The National tribune., 1906-04-12

money and no little money. The ex-
| penSes of the Navy will grow as the
| Navy grows, and we cannot have a
good thing unless we are willing to
pay for it. Neither can we fix arbtrari-
| ly a certain sum and say this shall not
/ be exceeded; if we give so per cent of
| what the Navy needs and refuse it the
| indispensable remaining 10, we are not
| economical but foolishly wasteful; we
| throw away money il it does not bring
| US a return in effective service.
II believe with Washington that,
/ while human nature and human socie-
ty remain what they are. war will be
always possible. and sometimes un-
! ayoidable, and that to preserve peace
we should be. and be known to be, ever
| ready, at moments notice, to meet
an appeal 10 arms"
The abandonment of a number of
/ Army posts in the West and Southwest
| is proposed in a recommendation for
| the redistribution of troops prepared
by Lieut.-Gen. ]. c. Bates, Chief of
Staff, and tentatively approved by Sec
retary Taft. 1t is the purpose of the
General Staff to have as many brigade
posts as possible, that officers may have
opportunity to deal with larger bodies
| of men, and Secretary Taft recently
1
| to the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs.
| Two or three years would be required
| to effect the desired changes. and the
speed with which the redistribution can
be accomplished depends on the
amount of money Congress appropriates
for the military establishment. The
posts recommended for evacuation are
Fort Liscum and Fort Davis, Alaska:
Fort Ringgold, Tex; Fort Missoula
Mont; Fort Niobrara Neb., and Fort
Reno. Okla.
| Secretary Taft assured the commit
| tee that it is not the purpose of the
General Staff to abolish small posts en-
tirely, as some of them would still be
necessary He suggested that posts
which are evacuated should be placed
| in charge OF caretakers and kept in
such condition that they might be used
| for military purposes in case of emer-
gency.
Hon. William Loeb. Jr.. Secretary to
the President, took header into space
| from the back of his horse early last
week. and is consequently feeling
nightly ''shook up like" The horse
was a present to him from Seth Bull
lock, United States Marshal of South
Dakota, and is named "Scoots." Sec
retary Loeb scooted off his back fast
enough when ScootS reniged on an
| automobile that came trailing about
100 feet of gasoline smell behind it.
and while the Secretary went on.
Scoots stood fast, and that tells the
story.
You have heard of paradoxes? Well,
here is one showing that it makes
difference whose OK is gored:
Attorney-General Moody has over
| ruled a precedent established by him.
| self when Secretary of the Navy.
Secretary Bonaparte recently asked
him for an opinion whether a midship-
man dismissed from the Naval Acad-
emy for misconduct could be renstated
by the Secretary of the Navy. The At
torney-General advised him that the
power of the Secretary OF the Navy to
appoint and dismiss midshipmen does
| not embrace the power to reinstate.
1t is stated at the Navy Department
| that when the Attorney-General was
Secretary of the Navy he ordered men
| to be reinstated who had been dis
missed, and. in fact. in the case before
Secretary Bonaparte Mr.. Moody's ex-
| amples had been cited as, precedents.
The work of preparing for the big
| Encampment of the United Spanish
War Veterans. to be held here begin
ming Oct. next. has been actively en-
| tered upon. Maj. Fred S. Hodgson.
Chairman of the General Encampment
Committee, announced the Chairmen OF
the several subcommittee that will
carry on the extensive preparations for
| the coming event as follows:
| Committee on Ceremonies, Col NJ
Emmett Urell, Chairman; Commander
John Lewis Smith. of the District De-
partment. Vice Chairman; on Resolu-
tions, Col. E. j. Dimmick; on Ways
and Means. Capt. G. Leyburn Shorey;
| on Auxiliaries. Capt. r. Fl. Wood: on
Badges, II. J. We'll; on Reception. ID.
p. Conway; on Press and Advertising,
Capt. J. Walter Mitchell: on Visiting
| Organizations. Rufus w. Pearson; on
Entertainment. Capt. Lee NJ. Lipscomb;
on Souvenir Program. Capt. Sheridan
Ferree; on Music. Louis w. De Bevoise;
on Decorations, G. w. Brooks; on Sub
scriptions DR.. S. Clifford Cox; on Uni
forms. ]. c. Jirikowic: on Parade, Capt
Daniel V. Chisholm.
| The officers of the General Encamp-
ment Committee are: Maj. Fred s.
HOdgson, Chairman; Capt. G. Leyburn
Shorey, Vice Chairman; Capt. Lee NJ
Lipscomb. Treasurer; Capt. J. Walter
| Mitchell, Secretary, and Capt. J. Ligon
King, Financial Secretary.
For the Spanish War Auxiliaries Mrs
Ida Galloway. President of the District
| Oh -CoiuHDia auxiliary, mas been ap-
pointed Chairman, and Mrs Isabel
Worreil Ball, Past District President,
| Vice Chairman Work is going rapidly
forward for entertainment of the Aux
iliary members who may visit WASH
ington in October.
ITO be United States Senator from
Arkansas. Jefferson Davis" Has not
that a familiar sound to you old fell
lows of from 1S47 to 1865? There have
been 33 Davises I'm the United States
Senate. and of this number just two
have been "Jeffersons," and they both
hail from the South. One of them is
dead. and IL the truth is told about this
one he isn't adding any more luster to
the Davis name by living than the other
one did. He is the present Governor
of Arkansas, and he has defeated for
reelection to the United States Senate
James II. Berry, of Bentonvile Ark.
as fine a gentleman of the Southern
school as you will find I'm a years
search. Senator Berry was a rebSl Off
Ger and lost leg at Corinth. He is a
Six-footer big of frame. with lyrical
Southern looks and manners. and
usually wears the old Confederate graI,
but somehow Il is with him as ii was
with Blackburn. 1t did not seem often
: siye. Senator Berry has served Arkan-
sas in the United States Senate for near.
! ly "a years. and in all that time nobody
remembers that ne ever offended the
dignity Of that body by an unsenatoriai
act. He has made Arkansas a good
! Senator. and that State may not have
bettered itself by swapping horses jus,