The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-06
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! hAASS SAS RC4AGA 4444146 L4AE11 ouLlCS HAAA efficiency and honesty, and that the treaty is pending in the senate, gives a 1 certain moral power to the government l of Santo Domingo which it has not had before. This has completely dis l couraged all revolutionary movement, while it has already produced such an increase in the revenues that the gov- ernment is actually getting more from the 45 per cent. that the American eol- i lectors turn over to it than it got for merly when it took the entire revenue. It is enabling the poor harassed people of Santo Domingo once more to turn their attention to industry and to be free from the curse of interminabIe rev olutiOnary disturbance. It offers to all bona fide creditors, American and Eu- ropean, the only really good chance to obtain that to which they are justly entitled, while it in return gives to Santo Domingo the only opportunity of defense against claims which 1t ought not to pay, for now if it meets the views of the senate we shall ourselves thoroughly examine all these claims, whether American or foreign, and see that none that are improper are paid. There is, of course, opposition to the treaty from dishonest creditors, for eign and American, and from the pro- fessional revolutionists of the island it. self. We have already reason to be- lieve that some of the creditors who do not dare to expose their claims to honest scrutiny are endeavoring to stir up sedition in the island and 'opposi- tion to the treaty. In the meantime have exercised authority invested in me by the joint resolution Of the con- gress to prevent the introduction of arms into the island for revolutionary purposes. Under the course taken stability and order and all the benefits of peace are at last coming to Santo Domingo, dan- ger of foreign intervention has been suspended, and there is at last a pros- pect that all creditors will get justice, no more and no less. If the arrange ment is terminated by the failure of the treaty chaos will follow; and if chaos follows, sooner or later this gov ernnlent may be involved in serious difficulties with foreign governments over the island in some unpleasant fashion. Under the proposed treaty the independence of the island is scrupu- lously respected, the danger of vioia1 tion of the Monroe doctrine by the ir- tervention of foreign powers vanishes, and the interference of our govern-. r11ent is n1inimized, 50 that we shall only act in conjunction with the Santo Domingo authorities to secure the proper administration of the customs, and therefore to secure the payment of just debts and to secure the Dominican government against demands for un- just debts. The proposed. method will give the people of Santo Domingo the same chance to move forward and Ip- ward which we have already given to the people of Cuba. T. will be doubly to our discredit as nation if we fail to take advantage of this chance; for it will be of damage to ourselves, and it will be of incalculable damage to Santo Domingo. Every consideration of wise policy, and, above all. every consideration of large generosity, bids us meet the request of Santo Domingo as we are now trying to meet it.
 Army and Navy.
 We cannot consider the question of our foreign policy without at the sarla time treating of the Army and Navy. We now have very small ar1r1y-in- deed, one well-nigh infinitesimaI when compared with the army of any other large nation. Of course the Army we do have should be as nearly perfect of its kind and for it's size as is possible. l do not believe that any army in the world bo lnn+4 4a man or better type of junior officer; but the Army should be trained to act eftectlVely in a mass. Provision should be made by sufficient appropriations for maneuvers of a practical kind so that the troops may learn how to take care of themselves under actual ser vice conditions; every march. for fn
 stance, being made with the soldier loaded exactly as he would be in an active campaign. The generals and colonels would thereby have opportun- ity of handling regiments, brigades and divisions, and the eommissary and medical departments would be tested in the field. Provision should be made for the exercise at least of brigade and by preference of a division in marching and embarking at some point on our coast and disembarkiflg at sonoa other point and continuing it's march. The number of posts in which the Army is kept in time of peace should be materially diminished and the posts that are left made correspondingIv larger. No local interests should be al
 lowed to stand in the way of assembl- ing the greater part of the troons which would at need form our field armies in stations of such size as will permit the best training to be given to the personnel of all grades, including the high officers and staff officers To accomplish this end we must have not company of regimental garrisons,, but brigade and division garrisons. Pro- motion by mere seniority can never result in thoroughly efficient corps of officers in the higher ranks unless there accompanies it a vigorous weeding-out process. Such a weeding-o out process that is, such a process of selection--is chief feature of the four years course of the young officer at West Point. There is no good reason why it should stop immediately upon his grad uation. While at West Point he is dropped unless he comes up to a certain