New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-08-20

OF teaching ~ recent graduates. lie then points
out that there is more permanency In the aca-
demlc staff than II commonly supposed. or me u
heads of departments 7 are permanent anu d "ie
detailed for periods Of 1 years.
Secretary Baker says. in part cohce'n"'s
criticism NJ, 4: 49,
.Nothing short OF oimnisclence can analyze the
intricate, multiplied and scattered a~ctivities '"
tbe war DEPARTMENT during the recent war III
home and in the field, give just weisht ~ u
circumstances surrounding these ac'l'i'les NV
apportion either the credit for success Ut u"
blame for mistake rs between me p'rSohS 80
rnpel in those activities. The haLdfui ol "t''
Point graduates. the larger handtul OF i's"'u'
Army officers drawn from civil life. reserve ""-
cers officers of the National Guard, ana me
,,stlv larger body of officers hastily instructed III
officers training camps altogether COMPRISED up
nroximately 205,0U men. OF whom 'e We
Point graduates numbered 3IOsl. In "f -
for,nance of their work these officers were NV.
hy an immense body OF ciyilians-captaihS
industry. masters OF business scieitih', teehn''"''
commercial, industrial and all other kihus
norts worked side by side. II Is my sett'eo c""'
,,c,i,n that the commercial and industrlh' UT
canlzatlon OF America during the war "h' Z"
Colossal success: bur whether II was OF "",' ~
result was not an outcome or the system VI 'uu
cation Mt West Point. The thing was uohe ny wv
nation aud all the varied processes py WIN" !"
citizens are trained contributed"
Ie .xnlalns why federal statutes and govern
mont regulations produce red-tape; he auih'ts
that The system may be slow at tunes pu' ho"S
that couservations of public safely require 'h"'
these transactions he matters of record anu 'l"'
the person responsible for a decision sloui" ."",
the decision. His explanation of passing me DUCK
f. thnt there il as to each question q proper
person to decide it; Ia ask the wrong perSon va"
bnye bur one or the other OF two results. eitiier
IN be referred to tie right person or get an uh'
authorized answer" He says the hsht'hs Wv
not new, but old. Then lac says;
9Th. comment seems to imply II belief, on
President Eliog's part, that graduates OF "es'
Point have not shown mp well In the m''tars
history of the United States. II Is incredihle tha'
he could really entertain this BELIEF. In every
war I'm which the United States has been engaged
to-. tho academy was established. It's gradunte'
have been conspicuous, alike for heroisin anu SUIT
cess The following list Is made up "f miner
which Illustrate American history. lhey VT
Graduates of the Military academy. anu tiey ar
men whose memory we teach our chiur'h "
revere:
.Indinu wars: Custer. trooke. wright, Macheh
rfo Cooke. A.. $. Johnston. Jefferson Davis, Amer
.rombie. Casey. Mccall. Candy. Rains.
.u.xicnn war: swift. sherman, Totter. Bragg
u y Lee. Mcclellan. Beaurcgird, Huger, Reno
Grant. jefferson Davis, Early.
civil war: General officers In Union Army, 23i
a, Confederate Army, 15l Grant. Sherman. Sher'
dan scboneid. Buell.. Burnside. Gilltnore' Hanech
Hancock. Heintzelman. Hooker. Howard. hun
pbreys. Fitzpatrick. Lyon. Mehde. MERRITT w
.IaIl,n. Mcdowell. Ord. Pope, Porter. Reynolds
posecrans. Slocum. Thomas. Warren. VIRGIN
poo,rogard. Bragg. Cooper. Hood. A.. =. Johnst"r
! T. Johnston. Il. T.. Lee. Kirby Smith. Anderson
Ruckner, Early. Ewell. Hardee. A. L. Iihl' H. 4
Itu Holmes, Jackson, :. ID. Lee. i"hgs're9t
pe,nber,on. Po;k. A. +. Stewart. Wheeler FIX
90 Lowell. Pickett. ]. y. Il. Stuart. Van Dorm
"sranish war: OTIS. King. Fitz Lee. wheeie
Dell. Rrshins, Lawton, Barry.
-Explorers. builders of railroads. canals. ngh
bouses etc; Swift. Totten. Mcclellan. Poe. Al
holt. Warren. Humphreys. Talcott. Comst"ci
Rache. Wheeler. Wright. Whistler. sidell. Porte
Wilson. Greene. Du Pont. Ludlow. Meigs- Grim
Holden. Black. Cocktails. Sibert. GaIllnrd. Case.
Hodges.
~rubIic life: Grant. Folk, Mcclellan. Hancoc
Porter. Rucknpr. Lee. Longstreet. Du POnt. Brigg
World war: Pershing. March, Bliss. Bullar
Ifgcett. Goethals. Summerall. Jervey. Scot
Graves. Riddle. McAndrew. Black. Iiichardso
Connor. ct al"