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eject quick unohalisatjea n case of us-
l1af1oa Of .tl1s regular tFoops aA1 Net3oqAl
Guard Into tactical divisions b bplno
planned By the War Depastmaak
Ihe plans are q estsblish thfse tacti-
cal divisions Of the nsgular army ana
twelve divisions Of the National Guard.
II this organisation b e6ected. b
showed that IN cass It wss necessary
to mobilize quickly In dsfsnss Of the
country. the prnblems ok mohGlsatien
and army supplies would b worked out
BY each division indlviduaily. leovtng
the War Department FREE to take carc
Of directing the movements Of the troops
~ . whole and relieving them Of .
tremendous amount Of small detall work.
we must trust more 70 the subordl-
nate ofncers." Capt <Noseley said. I'VE
are working now at the War Department
with full steam ahead. and can barely
keep up With peace conditions"
Regalaxs' Attitude.
In speaking Of the attitude Of the Of
hcers Of the regular army to the National
Guard. and more especially the West
Point men, Capt. Noseley said that they
recognise that. in case Of q serious war.
the regular army would only be drop in
the bucket. and that they. one and all.
properly valued the growth Of the Ma
ttonal Guard. with tts training OF larger
bodies Of men and of1cers who know
their duties and can be relied upon In
case Of war. ~
IF We were called out to take our turn
Tomorrow. we could make mighty good
showing" he said.
Capt Moseley, who has made . nrst
hand study OF the efnciency Of foreign
armies. spoke at length, comparing the
European and American soldiers.
He attended the last maneuvers Of the
German army, which were held In Sax.
ony. He was full Of praise for the en-
durance Of the German soldier, for his
marching ability and his mastery Of
matters Of drill On the other hand. he
was disappointed in the German artillery
equipment and it's maneuvers. He said
that France probably has the best AZ
ttllery in the world, and that the United
States artillery II way ahead Of the
German.
He mentioned the wonderful SYSTEM
Of the Germans Id handling supplies,
and said that while the system works
perfectly In . given problem In Ger.
many. It would not be 30 dazzling when
called upoQL to GTapple with unknown
dtmcultie6. He said that Q German
commander could not mansuves his
command quite SO smoothly In . cam
paim here a. In the open field Of his
own country. He instanced the csse Of
the German part In the allies campaisn
In China at the time Of the Boxer up.
rising as q case where the German sys-
tenn displayed many faults operating
away from home {
Guests and members Of Company X
filled Freund's banquet hail. At the head
Of the table the colors were festooned,
and also were the general scheme Of the
decorations Amphion's quartet played
the table music. Capt L B. Ernest, Of
Company X. presided. and paid . hand
some compliment to the officers Of the
regular army in his Introduction Of Capt
Noseley.
The guests Of honor were: Capt Geor9e
", H Aoseley. U. S. A.: DR.. Charles E.
Barker. physical advisor to President
Taft; Col. r. d. Simms. Col. W. E. Har.
vey: Mr.. William Knowles Cooper. gen.
eral secretary, Y. N. c. A.: Mr.. Arthur
Smith. army and navy field secretary,
7. N. c. A.: Capt. e. F. Davis, Lieut. ].
e. Eldridge, Lieut. c. G. Gardner, Col.
S. Leonard. Lieut.. Col J. L. TunstaIl,
Lieut.. w. Brown. Capt. E. johnson, Mr..
Earl d. Goodwin. Mr.: c. Hayden, Mr. H.
W. Hawker. Mr.. H. J. Stambaugh, Mr.
W. r. Julius. Mr.. J. B. Wood. Mr.. H. H.
Bacon; ana Mr.. c. H. Forbes.