The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-07

cclHc nor deserve tho slightest attention
II we were impotent to make them good
we need to increase tho number or tor
pedo-boats. paying less heed to their hav-
Ing o. knot or two extra speed than To
their capacity to keep the seas for weeks,
h nm. necessary. for months at a tltno
they might be very useful. But most OF
81 wo need TO continue building our ficct
OF battiesllps. or ships SO, powerfully
armed IT l, that they cnn inflIct the maximum
or damage upon opponents. and SO we'll
pr projected that they can suffer severe
lmmmering IN return without fatal Inn
p pa OF their ability to fight and
,taneuper. OF course ample means must
he provided for enabling tho personnel
! or the Navy 4, be brought to tho highest
| point OF efficiency. Our great fighting
SHIPS SNIP and tornedo-boats must Do cease :
. ,.a..y Trained "a, and nancuvercd In squad
us iu,ts. y ne oIiicers and men can only
practlco on tho high seas. In the event
~ "tir IT would be far better to have
! no no, SHIPS at all than to have ships OF a
b bouon and Ineffective type Or ships which,
trained IA and unskllcd crews. Tho best
/ onGers and men in Il poor ship could d 8
i n against fairly good opponents:
h 81 , on me other hand modern warship
a a,;an her l, have become adopts in%tieIr
!; ; ni ~, The craftsmanship II, our Nayy
mas improved In an extraordinary degree
/ Lifting ,,Ig the last three years. and on t1,e
imnrov; ,,e hypes q our battleships arc
ee sH1r or later VIC shall have to provide
Tor some method by which there vii 10
Promotions for merit as well as for saninr.
~ ;,o Or else retirement OF all those who
You'd ea ael,s ase have not advanced be-
t ,re 81 % spared to mako the service "a =
,tLactive5 70 the enlisted men in order =, =
q y may be kept MS long as possible ~,
nroyIGa ssrvation public schools should be
| - 49, "tIe.eYcr Their are navy yard g.
The Army.
81 y, INN the last three years the ir1n,tod
Wncre disarmament was nroner.t. % IL IL =.
Eiur. army is fixed at maxfm1rn ~ nn"
thous aen deh @es and mi1!um Of s:xty
has !; relatively to its popua lI Iion na sc
ar 11'ih ~ ~ army as ours and While t the
IL 10 o Reep re e are not 70 b. exeussd
OF proficiency. It must s., ine sM suntIv
nra e i the standard for the enlisted
Tine e the KsP ser vfry s hbgh Ehils
as atft or rs possible and tho STAND.
i bip .or she - officers should DO kept even
can best be done BY Introducing some Eve sVs,
9 seec{32n and rejection Into The
event Of some au shGnd be able IN the
ny, ,,9 =, the field one frst-class army corps.
afhan az 81 tro wels 81 least
{ belonging to any Their ma ton.
The Philippines.
In the Philippine Islands there has ,been
etaaag. INC past year continuation Of the
ss or nentey Fst m
people t o'n 20 speak more accurately, the
who 20 to make up the people Of the Pi l..
ippinnc Island. contain many elements OF
Fight to hope Stand for !. progress Al ,Iye
! ent they are utterly inca pablo Of existing
lRdspeasnes a 3he al bFq,d;ng up
4 lieyc that we can help them to rise higher
and higherin the scale of civilization and
OF capacity !, for selfgovernment, and
viii be able stand, il not en nth ;u aI t
States as, Cuba now Stands. THIS end is
turn the aenten the pno sn aWsg
from the problems q achieving moral and
stable, orderly and lust government, and
toward foolish and dangerous intrigues
t6e ndsfpendahco for which
steadily, before their minds the fact that
mst tateiy ast
the good we are able to 40 in the islands.
Meanwhile our own people should re-;
member that therci is need for the highest
standard of conduct among the Americans
sent to the Philippine Islands, not only.
among, the public. servants but among the
private individuals who 20 to them 1T Is
because + feel this so deeply that in tie
udminlstra ton Of these islands I have
positively refused to- permit any discrimi-
nation whatsoever for polltca reasons
and have insisted that in choosing the
piiblic servants consideration. should be
paid solely TO the worth Of the men chosen,
and to the needs Of the islands. There is
no higher body Of men. In our public SER.
Yfe than %e !1ays in thq Phipp'hTe
associates. So far as possible these men
should be given a free hand. and their
suggestions should receive tho hearty,
backing both Of the Executive md OF tho
Congress. There is need OF n vigl!nnt and
disinterested support OF our public SER
wants in the Philippines by, good citizens
hero IN the United States. Unfortunately
hitherto those of our people here at home
who have specially claimed to bcfs the
champions Of the ilininos h fN, In ,' reality
tinue to be the case US long as they strive
to make tho Fllipnos independent. and
stop 3all industrial development of the,
islands by crying out against the laws
which would bring IT. on the,;ground that
g ,nL ,,rnrnadinra are not only ullWtSe,