The Washington times., 1914-01-26
IRNY AGOG OVER
WOODS SUCCESSOR
Barry, and WOtherSpOon
Are Given Support for Post
of Chief of Staff.

nc will succeed Mai. Gen. Leonard
" ID as chief Of staff?
ny men and Senators are aSoS
py. this question, for. on March l..
u. n General Wood takes command
f The Department of the East, with
e quarters in New York, and his sue
e. ur has rot been named.
Y lfle most Of the high army officials
II, casting, longing Glances at the in
fu, tiar position confirmation by the
er ate is predicated upon the nominee
+ a ing had ample field service, it is
IS erted.
. he position is influential and dc
ll- Die, especially so now, with The
n, dcan trouble and more or less omi-
hors talk as to the need of army pre-
30 -sdness, with unrest in the Philip
'pi-es, and sc on. Moreover, it is more
be sirable than it used to be in the
.Rsvs when f. c. Ainsworth as ad-
utant general came pretty near run
.lir= the army and all that uDpertained
n reto.
The Chief Candidates.
The men at the top of the army list
vho are chiefly mentioned for the post
re, in order OF rank, Maj. Gen. Thomas
h. Barry, William II. Carter, Arthur
|dr-ray. and William ". Wotherspoon.
Mai. Gen. ]. Franklin Bell. one Of
h most brilliant officers Of the army,
la 7ks next to Major General Wood on
the active list However, General
|Bc's health has been weakened by
h q work and hard campaigning in
hRCiHaE ha hl c
se ed one detail as chief Of staff. II
Is ssumed he will not be named.
Re sharp contest is on among the
81. porters of Generals Barry, Carter
kra WothersDoon, and the situation is
eng watched closely in the Senate, es-
D, ally in the Senate Military Com
In tee.
riends Of Barry and Carter are OBJ
Ie ing TO General WotheTSpOon on the
Z und that the other two officers
bu seen much more field service than
hF and that no one should be appointed
:. % is not, first of all, an officer who
H. seen active service in command of
tr ~ps ANY officer who has been on
Ii mainly about the War Department
In Washington will have hard shedding.
Their Qualifications
ON OeuGIdlS DdLiE ' ana Ndl Nt- l4elN Z
b. many years OF service in command
D. troops. General WotherspoOr has
hi less field service than either Of
lhon.
NVotherspoon is q native os the Dis
r!ct OF Columbia, was on the general
stan here from 1901 TO 1919. and also
served in 1911 and 1872 on the general
s1aT. He is now head OF the War Col
e here.
Carter is a native OF Tennessee. It
mas been sometimes charged he was
1ne Of the foremost of the Washing
on 'swivel-chaIr brigade" As. a mat
er Of fact, few high officers of the
lrmy have been on active service with
J ,Ops more than Carter.
AIRY is a New York man by birth
though he has not seen as hard
q ice as Carter, he has lot Of il to
J.. credit
sides, there are some able bTigadier
:, erals who are perfectly competent to
the post and who have been in ac-
field service almost constantly.
: ing them are the redOubtaDle Fun
+ n ranking brigadier OF the army:
- and Pershing with excellent rec
D. - II is assumed, however, selection
, = be made from one of the major
erals. If Carter and Barry, both
-anking Wotherspoon, are passed
We Tor WOtherspoon, there will be
y re entertaining hOstilities in the
= nate Military Affairs Committee on
} O. ground he has spent too many years
army life in Washington.