Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-12-11
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
CURRENCY PROBLEM
Continued from Page Three.)

zen than the American regular officer,
and he should have = fair reward for
his ndmirnbl" work. There SHOULD he
relatively even greater Increase In tn"
pay for the enlisted men. In especial.
provision should be made for establish
INK grades equivalent Ia those Of war.
rant officers IN the navy, which should
b" open to the enlisted men who serve
sufficiently long and WIN ID their work
well. Inducements should bc offered
sufficient To encourage really good men
To- max" the army life pccupa ton. The
prm" needs of our present army IL 10
srcur" and retain competent nDn-com-
missioncd officers. This difficulty rests
Fundamentally on the question uf pay.
The uon-commiSsion.d officer do"s not
correspond with an uu,killcsl labOrcr; he
corresponds 10 the best type cf skilled
workman or Ia the subordinate piiicial
In civil Institutions. Wages have great
" increased In outside occupations In
tn" last forty years and the pay ot the
soldier, like III" pay ~ the officers.
should H. pottionntcly Increased
Th" nrT srrg"tnt "f a company. "
ROOi man. must he one uf such cxcru-
tive ana administrative ability. and such
knowledge Of his trade. ~ t. be worth
far more than We ~ present pay him.
The same ~ true of the regimcntal SER
g"ant major. These men should b" men
VIII" had fully resodved To- mako the
army a life occupation and they should
h. aide tn look forward To ample re-
ward; Will" only men properly quail
fled should -" given chance To secure
he present pay need not he great In
tn" lower grades for the first one or
two snlistmcnts. but the Increase should
be marked for the n-commissioned Of
iic"rs ~ the upper grades who serve
long enough Ia make II evident that they
intend 10 stay permanently In the army
while additional pay should bc given for
high qualifications IN target practice
The position of warrant officer should be
established and there Should be not only
an increase 81 pay. but AN Increase Of
privileges and allowances and dignity. 40
a. to make the grade open to nOn-com-
missiOncd officers capabl" of rltng them
dCsslrably from every standIs,lnt. The
rntc of desertion In our army now In
time OF peace u alarming. The dcssTtcr
should be treated by public opinion as n
man guilty ut the greatest crime. while
on the other hand the man who serves
steadily IN the army should b, treated
M what he II. that T.. ~ precautionary
one Of the best citizens of this republic.
After twelve years service In the army
my own belief Is that the man should
h. given u preference according To his
ability for "A certain type Of office over
all civilian applicants without cxamina-
ton. This Should also apply. of course.
should be- provided To- do the manual
labor INV necessarily demanded Of tn.
privat,ss themselves.
Perhaps the most important Of an leg
islation needed for the benefit of the
army Is "a law To euuafize and Increase
the pay Of officers and enlisted men of
the army, navy, marine corps and rev.
prepared. which II h. hoped will meet
with your favorable consideration. The
next most essential measure IL to au-
thorlz" "a nurnbcr Of extrn officers IA
mentioned above. TO make the army
more attractive To enlisted men, u liz
absolutely essential to create u service
modern army In the world. IL do the
skilled and unskiilcd h,bor inseparnbly
connected with military administration.
which II now exa.ted. without Just com
pcnsation. OF enlisted men who voun-
t1rhy entered the army To do service Of
aL altogether different kind.
THE NAVY.
II was hoped Tho Hague conference
might deal with the question of the lin
itation OF ornaments. But even before
u mud assembled. Informal inquiries had
developed that ~ regards naval arna-
mems IN" only ones ~ which this coun-
try had any interest. II was hopeless to
try To- devise any plan for which there
was the slightest possibility uf securing
the assent of III" nations gathered at
The Hague.
II II evident. therefore. that Il L. folly
Tor this nation Ia base any hope of SEE
curing peao" on any international agree
m.nt as To the limitation Of armament.
such bring the fact " would he most UNI
wise for NJ To stop the upbuildlng 81 our
navy. To build one battleship Of the
would barely keep eur fect up To its
present fonce. This u not enough. In
my Judgment We should this year pro-
vide for four battle ships hut n " idle
TO build 'battleships unless In addition to
providing the men, and the means for
thorough training. we provide the aux
i,iaries for them. unless We provide
docks, The coaling stations. the coiiiers
and supply ships that they need We
are extremely deficient In coaling sta
lions and docks on the Pacific. and this
halG sal. 49,.
to exist. Plenty OF torpedo boats and
destroyers should be buih. Both ON the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts. fortinottions
oi the best type should be provided for
all our greatest harbors.
We need always To remember that In
time OF war the navy II not Ia he used
To defend harbora and sea coast cities:
forlifcations. The only efficient use for
the navy II for ofYense. The only way IN
which II can efficiently protect our own.
foreign navy IL by destroying that for
cign navy.
a year ESQ Ia consequence OF a revo-
iutiornry movement In Cuba which
chaos Of the Band. The United states ,no
tervened sending down an army and
under Governor MnSoon. Abs sgvss" ""in,
ana prosperity have returned u the
ISLAND because of this action. We are
now taking steps 10 provide for elections
IN 'he ISLAND and our expectation Ia
within the coming year Ia be able 10
turn the island over again To a govern
ment chosen by the people thereof. cuba
~ AT our doors. u IL not posalbIe that
this nation should permit Cuba again 10
sink Into the condition from which we
rescued H. All that we ask Of the Cuban
people ~ that they be prosperous. that
they govern themselves 40 az Ia bring
content. order and progress la their
island, the Queen Of the Antilles; and
our only Interference has been and Will