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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 II
heads of departments permanent and 3 are
detailed for periods of 4 years
Secretary Baker says, in part, concerning
criticism No. f.
Nothing short of omniscience analyze the
intricate, multiplied and scattered activities OF
the war department during the recent 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 OH
GERS, officers of the National Guard, and the
vastly larger body of officers hastily instructed In
officers training camps altogether comprised ap-
prOximately 2O5OO0 men, Of whom the West
Point graduates numbered 3,081- 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 ex-
perts worked side by side. 1t is my settled con-
viction that the commercial and Industrial or
ganzation of America during the war was a
colossal success; but whether it was or not, the
result was not an outcome of the system Of edu-
cation at West Point. The thing was done by the
nation and all the varied processes by which our
citizens 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
these transactions be matters Of record and that
the person responsible for a decision should make
the decision. His explanation of passing the buck
is that there is as to each question 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 IN
authorized answer" He says the fighting was
not new, but old. Then he says:
THE comment seems to imply q 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
war in which the United States has been engaged
since the academy was established its graduates
have been conspicuous alike for heroism and
cess The following list is made up Of
which illustrate American history. They
graduates OF the Military academy, and they
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
R. E. Lee, Mcclellan, Beaureg&Td Huger, Reno,
Grant Jefferson Davis, Early.
Civil war: General officers in Union Army 294 !;
in Confederate Army, Isl; Grant Sherman SherI-
dan Schofeld, Buell. Burnside, Gilmore, HaIleck
Hancock, Heintzelman Hooker, Howard Hum
phreys, Fitzpatrick, Lyon, Meade, Merritt, Nc
CIeIIan Mcdowell, Ord, Pope, Porter, Reynolds,
Rosecrans, Slocum. Thomas. Warren, Wright
Beauregard, Bragg, Cooper, Hood A. S. Johnston
J. E. Johnston, r. E Lee, Kirby Smith. Anderson,
Buckner Early, Ewell Hardee, A P. Hill, D. II.
HILL Holmes, Jackson, S. D. Lee, Longstreet
Pemberton, Polk, A. P. Stewart, Wheeler, Fftz
Lee Lowell. Pickett. ]. E. B. Stuart. Van Dorm.
Spanish Otis. King Fitz Lee. Wheeler,
Bell, Pershing, LawtOn, Barry
Explorers, builders of railroads. canals light
houses, etc; Swift, Totten, Mcclellan, Poe Alb
bott, Warren, Humphreys, Talcott, Comstock
Bache, Wheeler, Wright, Whistler, SideII Porter
Wilson, Greene, Du Pont, Ludlow, Meigs Griffin
Holden Black, Cocktails, Sfbert GailIard, Casey
Hodges.
Public life: Grant, Polk, Mcclellan Hancock
Porter Buckner, Lee, LOngstreet Du Pont Briggs
'fWorld war: Pershing March Bliss BuIlsrd
Liggett Goethals, SummeraH. Jervey Scott
Graves, Biddle, McAndrew, Black. Richardson.
Connor ct al"