Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-05
TOO MUCH TALK ON
CANTEEN TOPIC
SAYS OFFICER
Assistant Chief Of Staff BE.
lieves We Should Spend
More Time Improving Army
Organization.

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! than STOP 'N's useless e'of' :" fes'efe %
one- can,cen and give cur attention 1
@~m- something practical like cnlclcnt o.
~" Nomination and equipment Of th
ia. HfsrY" remarked Major General Wi
~ ". WiiherspOon. assistant chic
..,,',..., -. ~. ~. >. A.. Whliv several mol
-, - a'rSsing military matter.
- IA, ~, IN. 'S',>an We have about I'll
concentrate our -. N,, ''' WI ~,
nnprepnredness OF me- -, Wy, ~" W .N'u'
sudden emergency feifeN Ss... 49,. y,
troops that are well irnini t.s ,'s
cers be- hnye had rxpeficnc M IS .,l. 49, IVY,
diink military Unit. In a. 's\'elN
Sanitation. A -
"in my opinion We have MNA
years and realms ~ paper
about the advantage So t -
restoring lhe oantt.u o. ..s "a
when we wouN n1ye nose better M
sased IN poiaflnE oHs tlis aeceeslif
actual military training ard for -
atlnR an army reserve that IN .nea
something IN time ~ war. and whlcl
viii put us in position ~ meet
sudden call "a arms. for We sii knoN
that the United states has never been
prepared IN any of thr1Nars that we
have fought
1--WE may. and neae h us DO. be,
ilcyc that the canteen AZ r.sny posts y
would be- AN improsein sserooenc \
present system, bat Il Is nice pfaC- Z
tlcal matter 20 bend Our energles 10
obtaining Il more cffcicnt hnDe econ
, uuiicai administration ~ The army. Z
by having u concentrated ", mat lts :
rCelmentH viii ho assembled @sits
brlgadcu formed and divikletA or. Z Is
ganixcd preparatory 90 war, sanR.Ai
the officers aud men may knous ~ KIN
meaning Of real military duty -
training and thus be- prepared ~ fNE
duties Tor which the army - ifsf. IL
ialnod
'Yeur after year the reports AZ -, WI
GERS have much "a say about ~, No> y
teen. And an this time the e7sa ~
/ mcndatlons of commanding on,-r
Hnd secretaries ~ war On this subject
have been ignored by congress eSl-
IDENTITY because thu sentiment Of tx ~
country has been ayorse to the can. n
teen. and because there n belief
among thc prohibition advocates that
the cantcen wus nimicnl 10 temper.
anoc. We have. therefore. becn act
ting nowhere Win cantccn restoration.
| ON tho other hand I believe thut there WI
Is sentiment IN This country in favor
~ a well trained adequate. and efil-
client army. not an army in name. scat
tered Ter aud vide. without officers 81
lcNpcriencc Va handling large bodies ~
troops and men only partially under
| drill aud discipline. The American =,
4 people de- not usk for a large army.
bat thcs want tho army Wc have cfi. see
| Client There can De- no doubt that 900
they viii checrfully support first y,
class a'my organization. Just as they NJ
have supported navy. 81,
when I speak az turning attention me
| from nght to restore the cantccn Co Dle
an cmort coward efficiency and beitor hrli
organization do not mean that II cha
rests cntlfoN with army officers. hut Hot
n ,,ntt,. h., a., fri,pde ~ ,h. a,n,. old
Ia every part of the country whnt y
would ukc,io impress upon overS body ~
interested ln the army is that wo -,
Hh"ulu iuih =" we Pth'"'.i iu.Su"hF hoi
aud leave the Impossible alone" sur