Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-10-28


temporary officers who, with their reg
ular officers. will complete their quota
of the $1,000. These selections are well
under way and it will be necessary
that the discharge from the service OF
all temporary officers not so selected
for retention, be accomplished before
| November l, 1919.
This means the discharge within the
next five weeks of approximately TO-
| 900 emergency officers, most of whom
| desire to remain in the service but for
whom there are no vacancies under
in which temporary officers are to be
retained. the department has been
guided by the consideration that the
immediate commanders know best the
relative rTerits of the officers under
| their command and are best qualified
to judge which officers will be of the
greatest value to the military estab-
lishment for the particular work TO
be accomplished by this establishment
between now and June 80. 1920. The
army has important work to do before
that date and the retention of tenn
pOrary officers must be based upon
their fitness to do this work rather
than as a reward for their services
during the war;
Ranks Must Be Readjusted.
The war department has fixed the
number of officers that there may be
in each grade of the $4,000 officers.
thereby terminating the opportunity
for extensive promotion that has ex
listed during the war. In getting the
$4,000 officers into these grades, there
must be sacrifices of rank and pay
throughout the service; a necessary
consequence of read:usting the rank
of officers from that held in military
force having 100000 officers to those
they can properly hold in force hav-
ing only 1900 officers.
The temporary officers TO be retained
will he largely applicants for perma
nent appointment. These officers
along with all others have reached
grades in the large army raised during
the war that they cannot expect to
hold in the small peace-time force. A
determination of the decrease in rank
of these officers in order to properly
fit them into the new commissioned
force will be made by the war depart
ment and announced in orders.
Much Treaty Legislation Needed.
Ratification of the treaty of peace
with Germany will not end the
responsibility of congress in con-
nectfon with the pact. There will
still remain the question as to how nu-
merOus provisions of the treaty are to
be administered. 1t is reasonably GER
tain that congress, in enacting legisla- |
ton that will be necessary in order to |
put into effect many provisions of the |
treaty so far as the United States is
concerned, will see to it that broad |
powers are retained by the legislative |
body, or at least by the senate. Assam |
ing that the treaty, with the League of |
Nations covenant included, will be rati- |
fled with certain reservations, it will |
be necessary for the United States |
to have representatives on a large num-
The treaty is silent as to how these
representatives of the government shall |
be appointed. Should congress fail to
act the president would appoint in |
every instance. But congress, so the |
leaders in the two houses say, has no |
thought of failing to act. 1t will pro-
vide, through legislation, if present |
plans are carried out, that all repre-
sentativeS of the United States Oh the
international tribunals shall be nOmi-
mated by the president and confirmed |
by the senate.
When the treaty goes into effect
there will be opened up an entirely |
new field of international activity. 1t |
is a field that viii call for trained
men of the best type. Congress will |
fix the salaries of these men and will,
of course, have to appropriate money
TO meet the expenses of the United
States in participating in the numer-
Gus new international activities.
Will Require Many Experts.
There will have to be mixed arbi-
trail tribunal established between each
of the allied and associated powers on
the one hand and Germany on the
other within three months after the
ratification of the treaty. Each of these
tribunals is to consist of three men,
berS. The United States will. in case
the treaty is ratified, appoint one MEM
Der of the tribunal which is to repre-
sent it, Germany will appoint one men,
Der, and the two thus appointed will
to be created a permanent commission
which will advise the council of the
League of Nations on military. naval
and air questions. 1t will also be nee
essary for the United States to name /
members of more than score of other |
commissions that are to deal with |
problems growing out of the war.
A typical commission is the one pro-
vided for to deal with the Saar basin.
This commission, it will be recalled, is |
to consist of five members chosen by |
the council of the League of Nations |
and will include one citizen of France, |
one native inhabitant of the Saar ba- |
members belonging TO three countries |
other than France or Germany. In
this particular case the treaty does not
say specifically that the United States |
must be represented, but it is taken for |
granted that it will be. In nearly ev-
cry other case in which a commission
is provided for the United States is
e -
must be represented.
Congress viii also have to deal with
the mandatOries. If. as is generally
understood, this government agrees to
look after the ArmenianS. congress
will have TO say how the government
shall go about this. There is also pro-
vision in the League OF Nations COW