The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-09
Jour WORK IN
PHILIPPINE s
Despite Progress So Far Tasks
Has lust Started
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getting rid OF tho dead wood OF our
Army is 10 work ii as far as possible,
under the applicatory methods of mod
"rn military raining," the Secretary
declares.
iu treating ii the morals of the
army, Secretary Stimsou. asserts his
belief that the so-callod anti-canteen
legislation has hccn responsible for
much vice, q statement which he sup
ports hN Sc recital OF the results OF
his own inspection of forty nine Of
the mobile army pests. where hc found
The military reservations adjoined bN
Idhes and ill-resorts Of the vilest char
lacter. These conditions he believes to
be- the ultimate causes. which made
the record of our army in this respect
shameful beyond that OF the army of
any civilized nation
Soldiers Needed at Canal
Under the head OF reorganization of
the foreign garrisons the report directs
attention To- the benefits attending the
substitution for lively, reduced
strength regiments in the Philippines.
by a garrison OF six regiments of fun
strength with a resulting saving OF
over one million dollors per year Thu
immediate completion Of The posts 1T
Panama and Hawaii he stornCly urged
| Panama ana Hawaii he strongly urg-
! cd as by far the most important items
| OF military expenditure for the imme-
! date future 1t is said that the locks
! bnd machinery AZ Panama already
| lave reached % condition OF extreme
| vulnerdbilitv in case of sudden attack.
Yet no greater force can Ice sent there
than the one regiment now on guard
until new quarters are constructed
for them, and the Secretary urges that
such works shoulG begin Al once On
| he other hand. SAYS the Secretary. 'ne
| base Pearl llarbor. Hawaii is of far
greater strategctic importance for the
protection of the entire Pacific Coast
from attack than any of the positions
| on that coast now SO strongly forti-
ned No naval enemy could make "A
serious effective attack upon any poi-
ton Of the American Pacific Coast,
unless IL had first reduced the position
at Oahu, threatening its TANKS. quar-.
tors Tor the mon who are t. protect
the great stalls naval material ana
scacoast guns from falling into the
hands of lana attackers should Dc
pushed :" completion as rapidly as
possible.
Pay For the Militia.
The tactiul reorganization OF the
army on basis Of three infantry divis-
ions, the report shows hats progressed
as far as possible without Congrcssion-
al lssistance in the way of providing
Tor large ample posts. and "a series ~
conferences of the general officers
OF the army has been planned
for TINS winter. As a result, the time
now necessary at the outbreak OF war
TO organize the regular army. will be-
dispensed with
Touching the army reserve towards
which Congress has made start i'm
the present appropriation bill the sec.
rotary said that the most serious de.
feet in thc plan is that it creates too
long period OF service with the col
orS. The experience OF the United
States and that OF European nations
has shown that the soldier can be adc-
quately trained for his duties IN con-
sid1rably less than three Years
shortening OF the period OF uaiuin.s
with the colOrs, says the secrctar..
would greatly improve the character
Of the Young men who will come in,o
the army, and i'm no way diminish The
effectiveness 90 their training.
y strong plea is made for the pass
9sc OF the Militia Pay Bill. nov pend
inc, because the 100000 mon now in
the National Guard eager and ambiti.
Gus To b" ni service i'm case OF wsr,
are practically unavailable under pres
ont conditions. These men. the Sccrc-
iary says should not only be trained
for war IN time OF peace and paid Nv
the national government. but il must
be possible to transfer them immedi
ately into the general military force
1nd not militia in time of war. In
connection with the subject the sec
rotary also recommends the passage
OF the pending volunteers bill which
would Lot entail "A dollars expense up
on the government at this time or in
the future until war comes.
Field Artillery Needed.
Attention is also directed again TO
the great shortage IN the supply of
Held artillery, which cannot he pur-
chased abroad in time of war and re-
duires years to manufacture Taking
lesson from the present great strug-
sic in the East Secretary StimsOh
Says: The amount which we haze
permitted to accumulate would he IN
sufficient for = single engagement OF
the character of the engagements IN
either the Russo-Japanese or the pres
ent Balkan war"
For the Porto Ricans the secretary
urges citizenship, declaring that it w
promised and that ii had been earned |
bN 10y Atty The island should also have
a department of Labor dnd Agricui- |
tnIe and Department OF Health anl |
sanitation, as well a. . rigorous Civil
Service Law. md all judicial officers