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three. being promised bounty il he pre-
sents himself for duty in time of war
Il am of the opinion that four years is
too great a period. The suggestion OF
seven-year enlistment, with a maximum
of only three years with the colors-in
actual duty-and the remainder in re-
serve appeals to me to be wiser.
1T doesn't take four years to give
man military training in the essentials
I am in favor of a more intensive train
ing. crowding more work into each year
Three years should be entirely sumcient
but let 1t be provided that the man VINO
qualities in two years and is pronounced
as good q soldier as he would be IN
three may take his discharge from the
colors in two years, at his option.
such a scheme, l think. would attract
the very best class of material to the
army Thousands Of young men who
have no thought now of entering the
enlisted ranks of the army would be
glad to seize upon the advantage OF TWO
or three years training, with the at
tendant chance for adventure and travel
sThen. their services with the colOrs
concluded, they would pass out into civil
life, but not, as now, wholly divorced
from the service. For the remainder OF
the period of their enlistment they would
be subject to call for duty. even in ad-
vance Of a declaration or war
u x
"The shorter period of enlistment is
economically sound, as 1t takes the man
out Of the producing class for less
time. and as, in addition. IL permits
a greater number Of men to pass out
of the training school every year and into
the reserve of trained men, to Which
we must look as our great dependence
in time OF national peril.
Much has been done in recent years
to improve the National Guard and to
bring It into more intimate touch with
the regular army; but much more must
he done to make the National Guard Of
its full use to the country. Under eX-
listing conditions It cannot reach high
degree of efficiency. This is primarily
due to the fact that, in the nature of
things, the officers can have Out niue
more military knowledge than the men,
'"rhey get their training at the same
time that the men do, and II Is Nmi1eo
training. The remedy seems 70 me 20
by regular army officers and IN bringing
the two forces into closer relation one
with the other. greater lnterest py
the federal government in the nationai
guard Is necessary to produce the oe-
sired result.
Another military resource that 10 not
deyeloped to its capacity Is the MILITARY
Academy at West Point. 1t couid graz
uate q great many more men tnan II
does at a trifling additional expense.
The plant is there; the overhead charges
are going on just the same me AGA.
DENY furnishes a college education tnae
euuips a man for civil as Wen as mI. MIL,
tary employ. II 1t graduated into clvh
mates into the army. the country would
be the gamer in having In Its ciuzensnIp,
scattered all over the country, reserve
supply of highly trained officers
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he puts his thoughts in clear. well
phrased English that grips ones atten-
ton. But he il not averse to using bit
Of slang now and then when 1t fits aptly.
nor Is he at all pedantic.
There is something boyish in his man.
ner, an indication that sane, wholesome
living, seasoned with plenty of work,
has prolonged his youth into middle age.
The spirit Of the university seems to
cling to him. though 1t Is a quarter OF
century since he left college to take up
the workaday life Of a lawyer.
Maybe 1t Is his interest in outdoor
sports that has kept him young and
eager. Though forty-eight years old, he
is a devotee of tennis. and tennis Is no
also plays golf occasionally. Horseback
riding he has never taken up.
II have too much regard for tho horse.
he explains, for he is q large and heavy
man.
Though he came to the department alb
matters, he had not been there two weeks
before he was well acquainted with the
large problems Of national defense that
always press for attention. Not only
that, but he was familiar with the doc
trines Of the various schools of military
thought that exist not only throughout
the country. but in the army ITSELF
People In civil life are apt to believe
that all army officers hold exactly the
same views as to what sort Of army
We should have. and why. which isn't
true at all. There are doctrinaires In the
army as well as outside. And also there
are military doctrinair in Congress who
are far from agreeing as to the military
uculars.
Naturally In these early stages Of the
administration, Secretary Garrison does
not profess to know all about the War
Department But at least he has secured
q working knowledge Of the problems
and the various angles from which they
are viewed, and has formed some positive
ideas on some OF them. His ability
quickly to grasp the situation gives indi-
cation Of the reasons that led to his
appointment
President Wilson came to know Mr..
