El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-18
HONOR SYSTEM IN THE ARMY
WILL BRING THE BEST RESULTS
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camps candidates for commissions are being placed
upon their honor to their behavior. This applies
especially to those hours when the young
under the eyes of the officers in command It viii apply
When they asked to drink gamble do any
Of the other things which detract from the value of
and reflect uPon the honorable service upon which he
entered 1t is intended that the monons Of conscience
pledge Of honor having been given shall be strong enough
prevent the officer candidates from committing those
acts which their superOrs anxious FOR them
The idea pleases 1t will be Of the tests of the
characters Of these young Il VIII have bearing
perhaps great des-n decLing their fitness for the COM
missions they It would be interesting to know at
the end Of the training PERIOD whether all the 10000
N these camps adhered to their pledge Probably not
There viii be weaklngs among the thousands
Who viii forsake their honor and detected, suffer the
penalty OF dismissal rom the service But the great
oy viii hold themselves under better control than could
provost marshals and their squads of military police
1t viii be recalled that Maj Gen J. J. Pershing when
command here instituting similar system though
with notifications when summoned away to take
msnd Of the southern department is of his beliefs
that enlisted mans honor dependable that Of
anyone else. He recognized at the time that few
black sheep found in every flock of any and for
them police provision is necessary Therefore the provost
guards.
There is much of the honor system in civil life No
man, employer employee but is his honor most Of
the time IN greater less degree His depends
some his adherence to the principles Of
honor; scarcely less II fact than upon his ability as
worker He cngs to them tenacieusly If he would con-
time 10 advance because they right and because
dshonor always pokes through the surface and exposes
itself If given time.
The plan Of putting the candidate officers in the
training camps upon their honor meets approval aside
from other considerations because it in line with the
democratic spirit which should prevail IN the military
forces Of free people 1t is good to think the young
officers relied upon to govern their actions with
out the close Surveillance of supeors and that relied
upon, they VIII prove reliable.
strong prohibition clause Is contained in the army
bill fOrbids the sale gift Of intoxicating liquors to
any officer enlisted IN the United States army
Its application viii depend upon soldiers them
selves It would be well if they placed upon their
been the candidate officers the training
camps. For the best discipline that which self sd
ministered-
As team the national Of representa-
tyes just forming poor combination One pulls
forward and the other pulls bck One bals other
pushes ahead Then the other around and
starts the other way.
II thinking of buying fome remember, that if you
have occasion the future leave FL Pase the chances
you recover selling all you have put into your
home and make profit besides.
exchange remarks that Russian difficulties are being
settled PetrOgraduay But it may be that the settling
Of the leaders IN the conflict may be executed and
sezt up to St Peters burg
In denouncng food spectators members of congress
fe perfectly safe in assuming they vocinE the opn-
lens Of most of their constituencies
When the baseball players drawn inta army service
they might be trained bombing squads and armed with
hand gTenades-
Being member of the Russian ministry seems to mean
occupying office without duties authority pos
zi5ly without pay.
The most ardent advocates of the buy home move
ment axe those who have already bought.