Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-07


a first step insisted upon the develop
ment of the people In order that, by
means Of education and of labor they
might acquire the proper individual
character and force which would make
them worthy Of It. In my writings /
have commended TO you study and civic
virtue, without which our redemption
does not exist ] can not do less
than condemn, and | do condemn, this
absurd and savage insurrection planned
behind my back, which dishOnors MS be-
fore the Fil.pinos and discr lilS US
with those who otherwise would argue
IN our behalf abominate It's cmelties
and disayow any kind Of connection
with It, regrettng with all the sorrow
of my soul that these reckless men
have allowed themselves to be deceived.
Let them return. then 20 their homes.
and may God pardon those who have
acted in bad faith.
AMERICAN POLICY,
This message embodied precisely and
exactly the ayowed policy upon which
The American government has acted In
the Philippines What the patriot
Rial said with such force in speaking
OF the instruction before we came 70
the islands applies with tenfold
greater force TO those who foollshy
or wckedly opposed the mild ana bene-
Scent government we were insutut-
ing IN the islands The judgment
of the martyred public servant RIAL,
whose birthday the Philippine people
celebrate, and whom they worship as
their hero and ideal sets forth the duty
Of American sovereignty a duty from
which the American people VIII never
finch
"Whle we have been doing these
great and benehcient works In the is
lands, we have yet been steadily re-
ducng the cost az which they are done.
The last Congress repealed the law for
the war taxes, and the war department
has reduced the army from the max
imum number OF one hundred thousand
allowed under the law to very nearly
the minimum Of sixty thousand.
LEGISLATION FOR ARMY.
Moreover the last Congress enact
ed some admirable legislation affecting
the army passing first Of all the mill
tia bill and then the bin TO create a
general staff, The militia bill repres-
ents the realization of reform which
had been championed lneffectively by
Washington, and had been fruitlessly
aglteted ever since. At last we have
taken from the statute books the ohso-
lete militia law of the revolutionary
days and have provided for efficient aid
TO the national guard Of the states. |
believe that no other great country has
such fine natural material for volunteer
soldiers as we have. and II is the OBJ
vous duty OF the nation and OF the
states to make such provision as viii
enable this volunteer soldiery 10 be or
ganized with all possible rapidity and
efficiency in time Of war; and, further
more, TO help In every way the national
guard In time Of peace The militia law
enacted by the Congress marks the first
long step ever taken In this direction
by the national government.
GENERAL STAFF LAW.
1.-THE general-staff law Is of immense
and benefit TO the regular
army Individually, ! would not ad-
init that the American regular either
officer or enlisted mani inferior 10 any
other regular soldier in the world. In
fact, il II were worth while to boast.
! should be tempted 10 say that be was
the best. But there must be proper
training. proper organization and adj
In order 10 get the best
service out of even the best troops.
This Is particularly the case With such
q small army as ours. scattered over 30
vast a country. We do not need reg
ular army, but we do need to have our
small regular army the very best that
can possibly be produced. Under the
worn-out and ineffective organization
which his hitherto existed, a sudden
strain is absolutely certain to produce
the dislocation and confusion we saw
AZ the outbreak of the war with Spain,
and when such dislocation and confu-
sion OCCURS II is easy and natural. but
entirely improper, to blame the men
who happen to be in office, instead OF
he system which is really responsible,
ARMY AMI NAVY.
Under the law just enacted by Con.
5ress this system viii be changed i'm |
for the better, and every pa !
rlotic American ought to rejoice for |
When we come to the army and the |
navy we deal with the honor and in |
erests OF all our people; and when |
iuch Is the case party lines are as moth |
ng, and we all stand shoulder to |
houlder as Americans. moved only by |
ride In and love for our common coun-
ry.'