The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17

'ERTISER.
 l a military force not only sufficient to | maintain peace within our own bor- 1 ders, but capable of resisting any | possible force that could be sent against us. The establishment of a | GeneraI Stan of the Army has made l action by 1t more prompt and effec- | tive thaA ever before, and has served | to give the policy Of improvement In the Army a prominent character. ! .The educational training of the of | ficers of the Army after graduation | gives to our officers higher training | in military science and the practical ' needs of actual war than the officers | of any other army. By the division | of the Artillery Corps into the Fte.d | and Coast Artillery tine Army has been | separated into two branches-the mo- | bile army ana that part need for the maintenance of th@ coast defenses' | Work upon the coast defenses has pro- ceeded both upon the mainland ana | in the dependencies upon a weli-de- vised scheme for their completion. The | time isnear at hand when We can | rest secure that both our mainland | coast and our dependencies will be proof against the sudden capture of | any seaport in which the nations flag | is flying.
 Most important progess has been made in the development of the Ma l tional militia as an aid to the Regu- I lar Army of the United States. By | weli-directed legislation and by the l activity of the proper bureaus or the l War Department, fer the first time m | the history of the country adequate | steps are being taken to bring about l an approximation of armament, equip | ment, and discipline of the Militia to l those of the Regular Army. The im- | portance of this development for na- | tional defense can not be over-esu- mated.
 aeThe Medical Department has rem | dered most valuable service ip stamp- | ing out yellow fever. without which lt | would have been impossible to con adaS tss bs sarcSsn people of | Francisco. saving them from starva- | tion and death due to the earthquake and fire with which that city was
 "Another and most remarkable in- i, stance of the efficiency of the army nas been the work done by It during tne for the maintenance of the tranquiliza- tion of that island. Not a single re- port of any abuse by officer or man has reached the Department during the | entire time.
 Outlying Possessions.
 "The management Of our outlying possessions under Republican admin markabie lnsrdaHn hss Success. ssn Under American occupation and control the commerce of the island of Porto. Rico, which in
 ns but says Sf in 1907, $56,000 900. The production of sugar has advanced from 109,000 tons to 2g4,0vo tons valued at $iS.OoO,vVo; h | island there was but one school build ing owned by the Government: Now there are over eighty, built and under construction, and the number & of pupils | in the public schools is 10000. Peace | and order prevail throughout the isl- and, and a representative is accorded | to the United States.
 Tn the Philippine Islands the peo- l pie have been given a legislative body, the full power of conducting their own | municipa. and provincial governments, | the establishment of their own tarin | system, the direction of the postal service. and indeed greater rights and other people subject to our sovereignty. | sound and reliable currency system has been establisned cd .sch ools so enlarged now aggregate between 5000 and 4,O0O, with a total enrolment in March last l of 47y,97S. Postomces have been es- tabhshed throughout the archipelago, a free delivery service in the city of Ma | nila practically 10000 miles of tele- graph and cable lines are in operation, and several hundred miles of new rail-
 
 | tract; while less than lO per cent or | the Government employees and municl- | pal officers are Americans, and or the police and constabulary force 9S per cent are Filipinos.
 'srhe work of cIvilizing and uplifting the inhabitants of the Philippine lsl- Die progress. The President or the
 United states aptly sumniaflzes the
 wnoIe matter as rU1Iows:
 "'No great civilized power has ever | m A
 terestsdness the affairs or a people
 SO4till4.sseu Dy acciuenL oI war 10 US
 hands. It we mad followed the ad-
 vlco of the misguided persons Wiiu
 wished to turn tue lsianus loose and l let neni sunsr whatever fate mIgi,
 befalI them, they would have already
 passed .InlUdSu perlod oI conlpiets and bloody cnaoso and would now un- uouU reu4J Le t4is possession or some utner power winch tneer Is eevry rea- son to believe Nould nor have done | as we have dOne--Lnat lh, would noI ] nave strlVen to teacn tirem now 10 gov ern themselveS or to nave developed them, as>Me have deveiopu them, prI- Inarny m Ihelr own 1nlefests. SaS ( onIy our attItuue toward CuDa, quvs- 1 LIoIl Mnetnef there IS q DiISntr paSO III the annals ot lnterpationaL dealing bstWeen the strong and the weak tliaIi the page Wnlcn leIls or our dOIngs i4- the PhInppines.
 Peace>ih the Islands.
 "' Peace preVaIIs llroukIfout the iSl- anus bOOaJ III d 6LCdLCk QC6A6C lAAdli Nkor lII ...v nIo .ory U 1s4.S lsId.lus, elLus.
 under Spanish or American rule, anu agrlculture is nowhere now Impeded by
 the fear on the part of the farmer or
 Lne lncurSIon OL preuatory panus. Uh- uSr Lne policy aIreaQy stated, iuauSu- rated by lne instructions of President Mckinley to Secretary hool, yln relef-
 elice to the estaDllsnlnenL ol tempo rary government h tue Philippines, tt community consisting of 1,UUU,UUO peo- pie, tnnaDttlng 3UU dlHersnt Islan0s, n a.K
 against the GoVernnIenJ OI the Unfteu States Iof TOUT years. witil all the J4s- | turDances following from roDDer and | p4 euatofy DalIus, Miilcn Dtoke out from time to time. que to local Causes, mas USen brought 70 State or pfoEouAu .,eaSe L4aAqL1ilLy In WnIcn Lns people as a whole are loyally support 4ng the Government lii LI4e maintenance OL Oruer.
 "A4ls resignation of President Palma
 of the hepLoIIc Of CuDa and the Iail-
 ufe or Lae CuDan Congress 10 elect a successor lerJ nat Island without a Oruer refaued, ana the President ueeuIeo IL ms outy to establish pro- VIs4onaI government, restore order, ad- minister tdW ana Justice, put coupIed With tne announcemenI that tnls ac- ton Was pfeImlnary Jo the re-estaD- IIsnment or orderly government ln lIe IslanQ. The threatened InSurrscLions
 were averLed, peace and good order restored. and tne ueVelOpment of pro duetlon. tt&uSpOr la ton, aud commerce resumed. fubIlc Order naS been per lectly Kept, ana al no tune for cen
 tury mas the island been so tree from
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