Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Army and Navy News

, 1t has become necessary to search
for that reason. Once the cause has
: been located, future success of the
cavalry, arm Will depend upon tho
re.seSy sorad and applied.
I 70 this end tie Secretary os Wa.
/ appointed 3 board. o. ws:cs CO..:
s. Armstrong. chaes c. tie
! Any -erfccEt Service, bncaa.e sx-cf-
ESQ chairman. to investigate rae sub
> rfeo1Eaen6eti ons for an ir1p:ore,,nent
: IN It's breed 9. saId.e- .so:sc5. At e.:e..--'
Est .,ccI.:.e, tteaiGes< .he Chairman
ana ten sA:n.y o.sace.s o. htgh :ank.
such io.seEaen as August Belmont,
Arthur Hancock, Thomas Hitchcock.
A1gernon Dangerfield. +. ambrose
Clark and John r. Moller were In at
tendance.
They found that better roads
throughout the whole country and the
development Of automotive power have
made the use of the riding horse no
longer ind spensable. The farmer finds
more profit IN raising heavy draft
no ses and meat cattle than in the
more elegant blooded animals for sad
die use. IN 1911 the Array senses the
, to-: VIZ: tie Department % Ag-:cu'-
tt:e. TO stimulate TIE breeding o-
! good. lat saGd.e Io-ees bur AFRO
nct-t.c..s tTa-e "oc .a:Ea. a..a 1913,
n:.h- i- tie Mcx.ca1 b.. sle-: t'oIb.e,
fou:a TIC tf:ay. s.o-t o. i7:sea Of
o. ara GlElnE1 iad 'naGe
iica'y in. 3ads or rhe s.ra. ,iu...pe-. ~
su.raela ho:sas that NSe:e yhe.. -. TIE
'scor-trys
. There Seem to be two courses: the
frst 81 es-a blish cove rmcnt ore ii
ing farms ard tao other is fer the
government to procure AND place in
ihe breeding sections blooded sires.
The expense of the first plan is prac-
tically prohib.tIve... If there were
large demand for that type of horse.
the money might be good invest
ment in It's resultant Improvement of
the breed; but IL there. we're de-
mand there would be plenty of horses.
1t seems as If the government must
make prices for good animals that
VIII pay the breeders to raise horses
of the proper type.
Some people are urging that the
day of cavalry is past, but that view,
especially for the United States Army.
Is untenable. Hundreds of miles on
the southern border of the country
must be guarded. and men cannot de-
pend upon automobiles for use in that
wild country. Even If the roads were
excelient-which they are not-soi-
olers cannot pursue mounted bandits
IN motor cycles, trucks or autos.
! Thus far the only answer the board
can find to the problem liz to make OBJ
portunfty and inducement to breeders
ana farmers to produce and sell to the
Army good saddle horses. It is ex-
pensfve, but cavalry~is a necessity. :.
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1t looks as ii grave injustice
were being done to the military in
terests of the
Infantry School country in the
at JENNINGS, Ga 1 .a,'afs to e % aoas
the infantry. or small arms. school !
at Benninss, Ga. 1t may be replied |
that an injustice was done In the |
selection of that location and the APP
niication of funds to the purchase of
the site and the construction of the
buildings but, IL that be the case, !
the fact remains, that IA wholly dis
Interested board of military officers
and engineers selected the location
for strictly military reasons while |
the war was being waged. and that |
OF its, advantages. The proposal to |
salvage the construction and to sell |
the land means the abandonment of |
one of the greatest measures taken |
for the future protection of the ma
ton. s-
If the country Is prepared to take
up the fatuous theory that the league |
of nations Ii q sufficient guaranty |
for the preservation of the United |
States from foreign or internal dis \
turbances that cannot be settled with
out resort to arms then 1t is folly to |
spend, q cent on military forces and |
propositions looking. To preparedness |
along with that for Bennings ought |
to. be abandoned.
II the country 10 not ready to accept |
,fhfo ~ a.Nf .
II enters Unto the proposed treaty /
with France, then some degree Of /
Ipreparation Is necessary. and to I
neglect Il is plain neglect of an l
obvious duty duty imposed by the
Constitution. 1t Is at this point that I
the average american looks with |
comp1acency at precedent and accepts /
Its application to present conditions. /
But some facts stand in the way of !
when they are realized.
mes 551n. o. f tns m for the
upon the infantry. 1t Is estimated that
per thousand of battle cas-
ualties fell upon that arm, while no
other suffered more than six per thou
sand. From the outset of the war
open fighting and cabled many mes
sages to train the infantry In the use
OF the rife for open warfare; how was
1t done! In one of the officers train
ing camps, in the early days of the
war. candidates for officers commits
sions were taught first one style OF |
bayonet drill. then another. and finally /
q third. In the. brief period of three |
mopths. because 1t was found that the
Army; standard was out of date. Yet |,
this was the training for the young I
men who were to lead the American /
soldfers-the very men whose lives 1
we're lost-5fnto acticln against the
best that Germany could oppose to |
them. Orators speakttof the men who |!
opposed German bullets with their
bare breasts. Lovely but not If the |
line ofacer could have given them bet
ter shelter; not IL training could have
taught him how TO handle his men,.
now. let us save money by not train I
Ing the men," but that sort Of economy
does not payif the next war costs as |
many unnecessary deaths as the press
ent war did.
z The military object of Camp Ben
nfngs is to- give training to infantry
officers and the instructors of fnfan- /
trymen. both for, the, Regular Army I
and the National Gaurd. The site was 7
selected with view to working outj
almost every conceivable problem for |
the infantry arm. whether considered
separately, or fin conjunction With cav
airy, field artillery. In ordinary tagett
practice or in maneuverfng through |
open fields or woods through UNDER
brush or from trenches.
Fort Sill does not meet the require
ments for this camp and Is needed for
artillery anyway. Camp Bragg does |
not come UP to the standard OF thisI