Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-07-31
THE PRESIDENT GUILTY
or FAvoRlTIsM.


or FAvoRlTisM.
In promoting Brigadier-G General |
Leonard Wood to the rank Of Major
General, President Roosevelt has com. !,
mitted one of the worst faults Of his
career
In this promotion, as in various 9TH
ers that have been given Wood as
a result of the Presidents personal fav
or, numerous deserving officers, far
better entitled to advancement have
been thrust aside Of passed over.
The favoritism shown Wood is thus
a grave injustice to officers of long
service and much better qualified than
himself for high rank and responsible
ity in the Army.
Little more than five years ago
Wood was an army surgeon with no
military training other than he had
received in that capacity. He enter
ed the medical department from civil
life
When the Spanish war broke out
Wood was made Colonel Of the Rough
Riders, through the influence of Roose
welt, who was aforementioned of
the same organization. Wood was lat
er promoted to the rank of Brigadier-
General in order that Roosevelt might
be advanced to the rank of Colonel.
Wood eventually reached the rank Of
Major General of the Volunteers, but
his services during actual war in Cuba
lasted but ninety-six days. After the
was made Military Governor of the Is
land succeeding Governor Brooke. Ear
ly in 1901 he was made Brigadier-G Gen.
eral in the regular Army, in which pre-
viously his highest standing had been
Captain Assistant Surgeon. Thus he
was jumped over the heads of the large
number of officers in the regular Army
who had seen many years OF military
service, including numerous graduates
from West Point and veterans of the
Civil War. And now, in raising him to
the rank of Major General over many
Brigadier- Generals of long service and
honorable records, great wrong has
been done, not only to individuals, but
to the Army and the National welfare.
If Wood had done any great service
or given evidence Of commanding mill
tary genius there might be some ex-
cuse for his remarkable promotion. But
there is no such reason.
The worst of the matter is that
Wood has prospect of becoming Lieu
tenant-General and thus attaining prac-
tically the supreme control of the
Army, in about five years. He has
been made Major General, vice General
Young, who will be the next Lieuten-
ant-General succeeding Miles next
month who is then to be retired owing
to his age limit.
Wood is comparativel young man
and for this reason If he becomes the
head Of the Army he is likely to hold
the place for a long time.
The Senate should not confirm this
appointment 1t is gross favoriteism
and disgraceful to the Administration
The President has ordinarily shown q
disposition SO strongly favorable tx
the merit system in the Civil Services
that his astonishing departure from
that principle in the Army Instance
is the more unaccOuntable.-Cacra
ento Bee.
Observation-Disclosures
The late Pope was q thinker .abreas
Of the times on the social problems o
the day. That he had sometime 4,
say worth hearing on the practice
issues involved in social and indus
trial questions As the expert testimon
of Carroll D. Wright, who says:
consider that the encyclical of LIE
XIII on the labor question has give
the foundation for the proper stud
Of social science in this country. !
is wade mecum with me, and kno,
that he has an emmence influence i
stealing the public mind"
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Two horses were 30 badly injured /
runaway accident at the Jordon Va
ley Land and Cattle Company's ranc
on the Little Humboldt day before ye,
terday that they. had to be killes
There we're three moving machin
teams = the mix-up and two Of tn
horses had their forelegs cut compile
y az " one q the machines.