Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-23
SCORES PUTTING
UNFRAMED men
in HIGH PLACES
Gen. Carriers Prize Winning
Essay Insists Upon Expert
ence for Commanders

i ence I0r Commanders
i Experience, training and demon
Istrated ability are the qualities whic
a republic should demand Of It's mil
tary commanders, says Major Genera
William III. Carter in his essay on 9Th
Human Element in Warfare" whicl
Twas awarded the 1915 Reeve MeEol
ial Prize. The first part of the essa
was printed in the Star-Bulletin Of
/ October and the second part On OC
tober 16 Thethird portion o: the es
say, which will be concluded mex
week, follows:
The peculiarly mystifying and de
1plorable thing In military life Is no
that an occasional Benedict Arnoll
develops into q traitor, but that sDles|
did men, honorable and nprigll
through a long course Of years. an,
who have given upon hard-fougl1
fields the highest evidence of couragl
soldierly ability and patriotism. shouI
be sacrificed for a single miscarTjad
| or alleged lnkewarmness in the ex(
cution OF orders, as nlthlessly as tn.
savage Indian demands blood FOL
blood.
In writing Of the importance OF te
selection and employment of generals
Washington wrote: "Delicacy, &c mak
tiers become serious. must yield to Ell
pediency. The stake we play for \
too great to be trihed With" And &
the highest and most patriotic motivoI
must be credited to those who sem
that gallant soldier and gentlemaIl
General Warren, broken-hearted to at
untimely grave. and to those who con,
demned Fitz John Porter to so many
years of suffering such as guiltless
conscience alone endures,
No Time for Amends.
These tyRify only the more cele.
brated and historic cases. In the rush
and swirl of war there is no time to
ferret out and make amends for mis-
judgments of the actions Of mene The
very development Of soldierly pride
makes the man all the more sensitive
to Just rebuke. while unmerited cen
sure may readily develop life griev-
ance.r
1t Is seldom that one unblushingly
discfoses his own scheming as Gen.
z. d. Keyes set down in his personal
memoirs, when he advocated that low
al men should make knewn their quail.
fications for office. and If needs be. en-
ter into combinations for the purpose
of mutual exploitation. 1t was in this
spirit he wrote, under date Of April
10, 1861, to Capt Montgomery Meigs
OF the Corps of Engineers, subsequent
" auartermaster-general:
"In such state of things Il Is all
important that You should be here.
and If you can make a little capital
where you are, hasten on will en-
nance your exploits and capacity. and
when you return trust we may work
together for the common cause and
OF one another That Meigs was not
ayerse to working to q common end
is apparent from a letter written by
him TO Hon. w. H. Seward, secretary
of state. from which this excerpt is
taken: Colonel Reyes has shown in
telligence. zeal, activity, and look
for a high future for him. =
We go to serve our country, and the
country should not neglect us or leave
us to be strangled in tape. however
red.
In letter from Dwight Bannister,
dated at Cincinnati July 10, 1852. made
public by General Reyes, the follow
ing appears:
Letter Went to Cabinet.
Il told YOU all would vet be right.
| knew that Secretary Chase would
stand by you, when he once under
stood thoroughly your merits To
make him fully acquainted with them
/ did all and more than / promised
you | would do. The letter | wrote
from your headquarters was copied by
Chase's secretary Che informs mel
and taken before the Cabinet. I met
and refuted charges of incompetency
in e letter from a person on
the staif OF one OF your brother corps
made against you and
sent to Secretary Chase, but OF this
fact say nothing until | see you and
will tell you what set of jealous men
you have, right in the Army OF the
Men are not always so frank In Civ
Ing expression to the personal antag-
onism to others in the public service
as appears in these two letters, which
require no comment:
Headquarters. NagIee's Division.
''Newbern, June IL, 1868.
General: | am most happy 10 adj
wise you that have been transferred
with my brigade into the department
of North Carolina.
1T may be equally agreeable and
satisfactory to you. as it certainly is
70 myself. to be assured that the sep
aration will be permanent one.
To Maj. Gen. Erasmus G. Reyes,
Commanding. ETC., Etc.
Reyes Sent Sharp Answer.
Headquarters. Fourth Corps,
Yorktown, June Is. 1863.
General: Your letter OF the 18th
instant has been received.
The happiness you express In your |
Of a permanent separa-
ion from me is. I assure you, most
ordially reciprocated. ] WIN add,