Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-13
and mountain and nom the coasts or
our country.
ARMY Well Prepared

and mountain and rom the coasts or
our country.
Army Well Prepared.
1t has been evident for some years
that the war department Of the United
States was determined, il a conflict
were to come with any other country,
there would be no duplication of the
state OF unpreparedness in which the
service was found at the outbreak OF
the Spanish war. and which led to
rows between officers OF high rank and
to scandals which gave "embalmed
beef a place in army annals.
Ii can be said today that, except
in the matter of field artillery and
ammunition for It. the United States
army is web prepared in every way
for anything that may come. Coz.
gress seemingly never has been will
ing to appropriate enough money to
keep the service departments up 10
the standard, but with the lesson Of
the Spanish war behind them. the de-
partment chiefs have done the best
they could with the money which was
forthcoming. Any army OF the United
States which goes into the field to-
day will be well fed, well clothed. well
armed. and every preeaution will be
taken and every means afforded to
save the men from the ravages of
disease.
II was just after The Spanish war
that the general stan of the army was
established. The moving army spirit
in the work was William H. Carter.
now major general OF the service
with three or four years more ahead
Of him on the active list The general
STAFF not only has looked after plans
for operations in case Of emergency.
but it has done what it could to see
that the supplies of all kinds were
properly distributed and made avail
able for instant use.
General AIeshire's Department.
Under an act of congress. approved
Two years ago. the quartermaster.
subsistence and pay departments of
the army we're consolidated in a
single organization to be known as
the quartermaster's corps. July /.
1907. President Roosevelt nominated
Maj. James B. Aleshire as brigadier
general in command OF the quarter
n aster's department Today General
Aleshire is a major general with
supervisory authority over the three
departments which. consolidated,
make up the quartermaster's corps
Brig. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe is the
commissary general.
The responsibilities resting on Gen
eral Aleshire are perhaps greater
than those which rest on any other
man of the United States army With
General Sharpe and the other officers
of the quartermaster's corps he is re-
sponsible for feeding and clothing the
armies in the field Soldiers do not
grow as hard at the man who leads
them to defeat as they do at the
man who fails to lead them TO dinner
Plan Of Labor Commission.
The commission on Industrial rela-
tons, which congress established
some time ago to study labor mat
tiers. has made public certain propos-
ais for legislation TO wipe out what
are called "chronically chaotic con-
ditions in the country's labor market"
and thus. as the commission puts it. to
strike a blow at the annually-recur-
ring evils of unemployment in the
United States"
The chairman of the commission is
Frank p Walsh, who says that the
proposals are tentative and that the
commissioners would like to receive
criticisms and suggestions from all
who choose to offer them. II is pro-
posed by Legislation to establish in
Washington a national bureau OF la
Dor exchange to be connected with the
department CT labor OF which William
b. Wilson is the secretary. II is pro-
posed TO have branch Offices in other
cities with a clearing house in each
for the district Immediately surround.
ing that city. the plan being to divide
the entire country into divisions. The
legislation asked will empower the bu-
reau to establish and conduct free pub.
lie employment offices.
Labor Market Bulletins.
One Of the most important services
of the bureau if established will be to
gather and distribute accurate infor-
nation concerning the labor market
in different places in the United States
1t is the intention If the proposals get
the form OF law TO publish this infor
nation In the form of bulletins to be
issued frequently and to be given such,
circulation as 10 make 1t available to
every person who is in search OF work
and to every employer who wants