Infantry; George
T.. Stewart. first lieutenant Fifteenth
| infantry; George w. Wallace, first
lieutenant, Ninth infantry.
Governor Taft has acquainted Secre-
| tary Root with the fact reported in the
news dispatches from Rome that the
Pope had rendered several pretty and
| appropriate gifts to himself and the
members of his party, and he has asked
whether they can lawfully be accepted.
| 1t was at once recognized that the
question thus presented involved some
delicate and interesting points, prnci-