The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-05


,,ae may ou rorceususeif 70 intervene
IN the island In some unpleasant fasn-
Ion.
do not believe that any army In the
world has a better average OF enlisted
man or better type Of Junior officer
but the army should be trained to act
aHentively In q mass Provision should
be made by sufficient appropriations
for maneuvers Of practical KIND.
Provision should be made for the pro
motion OF exceptionally meritorious
mon over the heads Of their comrades
and for the retirement Of all men VINO
have reached given age without get
ting beyond a given rank
There should be an increase IN he
coast artillery force so that our coast
eortiacatlons can be In some degree
adequately manned. There Is special
need for an Increase and reorganization
Of the medical department OF the army.
In both the army and navy there must
he the same thorough training for duty
In the STAFF corps as in the fighting line
The Importance Of this was shown con,
clusively In the Spanish-Amerlcan ana
the Russo-Japanese wars. The work
OF the medical departments in the Jap
anesc army and navy is especially
worthy Of study.
our navy must relatively to the ma
vIes OF other nations, always be o
greater size than our army we have
{ most wisely continued for number o
wears to build up our navy, and J
has now reached a fairly high staudar
Of efficiency. This standard must no
! only be maintained, but increased
2 does not seem to me necessary, how
o ever that the navy should, at least /
e the immediate future. be Increased b'
. vond the present number Of unit
What Is now clearly necessary is
. substitute efficient for inefficient uni
y as the latter become worn out or as
- becomes apparent that they are US
loss probably the result would
= attained by adding a single oattiesh
y 10 our navy each year, the supersed'
y or outworn vessels being laid up
= broken up as they are thus replaced
!, NaturaIirntioS.
v. On This subject 1 recommend:
". First--A federal bureau OF natura
Il zation. 20 be established In the depa
rt mant OF commerce and labor, to
to pervise the administration Of the ma
an rauzation laws and to receive retur
be of naturalizations pending and aeco
is pllshed.
mt Second. Uniformity of naturalizatl
Sc certificates, fees to be charged, a
TO procedure.
ny Third.-More exacting qualihcatl'
lai for citizenship
Fourth.-The preliminary declarat
OF Intention to be abolished and
nts alien to be naturallzed until at lie
re ninety days after the filing Of his p
rst ton.
ev Fifth. - Jurisdiction to natura
it aliens to be confined TO United Sti
for district courts and to such state COZ
eX- as have Jurisdiction in civil actions
which the amount in controversy is
we limited; in cities of over 100000 inl
ioc- itants the United States district Co
this 10 have exclusive jurisdiction In
rom naturalization Of the alien resident
'eds such cities.
lr0e Criminal Laws.
fere In my last message / asked the
port tention Of the congress to the url
ioes need OF action TO make our Grim
ecu law more effective, and most
aore nestiy request that you pay hee
tual the report Of the attorney genera
GER this subject
mt q There seems TO be no statute OF
ig United States whiel provides fos
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