Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-08-01

Washington with suitable buildings
and the rebuilding OF the engineer
school: and has made ample nppro-
prlations 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. l
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 Oh
shore duty with view to determining
what. II any. officers can be spared for
sea duty. u significant table has been
prepared mt 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 1888 there were
0tsS officers and 2ii,si3 tons dispince-
ment OF ships In tie navy. In 1902
the number OF officers has Increased
only to l.G23. while the tonnage had
Increased to S.T orr. In lSs3 there
were 5Ii; officers on sen duty and 400
and 300 on shore duty. against 10 ON
sen duty and 800 on shore duty In 1877.
The President has returned to the
War Department shc cases OF Major
Edwin y. Glenn. Fifth infantry: First
Lieut.. Julian u. GauJot. Tenth cav
airy. and Lieut.. Norman q. Cook. Pril-
ippinc scouts. Glenn was found guilty
by the courts and sentenced TO be ~us-
pended for one month and to forfeit
SO Of hh pay: GauJo; was found
guilty and sentenced TO suspension for
thrc" months aud to forfeit so PER
month during that period: Cook was
acquitted. The President approves
the findings In the cases Of Major
Glenn and Lieutenant GauJoi and dis.
approves the action Of the court In the
ease Of Lieutenant Cook. He makes
no comment on the case whatever In.
yond the approval In the two cnscs nnd
disapprovui In the one. Glenn WINS
tried by court martial for administer
inr the water cure to the rrcsidcnic of
i.barcs. nnd GauJot for admlnIstcrin.
the cure TO thrsc natives Licu,-naBt
Cook wns tried ON the charge Of order
Ing three natives 10 bc shot by the
Afncairbc scouts.
Certain motiincstions which the State
Department desires In the prcciocol
governing the construction Of the pro.
posed Panama canal before u assumes
the shapc Of a treaty have been trans
ml,icd by Secretary Hay 10 Mr. Con.
cha. the Colombian minister at Wash.
ington. These relate generally to qucs.
iions Of control and Of sovereignty
over shc strip Of land through which
the canal. ~ the Panama route be
finally determined upon. will bc con.
.,rucicd. They are destined 10 brin.
the protocol more In harmony with
the provisions Of the Spoopcr amend.
mcnt and to facilitate ratification by
the Senate when the instrument
reaches that body In the form Of
treaty. The Colombian legation officials
40 not feel that the instructions they
now have arr broad enough TO author
isc them TO accept the notifications
proposed by Secretary Hay without
further consultation with shc home
government. Consequently the matter
has been submitted by them 10 their
government for further Instructions.
The aim of Minister Concha Is TO have
the Instrument In such shape that
when IL comes before the two houses
Of Congress Of Colombia for action IL
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 aud certificates Of merit to Of
tccr. AMI enlisted men for specially
mcritoriotr service. The awards cover
n period beginning with the civil war
and extending 60 last winter. and are
in addition to n list published two
years ago. when the first awards were
announced. In the present list are the
names Of Gen. Horace Porter and Col.
Albert l.. Mills. superintendent Of thc
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 T.. Bcrk.
hcimer. major. artillery corps; william
e. bryan. hospital steward: Bernard
A. Byrnc. major. Thirteenth infantry:
Robert q. Carter. first lieutenant, u.
=. A. trctircdD: Robert Temple Emmett.
first lieutenant. Ninth cavalry: Frc,icr-
ick Funston. brirndicr general: James
kcphart. private. Company G. First
battalion. Thirteenth infantry: John A.
Logan. major. Thirty third Infantry,
q. 4. v. deceased: William II. Sage.
captain. Twenty third Infantry: George
4. Stewart. first Lieutenant. Fifteenth
infantry: George W. Wallace. first
lieutenant, Ninth Infantry.
Governor Taft has acquainted secrc-
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 he accepted.
II was Bt once recognized that the
question thus presented involved some
delicate and interesting points. princi. |
principal among them being a possible
expressly to he avoided at |
this stage. in the opinion Of the ofii. |
cials. ns to the temporal powers of the
Pope. 1f these were decorations or |
gifts Of large value. then under the |
inhibition they might not |
be received without authority from |
Congress. II the Pope Is regarded as
having temporal powcrs-as being n
prince. n po,cntate or a sovereign. Sec
retary Root has. however. avoided an
unpleasant decision OF this question by
informing Governor Taft that II these
gifts are not of considerable intrinsic
value. and are personal in character.
hey may he accepted as mere souven-
RS. In which case the personality of the
ziver need not be n matter of official
inquiry. On the other hand. IL the
,ifts ate of exceptional value, which
= not bplipyCd IN bp the cnsa frorp |