Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-09-02

made principal assistant TO General
Humphrey and, very naturally, should
succeed him.
Perhaps no better idea can be obtained Of
the magnitude Of the department to the
management of which General Aleshire has
been called than by simply considering that
II had at its disposal during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1907. appropriations aggre-
eating $3S,55i. 769. Since the occupancy Of
Cuba by our American soldiers and felicit-
ously called "the army of pacifcation" the
quartermaster's department has extended
for this occupancy s2554s7O. which is reim-
bursable to the American treasury by the
Cuban government when It gets o. its feet
once more.
General Aleshire calls attention to the
fact that larger appropriations must be
made for his department, due to the in
creasing cost of labor and supplies. He
says the increase of cost in almost all
directions is of such general knowledge
that he does not deem II wise to cite any
specific cases At times It has been
necessary to submit deficiency estimates.
sometimes for large sums, but in some OF
the deficiency estimates they have arisen
through causes no human foresight could
anticipate and others, General Aleshire
says, may be expected in the future. While
the quartermaster general makes a plea
for economy, he believes 1t bad economy
to cut down estimates on the theory that
a policy which looks only to the immediate
saving of money may in the end prove most
uneconomical.
Proposes RemOunt Division.
One Of the subjects which is close to the
f,t,o ~ Ell tq of
mount service to which great attention is
now being given European armies. IN his
report he recommends the establishment
Of a separate division Of the quartermaster
generals office to be known as 'the Re
mount Division" and under charge of ar
officer OF the quartermaster's department,
especially selected by the secretary of war
on the recommendation of the quartermas-
ter general of the army, who would super
wise all purchases of animals. In addition
to the main office located in the quarter
master generals Office General Aleshire
recommends that there should be established
near to the great horse raising sections
Of the country, three or four remount
depots, where horses could be purchased
and where the standards desired could be
insisted upon. 1t would be the business OF
the officers in charge of these remount
depots to keep a record of the number ana
class of horses in the remount district
how bred, by whom owned, and where
located. The object and purpose of these
districts being TO give. to each remount
depot a particular section of the United
States from which to receive its supply
of young horses. There is no intention on
the part of the auartermaster general to es-
tablsh breeding farms in certain sections
of the country, as has been erroreousEy
reported, the only object OF General Ale
shire being to raise the standard of horses
and mules in the army. secure younger
horses and mules and, II possible, have
them educated for the service for which
they are intended at the time of purchase.
These and many other things are taken up
and discussed In one of the most interest,"
ing reports which has been prepared by
government official