Garrison when the President was serving
as Governor Of New Jersey, but there
never has been any intimacy between the
companions. The governor looked upon
the work Of the vice chancellor and found
1t good and concluded that the vice cham
cellor was the sort of man he wanted
In the War Secretary's office. At least
that u the only explanation that has
been forthcoming. and the evidence seems
to bear out its truthfulness.
II 10 possible that the average man
cannot see exactly how years OF serv.
Ice as Judge In New Jersey especially
qualities q man for such q position as
Secretary Of War. Consider, however.
the peculiar character Of the judicial
position which Mr.. Garrison occupied.
The chancery court system OF New Jer-
sey was lifted bodily from the British
system. 1t does not find its duplicate in
the average American state. The court
differs from any other that we have.
In a manner 1t Is preventive court.
Its purpose is to protect life and prop.
erty from damage. Equity courts fix the
measure of relief after a damage Is
done; the chancery court prevents the
damage or awards relief in advance.
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Washington. March 25. A. D., 1896
February %, A. D., 1908. After receiv-
ing the sacrament he died murmuring
Holy. Holy. Holy. Lord God Of Hosts.
Heaven and Earth are full Of Thy
Glory. Glory be to Thee, Lord Most
High. Amen"
Beneath this follows poem of rare
excellence and touching appropriate
ness by w. G. Doane, Bishop of Albany.
Within the chancel one looks also
upon the Jerusalem altar. and on a
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Of the green and fragrant box. Oppo-
site this rooster is chicken-evidently a
hen-fashioned in the same way and out
of the same material.
Further down the parklet is, or was.
tall box tree that has been clipped 20
represent a spiral. and which Is apt,
perhaps too apt, to suggest to many
men a corkscrew. The green trimming
makes six revolutions Of the slender
trunk South of this Is a not unusual
oval bed Of snapdragon. and then let
ting the eye continue to rove south
ward you see another spiral. two more
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branch. 1t passed along Il street to Gu
street, where the Pennsylvania railroad
station came to be built The north
drive of Potomac Park. from the river
wall on the west and to 18th street on
the east where now so many men and
women ride and drive, is built over the
canal This old waterway. after many
changes of direction on 9th street. h
street south, Canal street. Delaware
avenue. Virginia avenue and I'd street
southeast, entered the Eastern branch
where the sewage pumping station ID
now.
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Thus, II New Jersey resident is in
jured In street car accident his suit
for damages lies in the law court. But
IL railroad corporation seeks to acquire
his back yard for freight yards the chan
Gerry court determines whether or not
the statutory proceedings have been
complied with 80 as to entitle the COM
pany to take the property, and II not
then 1t restraints the company by in
junction, and thus prevents the wrong.
In other words, the chancery court
might be said to make its own law.
though lawyer would resent such an
implication. 1t is, however, distinctively
a court where the rules Of common sense
and common justice apply rather than
fixed statutory law.
and common sense and lively sense
OF common Justice are qualities that AT
admirably an ideal Secretary Of War.
For example, the Philippines are related
to the United States through the War
Department The great question Of I'm
mediate or deferred independence for the
islands nestles already upon the Secre-
tary's desk. This Is question to be
dealt with on its facts, not upon theory
nor upon precedent nor upon fixed gen.
eral laws.
The reputation of Mr.. Garrison on the
chancery bench Of New Jersey was that
Of a jurist who was strong on common
sense, who was prone to strip away ex-
traneous matter in dealing with a case
and to get down to homely justice speed
lily and surely. He served continuously
in the position from 1904 until he came to
Washington March 4, he having been re-
appointed vice chancellor for q seven
year term In 1911. In his eight years on
the bench he won high place In the re-
gard Of the bar and in that Of the citizen
ship.
On his appointment it was generally
said Of him that there was no politics In
his selection. Certainly he had not fig
ured politically In the state or nation. He
was allied with no faction or wing Of the
democratic party, and his appointment
carried with 1t no award for partisan
services rendered. Like the appointment
Of Secretary Lane Of the Department Of
the Interior. 1t was made apparently on
past performances OF public duty.
