The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-15
MUST MAINTAIN
ARMY STANDARD
Secretary Of War Dickson De-
liyers Commencement Address
at West Point
ARE FACING NEW CONDITIONS
lntearity of Men in Army Almost as
IMPORTANT as Efficiency-Are in
Line for Civic as Well as
Military Leadership.

L. WGSl. 1Olnlf ~ - 1N''N
past wars were crudely waged COM
pared with what war would be now
said Secretary Of War Dickinson TO-
dav i'm an address to the graduating
class at the United States Military
academy. specialization and tech
niaue." the secretary declared, are de-
manded in military affairs as inexor-
ably as in art, Manufacture COM
merce transportation, education, med
icine. law and indeed In every depart
ment of human activity.
1--WE have come into the information
al limelight and have assumed the re-
sponsibilities of "A first class power. III
we should engage in hostilities with
any nation of respectable strength the
clash would be quick and stupendous'
Onr commanders. unless the war SHAH
endure long enough to forge out OIL
crude metal thunderbolts of war must
already have been trained in way
that surpasses all conceptions OF mll-
itary education entertained quarter
of "a century back. From these condl-
| tions, we may expect. If we shall nave
| wars. that men trained i'm the school Oh
the soldiers will be i'm the future, ana
nerhaps even more than they have IN
the past, potential both in our mil-
tarv and civil administration. WhaI
| therefore should more profoundly en-
gage our care than the education vi
those who more certainly than any
/ other class of our citizens of equa
number will affect our national me
i Proud cf Army School.
'r.This day, that makes such an event
| full period, in Shcleareers of SO many
who will be IN. ftises sssss4essslershlp o.
Iour armies and perhaps high civic OIL
Ulcers. does not pass unheeded by tn
American people our army and nav!
schools are looked TO with pride ah'
inspire hope These sentiments ar
fullv justified by what these great III
stitutions have done for the nation
with them are linked the names
many whose fame is a priceless merit
age to our people.
1T is not unjust TO estimate Peo
ple by the qualities displayed by thei
military chieftains, not merely IN wa
hut i'm within the sphere of infiuehc
occupied by them in consequence
military leadership. Judged by Uni
standard. the American people nav
experienced exceptional felicity. Ever
great war i'm which we were ehsase
revealed generals of exceptional aoi'
itv and character. Each has been fol
lowed nv the immediate elevation OF
military hero to the highest ofiice'
Is the unparalleled glory of our coun
trv that, unseduced by the temptation
affected by their military renown' thel
hold upon the popular affections an
The blInding incense offered up by ha'
terers. they hold the military In SUI
,ection to civil authority. and returne
70 the people. their high trust unsu
lied bv any public or private act Una
could alarm them for the SAFETY
: thcir institutions or bring them natioi
q nj shame.
Country Needs Good LADDERS.
> o,yher the crucial time shnll com
whom your country shallenct a her bes
the call will be. not on those who ms
havo latent powers, but opthose wi
Il have achieved the prespiasf9ip in the
r. branches of the service. Jsy this j
u NOT mean mere intellectual achieve
!. mcnt hut that superiority that is con
;, nonnded of mental accorlplishmen
a and those moral forces which adorh
=, tho characters of our great cominah
IN ers. what is mere brilliancy tor q
10 during fame. Who would place MAI
n horouoh heside the men whose nam
IN we cherish?
D. "Ereedom from self-aggrandizeme
10 on attribute of great souls. Wh
their patriotism did not permit 'he"i
decline great offices. yet neither was
] ,ngton. Lee nor Grant sought prei'
mont They would lay down ratf
than voluntarily take up new hoho
!. and nothing more became them III
their unaffected modesty.
Integrity is Needed.
"Integrity irreproachable' as "pu
as tho icicle that hangs from Dan
temple" has been the unchai'eht
and interchangeable possession oil
NJ our great generals. There seem
,rust that IL is but semblance-
/: he breaking down I'm many direcu'
65 oe the high standards of perso
60 honestv I do not believe that Q
20 class Of our citizens has more gener
80 ~ and consistently kept their mo-
SO unimpeached than the officers of
army and navy. Yet in these d'
s5 when all mems motives are question
things without intrinsic wrong must
St Stunned II they furnish room Tor
Id Interpretation. While TINS state oil
ole public mind is an eruption oil
ro- times. neither IL nor the safegua
es- are new In human affairs.
mo man is so great or so good !