Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

No statement given thus far De-
fore the Senate Military committee
has made more
Forming the marked impression s1i
Army 1oucy. Gen. Organ, who
commanded the 9th Division OF the
A. Z. F. His attitude against large
standing volunteer army meets re-
sponse from all persons VINO nave
given serious thought upon TINS SUD-
ject. Thus far no one has given rea-
son for the creation OF an ARMY oi
more than half a million men, ana
the principle involved in II Is "hoiiE
repugnant to national practice ana
ideas, The War Department has fall-
ed to give any reason for recommends
ing such force. 1t has not indicated
that there is any menace from Europe,
Asia, Mexico or Canada; and thus !ar
no one knows the reasons on W nIch
the decision was reached why SO ARG
an army should be created; -Seltlei
Congress nor the people of the United
Estates hesitated to grant the money or
give the men when they uhucrstopu
what they were needed Tor puS the
history of the United states SHOWS
that while the Constitution vests the
power to declare state OF war IN
Congress, it is the administration tnat
cnducts the nation to the point WheLe
that body must inevitably make the
declaration. Controlof a vast anu
powerful standing army is not weap-
on of international politics 70 pe IN
trusted To any SoVtr hmehl. me ~
German standing army was at inc
order of the German overiord; aha
was his most powerful instrument not
only in intimidating his nelShnors, ou'
in enforcing his sway over the VIC.
ing army that sustained the system OF
military caste in that now hapless
nation; and the officers OF the Aii e.
can Army would be among the mrs.
individuals to oppose its lntrouuc'io'i
in the United States.
This feature is the salient OF the OBJ
jections which Gen. Organ thrusts
into the provisions of the war De
strong attack against the shortnSss
of the proposed three month tram
ing of young men unless II pc sup
plemented by some system OF Train
ing He proposed in a tentative way
that the youths who hal qualihed py
the three month training should pc
continued for two years ano niHe
months in a federal force similar III
nature to the National Guard lot e.
tain light training and for two weeks
field service each year during tnls
period. He would also make o1acers
of the National Army, the reserve anu
capable civilians eligible ior Gum
missions in the Army.
Scch a plan could not be permltteu
to do away with the Regular Army.
1t has purpose of Tar greater I'M.
portance than that of the lnterha a.
police force of the United States. II
has the duty of keeping abreast or
little ahead of the times in military
affairs, of maintaining the SYST. .;I
which will enable the country TO utll-
ize in an emergency the man power
and material of the trained reserve
and to direct the plans for the tralh
ing camps in such way as TO Hiahe
them most effective. ..,-. nc to
tho seriousness with which members
of the committees are conslderinis
these problems or of their sincerity
of purpose in seeking to reach the
best solutions.
The War Department took a long
stem in the direction of efficiency In
Army administra-
M. c.n.rol ton when it rele-
Ano gated the old war
Stall College. College" to the war
MANS section Of the staff, and Install
ed in the beautiful building on the
river the General Staff College. BE-
fore the war officers used to say, with
some satisfaction, that the War Col
leee was not a college in the accept
ed sense; but now pride goes with the
statement that 1t is a school where
some of the best men in the Army go
to work in the art of learning the du-
ties of general staff officers particu-
larry and of good officers in general.
According to Gen. Peyton Z. March;
chief of staff, all the officers stationed
there in the student or the instructor
class are marked men, who have won
distinction in the present war. There
these men, eighty-five in number, will
meet to discuss the problems of the
ticular interest to the United States.
The president of the college is Maj.