The Green Forest tribune., 1910-01-21

1 lngS of the system, make a rigid eX animation of the building in which the officials of the service are obliged to transact their business, with 8 view to providing for them better quarters.
 There have been some communica tions sent to congress which in de scriptive way the word unique" fits admirably, but it is likely that nc paper intended for any president ever contained a more striking paragraph than one which occurs in the mes sage which was sent not long ago by the civil service commissioners to the chief of the nations authorities The commissioners are tired of be- ing moved about from place to place and are particularly tired of their present quarters. There is some hu nor in the situation and it is shown by this paragraph which occurs in an official letter which carries the sig. nature of Gen. John c. Black, the pres ident of the civil service board, with | the signatures of his fellow commis- l sioners added.
 Humorous Protest.
 The moral element in this prope- sition, MT. President, is worthy of con- sideration. A man is hardly respected l head of the family until he owns a roof under which he may gather with his family. Any bureau of depart ment of the government wholly peri patetic and without permanent quar- tering is subject to suspicion and a sighting consideration. We want to be helped out of this situation"
 This plea borders on pathos, but It has a strength of it's own. and con- gress has been asked to give that heed to the request of Gen. Black and his colleagues, which will give them more room and will be in keeping with the dignity of their work The day when civil service is mentioned by members and senators with the sheer of Roscoe Conkling as "snivel service,' has gone by, and while the work of the commissioners has robbed the congressman of much patronage, it is likely that they will see to it that habitable quarters are given to the officials and their employees.
 Army Bill Meets Favor.
 Congress is taking more kindly to the army appropriation bill this year than .,as been the case fer a long time. Secretary of War Dickinson managed to get several millions of dollars from the estimates for the support of the land forces, and un- der his direction the chiefs of the different bureaus made reductions that have appealed to the members of congress as an evidence that economy this year is the army's watchword.
 General Leonard Wood before long will be made chief of staff of the United States army with headquarters in Washington. Gen. Wood is the ranking officer of the service. If the general were to be ordered into the field in case of war he could have placed under his orders within two months over half million Americans armed with the latest type of Ameri- can rife, the new model Springfield. which Is believed by American army officials to be the best weapon known to modern military science.
 The house committee on military affairs at it's hearings on the needs of the army complimented Gen. Gro zier of the ordinance department on the marked reductions that he had made in expenses, reductions that the general showed were possible while they did not tend in any way to de- crease the efficiency of the service.
 The committee reported favorably on the recommendation that re- serve supply of one million rifles of the modern approved type be provid- ed When the authorized limit of one million is reached the manufacture of the rifles will be stopped, only to be taken up again when the necessity is shown or when new inventions make new rifles imperative.
 No Need for Large Army.
 Congress does not believe that the United States will ever need an enor- nous army for war purposes. It takes it for granted that the navy will be able to keep all foreign foes at dis tance and that being safe from invas- ion the army of half million men at the outset will be sufficient to meet any seemingly possible emergency. The army officers, however, look at the matter in another light. They say that the most unexpected thing hap pen in military affairs and that it would be little less than a sin for the United States to be unprepared as it was at the time of the opening Of the Spanish war. Congress has been told that there is no first-class power other than the United States which cannot put into the field almost in- stantly an army of 3,000,000 men.
 There is a much closer relation ex- isting to-day than ever before between guard. It is the intention of the war department to order the regulars next summer into camp with regiments of the state troops in many parts of the country for the purpose of instructing the civilian soldiers in the art of war and of bringing about better under standing and feeling of closer fellow ship between officers of the nation and state. GEORGE CLINTON. he saw a good chance to double up his twenty An old blacksmith known as Uncle Henry, whom Herdic had l,nowp from hovhOod had inst