El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-09
An Army Engineer

HEoDoRE ROOSEVELT during term president nearly always
Tested faculty for picking The
a force;
equipment experience beyond
the average Of presidential cabinets His appointments to high posts in govern
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the strength for chief executive business
Which merely preliminary a testimonial to the accomplish
% hoard Of the sfest evil engD to be found IN the eoInfr was
to perfect the an and start work The first commission SPLIT I'D in a general
engineers WITH some army and CIVILIAN board OF EuIopea9
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Things moved slowly Money flying The canal efficiently
The death terrible It almost impossible keep abosrs
tropical disease They died Chinese japanese
organization The attempt been create seven headed organization
engineer tried
$4,000
Things looking gloomy Original estimates had been thrown aside
Losses multiplied politicians Washing.
Missions we're Tednoed thTsaded oTgsnon 5s ted It failed The
engineers early splendid
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ne pans are ones g & ~ S p AVE. I JpPCo 2 g
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the the finished The appointed
government discoug
everything congress would not keep hands Of everybody was trying to run the
individual though might fitted for efficient work could
The commission schemes we're all light for coun and planning but they
only undertaking
to @ @ To oa 1o uh t5 Pana ln oana b poP
answering fool questions about ite details big man doing big work
wants the in line the desires of
intoera6le pride spirit and executive ability
petulantly
the whole establishment that take this thing put through
Two hundred ionth hundrdOuT hundred H0n~hats the Odds we
The president sent for one Of the modest fellows khaki with whose kind
in FL P have become tOy well acquainted George GOetha had just
Notifications about
drivers mem but Goatha ss M one few thousand West
Point that had been p along in the usual way but GOsha spent
The president liked % trim well built eyed with
chiefs Wallace Shont Stevens after
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bureau chief two civilians c Gorgas Of the army medical
YOq the boss and the only boss that job said Roosevelt he
Between es the commission attends to multitude Of details administration
ereOpt people
thoroughly was
engineers he has mad under him ION the start army OF $4,000 to 5000 men
He directing the expenditure S4 OF the peoples money When the
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naval display the great tns francisco Diego have been
RB en6 world hoo the idea that the canal could be finished in 50
called fools more likely
bankrupt generation
Man Job had found at last little
that the canal you'd Be open for passage By the Fourth July 19fs year and
expectations of of the
bod of the o % @ cu Va4ds had b @ Heay soo0o
GOhs hold
being than 100000 cubic 600 times the bulk
President
general and placed in line for appointment to be the next chief of
There another modest 5s3S down there from the He . Col GoEsas
and has reduced death almost any city
me lsthu CT Fa1 "a model OF perfect sOn hO mas L @
Neither Of these feats is to be Gas as in any sense miraculous Each
thought
glory.