New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
ARMY THREATENED.
Destruction of Home Dries Officers
to CiJT Life.

On the anniversary of washington's wedding DAY.
which was celebrated at Sherrys yesterday By the
~eu York Chapter of the Daughters Of the Arnsrf-
can Revolution. Lieutenant Colonel Edwin F. tIiern
anneaIed 10 the Daughters 70 save the American
army from the disintegratOu which threatens Il
through the destruction Of It's home I1e- Men
cannot live without home Colonel Glenn pointed
ONT and things have come TO such a pass IN the
American army that young officers are resiSnns
from IT every day American girls refuse 20 marry
army men until they have established themselves
in civil life and the once coveted vacancies at
West Point going begging
All this Colonel Glenn traced TO the sudden ex-
-arsfo, Of the United States after the war Win
snafn into a world power and the apparent railurs
Of the government 10 realize the tnadeqlacy Oh ce
army 10 the new responsibilities
..JI-ba, that war broke out he said. we mad
+vrentv-Ave regiments OF infantry and ten OF cav
airy To this we have added only five regiments Oh
infantry and five of cavalry Now q reslnlei'r
ybt not 10 stay more than two years IN the
tronics and ought have four years at nome 70
-ac1,rsrste but how is it possible 70 manage thls
1vban we have only fourteen regiments at nome.
with fifteen in the tropics and one IN AiasA4-
posts are now changed frequently. Coionei
c.srn stated that the wife OF an army man cannot
- ..h rt,, and children are five and six months
"a before their father sees them, for the govern
e,+ doesn't recognize family reasons as sufnclent
ca,sa for an officers leaving his post and doesn
increase his income because he mas 20 NeeP % wv
establishments -
u myself returned from Jamestown on DECEMBER
3. - colonel Glenn and vou all know tnat
+here was no place for family there ana On
February I shall start for the tropics anu IN an
r,r,bab biIftv shall not family Tor t"o years
rarricu!ar1v distressing case which the speaker
- - mat of Young officer who was or
,7arad to the philippines when he had been narrled
a year His wife could not accompany hiTn at tns
time and he did not get news OF her lor Two !"
tt~ee months In que time she started 10 the
~
On the wav TO San Francisco Arriving at Nan-
a.. 1-,s ordered not &c land and her husband was
brought on board insane. the result OF WoFry COM
b;rs5 with tie tropical sun On the return NoSas1
the remaining baby was lost in ship"recA. ailo
sa,-en months later the husband vas ordered 9acN-
because the force was not ia' = 7ii7 ~
Of longer furiousH .
of tbe FiIipino house Colonel Glenn said that II
1ar ont the sun and most of the rain hut sFarnled
i-b creeping things Of all kipds. including lizards
,4 snakes In these houses American WomeA
IT,, beca,,se rhev are fools about their hJsoancs
and when they fall III and must leave tne country
or die they go Japan because u IS nearer al
though .thev know that viEilant officials read
every letter from their husbands Is Wei S 10
they write themselves
In conclusion Colonel Glenn said
IT have not mentioned these things with view
70 avoiding anything thar may oe coi'sidereu
necessary part Of army Iife- No true soidier' hOr
a1v member OF his family, will CRY out against OF
COr1uIain OF haFdSnlpS- uoF*TNTi 7eNU-~ -~S
NAV he So long as they are the legitimate results
~ attendant circumstances Of his profession SUI
tbare comes a time iu the life OF the SOL
dier when an obligation rests upon him 70 explain
20 his country conditions thar threaten the very
a1ts,ance Of the army This time has lons passed
1,f,b o,1r aruv Further delay IN causing these
conditions TO be examined and remedied but as-
grava.es the situaton- We OF the army think thae
orr countrvs attention should be forcioiy called 20
,ba fact that II has become world power IN the
broadest sense OF the words 'hAl TINS S'aAN
t,nys with IL new conditions and new duties. and
that one Of the most important OF these L 70 50
Increase the army that II viii in some measure
'.,-,,o-+ vita our changed status. The infantry
,o-rs sho,,ld be doubled Il should be large enough
- ,s-sorr, its ordinary police duties in time OF
ns,ce without az the time destroying both IT'S
fsc,s,cv and integrity II cannot efficiently per
form the duties that properly devolve upon II
- is various units are kept constantly on
the move
Colonel Glenn said the daughters miShI heip OS
.,,,,, all army marriages. but the better way
,roI,ld he 10 talk about the situation untH they
rad created public sentiment that would demand
a change.
Ss-aaLing OF the responsi Utilities OF the coun-
-, colonel Glenn said that while ths United states
bas only one regiment in Hawaii. he Is credloiy IL
formed that Japan has several though OstenSioy
unarmed-
.-rbts seems the more probable. he said IN the
light OF the recent disturbances N Vancouver
vrnsr the Japanese were found 70 De rot only
armed but organized.