Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-12-05

tariff on works of art brought into the
country. their Importation should be en-
couraged in every way. There have been
40 sufficient collections Of objects Of Art
have and what
generally placed in unsuitable and impef-
eectly lighted galleries.
Not only there is not now, but there
worid mas esen any other nation IN the
The Army. There never new II has As been
ton not even chin. which Gehei for ar se Iona nn
period has had relatively to Its num-
0 O@rs 80 small . regular army as has
has this nssio at any time in on history
r Nevea q any time Of our history. ! as the
tSs u' s',a ahrmy been Of size which caused
ta as sIEn.est appreciabs tax upon the
I Most always It has been too small In
axe ,a. and underpaid. Never in our entire
, nis.ory has the nation suffered in the
mas neen given to the army. too much
prominence given it. too much money
si aran upon IT. or because 1t has been too
suffered because enough care has not
oeen given to it. because it has been too
cien n ~. because . there has not been .ntii-
war rsety. foreign war in which We
nave en411ed has cost US many times the
amount am Mn:ch. II wisely expended durins
W ~>~>AAstR cars VI peace Ou Tie IeSus
lar E army would have insured the war
ending In but traction of the time
and an. hut NJ for or, fraction Of the cost that
have always been shortsighted in pro-
viding for the efficiency OF the army in
time time. OF peace II is nobody's especial in
looks ahead to war at any period. no
matter how remote. as being a serious
possibility; while an improper economy:
III Lne eXnenSe of the with the
tainty that those practicing 1t will not
ne ne called called to account therefor. but that
persons who happen to be in office when
war does actually come.
,,. nnt again and again in the past our
i iit.ie regular army has rendered service
at any time have to do 30 in the future.
It's standard of efficiency and instruction
y i higher :. te now than ever in the past But
enough enlisted men. We should main
g IN peace fairly complete skeleton
ttnued war would have to be fought by
volunteers But months would pass be-
fore any large body Of efficient voiun-
regular army should be large enough to
meet any immediate need. In particular
It is essential that we should possess a
to perform etticiently the duties urgently
required upon the breaking out OF war
The medical corps should be much
army in war. Yet at PRESENT G Il is smaller
than the needs Of the service demand
even in peace. The Spanish war occurred
sfn wa asG s. disease sea
the regiments which never left the coun..
try. At the moment the nation seemed
ns II hpas BY th saen ss yet
not the slightest effort has been made to
prepare a medical corps Of suhicient size
to prevent the repetition Of the same dis
ever be engaged in serious conflict:
with the then existing officials of the war
tives of the people as whole who. for
the preceding thirty years. had declined
10 ON, make the necessary provision TOR the
made by congress to put the medical
corps where 1t should be put disaster in
the next war is inevitable, and the re-
in charge Of the w2r department, but
necessary provision. A we'll organized
the advent of war in all the important
administrative duties Of a military sant-
tary corps. is essential to the efficiency
pf medicine and surgery as is possessed
BY by the medcaI profession generally ny VII
dition. knowledge Of the administration
and sanitation of large field hospitals and
and lives Of men intrusted in great num-
bers to his care A bill has long been
pending before the congress for ~ the re-.
passage Is urgently needed.
But the medical department is not the
only department for which increased pro-
Wis ms should be mad. The rate Of pay
cTeQ Sed. there jS n ai sllor cit
than the American regular officer. and
he should have fair reward for his adj
mtrabM work. There should be rela
lively. even greater increase in the pay
for the enlisted men,, In especial pro-
n 4ba to those shoSd S
to the enlisted men who serve sufficiently
long to encourage really good men TO
, make the army g life occupation The
stoned officers. This difficulty rests fun
uamentally on the question Of pay The
non-commissioEed officer does not corre-
spond with an unskilled laborer: he cor
responds to the best type of skilled work.
man or. to the subordinate official in civil
institutions. Wages have greatly in
creased in outside occupations in the last
forty years and the pay of the soldier.
IKE the pay 81 the ocers o saD rs De
geant of company. II good man. must
be one of such executive and a,.ninistra-
tive, ability. and such knowledge of his
trade. as to be worth far more than we at
present pay him. The same is true of the
fegimental sergeant major. These men
should be men who had fully resolved to
they should be able to look forward to
ample reward; while only men properly
qualified should be given chance to Sc
cure these final rewards.
not be great in the lower grades for the
first one or two enlistments but the in
crease should be marked for the non
eommissioned officers Of the upper grades
that they intend to stay permanently In
tn the army. while additional pay should
be given for high qualifications In target
should be established and there should be
not only an increase of pay, but an in
crease of privileges and allowances and
non-commissioned officers capable Of fill-
Ing them desirably from every stand
point. The rate. of desertion In our army
new IN time m 81 ~ peace al nh1c on,n
ton as q man guilty of the greatest crime:
while on the other hand the man who
eerves steadily in the army should be
eminently one of the best citizens Of this
republic. After twelve years service in
the army my own belief is that the man
TO his ability for certain types of Office
hver all civilian applicants without exam
lnation. This should also apply. of
course, to the men who have served
twelve years in the navy. \ special corps
should be provided to do the manual la
Dor now necessarily demanded of the pri-
yates themselves.
Among the officers there should be Sc
vere examinations to weed out the unfit
up to the grade of major. From that po-
sttion on appointments should be solely
BY selection. and 1t should be understood
hat man OF merely average capacity
sOnld get hPVOnd the position OF
major, while every man who serves In
AnY grade a certain length of time nriOr