Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24

sums being wasted In the matter Of trans
porting supplies to outlying posts in the
islands. He made complete reorganiza-
ton of the interisland transport service.
The direct result Of that one operation
was saving of more than $4,000.
From 1899 to 1901 Col Glen was sta
toned in Porto Rico as chief quartermas-
ter of that department. then occupied by
the army which administered the is
lands affairs. During this period n ter
rifle hurricane swept Porto Rico. result
ing in great loss of lives and property
BY order of this government Col. Glenn
handled 100000 pounds of supplies fur
nished to sufferers.
Again. in 1906. he won commentator
for helpful services in time of disaster
He was chief quartermaster of the De-
partment of California when the earth
quake and fire of April IS almost de-
stroyed San Francisco. What the quar-
termaster's department, under the direc-
ton of Col Glen, did there with its fly
ing relief squadron of thirty-four auto
mobiles, with its fine organization of sys-
tematized helpfulness, with its ability
quickly to get on its feet with its own
office and records destroyed. are matters
that have been given worldwide fame.
AT various times Col. Glen has been
chief quartermaster of the Department of
the Gulf at Atlanta, of the Department OF
the Lakes at Chicago. of the Department
of the Columbia at Portland. Ore: Of the
Oh texas at san -AUlpiliO
and at the places mentioned in the fore
going. This service, lasting several years
at each place, has given him wide ac-
qii2intance and extraordinary popularity.
especially among civilians. During his
years of service 1T Atlanta prior to thu
Spanish american war he elected de
partment commander of the g. \. r.
In a general talk aoout the lessons Of
the nations military history. recently.
Col. Glenn was asked il the assertion,
frequently made that the military spirit
is dying out in this country WAS true.
Certainly not. said he. there is 10
change in human ~: $40 change in our
manhood. Recent events stand III proof
The Young manhood of thu. nation won j
rush TO enlist
There has been a disposition mani
fest at times to avoid keeping The coua-
tTy's dVfenses in ;id adequate state of
preparedness but this is not 50 strong
as once it was. Nj people do not realize
that the way to reduce the tragedies and
the huge expense of war is To he ready
for war. II is in extemporizing armies
and in trying to put extemporized armies
into the field, unframed and unprepar-
ed. that nation suffers its chefest loss.
We. perhaps, need more preparation
than we have had but when [ contem-
plate conditions they now exist with
those that existed at the breaking out
of the civil war / marvel at the advance
that has been made. Then we did not
have much of a regular army. We had
nothing that can approach the fine and
trained National Guard of today; We had
no reserve supplies; We had no medical
organization that can begin to compare
with what We have now. and We had
neither the widely diffused military
knowledge nor its equally important
companion, knowledge of camp santa
ton, that exists today. Our losses in
the earlier stages of the civil war ac-
cordingly were much larger than they
had any need to be.
But whatever our condition OF pre-
parednesS for war, whatever unneces-
sary risks that are being taken by not
being fully prepared the nations main
reliance the spirit of patriotism among
our young men, is just strong today
as it ever was. | know our young
Americans. AT heart and in spirit they
are of precisely the same metal as the
boys who fought the civil war.
ASHMI-N BROWN