Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-08-19

Of teaching by recent graduates. He then points
out that there is more permanency in the AGA
demic staff than is commonly supposed. OF the u
heads Of departments are permanent and are
detailed for periods of years.
Secretary Baker says, in part, concerning
criticism No. 4
Nothing short of omniscence can analyze the
intricate, multiplied and scattered activities of
the 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 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-
prOXimatey 2O0,OOO men, of whom the West
Point graduates numbered 30S1. In the per-
Torrance of their work these officers were aided
by an immense body Of civilians-captans 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
ganizatiOn Of America during the a
colossal success but whether it was or not the
result 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 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 conservatiOns 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 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:
THE comment seems to imply belief, on
President EiOtS 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, it's graduates
have been conspicuous, alike for herOsm 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 our children to
revere
Indian wars Custer, Crooke, Wright, Macken-
ze Cooke A. S. Johnston, Jefferson Davis, Aber-
crombe, Casey, Mccall, Candy, Rains.
Mexican war: Swift, Sherman, Totten Bragg,
r. 4. Lee, Mcclellan, BeauregGTd, Huger, Reno,
Grant Jefferson Davis, Early.
Civil war: General officers in Union Army, 294
in Confederate Army, 1911 Grant, Sherman, Sheri-
dan, Schoheld, Buell., Burnside, Gilmore, Haiieck,
Hancock Hentzelman, Hooker Howard, Hum
phreys Fitzpatrick, Lyon, Meade Merritt, Nc
Clelan, Mcdowell, Ord, Pope, Porter, Reynolds,
Rosecrans, SlOcum, Thomas, Warren, Wright,
Beauregard, Bragg, Cooper, Hood, A. S. Johnston,
J. E. Johnston II. f. Lee, Kirby Smith, Anderson,
Buckner, Early, Ewell, Hardee, A. z. Hill, d. II.
HILL Holiness Jackson, S. d. Lee, Longstreet,
Pemberton Polk, A. P. Stewart, Wheeler, Fitz
Lee, Lowell Pickett, ]. e. 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, Sidell, Porter,
Wilson, Greene, Du Pont, Ludlow. Meigs, Griffin,
Holden, Black, GOethals, Slbert Galllard, Casey,
Hodges
Public life; Grant, Polk, Mcclellan Hancock,
Porter, Buckner, Lee, Longstreet, Du Pont Briggs.
"World war: Pershing, March, Bliss, Billiard
Liggett Goethals, Summerall, Jervey, Scott,
Graves, Blddle, McAndrew. Black, Richardson,
Connor ct al"