Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-06

rave no neS1tancy ABOUT giving 1t 10
any member of the family, however
young or old. for 1t contains nothing
Injurious to the youngest person.
A bottle can be obtained at any
of carrying its regiments during time
Of peace at half strength has no ap-
plication to our foreign garrisons.
During the past year this defect has
been remedied as to the Philippines
garrison. The former garrison Of ~
| reduced regiments has been replaced
by garrison Of six regiments at full
strength, giving fully the same num-
Der of riflemen at an estimated econ
omy in cost Of maintenance Of over
81, 100000 per year. This garrison is
to be permanent. It's regimental units.
instead Of being transferred periodi-
cally back and forth from the United
States. will remain In the islands. The
fofficers and men composing the Sc units
will, however, serve a regular tropical
detail as usual, thus involving no
greater hardship upon the personnel
and greatly increasing the effective
ness of the garrison. A similar pol
icy is proposed for the Hawaiian
and Panama garrisons as fast as the
barracks for them are completed.
strongly urge upon. congress that the
necessary appropriations for this pur-
pose should be promptly made. 1t is.
in my opinion, Of first Importance
that these national outposts upon
which a successful home defense will.
primarily, depend, should be finished
and placed in effective condition at
the earliest possible day
Tho Home Army. ="
simultaneously with the foregoing
steps the war department has been
proceeding with the reorganization Of
the army at home. The formerly dis
associated units are being united into
a tactical organization of three d.
visions, each consisting of two or
three brigades of infantry and, so far
as practicable, proper proportion Of
divisional cavalry and artillery. OF
course, the extent to which this re-
form can be carried by the executive
is practically limited to a paper or
ganization. The scattered units can be
brought under a proper organization,
but they will remain physically scat
tered until congress supplies the nee
essary funds for grouping them in
more concentrated posts. Until that
is done the present difficulty of drill
ing our scattered groups together, and
thus training them for the proper team
play. can not be removed But we
shall. at least. have an army which
will know its own organization and
will be inspected by it's proper COM
manders. and to which, as unit.
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time of war or other emergency More
lover, the organization, which in many
respects is necessarily a skeleton, will
furnish guide for future develop
ment. The separate regiments and
companies will know the brigades and
divisions to which they belong. They
will be Unanswered together whenever
maneuvers are established by con-
gress, and the gaps in their organi-
zation will show the pattern into which
can be filled new troops as the ma :
ton grows and a larger army Is pro-
vided
Regular Army Reserve.
zone Of the most important reforms
accomplished during the past year has
been the legislation enacted in the
army appropriation bill of last sum.
rner, providing for regular army re.
serve. Hitherto our national polio,
has assumed that at the outbreak OF
war our laws have provided n. means
by which this could be accomplished
or by which the losses OF the regi
ments when once sent to the from
could be repaired. In this respect w
have neglected the lessons learned b!
infh NJ In 40,
that the soldier. after serving fou
lyears with colors, shall pass into
reserve for three years. At HE optiol
he may go into the reserve at the enc
of three years, remaining there TO
four years. While in the reserve h
can be called to active duty only II
case of war or other national emer
Igency. and when SO called and only II
such case will receive stated amour
Of pay for all OF the period in whicl
he has been q member OF the reserve
The legislation Is imperfect In m
lopinion, In certain particulars, but |
is most important step in the righ
direction. and earnestly hope tina
1t will be carefully studied and per
fected by congress.
The National Guard
Under existing law the nations
( guard constitutes. after the regula
hrmy. the first line of national de
tense Its Organization. discipline
training. and equipment. under recen
Legislation. have been assimilated. q
far as possible. to those Of the regu
lar army. ana its practical efficienc!
under the effect Of this training. ha
very greatly increased. Our citize
soldiers under present conditions hey