The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-20
THE GENERAL STAFF.

The cable yesterday announced the appointment Of the members OF
the general under congress passed the session
authorizing the creation Of general staff The appointment of this
body marks the completion radical change and
agement the army Of the United States which has subject OF
discussion and controversy much OF bitter since the beginning
the Spanish Though the board appointed does
actually take charge until the retirement Of Lieutenant General Miles
August. '' g.
body of trained men whose duty study all the
problems strategy which would in with any other
power to avee solution of these problems and the arrangements for
the them formulated and ready for
the instant In addition the general staff have charge OF
those minor problems of military management which grow the
changes that being made and appliances In
short is expected of the general staff that will put the country
such state as to military preparedness as Won Moltke put Prussia
that when France declared against Prussia in $780, all the
general had do was take sealed envelope from pgeonhoe
ms DESK break the seal and turn over to his aduan and all the or
des weeound the whole military OF William
the Great forward which did stop past
Metz, the Prussian columns marched into Paris
The great objection to the general staff that ives buroacy
with all its evils OF a0si red tape eness and interior decay
the military Of the government;
manifestation OF ar national and political life
incident OF our national life becomes OF its chief and pur
that instead OF the army existing for the nation the
Such by Dreyuss pointed
to the natural and inevitable results of the buocracy which
general staff the Head of the with The
cry rot which follows wherever ndduasm replaced by burocy
is predicted by those who opposed the general staff The clog
gre which initiative individual
that used against the bill creating the general staff
Whether these predictions will be verified remains to be Real
y force argument either side the question proceed
from very information the subject combined with good
powers OF deduction and acute powers of generalization
The appointments general staff certainly
give point the charge that the creation of the general step
the direction of beauzng the though of this does
necessarily carry with the deduction that all the dire
been predicted will follow
Major General M B. Young who placed the head the
general staff while he has proved himself excellent officer has shown
such military talent genius either strategst
point him the commanding figure fill that position Adu
General CObn who rank Major General
the board generally looked the embodiment OF the bureau idea
OF his the field whatever
they have been probably million OF the people the
United States could tell With the fighting generals of the United
States he has always been friction
by the favor OF pull position where friction possible.
OF Brigade General Carter be said that comparatively
Americans knew that there such general army though
is necessarily say that he we'll fitted position
general staff. ..l. r, ....
1t usually the that when departure in the manage
determined
especially has determined struggle that
appointing power whoever he be, whatever
capable nauguae the change Secondary
enterprise without dcred after has been
rated and But first alone usually
trusted to inaugurae great enterprises
present instance violated or the
appointing has these qualities which the general
public has 1t be that they the best that could be
found If that it unexpected reflection the material
In event great OF the wisdom the gen
eral staff SYSTEM, .....