The War Department, which Mr.. Gar
rison is running, is a great big. compli-
Gated machine. 1t Is spending close on
$50 100000 a year. counting in the SAL
Co., 900 authorized this year for river and
harbor improvements, for all such Inn
provements are made under the direction
Of the Engineer Corps Of the army. Quite
aside from handling the fighting force,
the department has the Philippines and
Porto Rico on its hands, and. In a de-
gree, the Panama canal.
X
OF course. the Military Academy at
West Point, the War College at Washing
ton and the many service schools
throughout the country are all under the
direction Of the Secretary. He is the SUI
preme authority over fleet Of army
transports. and In the Coast Artillery
Corps he has another sea force in a feet
of mine planters and coast artillery post
tenders.
When New York wants to build a new
dock on the Hudson. or citizen or cor
poration wants to do something to any
Of the navisable waters Of the country,
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GLENN reflection
must come to him
who stands or
kneels in the lit
tie sanctuary, a
treasure house or
sacred relics and
impressive memo
rails and a vine
yelled chapel In the
close of the Epis-
copal cathedral of
ST. Peter and st.
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When Secretary Garrison was appoint
ed it was announced that he was an
avowed advocate Of independence Tor tne
Philippine Islands"
IT, said he, when he was asked as
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Already he has shown a capacity for
an extraordinary amount of work. but
ne doesn't sit still to work. He isn't that
type. He wants to move and to have
things move. 1t was in character for him
to 60 to Ohio for first-hand knowledge
Of the food disasters His mind works fast
and when he talks. which IL not seldom,
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QUESTIONS are asked every day
~ about the little house which stands
in Potomac Park at the southwest cor
ner of 18th and B streets, or in the an
gle of the north and east drives. 1t is a
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the 4th OF March Mr.. Garrison was not
even in that large and notable class OF
those mentioned" for cabinet Office
Without detracting in the least from his
ability and capacity IL must truthfuliy
be said that he was practically unknown
generally throughout the nation. Chancery
court work In New Jersey Is not Of . SEN
sational character. He had presided over
no great trial. as great trials arc meas
ured by tho attention they attract.
So 1t was that he came to Washington
with hardly soul in the War Depart
ment having previous inside Information
on his character. characteristics. habits
Of thought and methods Of work That
must have been excessively annoying to
the department a. Q whole.
81
When 0 man takes ONCE - the head of
one Of the executive departments Of this
government IL IL natural that bureau
chiefs, division chiefs and all who are
TO be subject to his orders arc interested
in getting line on him." Tho ofdcer
who gets in first to see him II besieged
on all sides. when he comes out. with the
question: How do you size him up?"
Young officer who had been in to see him
tersely answered the question:
He's q live wire?''
And that is the answer that has gone
all through tho department
He is q live wire.
curious thing about him II the DIFF
ference between the man az he il and his
photograph. In the picture he appears q
sedate. middle-aged person with grayinl
hair and Intellectual face. In the flesh
he appears fully twenty years younger
than his portrait. One forgets the hail
in the atmosphere Of youth and virility
he creates about him. His sparkling
brown eyes give the lie to the gray
thatch above them. They are expressive
eyes. keen. sharp and ever dancing eithe
with interest or with humor.
Dignity he has. but no pomposity. One
can readily imagine that he must have
had hard time schooling himself on the
bench to refrain from taking q hand ii
the argument before him too often. In
tensely alive, he is a man who wants Il
be in anything that is going on about
him.
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NE Of the surprises
President Wilson
sprung on the
American people at
the beginning Of
his administration
was the appoint
ment Of Vice Chan
cellor Lindley M.
Garrison of New
Jersey as Secretary
Of War.
Three days before
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-18
Cards Think Fifth Place Is Worst for Them
P
By
BY CLARENCE F. LLOYD

FEW YORK, n Y, Feb. IL
N Schuyler P. Britton, president CT
the Cardinals. made a noiselike =
second Charles Webb Murphy, Of the
Cubs, only his tones fingered much
more dulcetly on the ears of fans
Besides promising St Louis fans i'm
prOvements in the bleachers, free score
cards and other nOvelties-fOr a mag
nate of a st. Louis club-Mr. BrittOn
declared that his club would be built
up to finish in the first division this
season. How Mr. BrittOn would not
say, but nothing lower than fifth place
can be possible, he declared, prior to
his departure for Cleveland with his
wife.
