Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-11-02
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STUDY IN THE ARMY.

Under present army regulations
I Uncle Sans soldiers will not only be
taught the art of war, but will be
trained during the S ud5 period in lines
that will better equip the men for
citizenship after leaving the army.
The program for winter work has
\ just been announced at Fort Smelling.
{ It Is to be a very busy winter OF
theoretical instruction, there being
three classes Of schools established;
The first is for officers, at which all
officers lower in rank than captain,
with ten years commissioned service,
will be required to attend daily. The
higher officers will act as instructors,
and a rigid examination will follow on
the completion of each subject. The
subjects to be studied are purely pro
fessional In this school.
Another school will be for enlisted
men, and the subjects to be taught
range from the elementary studies to
Wentworth's algebra and trigonometry,
with other studies to correspond. In
this school, for which the government
furnishes everything 1t is possible for
any soldier to take a better course OF
study than that in most high schools,
If he cares to devote himself to 1t.
The third school is for the children
Of enlisted men and officers. Capable
enlisted men will be detailed as In
structors, who will conduct these
schools to the best advantage possible,
under the orders governing this sub
ject.
Along these same lines eventually
the members of the militia will be re-.
quired to study and At themselves for
positions of rank so that in case of
national need they can intelligent1y
command the men under them.
While those of us who are carrying
life insurance cannot entirely agree.
with President Morton OF the Equitable.
Life, when he says the people want
safe, not cheap insurance, we can all
agree with him on the first proposition
and deVoutly hope for a reasonable re-
duction in the latter. Speaking of the
recent investigation Of his company
President Morton says: THE result
of the present investigation will be
beneficial not only to the insurance
companies but to all corporations. The
Inquiry will have the effect OF forcing
insurance companies and other corpor-
atoms upon firmer and more sound
basis. Il will promote conservatism
that will insure a safety Of investment
which the public desires do not
care to talk about the extravaganza
which has been exposed further than
to say that in my Judgment such a.
thing will be impossible after the
present investigation is concluded.
The people do not want cheap insur-s
ance. but they do want safe insurance.
Ny observation has been that cheap
Insurance is never safe insurance. & In
surance has come to be an acknowl-
edged investment, one in which a
man does not have to wait for death
before anybody can obtain any good
from it Being a legitimate and good
investment and being recognized as
such, the public has right to demand
that 1t be safe. My belief is that the
present agitation is going. to bring
about Just that result the guarantee
of a safe Investment in insurance.
Hereafter men who run insurance COM
panies will not dare to do anything
that will make investment in their
companies other than safe for fear nf