Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-08-20

of teaching by recent graduates. He then points
out that there is more permanency In the aca-
demic stan than Is commonly supposed. OF the IA
heads of departments are permanent ana NJ"
detailed for periods of years.
Secretary Baker says. In part. concerning
criticism No. A:
Nothing short of omnlscence can anayze the
intricate multiplied and scattered activities oA
the war department during the recent war ~
home and I'm the field, give just weight 70 the
circumstances surrounding these activities 49,
apportIon either the credit for success o. the
blame for mistake between the persons ".
gagad In those activities The handful Of West
Point graduates, the larger handful OF heEulah
Army officers drawn from civil lie, reserve ~, ~.
GERS officers OF the National Guard, ana tne
vastly larger body Of officers hastily lhstEustsu =
ofIeers, training camps altogether comprised ap
nroximately 205,000 men, Of whom tue He9l
Point graduates numbered 8,0Sl In me -,
Torrance OF their work these officers were Mueu
by an Immense body OF cfyiiians-cap -. -
Igdustrv masters OF business scientific technical
commercial Industrial and all other KINDS OF eA
.perts worked side BY side. Il - my settlea con.
vicfion that the commercial and indusFlA Or
ganizatIon Of America during the war vas
eoIoasat success bat whether II was or not the
rasnIt was not an outcome OF the system OF euE
cation AZ west Point. The thing was done by the
nation and all the varied processes by winch O"f
citizens are trained contributed
He explains why federal statutes and govern
ment regulations produce red-tape be admits
TINT the system may be slow nc times, nut nolns
that conservations OF public safety require tnal
these transactions be matters OF record ANA tna'
tga ,,araon responsible for decision should make
tl,e decision His explanation of passing the DUCK
IN that athere is as 10 each question proper
person 10 decide 81 60 ask the wrong person can
have but one or the other OF two results eaahsE
"a he referred TO the right person or get an I'M
authorized answer" lie says the n9nunS "aA
not new but old. Then he says:
.srhe comment seems 20 imply q belief 90
President Elots part, that graduates OF Wes'
xgAIt In am Nh
history of the United States II is incredible that
ha rouId really entertain this belief. In ever
war In which the United States has been engaged
since the academy was established is graduates
hava been conspicuous. alike Tor heroihm and sue
So The following list is made ~ OF names
mich illustrate American history. They aFs
Graduates OF the Military academy. and they AZ
men whose memory We teach our ehiaaFen =
!. revere:
@gudian wars: Custer. Crooke. Wright Macken
vsa Cooke A. g. Johnston. Jefferson Davis ADef
erosutie Casey Mccall. Candy. Rains.
~Afavscan war: Swift. Sherman. Totten. Bragg
Tee. Mcclellan. BeauregGrd. HugeF. Reno
Grant. JEFFERSON Davis. Early.
fsfvn var: Generaa officers IN Union Army. ID
4, S,onfsderats- Army. 151 Grant sherman. sheEi
dan. sehoneld Buell.. Burnside. Gilmore Haleck
Faneoek. Helntzeman. Hooker. Howard, hnm
vhraxs fitzpatrick. Lyon, Meade, Merritt me
caelIan Mcdowell Orc. rope. rostet. hsy 49,
Foseerans slOcum, Thomas Warren. hnghl
peaureward Bragg. Cooper. Hood, A. y. 9onngte1
"a Johnston r. r. Lee. Kirby Smith. AndeFsos
Fsuesxner Early EweIl. Hardee. A. +. Nm. ID =
Ta5f5 Fsoarnaa Jackson. Is. a. Les, L0n9atres
Tsomherton. Polk, A. r. Stewart wheeler Pr
Lee. IoveIl. Pickett. ). 2. b. Stuart. Van Dorm
s.avansels war: OTIS. King. Fitz Lee. Wheeled
He'll PerahEne. LawsOn Barry.
ssr.xprorers. builders u railroads. canals Iigh
houses etc. swift. Totten. Mcclellan. Poe. AT
bott warren Humphreys. Tale0tt ComStoes
Raehe wheeler Wright. Whistler sldeli. Porte
Wilson Greene Du Pont. LndlOw Mega Grim
Holden Black. Cocktails. Bfbert GafiEAre, Casa
Hodges.
.srubfGe hfe: Crnnt. Polk. Mcclellan. Haneoel
Porter Buehner. Lee Longsareet. pa PonE BrGw
sSworId var. PerwhinG. Mareh. Eilaa Bniimr
Kamseat. Goethats. summ@Fau. geFveg. se0e
6srmwam Fiddle. AleAndxew. Black. Riebardse
cnnnpr all