The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-06

dustry and to be free from the curse ances 1t offers to ali bona fide credl- American and EuroIeshi ,a asfsin tf fSaa cn ,S which they are justly entitled, while q 1t in return gives to santo Domingo sss sssn., sns soa%ns which ousst the. .S pskl; view. lor of nGs tSs Senate mes,s VI % inc all these claims. whether Ameri- can or foreign. and see that none tn Il are improper are paid. There is, of 'e foreign s snd tionists of the Island itself. We have already reason to believe that some of their claims to honest scrutiny are en. island and opposition to the treaty. In thority vested in me by the joint reso- lution of the Congress to prevent the introduction of arms into the island i Under the course taken, stability and order and all tte benefits of .pea"e arc at last coming to Santo Domingo, dan- Suspended, and there Is at least a pros. pros. pect that all creditors will get justice no more and no less. If the arrange s sns treaty is obaos viii sY fuom sss as sns
 chaos follows. sooner or later this Gov enrment may be involved in serious difficulties with foreign governments itself t. intervene Tn the is and in some unpleasant fashion. Under the proposed treaty the Independence oi danger of violation of the Monroe Doc Urine by the interference of our Gov ernment Is minimized. so that we shall Domingo authorities to secure the proper administration Of the customs. and therefore to secure the payment of Government arainst demands for un. just debts The proposed method will give the people of santc Domingo the aad sa%e uemars cnanss which tS move we saye It will be doubly to our discredit as n tss shancs IT for a tS wifi ks Ss o
 ourselves. and 1t will be of incal- culable damage to Santo Domingo. Every considsration of wise policy: large generosity. bids us meet the TO. quest of santo Domingo as we are now trying to meet it.
 We cannot consider the question of our foreign policy without at the same time treating of the Army and the arnay-indeed. one well nigh infinites. iral when compared with the army of any other large nation. Of course the
 
 perfect of its kind and for its size as is possible. do not believe that any army in the world has a better ave~a gr officer; but the army should be % tra ain. ed to act effectively in a mass Pro- vision should be made by sufficient practical kind so that the troops n may y learn how to take care of themselves under actual service conditions; every march, for instance, being made with the S0ldjaF loaded AwnpftU u b..x be in an active campaign. The gener- als and .colonels would thereby ha.S Ssdss snd of handiing regiment ss
 would he tested In the field. Provis: ion should be made for the exercise of a division in marching and embarEing g at some point on our coast and dise~,- barking barking a. at some other point and con: posts in which the Army is kent iu time of peace should he. materially diminished and the posts that are Ieft local, interests should ba allowed to stand in the way of assembling tho greater, part of the troops which. would stations of such size as will permit the best training to be given to the per scnnel of all grades. including the hi rh ulish this e end | we srs must have not a'com conn Prigads brnndt,o, and division gairrisonIs can never result in a thorouehiy eff cient corps of officers in the higher T ranks unless there accompanies 1t a weedins-o"t nroceSsLtSSt H,"SfSfi is. of@ proo cess of selection-is a chief feature of the four years' course Of the young good reason why it should stop imme- West Point he is dropped unless he ceiience. p and @ when " he S'aPrar graduates H he takes rank ln the Army according to his rank of graduation: The results should he in in the Army itself somathins that will achieve the same end. After certain age has been reached the av- sso rage officer ertan IS nnft rsds to do g9Sd Tr
 should be made for the promotion of exceptionally meritorious men over the heads of their comrades and for the re- tirernent of all men who have reached d q given age without getting beyond, 9 Eiven rank: this age of retirement of course changing from rank to rsrk. there should be some principle of se- , lection, that is of nromot'on for rra-'t, and there should he resoluts effort able character who possess no special
 There should be an increase in the adequately manned There is special need for an increase and reorg' 'niza- tion of the Medical Department of the Army. In both tn" Army and Navy there must he the sar'c thorough trNin- ing, for duty in the stan corps as in the fighting line. Only b" such traintn in advance can we he sure that in act ual war field operations and those at sea will he carried on successfully. The importance of this was shown con clusively in the Spanish-American ard the Russo-Jaranese wars. The work of the medical departments in tn" Jan anese army and navy Is espesia lily mendation of January 9, 1905, as to the Medical Department of the Army and call attention to the equal importance of the needs of the Navy. In the Med teal Department of the Navy the first of the Fosrital Carps. on the lines of the Gallinger Bill (S.3eS4, February 1 1a04). and the reapportionment v the different grades of the medical officers to meet service requirements It officers of the Army and Navy should have a similar rank and pay in their respective grades so that their du- ties can he carried on without friNttor when. they are brought together. The put in conditions to meet modern re- ouiraments and hospital ships he prn- vided. Unless we now provide with ample forethonght for the medical needs of the Army and Navy appallinR suffering of preventable kind IS sure war. It is not reasonable to expeci successful administration in time oi war of department which lacks third of the number Of "nicers neces. in time of peace. We need men who are not merely doctors: they must hs