The Forrest City times., 1912-02-09
Doctors Now Cause Friction in
 the War Department.
ITS WOOD VS. AlNSWORTH
Sea Service Had It's Trcutls Over Medical cemmauders-surprsirg Prevalence of Opinion That Training tsn't Neetcd for
 Military ffen.
BY GEORGE clINTCN.

s3t5htus 8tHteAs CT HAe ATia.= At#aE i Generals Leonard Weed and Fred (. Ainaworth, one the eH4efot- -staa and he other adiu3Ht general os fae serv= ice. Both of these mea tartez cut ia .3fe as doctors and The trouble IS spoken 0f as f case when doctors tisasree. In th5s instance congress .feGt decide. fuI fhe present alf.c4ity arises From contrary views taken by the soldier doctors of bill introduced by Representative Hay of Virginia making changes la the army system. The IayF Is noW laughing al the army, because fhe navy itself had TOW Of somewhat similar nature. al though in the case of fhe sea service there was doctor on only oae side of it
 The trouble In the navy department was over the decision to allow I med 1 ical officer 10 take command of ship or course he won't attempt 10 navt. gate the ship. bat he will Ie captain supreme in everything. X medical officer today. commands. uader tue president. the army af the United States. Tho army and navy are sis ter services Together eHey aHe hav= Ing visited upon them ln NAY tha .ayr'an dietati9a
 Think Training Net Neeaea
 No civilian president. save Abraham Lincoln. perhaps. ever has thoroughly understood the necessity of training l Ter army men aut aavv men There Is apparently an tmpre ztaa that cannot De erased from tAe ciwHaa mid thas he profession ea arsas ls ehe onIy proz Iesslon Ter which Hn eaHea1iaa k nee essary- &aval officers and army oG. eefs m Washington today sav hat they constantly @eet people Nha te= feFe that any nan cf=afe-aze iutcI= EseRce. gaed voice and saflclen. patstcai strength can take command et= II. army or q aeet ead by sort of intuition lead them info hattie as well as any general aH admiral =ot he serY= ice
 tats. of course. k aatHag t to the h#it of eNa eearatlon. bat he main ruth holds and aamy e#sHerleaee and navy experience show if, that ehe or. etaarf civilian abe.hez Ge be presi= dent of the United States or president 9l= soeEmaklng factory. believes that the military nan is bern aot made. ana that military education and ex- peFenee while possibly helpful. are not among The necessarles.
 The decision of the authorities 10 place the medical officer ID command of ship of the navy was parallel to | the action @; President Mckinley in appointing a politician who didn't know the right flank from the left flank of bis regiment ta command a body of men WAo within two months might De called upcn te go on the field in the face of the enemy, there probably though individually as brave as &ey to meet Wtta defeat because of the ignorance of their comnand.ns officer
 Building Episcopal Cathedral.
 The EpiscoFa Of Washington. aided hy their brethren of the coun. try. are erecting a huge cathedral aa | hilltop which overlook Na=Anetea ard lhe glorious scenery o3 he p5ro s-te river aaa= tae- 4e.s5 -os a.t.s.aE N5Hstaia
 Eae easheetr7i =tHae. c6r sts#a far.Y . acres of Haa.y Na5agt land afa tha eaza and zn....aa aemi ##t5a- ff zs aH sae troV af aaas #aar.g eaa foat 5saFa The f7. la#a4e deep ra Fiue near .ae cathedral s an immense ua sra. amphdaeater and there ire  gGent} oHea-alr services are aeid.
 Time 15aer time the ground now owned by he church has been sought l7c private residence purposes. but the parisaioners =ol the little church of S. Aihans held the finest spot in the iLclesaro and. refusing 10 sell. kept the place lor the greater building which before lCng will stand finished
 Tn the Senate Ste ehcrsc.
 Every year Col D II Rams . dell, the sergeant-at-arms of the ! United Ssate5 senate. Is compelled 5y law to send 10 the vice president ot the lnited States. who is the presid ing officer of the senate. a statement of the property belonging 10 the gov. crnment which remains In his posses sion. The senate orders this state ment to be printed for distribution on request so that. fl the country wishes. It may learn what property t owns and what t gives to the senators fof their use during the hours 0f legl=
 latirg
 After Colonel Ransaea has enumes
 ated the chairs and the tables in the
 various committee rooms and the Die
 lures on the walls and the carpets on the floors. he tells the president
 that In the store house Of tae senate among other things are these articles. One lemon squce2er uargeJ. one
 pound of sn4G. one bottle of yaseline
 one wash bowl. enc tin box. eight bot. ties coc6roach paste. one poker. one
 bottle of tonic. torty-etght bottles ot
 cologne, thirty cakes Of violet soap, tWenty-foar cakes of white roaa eoar