The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-10

upon justice, and we have shown that
we have governed tn - ~ - 'ir good
and not for our ar
AT the present IT,.
past ten years, the inc. a ..
ficts shows thai Til. ~
must be Supplied 10y ~ ~
them. We mus be st
Gus. We must help
master the difiicU
troll, which is smpl ..' ... ..
self government
them self COVER
sense of governing RAJ.
ually they may. If IRA
TO govern them%c!
prophesy the exact
be wise to couSidl
q fixed and definite f.
Porto Rico.
| again recommend
citizenship be conferred Dr.. az, ~"
pie of Porto Rico.
Cuba.
In Cuba our uCcuU.tn, wa ..l IN
about two months time The tuAnus
nave III oIutlIy MA '''T
own governmental an h.c .... "lI 3d..
island will be turLcd utcr tu tut.4.
Our occupation on this occasion has
lasted little over two years. and
Cuba has thriven and prospcred under
1t. Our earnest hope and one desire
Is that the people of the island shall
now govern themselves with justice.
CO that rIn lao,
cure.
The Fleets Reception.
l take this opportunity publicly to
state my appreciation of the way in
which In Japan. in Australia. In New
Zealand and in all the states Of : NH
America the battle feet has been
ceived on its practice vuyay' 4
the world. The Ameriya an ,.
cannot too strongly EXPIRE,
citation of the aboundiny a.u
hospitality shown our ship, i'll ,,...
port they visited.
The Army.
AS regards the army. | call attention
10 the fact that, while our junior 9TH
GERS and enlisted men stand very high,
the present system Of promotion ~
seniority results in bringing H.. 81,
higher grades many men of mvuiJ re
capacity who have but Il short ti.-c t.,
serve. No man should regard il
his vested right to rise to the hin. 3;
rank in the army any more T.
any other profession.
The scope of retiring boards snpu!d
he extended so that they could con-
slider general unfitness to command
for any cause IN order to secure Il far
more rigid enforcement than at pre-
ent In the elimination of officers l.r
mental. physical or temperamenI,I
disabilities. But this plan is recon-
mcndcd only If the congress docs not
see fit to provide what in my jug
mcnt IS far better-that is, for selcc.
ton in promotion and for elimination
for age.
Now that the organized militia. the
national guard. has been Incorporated
with the army as Il part of the national
forces it behooves the government to
do every reasonable thing in it's pow
er to perfect its efficiencv
A bill is now pending before the
congress creating number of extra
officers In the army. which. If passed.
as it ought to be. will enable more Of
ticers to he trained as Instructors of
national guard and assigned to that
duty.
There should be legislation to pro-
vide a complete plan for organiz-
iDcr tho u,.a hpI, Of h<,
hind the regular army and national
guard when war has come While
teams representing the United States
won the rifle and revolver champion-
ships of the world against all corners
In England this year. it is unfortunate
ly true that the great body of our ,iti-
Zcns shoot less and less as time goes
on.
To meet this We should cncoura~e
rifle practice among 81 hoolboys and
indeed among all classes. as we'll rs
In the military services. by every
means in our power
The Navy.
approve the recommendations of
the general board for the increase Of
'hN thN y, NtiiilS tSI't'ItI 'tttcIltlOU "
the need of additional destroycrs and
&C.. .?rs and. above all. of the four bat
tleships. 1t is desirable to complete
as soon as possible a squadron of eight
battleships of the best existing type.
The North Dakota, Delaware Florida
and Utah will form the first division
of this squadron.
| most earnestly recommend that the
general board be by law turned into
general staff. Thc~ is literally no
excuse whatever for continuing the
present bureau organization of the
navy. The navy should be treated as
purely military organization. and
everything should be suburdinatcd to
the one object of securing military
efficiency. y system of promotion by
merit. either by selection or by ex-
clusion or by both processes. should be
introduced.
Nothing better for the navy from
every Stan1Dojnt has over o.c,,rrnd