The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-10-09

Of teaching by recent graduates He then points
out that there is more permanency in the aca-
demic staff than is commonly supposed Of the u
heads of departments are permanent and are
detailed for periods of 4 years
Secretary Baker says, in part, concerning
criticism No. 4:
Nothing short Of omniscience anayze the
intricate, multiplied and scattered activities of
the war department during the recent war at
home and in the field, give just weight to the
circumstances surrounding these activities and
apportion either the credit for success or the
blame for mistake as between the persons en-
gagged in those activities. The handful of West
Point graduates, the larger handful of Regular
Army officers drawn from civil life, reserve Off
GERS officers of the National Guard and the
vastly larger body Of officers hastily instructed in
officers training camps altogether comprised ap-
proximately 2O5,OOO men, of whom the West
Point graduates numbered 3OS1. In the per-
Torrance of their work these officers were aided
by an immense body of civilians-captains of
industry masters of business scientific, technical
commercial, industrial and all other kinds of
perts worked side by side. 1t is my settled con-
victon that the commercial and industrial Or
ganization of America during the
colossal success; but whether it not, the
result was not an outcome of The system of edu-
cation at West Point The thing done by the
nation and all the varied processes by which our
citizens are trained contributed"
He explains why federal statutes and govern
ment regulations produce red-tape; he admits
that the system may be slow at times, but holds
that conseryations of public safety require that
these transactions be matters OF record and that
the person responsible for decision should make
the decision. His explanation of passing the buck
is that there is as to each question a proper
person to decide it; to ask the wrong person can
have but one or the other of two results, either
to be referred to the right person or get an I'M
authorized answer" He says the fighting was
not new, but old Then he says:
1.-The comment seems to imply belief, on
President Eliot's part, that graduates of West !
Point have not shown up well in the military /
history of the United States. 1t is incredible that !
he could really entertain this belief In every 7
war in which the United States has been engaged /
since the academy was established, its graduates |
have been conspicuous, alike for heroism and sue
cess. The following list is made up Of names |
which illustrate American history. They are |
graduates of the Military academy, and they are
men whose memory we teach children to |
revere:
Indian wars Custer Crooke Wright Macken-
zie Cooke, A. s. Johnston. Jefferson Davis, Aber-
crombie, Casey, Mccall Candy, Rains
Mexican war: Swift Sherman, Totten, Bragg,
RAE. Lee. Mcclellan Beaureg;Td Huger, Reno,
Grant, Jefferson Davis, Early.
Civil war; General officers in I'm ion Army 294;
in Confederate Army, 151; Grant Sherman. Sheri-
dan, Schofield Buell. Burnside, Gilmore, Halleck,
Hancock HeintZeman, Hooker. Howard. Hum
phreys, Fitzpatrick Lyon, Meade, Merritt, Nc
Clellan. Mcdowell Ord, Pope, Porter, Reynolds,
Rosecrans, Socum, Thomas. Warren, Wright,
Beauregard Bragg Cooper Hood A. S. Johnston.
J. E. Johnston, r. f. Lee. Kirby Smith. Anderson,
Buckner. Early EweI! Hardee. A. P. Hill, D. H.
Hill, Holmes, Jackson, S. D. Lee. Longstreet,
Pemberton. Polk, A. P. Stewart, Wheeler, Fitz
Lee, Lowell. Pickett. ]. r. B. Stuart Van Dorm.
Spanish war: OTIS, King Fitz Lee, Wheeler,
Bell, Pershing, Lawton, Barry.
Explorers, builders of railroads, canals light
houses ETC.; Swift, TOtten. Mcclellan Poe. Alb
bolt. Warren, Humphreys, Talcott, Comstock,
Bache, Wheeler. Wright, Whistler, Sdell, Porter
Wilson, Greene Du Pont. Ludlow. Meigs, Griffin,
Holden, Black, Coethals, Sibert Gaard Casey.
Hodges.
public life: Grant Polk. Mcclellan, Hancock,
Porter, Buckner. Lee, Longstreet. Du Pont, Briggs
world war: Pershng, March, Bliss Billiard
Lggett, Goethals. Summerall. Jervey Scott.
Graves Biddle, McAadrew Black Richardson,
Conner, ct al"