The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14

man is best or worst, and reward or
punish him accorclngly. Is abandoned;
no brilliancy, no amour. OF hard work.
no eagerness in the performance of duty
can advance him, ana no siackhess or IN
difference that falls short of court
martial offense can retafd him. Until
this system is changed we cannot hope
that our officers Will be OF as high grade
as we have right 70 expect, considering
the material upon which we draw.
Moreover. when man renders such
service as Captaln felsIIhg rendered last
spring in the Moro campaign IT ought
TO be possible to reward MN without at
o 9i Julhpins MN - '"o 5i"'e % oiisa
uiei general m, Me-
oa uy ai .n,a,ion, ' ea,..; - '" ",
.Nl'oo7 - ~ ~ ~ .s,Iosl 20
os lio" hiio"n d9 ~ -, l''Je me-
- aar,.,'a ~, To,,,ar1, an 1901 go
as folloye. s"rbe nav is The a,,m frn,',
which our governryent will always derive
most aid in support of our
rights. Every power engaged in war will
know the strength Of our naval power,
the number of our ships of each class.
their condition, and the promputude with
which We may bring them into service,
ana VIII pay due consideration to that
argument
heartily congratulate the congress up
on lhe steady progress IN building up the
american navy. we cannot afford let.
up IN thls great work 10 stand still
lileais 10 go PACK. mere should be no
teSSuton IN addlnS 70 the eHnctlVe units
o. the hshting strength of the fleet
as .tl'"iille me navy department and the
othcefS or the navy are doing well their
part ny providing constant service at sea
uiIueI coiinltlons AKIN TO those OF actual
warfare. Our officers and enlisted men
are leafning to hahdie the battleshipss.
cruisers and torpedo boats with high eff
iDiShtH III meet ana squadron formations
a.Ia 'ne standard OF craftsmanship is
nclus S,eduiiV ralSed. The best Work
ashore IS Indispensable, but the highest
only OF a naval officer Is to exercise
command at sea.
Tsthmian Canal
u. ~, ~
erose a,,tbor;an, ~ ,-,'o;1 .ue CO..
into treaty with Colombia for the huilding
of the canal across the isthn,ue of pan-
anna: it being provided that in the event
of failure to secure such treaty after the
lapse of a reasonable time recourse
should be had to building a canal throlIgI,
Nicaragua. 1t has not been necessary to
consider this alternative, as ] am enabled
10 lay before the senate treaty pro-
~. nN"'.s ,or tle ouIlulhs 81 inc canal across
route uhicl oo,o,'ainS ;+ai siS WIS NE
Ifborato Judgment Of The congress- ana We
can now acalliro bv treaty M ,ieht ~
construct tba canal over tbis ro,,te ,rbe
question now therefore ie NOT t,, 1,,,inl,
r.'i9tl n.y. ~ -! - 10y pY Wulrh
for that ciloefion has been deinltcl,, az,
; .i's,s 10 D'Fh utuilll'.N dhu
nIv whether or not we sba11 bal.o -, ieth-
~ - "'letllel UT not we Sl'ai nave an lsth-
49, c"'i - , ,.,
et,,Is ~ tp'9 - uliected tnat w
treot,. lily Cin,t; .'''t i i0u'e uutEi
condition of cn3,ren rofa,,o5 ,T,t - tio
' - 49, ~ 800 "a ny % VIZ
but "a tha ronte itseif. 10 fhn ter.itor,,
-. ~ tiiV ~ ~ i.9lt, - 'nc teIl ''ois
a ' Whicn 'hs route iaY' nor 70 me
'asii@ w iiiCh ior L'e iTguieHt IlIe lelIltoI!
~. on '1 ne M ne p"i pusg " "
80 - l"r .it5' ~ ~ VIC ~ efIuenl ~
@n,,fro, ~ 49,, .t, r,, -, d M
nnrnosa hae hean fuifl1ed
l'09N "a Dc" i"iIIiieV
EevieW of Relations
~ +bo ,.a,,. zone .t,i. .a,.o,,,,,,.. o,4a
80 :, -
ca mo i'edlS WIN Nt" HuaHaoa' 'lie
predecessor upon inc lSthmus OF the re-
public Of Colombia and of the present re-
public of Panama. nv which treaty. if was
~ w. Ir i' i''ii I,,1 'ip o,'
AN''7 " 'iie -iii'V" 9'''eS Sloulu always
nave zee ana open IlSht OF way or TRANSIT
across the lsthmus of Panama by any
modes of communication that might be
constructed while In return our govern
ment guaranteed the perfect neutrality Of
+h -, ~
,,iau, tI,at "a ftae t,,,,eit 49,, ~ n,
tha che soy ,ntrbf ,'nt 80 i,,tar,a,tad ~
n9herros.nJ NJ 49, ~ ~ - y
1l l,'y'si $50. TX S9ts Nealeu ~ VIZ
ca,l.eG o''t ~ ia -
ana rrone,tN MI, NJ, Gr,,rIa ~ H.,
~ 80 --oSs.a''lS - ~, $3.50 ,.i
tory The name OF New Granada has
n1gsed away ami tic territor, has hess
ai,-jdd ~ tooaso - ~ ~ s 80