Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-01-18
Army and Navy Boards Planning
10 Fight All Nations.
NOTHING ALARMING IN THIS
tssry couH y. n Wisdom Prevails,
spends the rme Of Peace In
Thus Getting Ready Tor Con-
nlet with Any Other.
ny GEORGE CLINTON.

made by the administration 10 secure
the senste's sanction for the arbItra
ton treaties. the general stan Of the
army and the general board OF the
navy are az work making tho advance
preparations for war With eyery ma
tion on earth In time Of peace pre-.
pare Tor var. . thought n not en-
pressed In Just such words. a. old ~
Eunpowder and perhaps older. IL tho
guide Of the army and navy militant
.ones IN Washington
The general stan OF the army and
the geaeral board Of the navy have TO
earn their salaries They are paid
10 make such plans a. will BE- service
ablc In case the country should be
forced into var People have tho
haIiost uor, % an idea. spparcntly. Of
the duties % the oi'icers who serve on
the military and naval board IN Wash
lngton They do many things besides
planhlng stratorms invasious and
che like. but one OF their main iahors
IA the mailing u preparations TO
thrsh some oounsry which AZ the
same time is maklaE preparations 10
thrash Us
Germany knous all shout the Auasfi
can seahuard hnd the Philippine sea
board. sud al about Samoa and ia'
wall ard Guam and ALASKA Il knows
how many ship, NC have. HOW many
guns they carry. What their tarEc,
rVoosds arr aud In fact. all The other
things that Ii IL TO the advantage Of
q oountry 20 know prior 10 entering
upon hostili,iss With another country
What is true q OsFmany's knowledge
70 true % the khowiedge o. England.
Japan. France. Italy and the rest
Each kno~, All About Others.
Moreover. " one ooald get into the
inncv chamber Of the gar and navy
departments Of tho countries mention
cd. and uore no, denied access to the
secret drawers Of tho sicsllined
vaults. 30 would md thero neatly
drawn plans for oHensivs operations
Agatha, the United States Of Aneriea
Nov tho reverse Of this matter 10
truo Let q German or an English
EnAa. OF . Jspznets. or = frvhehman.
og Q man ol any other power 20 bis
wAy. n be can. to the laner places In
our nghiiag departments. and there
be ~fg ana the b~ss laid plaas Of
Arny oalcers and naval oficsfs Tor
The thrAshing Of hia oountFy
II Il rcedness 10 ssy that the on
cIals Of the vAF departments Of all
tho earth plan TO thrash the other fel
iow. taking 10 thought OF the posAi'
bllly Of being thrAshed themselves
That l. left fer tho Developments Of
iudisiaaal battles. whsa the admiral
or The general ngures out when do
Tea, looas how be host can make bis
getaway With least loss OF Shlps OF
naen
II ls rot TO BE- taken IN an alarm
ing sense. this matter Of war pFepArA
tioas They are made simply tof use
In vase o. emergency. for when ihs
emergency arises there may be prcei
Gus little time fer planning
war Plans Always Changing.
Changes have been aAds In xsI
plans There 10 welluofked oal
Ene,Aod by sh!ch China may b. In
vadea. and Peaing reached ~ Il wal
reached b. ChaHce and others Ia tbs
year 1900 This PLAZA Il nothing hk'
rho plan Of eleven years aEo Tins
has forced rhaaEea To-day az army
., seaat eve times as large as tia
witch penetrated 10 the forhitdcE
CITY tn 1900 wogld BE- necessary to d
the werk ever again
The war department otsicials know
tAis and have planned accordingly
Though they are soldiers and cain
paiEning Ia the breath Of their hts
tAey doubtless hop- that they neSe
viii b. called upon 10 carry out an
at the plans they have made agains
.Chifa or any other nation on earth
but IL they arr to b. called on 10 cal
ny theta out they ~ant TO b. prepares
for the lob
story Of the kiondiks.
The report II Secretary Q
the Interior Fisher having bee
read. the country knows good dca
more than II knew about the Sarsou
resources III Ataska Mr.. Fisher pal
more attsntson 10 coal aud TO forest
when he visited Alaska last surnms
than he did 10 gold. for the gold d
poslta al the territory now are rattle
an old story
An army ofFlcer Of high rank WI
has been for the better part OF min
years either In the Philippines or
the American tropics has told Jus
how IL vas that the great nud 81 sol
In the Kiondike country was not MAD
ave years earlier than II was. tn
story embraces. doubtless. the reaso
Why this particular army officer is sti
Y living on his service pay instead
sowniag Golcondaa and drawing rev
. ,h,ue therefrom II also accounts pro'
bly for the still moderate incomes
ns 10 or three other government en-
ewiroyaes and Of half dozen men
I lsyil life
siow Gold Find Was Delayed.
III The army oiIicer had made a stud
ccos mIneralogy. assaying and oths
h. hi