Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-05-19

gress seemingly never has been will
ing to- appropriate enough money to
keep the service departments up to
the standard, but with the lesson of
the Spanish var behind them, the de-
partmeLt 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 viii be well fed, well clothed, we'll
armed, and every precaution will be
taken and every means afforded 20
save the Ten from The ravages OF
disease.
| 1T was just after the Spanish war
that the general STAFF 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 locked after plans
| for operations In case of emergency,
b1t it has done what it could to see
that the supplies of all kinds were
properly dis ributed and made avail
able for instant use.
General Aleshire's Department.
Under an act OF congress, approved
two years ago, the quartermaster,
subsistence and pay departments Of
| the army were consolidated IN
single organization to be known as
the quartermasters corps. July ].
1907. President Roosevelt nominated
Maj James B. Aleshire as brigadier
general in command of the quarter
masters 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
elal Aleshire are perhaps greater
thar those which rest on any other
man os the United States army With
| General Sharpe and the other officers
of the quartermasters corps he is re-
sponsible for feeding and clothing the
armies in the field Soldiers do not
I growl as hard at the man who leads
them to defeat as they do at the
man who fails to lead them to dinner.
a. good many people probably will re-
member the plight In which an Off
Ger of the subsistence department
| found himself because of the beef
| scandal OF Spanish war days. There
was court-martial and a suspension
| from rank and command with a heavy
IL not total loss of pay for two yeara
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 com mission 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. 1t is pro
posed by legislation to establish In
| Washington a national bureau CT la
Dor exchange to be connected with the
department of labor, Of which William
B. Wilson is the secretary. 1t 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 Markse Bulletins.
One of the most important services
Of the bureau il established will be 20
gather and distribute accurate infor-
nation concerning the labor market
in different places in the United States
1t is the intention II the proposals get
the form of law to publish this infor-
nation in the form of bulletins to be
| issued frequently audyto be given such
circulation as to lake 1t available to
every person who is In search of work
and to every employer who wants
workmen.
1t is proposed, and this feature of
| the plan the commission thinks will be
interesting to the country, that adj
visory councils shall be appointed for
| the national bureau and one for each
of the district clearing houses These
councils will be composed Of equal
numbers of representatives of employ
ers and of employees and will assist the
director in all matters pertaining to
the management, viii aid in deterInin-
! ing policies and will see to it that the
bureau is impartial In disputes be-
tween labor and capital, thus gaining
for it the confidence of the public. 1t
is the intention to have the secretary
Of labor appoint the members of the
district advisory councils.
The duties, powers and authority of
the bureau will be TO collect and fur
nish information regarding employers
and working people seeking employ
ment; 10 license, supervise, regulate
and inspect private employment Of
fees operating among the states; to es-
| tablish and conduct free public en-
| ployment offices and also clearing
houses for both public and private Of
ices; to improve the efficiency OF pub
lie employment Offices municipal,
state and federal; to make inyestiga-
tions of the work OF local and state
employment Offices; and to make rules
and regulations for the management
Of pub.!c employment offices and urge
their adoption by local and state au-
| rhorities.
Every employment Office conducted
by the bureau would be required t.
send daily report Of business to the
clearing house of the district ~ which
1t was situated
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