The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-01-15
UNCLE sAM's ARMY.

Annual Report Of Major General Cor.
bln-hs says the Marriage of
Young Officers 10 . DetrlmsBt 10
the Service.
(Washington dispatch.) Early mar.
riages Of officers In the army are CD
posed by Major General Henry G.
Corbin. adjutant general, In his an
nual report. Just made public. The
marriage Of young officers II declared
detrimsnt to the service. In that II
divides the attention Of the men and
detracts from their value In the work
laid out for them.
The reestablishing of the post can
teen 10 advocated by the adjutant gen.
eral. On these subjects the report
says:
The early marriage Of the younger
officers Of the army. many Of whom
are entirely dependent upon their pay
and allowances for support, 10 greatly
to be deplored and should be disccur.
aged. A young oficer should have
but one allegiance. and that should be
to the service. Those without private
means must necessarily divide their
pay between the demands Of their Of.
hce and family. A considerable mum.
Der are required for service In the
Philippines, where living 10 expensive
and the accomplishment Of this tour
OF duty results In actual hardship to
officers with families.
"The restoration of the exchange as
II existed prior to the passage OF the
act Of Feb. 2. 1901, prohibiting the
sale Of beer, Is desired and urged by
the great majority OF officers and men
and by none more than those of pro.
nounced temperance Views. Numerous
reports confirm the Views long held
by this Office that the old exchange
contributed to sobriety. health, ana
contentment Of the men. The In.
crease Of desertions and of trials for
infractions OF discipline 10. By those
best informed. attributed 10 tho aboli.
tion Of the former privileges Of the ex-
change"
The report states that the army IL
to be reduced by Dec. to e0.O10
men. OF which 2.s77 belong TO the
stan departments.
The report shows that during the
fiscal years there we're 3S officers
killed In action or died Of wounds and
disease and 6S were retired. OF the
enlisted men 1927 were killed or died
Of wounds and disease. IS, sos were dis.
charged on the expiration of service
5.498 were discharged for disability or
dismissed by order OF courtmartial
4,667 deserted. two were missing. and
203 retired.
General Corbin, in calling attention
to his former recommendation that
the rank and pay OF military attaches
abroad should be increased. suggests
that retired officers OF high rank might
be selected for this service.
In reviewing the reports Of officers
who participated In the army and
navy maneuvers last September, Gen
eral Corbin says that much valuable
information was acquired. He says:
"The maneuvers proved that the
rank and file OF our army can be de
pended upon In every emergency; that
apparently impossible tasks can be &C
complished under the spur Of neces
sity, and that there IN an immeasura
BILE gulf between practice and theory
The lessons learned by both Officers
and men were OF more practical value
than years Of ordinary garrison rou
tine and instruction"
The adjutant general has obtained
the number and Aind Of arms In the
hands Of the national guard IN the sew
eral states and Ands less than &.00(
United States magazine rides IN thsii
possession. Of the multitude Of otheI
types he says:
This heterogeneous collection ol
obsolsts arms ID Q serious detrimenl
TO the efficiency Of the entire national
guard, which. In organisation. drill
Instruction, etc, sssimilatss closely
10 the regular army. and should bs
armed With the same arms 40 the lat
ter. n called into service under tkii
depIorsbls condition. much trouble
and vsxstious delays ere involved ID
providing' the different kinds Of am
muuition required and In urgent OF un
forssss continssaciss may LEAD 70 die
| sstecssa pn0aaltn"