The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-12-07


- ne War College Division Of tne Gen
H.uona v~olan.ssrl
Ihe National Guard consists % only
sbout iie.yvs men In any serious war
n the past II has always been necss-
rar}s Tor the Nation - depend. IN addt-
ton 70 the Regular Army and the Ma
uonAi Guard. upon a large force OF vol
sasis proytsias PfsSers no @Ss-
q such a foEc- There - now pending
~ Congress-. hoSeVsr. a bin which max
u admirably adagted Ia meet the ext
~sencies which would b. presented m
as Of war The passage OF IN. bill
~puid not entail a dollars expense upon
me Government al this time or IA the
.uture until war comes. But if war
comes the methods therein directed are
70 accordance with the best military
as TO what they ought TO be.
and The act would prevent the necessity
. a ~Sissussion 81 any les1siation and
and adoption. earnestly urge Its pas
Consolidation OF the supply copa
The Army appropriation act Of 1912
slsp carried legislation for the consoli-
datton d the Ousrtermasters Depart
me ray Corps into a single supply de
f'drtment to be known .s the quarter
masters
Porto Rico continues to show notable
progress. both commercially and ia the
bread OF education lIs evternal com
the preceding year. bringing the total
value up to fs2.s3i.sst. or more than
hye times the value OF the commerce
~ the island IN 1901. During the year
lSo.eSs pupils were enrolled IN the pub
Tic Schol-, as against ls5.5-s for the
preceding year. and as compared with
-b.pvV Tor the nr.t year Of American
administration. Special efforts are un-
der way for the promotion OF vocation
al ana industrial training. the need OF
which Is particularly pressing In the
Island When the bubonIc plague broke
out last June. the quick and Efficient
response OF the people OF Porto Rico TO
the demands OF modern sanitation was
strikingly shown ty the thorough cam
paigu which WAS instituted against the
plague and the hearty public opinion
which supported the Governments eff
iprts to check it, progress and To pre-
vent Its recurrence.
The failure thus far 20 grant Ameri-
ran citizenship continues 20 be the only
ground Of dissatisfaction.
philippines.
\ hill is pending IA Congress which
r"Nolutionizes the carefully worked out
. scheme OF government under which the
lhtippine Islands are now governed and
b men proposes to render them virtually
,touomous at once and absolutely In
~H"uendent in eight years. Such a pro-
O.. sal can only be founded on the as
sunptipn hat We have now discharged
uut trusteeship to the Filipino people
ard our responsibility for them to the
49, N61N hNfa nv - EAfNAHF "a
Ger self-Rovernment As well as national
-sfNeretguty. \ thorough and unbiased
knowledge 81 the facts clearly shows
that these assumptions are absolutely
without Justification. As to this. | be
lteNo that there f. no substantial diff
terence OF opinion among any OF those
who have had the responsibility OF fac
ing Philippine problems in the admin
/ lstratlon OF the Islands. and I believe
tnat no one To whom the future Of this
people Il "A responsible concern can
Cuuntenance "a policy fraught with the
dtrest consequence TO those on whose
behalf II is ostensibly urged.
In the Philippine Islands We have en-
tarked upon an experiment unpreced-
erted In dealing with dependent peoples.
We are developing there conditions eN-
clusivelv for their own welface. We
found An archipelago containing "a
tribes and races. speaking "A great va
ely OF languages. and with "A popu-
latton over 40 per cent Of which could
retther read nor write. Through the
uutfyinE forces Of "a common education,
- commercial and economic Develop
went, and Of gradual participation In
local sclf-goVerument We are endeav-
ortng 10 evolve "a homogeneous people
~ 10 determine. when the time arrives.
their own destiny. We are seeking to
arouse a national spirit and not. as uu-
der the older culouiay theory. 10 sup
press such a spirit. The character 81
the work W. have been doing * keenly
[ recognized IN the orient. and our sue
cess thus far followed with not "A little
envy by those who. initiating the same
Iolicy. find themselves hampered by
d e. NflANNllN Grown uH ~ earlier NtNN AMI
under different theories OF admtntstra-
ton. But our work is far from done.
our duty to the F1lipinos s. far from
discharged. over half "A million FIJI
Uino students are now In the Philippine
T schools helping to mold the men OF the
future into "a homogeneous people. but
there still remain more than a million
0 J. filipino children or school age yet To-
ue reached. Freed from American con
troll the intcErattuE forces 81 a COM
mon education aud n common language
VIII cease and the educational system
now we'll started Will clip back into In
efficiency and disorder.
An enormous Increase in the com
wercial development OF the islands has
cen made since they were virtually
three years ago. with every prospect ~
Increasing Development and diversified
industries. Freed from American con-
cline
Concurrent with the economic. social.
and Industrial development ~ tho is
lands has been the development OF tine
political capacity Of the people Ev
ineir progressive participation iu gov
,rument tho Filipinos are being stead
uN and hopefully trained for -elf-Eov-
eminent nuer Spanish control they
shared in no way iu the government.
U nder American control they have shnr-
cd largely and increasingly Within
the last dozen years they have gradu-
ally been given complete autonomy in
tWo-thtrds ~ the provincial governing
inurds and the lower house or ~. in
NAAhf lNGINlHturN InoT have -Four ma
tive member out OF min member az
the commission. or upper house The
chief Justice and two justices OF the
fuprcm@ court. about Our-h4lf az tho
higher judicial positions. and al 81 tho
i~u-tlree 90 the peace are natives In
the classified civil service tho p|rurorf-
som uf IiIipiuuE increased from ID Ter
cent in 1905 10 60 per cent 60 1911 Thus
TODAY an The municipal employee.
over ~ Uor cent Of che provincial en-.
rIuNeoH. and So per cent uf tho OFFICIALS
nrd employees ~ tho central cavern
menf arc fIliplnpe. The ideal which
Pas been real popular aalf-ro
IHi NOT mere paper i~r1curuderUa Lam
nanny fu say that the fIiIpirua have
.Hn" Wfl enough fn tho rlures they
have hlIfi and ir fHc discharge ~ tho
I"IIflrHI power with which fhey have
been Entrusted fo warrant The heller
fIHf They can DO educated and frrIraF
fH complete rnIf- Governments uuf the
present tlfleftrfory results nrs due Co.
constant support and HuUrrNIaInu M
every rfrr hr Americans
our ffHr course fH o. pursue steadily
Iri r0rrHEnnuaIN fNa path un Htr. f.Ia
ftr follow 90. fn ru'fa tho FTfrIrla i-f.
soy irfH.r.ne rIraIIfa fo toufIn.. mo
.i. iiNit."r Hf sound political taH.fa
f'ue fiIrtfinu HrI political rrtrfi.e
f' encourage fHn fItcraIfrrfInr 81 |nI.a.
r'- fHI fD realize fhe a-Itruffrss Df
f.fIr IrIU fr.nI education fr .-.r..r.t.
i.f'|N approved .H.Hrrrff.H. m.fII..a 70
nn. o. checking f.a Hlrrrrs OF ..r.a.fr,
wealth ono building np H afIrI. r
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