New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
THE DA VINWASHINGTOW

nimitv. for Ohio is especially hard hit' "'l'
virh the President speaking there III sup
mort of the tariff policy Of this adriliii',i
lion and the Ohio manufacturers piea"''s
that they he saved from the Democrats ai'
the insurgents, il Is reasonable as ''n'r
tion that insurgency in Ohio Will ldue ~
insignifcance and that all talk OF al OF,
Taft deIeeation from that state will soon pe
ehou,n IN no ridiculous The Republican
Senators are determined TO fight the steer
bill TO the last ditch. Senator Ouii'ni,"' Wv,
nurposes 10 make a fight for MS own O''''
hut since he declared himself an asplia an
for the Presidency IT Is improbaoie tiiaI he
u,i,i recelve much assistance from Sehatoi
II Fouette Senator Reed, OF Mlssouri'
eaye notice to-day that he would move W
instruct the Finance Committee TO repoTt
back the steel bill almost Immediately IL
ba docs not change his mind he Will cause
an immediate tariff debate of large proper
80 u ie probable that had the Demo
cratic members Of the Ways ana Means
Committee given more cohs!uelal aliO"
tbeir subject they would not have orousn'
I'm bin which would prove so disas'. ou' W
a large number of American hlahuias
ers. but in their haste TO put the ie''
dent i'm A hole" they did not alio" lile.i'-
selves time for ature deliberaton' anu '''o
indications are that they have put ',i'i''
se,ves in a hole of far deeper propor'lonS
than they supposed they had dug ior FFesi-
dent Taft.
DID HAY BREAK FA1TH?-The Hay
bill. as introduced in the House !es'er-
day. is a serious disappointment 10 '"e
War Department. Most of the coiilpIo-
misses Secretary Stimson supposed ne nau
obtained failed to appear in the coh'pie''u
measure while a number regarding which
the War Department was not cohsul'eu
and to which 1t IS opposed nave Deeh i',-
serted. The fve-ycar enlistment prov
sion. which Secretary Inson anu il'
advisers regard as most rnwise' is re-
tanned. and there is 10 provision Tor re-
serve corps, which they regard as hlshiS
in,portant In fact, in It's report the lidy
committee alludes with considerable sar-
casm TO the reserve corps proposition. III
Was understood that Chairman Hay had
agreed to the recommendation that the pro-
nosed general supply corps. which would
incIude tina duartermaster's, commi issary
and pay departments, should be heaueu
by brigadier general. but the Dill pro-
yides that this place shall be filled by
major general. The number OF oincers ~
reduced by forty, and there is provision
for one less major general, which docs not
meet with the approval OF the war De-
partment Another provision Whlch IL
seriously opposed is one which would
credit officers with service only from the
time OF their being commissioned as sec
ond lieutenanta This would reduce the
paw OF all officers from sb TO $50 a month.
Secretary Stimson declined TO discuss the
measure to-day, but will prepare an opin-
ion which he will submit TO the President
before sending II TO Congress.
STIMSON'S POLICY.-There is a good
deal of misapprehenslon OF the policy OF the
Secretary OF War with regard to the aoo-
litlon Of obsolete army posts. Many nave
iumped 10 the conclusion that Secretary
Stimson was seeking legislation providing
for the abandonment OF the posts enumer-
ated in his recent reply TO House rcsolu-
tion. That is not the case In his annual
report Secretary Stimson referred TO the
general policy OF redstributing the troops
at strategic points. This led to the intro
duction OF a resolution calling on him Tor
specific information as 10 the plan referred
to- It was in reply 10 that resolution that
he outlined the policy. not only because
Congress is entitled TO know what the MILL
tary authorities regard as the proper policy
10 be pursued, but IN order that, as, from
time TO time. such army posts may be aban-
doned-which can be done without any spe-
cinc authority from Consress-it may he
understood that the War Department IL
working TO a carefully thought out plan
| which has for It's object solely the Increased
efficiency and more economical administra-
ton OF the army. When this plan viii be
carried into effect is purely matter OF
conjecture, but such steps as are taken with
the approval Of the Secretary Of War will
! he in harmony with H. G.. q. ii.