Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-03

of Baai or Astaroih. u Is dcclama-
ton against nOn-cVistcnt evil one
which never has existed tn this couh-
try, and which hns not the slightvst
chance Of appearing here. We arc glad
Co help IN any movement Tor Inter-
national peace but this is because we
sincerely believe that DO is or duty
Co help an such movements provided
they are sane and rational ana not
because there BE- any tendency toward
miituriam on or ulrt which needs 10
be cured. The evils we have TO fight are
those iu connection with Industrial
ism. not miitnrism Industry is always
necessary just as war ls sometimes
necessary Each has its price. and in-
dustry in the United states now exc
acts and has always cN0ctcd. a far
heavier toll of death than oll our wars
put together The statistics of the
railroads or ''' tho year
ended une 30. 1906, the last cont~
the interstate commerce commission,
show IN that one year a. tOul OF nos, a2i
casualties To- persons of which l0cN
represent the number of persons kiii-
ed In that wonderful hive o. human
activity. pittsburg. the deaths due 90
industrial accidents in 1906 were 9l9,
AIN the result of accidents in mills,
mines or ON railroads For the entire
country therefore 90 is safe Co say That
the deaths due tO industrial accidents
aggregate in the ncighborhood of 2V,-
600 a year Srch "a record ma as the
death rate Zoo ull our foreign wars ut
terly trivial by comparison The number
Of deaths I'm battle m an the foreign
wars put together, for the last CEN
tury and quarter aggregate
considerably less than one years death
record for our industries. \ mere
glance at these hEurcsc is sufficient to
show the nhsurdity 90 the cutlery
against militarism.
NOT ENOUGH OFFICERS.
But again and again in tine past our
little regular army has rendered serve
ice literally vital To- tine country, and
10 may at amy time have To- 30 -o iu
the future. It's standard OF efficiency
and instruction D. higher now than ever
iu the past But 30 Be- TOO small There
are not enough officers, and u ls I'M
possible 20 secure enough enlisted men.
We should maintain in peace a fairly
complete skeleton OF "a large army. a
great and lOng-continued war would
have 90 be fought by volunteers. But
months would pass before any large
body OF efficient volunteers could Dee
put in the field. and our regular army
should Dee largo enough 20 meet any Inn
mediate need. In particular 10 Is essen
tial that We should possess q number Of
extra officers trained On peace 10 per-
form efficiently the duties urgently re-
quired upon the breaking out OF war;
NEED LARGE MEDICAL CORPS.
The medical corps should be much
larger than the needs of our regular
army IN war. Yet at present 10 ls
smaller than the needs OF the service
demand even I'm peace. Tho spanish
war occurred less than 10 years ago.
The chief loss we suffered in 10 was by
disease among the regiments which
never left the country. At The mo ueni
the nation seemed deeply impressed by
this fact. yet seemingly 10 has already
been forgotten, for not the slightest "t-
fort has been made TO prepare q medical
corps Of sufficient Size TO prevent the
repetition Of the same disaster ON
much larger scale II we should ever be
engaged I'm "a serious conflict. The trou-
BILE in the Spanish war was not with
the then existing officials of the war de-
partmeut. IN was with the representa-
lives OF the people as whole who, for
the preceding so years, had declined 20
make the necessary provision Tor the
army. Unless ample provision is now
made By Congress Co put the medical
corps where Il should be put, disaster
in the next war is inevitable. ana The
responsibility viii not lie with those
then IN charge of the war department
but with those who now decline TO make
the necessary provision. A well organ
lied medical corps, thoroughly trained
before the advent 90 war I'm all the im-
p0rtant administrative duties OF mill
tary sanitary corps Is essential TO the
OF any large army, and es-
pecially Of a large volunteer army. such
knowledge OF medicine and surgery as
Is possessed by the medical profession
generally win not alone suffice to make
an efficient military surgeon. He must
have. in addition. knowledge Of the adj
and sanitation OF large |
field hospitals and camps. In order To- |
safeguard the health and lives OF men |
intrusted in great numbers 10 his care. |
A bill has long been pending before |
the Congress for the reorganization OF |
the medical corps; its passage is ur- |
gently needed.
FOR HIGHER PAY.
But the medical department is not /