Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-14
MODELLING OF ARMY.
Gen. Dill Makes Interesting Compari
sons Between 1898 and 1911.

sons Between 1898 and 1911.
one ot tho most interesting follow
ers oi the work OF mobilzing the regu-
lar army ana navy on the Mexican
frontier and coast, which has been in
progress for the past week. is Adju-
tant General Elliott &. Dill Of Halo
We'll. General Din has been Interested
not only because of the position which
he holds. but because of the close
at hand view which he had of the mo-
bilizttion OF III" army at the several
camps during the Spanish American
| War when as Il special war cores
pondcnt of Il Maine newspaper h. ac-
| conlpanied the LIST Maine regiment tn
chicamauga.
/ General Din in d chat With a heW's-
paper reporter made some interesting
| comparisons bctW cen the work of 1911
and that of 1895. calling especial at
! tentinn to the great advance which
/ had been made by the war depart
ment and u inc readiness to move
! which the rXigoncY found the army 10
be in.
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work of the past week was a splendid
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stsrt m. vorl, .. mnhilization that
minnie # did NOT have tn consult
with railroad officials or anyone else
II kneu just how to do it and went To
work. 1t was the result of system
| And" says General Dill. the same
! condition would have been found had
ii been desired to mobilize on the Pa
citic coast, in Northern Maine or Mich
isan-the army would have been found
ready and its plans made"
! The general staff has been digging
this information out. 1t knows exact
ly what the capacity of every railroad.
which would have to be used for mo-
bili2ation at any given point in the
country. is: What its contested POINTS
are and it has, worked out plans for
meeting all conditions. That is why
when the orders to move were issued
last week there was no loss of time
and the soldiers began To start for
j Texas almost the moment the tcle-
graphic orders reached them.
| Perhaps a good way of illustrating
how well prepared the department is