The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-07-04

lie gave the officers pointed advice
and talked to them no a friend and
comrade The women manifested
Keen interest In mis- speech and seem.
ed to want to proit by the advice
given to their husbands from Tho
head ~ the army
y have spoken to you so often
that find myself embarrassed in
appearing before You" said General
Bell However. | will follow the eX.
ample ~ your illustrious command.
ant and be- brief The country has
reached the point where the tariff
has 10 De revised and the revenues
cut down The president wants eH
p"ndimrcs curtailed. au dthe point is
reached where all progress in the
army will be- kept back one yrar until
it is determined whether or not we
are within the revenues.
"Thc change in policy will be kept
up another year until ! retire as
chief OF staff at the cnd of a iyear
term There has been plenty or
missionary work done. and the arm,
is on good ground The army was
never more fully appreciated by the
people Of the United States than 1t
is today The people want good
army The fact that the war depart
mcut has yielded and allowed the
sending of troops To celebrations and
local affairs has done good 1t let
people see the army aud become ac.
quaintcd with It,"
General Bell is under the belief
that the army will be- increased In.
stead of cut down. and on this he
said The army has done excellent
service in Cuba and Panama and
Is kept busy most Of the time. In a
reasonable time IL will be- increased
and strengthened. We will secure
extra officers, II Is necessary for
the good of the army and the ma.
tion. We should have highly edu.
Gated officers: they should be ready
for field duty all the time and every
officer should be- a cracker Jack"
General Eel predicted that in time
Fort Lcavcnworth would become the
seat Of the greatest military univcr.
sity in the world. I'VE have set
aside money to build an addition b..
/ hind Sheridan Hall for the engineers
school that will be ocatcd here" he
ed in another year. there will thcr
be- schoos for every branch of th,
line I'm time hope To get sch1l
To train officers for the general staff
for quartcrmastcr's commissary an,
pay departments. | expect To Sc,
a military university here in tim,
that will make this place the grand
est military institution on earth"
General Rel spoke at some lcugtl
against knockers. mentioning tina
they were an affliction In the arm,
and everywhere else and that thci
Influence was contagious for evil ~
spoke of the good will between tn
officers Of the schools here and tn
post and said tha, It helped the stu
dents in their studies.
The conditions here" said Genera
Bell ARE such that an officer doe
not have To bother about his dom o..
tic affairs. why even wives help thci
. husbands with their studies rhi
/, brought applause with laughter fro,
an the officers and women pr,son
81 have grown gray and illtcn
porcd. said General Bcll. trying =
get officers back to rrgimcntal dut
after they graduate from here
looks as though some of You u"vo
viii get back 10 your Commopds
have spoken before from regim"nJr
duty Nhosc who are willing To scry
with their regiments are as scare
as hens teeth The war dcparmcu
IS now looking for officers willing {
serve with their regiment and whe
10 finds them it will help their re-,
ords
when you do finally go back. d
modest Don't walt mp to the con
mandiug officer and try To take con
maud of the post Give the con
maudiug officer credit for doing e.,
crthng and soon You will be Z
actual command Keep your mout
Shut and saw nothing friend ,
mine iu Washington gave me tha
advice and hard as it is for me-
ann profitug by it,
General Bcll while a lover Of pcac
J d, not one who believes that IN
: millennium is at hand some Off
GERS become melancholy said Ger
oral Roll "iu studyug q profession
ll fh,Ir lives thar fhpy h1y, "a