While Mr.. BrittOn's noise listens wol1,
it is difficult to absorb. not knowing
any Of his sub rosa deals to strengthen
the club and make it possible for the
Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburg and
New York.
Mr.. BrittOn made a hit with the
club owners here, who think that his
election to the presidency has solved
all Cardinal ills.
The National league meeting was
really of the American league stripe.
There was no noise following the gath
ering. 1t was truly a peaceable meet
ing.
Must Pay for sUmps.7
Because Garry Hermann deprived
the league Of perfectly good umpire
when he signed Hank O'Day as his 1913
manager, the club owners decided that
in the future if a club picks an umpire
for manager or some other position,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-18
Gossip About Sport Stars

window and seriously injured himself a
year ago and has not played ball since
Danny Murphy, the Athletics veteran
Outfielder, is again in splendid health,
and may get back in the game now
and then next season When Murphy
injured his leg last year it was thought
he was through for good as player.
Connie Mack says Jimmy Walsh, the
new Outfielder he secured from the
Orioles. is a finished ball player de-
spite his short time in the big league,
and will be a big help to the Athletics
in the next campaign
Charlie Murphy says he has made no
offer to the Montreal club for the ser
vices Of pitcher Mattern, the former
Boston sOuthpaw-
Eddie OnslOw. the yOungster the
Tigers grabbed from Lansing last sea-
has been shorn of his ambition to be-
come a free agent. Onslow did not
remember having signed a contract
with Detroit, although he played first
Grays. The national commission con-
vino I'd him that he signed a contract
and must live up to it.
Connie Mack declares Eddie Plank
is really in earnest when he says he
will retire from the game. Plank made
up him mind to quit the game last sea
son, and il is unlikely that a raise in
salary Will tempt him to change his
mind.
Already the merry clink Of the ham
mer and anvil chorus floats out on the
breezes in Cincinnati They're after
Joe Tinker They say Tinker ought
to sign young players instead Of load
ing up with Cub cast-offs like Brown
and King.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-18

letter in which, among other things
(and the chief is a prolific as well as
very interesting writer said he was
more than pleased that Jim Thorpe
my friend of a long time" is to be one
Of US.
L have always" wrote the Chief,
been a great admirer Of Jim and shall
do my best TO assist him to become as
great a balplayer as he is an athlete,
and that means pre-eminent- / shall
take an immense amount Of pride as
one of his race in seeing him mount to
the top in the baseball profession, and
I think he will In fact he cannot help
1t with John McGraw as his manager.
Gives 3IeGraw Credit.
When I Joined the Giants 1 had little
else than my ambition. a big bat and
my catcher's mitt- What success I
have attained since, is entirely due to
manager McGraW and ChriSty Mathew
son. I give them the entire credit. Jim
Thorpe viii join the Giants a perfect
athlete, champion Of the whole world,
as an all round man. He knows some
thing Of baseball probably as much as
I did when I first reported in Marlin,
but more than that Jim loves the game
of baseball even more than he does
football, and that is half the battle.
with the natural athletic ability
Jim has and his aptitude in @raSpinE
new ideas. his anxiety to learn, ana
lions, makes me very confident that
McGraw can develop him into a great
player. I should much rather he earns
his reputation as a ball player than to
be dependent as a mere drawing card
on the fame he has gained in the past
as a worlds champion athlete"
The CHIEF also wrote that he might
arrive in Marlin about the time the
first squad gets here, so as to make
Thorpe feel more at home"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-18

the club will be required to reimburse
the league to the amount that it cost
to replace the drafted indicator hand
Ter.
The staff may be raised to 10 mem
bers, if Hank ODay accepts president
Lynch's offer to return to the game in
that capacity.
