The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-12-05

penditure OF money. Then the stipu.
lation should he made that no party
receiving campaign funds from the
treasury SHOULD accept more than
fixed amount from uuy indivi,iulI sub
scriher ,vr donor and tile n.'cess,ry
publicity for receipts aud expenditures
could without difficulty bc pro lifted
Ths Army.
The president recommends legislu
ton to incrense the nuin,er OF officers
In the army. especially IN the medical
corps. The rate Of pay Of officers
should he greatly increased. he de-
clares. There should be relatively
even greater increase in the rate Of
pay OF enlisted men n we are to keep
the army In shape to be effective In
time Of need The president recon.
mends severe examination Of officers
for promotion up to the rank Of major
From that point promotion should be
purely by selection He speaks Of the
recent physical test OF army officers
with emphatic appreciation and recon-
mends bill equalizing the pay OF
officers and men Of the army, navy,
marine corps and revenue cutter serv.
ice.
The Navy.
Concerning the navy the president
says:
In my Judgment, we should this
year provide for four battleships. But
II is idle to build battleshlps unless, In
addition to providing the men and the
means for thorough training. we pro
vide the auxiliaries for them-unless
we provide docks. the coaling stations.
the colIiers and supply ships that they
need. We are extremely deficient In
coallng stations and docks on the Pa
cific. and this deficiency should not
longer be permitted to exist. Plenty
of torpedo boats and destroyers should
he built. Both on the Atlantic and Pa
cifc coasts fortifcatlons Of the best
type Should be provided for all our
greatest barbors.
Until our battle feet Is much larger
than at present 1t should never be split
into detachments so far apart that they
could not in event of emergency be
speedily united. Our coast line Is on
the Pacific just as much as on the At
lantic. The battle fleet should now
and then be moved to the Pacific Just
as at other times It should be kept In
the Atlantic. When the isthmian canal
Is built the transit OF the battle heet
| from one ocean to the other Will be
comparatively easy. Until 1t is built
earnestly hope that the battle feet
will be thus shifted between the two
oceans every year or two. TIE battle
feet is about starting by the strait OF
Magellan to visit the Pacific coast.
Sixteen battleships are going under the
| command of Rear Admiral Evans, while
eight armored cruisers and two other
| battleships will meet him In San Fran
cisco. whittier certain torpedo destroy
| ers are also going. No feet Of such
size has ever made such voyage, and
II will be OF very great educational use
to all engaged In 1t. The only way by
which to teach officers and men how
to handle the feet SO as to meet every
possible strain and emergency in time
Of war is to have them practice under
similar conditions in time of peace.
The president recommends the in-
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