The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-12-07

forgotten, for not the slightest effort
has been made to prepare u medical
corps Of sufficient size to prevent the
repetition Of the same disaster on a
much larger scale II we should ever ba
engaged In serious conflict.
But the medical department Is not the
only department for which increased pro-
vision should be made. The rate OF pay
for the officers should 5e greatly in.
creased: there is no higher type OF citIzen
than the American regular officer and he
should have fair reward for his adj
mirnble work. There should he rela.
lively even greater increase In the pay for
the enlisted men. An especial provision
should be made for establishing grades
equivalent to those of warrant officers in
the navy. which should be open to the
enlisted men who serve sufficiently long
and who do their work well. Inducements
should be offered sufficient to encourage
really good men TO make the army a sfe
occupation. The prime needs OF our pres
ent army 10 to secure and retain compe-
tent noncommissioned officers. This diffi-
Guilty rests fundamentally on the ques-
ton of pay. The noncommissioned officer
does not correspond with an unskilied la
borer; he corresponds to the best type Of
skilled workman or to the subordinate
official In civil institutions. Wages have
greatly Increased In outside occupations
In the last 10 years and the pay OF the
soldier. like the pay OF the officers, should
be proportionately Increased. The first
sergeant of company. II good man,
must be one OF such executive and adj
illustrative ability. and such knowledge
OF his trade. as to be worth far more than
we at present pay him. The same In true
OF the regimental sergeant major. These
men should be men who had fully re>
solved to make the army life occupa-
ton and they should be able to look for
ward to ample reward: while only men
properly qualified should be given
chance to secure these final rewards. The
increase over the present pay need not
be great In the lower grades for the hrss
one or two enlistments, but the increase
should be marked for the noncommis-
stoned officers of the upper grades who
serve long enough to make II evident that
they intend to stay permanently In the
army, while additional pay should be
given for high qualifications in target
practice. sIl
Among the ofncers there should be
severe examinations to weed out the
unit up to the grade OF major. From
that position on appointments should
be solely by selection and II should b
understood that a man Of merely av-
erage capacity could never get beyond
the position Of major. while every man
who serves In any grade certain
length Of time prior to promotion to
Vnt next kTuue WituOuN 8C&<th8 Wv
promotion to the next grade should be
forthwith retired"
President Sees Need Of
LARGELY Incressed Navy.
The president asks for q continuous
increase In the navy. and asks present
congress for appropriations for four
new battleships and SAYS
I'VE need always to remember that
in time OF war the navy IL not to be
used to defend harbors and coast
cities: we should perfect our system Of
coast Notifications. The only enicient
upe for the navy is for offense. The
only way In which II caniefictentiy pro-
tect our own coast against the possible
action of foreign navy IL by destroy
ing that foreign navy. For defense
against a hostile fleet which actually
attacks them, the coast cities must de-
pend upon their forts. mines.. t0rpedoes.
submarines and torpedo boats and de-
stroyers. All of these together are ef-
hcient for defensive purposes. but they
In no way supply the place OF . thor
oughly efficient navy capable Of acting
on the offensive; for parrying never yet
won a fight. II can only be won by
hard hitting. and an aggressive sea-go-
ing navy alone can do this hard hitting
of the offensive type. But the forts
and the like are necessary so that the
navy may be footloose. In time of war
there is sure to be demand. under pres
sure of fright. for the ships to be scat
tered so as to defend all kind of ports.
Under penalty Of terrible disaster. this
demand must be refused. The ships
must be kept together. and their OBJ
jective made the enemies feet. II
Notifications are sufficiently strong. no
modern navy will venture to attack
them, so long as the foe has In exist
ence hostile navy OF anything like
the same size or efficiency. But unless
there exists such n navy then the forth
fcations are powerless by themselves
to secure the victory. For of course
the mere deficiency means that any
resolute enemy can at his leisure COM
bine all his forces upon one point with
the certainty that he can take II.
Gives Reasons for Despatch
Of Fleet to the Pacific.
Until our battle fleet is much larger
than at present II should never be split
into detachments SO far apart that they
could not In event of emergency be
speedily united. Our coast line II on
the Pacific just as much as on the At
lantic. The interests OF California.
Oregon and Washington are as en-
phatically the interests OF the whole
union as those OF Maine and New York.
of Louisiana and Texas. The battle
fleet should now and then be moved to
the Pacific. Just as at other times Il
should be kept in the Atlantic. When
the isthmian canal is built the transit
of the battle fleet from one ocean to
the other will be comparatively easy.
Until II Is built earnestly hope that
the battle fleet will be thus shifted be-
tween the two oceans every year or
two. The craftsmanship on all our
ships has improved phenomenally dur
Ing the last Ave years. Until within
the last. two or three years IL was not
possible to train battle feet In squad
ron maneuvers under service conditions.
and II Is only during these last two or
three years that the training under
these conditions has become really eff
fective. Another and most necessary
stride In advance is now being taken.
The battle fleet Is about starting by
the Straits OF Magellan to visit the
Pacific coast. Sixteen battleships are
going under the command OF Rear Ad-
miral Evans. while eight armored
cruisers and two other battleships will
meet him at San Francisco. whittier
certain torpedo destroyers are also go
Ing. No fleet of such size has ever
made such voyage and II will be of
very great educational use to all en-
gagged in II. The only way by which to
teach officers and men how to handle
the fleet so as to meet every possible