Paul Kricheu, the former Brownie
catcher and proprietor of cafe in the
Bronx here, bObbed up at the Hotel Nc
Alpin with the announcement that he
was a holdOut- Not exactly that but
Kricheu dislikes his transfer to the
Kansas City american association
team. Like all New Workers, Krich5u
wants to be able to make" this town
a few times each season. For that rea-
son he is ma king an effort TO be trans
ferred to some International league
team. Krichell threatens to be a cafe
manager y months of the season I'm
less he is shifted to this section Of the
country.
Manager Higgins has been unable to
filch a pitcher from certain Interna-
tionaI league owner. He has made
couple of propositions to aforesaid
owner, but has been turned down. Now
Hug believes he'll have to stand pat n
the players he has on his roster. The
transfer of Beals Becker, Outfielder,
from the New York to the Cincinnati
club, is the lone big deal. Higgins held
up Becker when McGraw first asked
waivers on the fly-chaser, but was I'M
able to take him He says he doesn't
regret that the Reds obtained the
utility Giant.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-18


Four of the five outside teams en-
tered in the Southwestern Basketball
federation have sent in the names con-
shutting their lneupS. which viii be
used in the meet to the federation Of
ficials at the Y. NJ G. a. AlamOgOrdO
High school, is the only team which
has not been heard from. but the lineup
college at Mesilla Park. has Withdrawn
from the meet. and its place has been
taken by the Bisbee, Eri-. i. NJ c a.
Following are the lineups OF the teams
entered up to date: Bisbee Y N. c. A..
B. StrUtheTS, J. l. Benton. 3. Thomas.
J. Champion, Jas. MaffiO, c. Beyers. H.
HOdgson, l. c. Daniels. Z. YOakUm
and R. Verfuth. The lineup Of the Bis
bee team is nearly the same as the
the championship of the federation in
this city three years ago.
The Silver City Normal. at Silver
City, n NJ. J. Crawford, II Blackwell.
Ira Williams, Raymond COffey. J.
PenneOvaH, F. ECsefield, Otto Provost,
NJ NOrcup. F. Tippets.
Big Springs Y. " c. A. Big Sprin~s.
son, Louis Conway. H B. RObb. Jack
Williamson. Nuiu R0bb. T. II. Upton.
Frank CarlstOn and Harry Williamson
New Mexico Normal. at Las VEGAS y.
NJ. Carl Eller. Clare kOOge-. Harold
Stewart. Solomon GallegOs. J. c. Baker,
Frank CarrOn. Prentiss White, Octa-
vianO LarrazOla-
The various squads viii arrive on diff
ferent trains Thursday morning and
afternoon. The extra service bIeacher
seats in the balcony of the Y. NJ. c. a.
gymnasium have been put up in the
expectation Of the large crowds at the
games
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-18

rARLIN. TEX, Feb. 1S.-Wnen
MI John Tories Meyers and James
Thorpe meet here in the Giants
training camp there may be a clash be
tween the tribe as to which viii be
entitled to the name and rank Of chief
OF the clan OF two, but do not antici-
pate any scalp dance that is always
preliminary to the digging up of the
tOmahawk- On the contrary, I think
that both indians viii bunk under the
same tepee while here and be INSOFAR
able rOOmmates when under the roofs
OF the white mans s<yscraping hotels
That Chief Meyers will be called
CHER as long as he is Giant and
that probably means as long as he
plays baseball for a stipend, goes
without saying I believe that Bender,
of the Athletics, is also called Chief
by MS fellow players. but still MS
title to the name does not appear to
me to be as distinctive when applied
to the Chippewa as to Meyers Of the
Mission indian tribe Of southern Cali
fOrnia- And Thorpe, the Sac and Fox,
viii go down in athletic as well as
baseball history as plain jim, al
though his fame is world wide, while
his fellow indians reputation has the
narrower scope Of being simply ma
tiOnaL
Yes. Meyers viii never lose the title
Of Chief" but possibly that may be
enlarged to Big Chief"
But Meyers and Thorpe are now
warriors Of the same tribe-the
Giants-and there viii be need for
them to smoke the pipe Of peace They
will wear the same war paint; they
VIII be brothers.
This I know to be so because big
Chief Tories emerged from his win
ter's Information in Redlands, Southern
California, long enough to write