Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

partments of the government has juris-
diction over some eNtra-terrltorlal pos
session, instead of all such being grouped
into one department Alaska and Hawaii.
as full territories. in some respects have
the same standing as the traditional con-
tinental territories from which so many
of the new states were formed. But
neither in its laws and in its powers.
wholly resembles the other and neither
resembles accurately the traditional con-
tinental territory. These two territories.
like the older territories before them. are
under the Department of the Interior.
Then the War Department. through the
bureau of insular affairs. has the Philip
pines and Porto Rico. the one with a
government almost entirely autonomous
and the other more like an American ter
rItorv in the relationship it bears to this
nation
And fnally the Navy Department has
a little territory of its own-Guam The
navy acquired Guam for the United States
by capture and it has administered Guam
ever since with a naval officer always
holding the position of governor. Guam
has no government except such as the
Navy Department gives it
Welt, in the formative period following
the sudden expansion overseas of the
United States. wanted to consolidate the
administration of all eXtra-territorial pos
sessions in the War Department. He was
deferred only by the then existing con-
sressionai and public predspostion
against violating tradition in handling
territorial possessions, although the new
possessions were totally unlike anything
ever had before.
In the British system of colonial ad-
ministration there is in the imperial cab
met a minister known as the secretary
of state for the colonies. otherwise known
as the colonial secretary. So far as the
Philippines and Porto Rico are concerned.
the Secretary of War performs the same
functions in the American government.
In the British colonial office there IS an
under secretary. more or less of per-
manent officer, always a large figure IN
British public life, chosen for his states
manlike abilities. The work done by Gen.
Mcintyre parallels the labors of the Brit
ish under secretary for colonial affairs
If any evidence were necessary of the
ability. adaptablity and efficiency OF the
trained American army officer in any
position In which he might be projected.
1t can he found in the fact that Gen. Nc
lntNre has become a recognized interna-
tiona authority on colonial administra-
ton.
Alabama was the birthplace of this
army officer, who has become civil adj
ministrator. The same state was the
birthplace of his ancestors for several
generations back. And yet there is
nothing of the typical southerner in his
appearance. In face. figure and appear
ance he is the sturdy north OF Ireland
Celt, heavy bodied. muscular with a
tint of sand in his hair and true Celtic
blue eyes Generations in new land
have not wiped out racial physical char
acteristics.
Genealogy does not interest Gen. Nc
Intyre and he does not know just when
his ancestors came over from the land
where fighting men are bred. The south
has given him gentle courtesy, and his
wide experience a charm of manner
characteristic of those long trained in
handling large public affairs.
Gen. Mcintyre began his professional
career when Hillary A. Herbert later
Secretary of the Navy. and then repre-
sentative in Congress from Alabama ap-