The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-03-24

proper place III The nnanls OF the cOdn-
try.
Speaking among themselves. Wash
lngton officials, senator's, representa-
tives and others, say that President
Ilardings cabinet II not the one TINT
he would have chosen II he felt hat
he could be entirely law unto him
self IN the choosing II probably
would be- lnvidious To name the men
whose places II Is said Mr.. Harding
personally would prefer to see occu-
pied 10y others. and So II is better per
hnps To "lct II go ut that"
II does not follow, men In Washing.
ton say, because the cabinet In it's
composition does not In every instance
represent the Presidents initial mp
puiutmcnt wishes. that II II not COM
posed of ns strong men MS otherwise
would have been the case. The fact
that is dwclt upon simply Is that MIR.
Harding. 1t Is said. desired to ask
three men into his official family who
ultimately were not Nvltcd to enter.
II is altogether too early to tell
VIVA, MIR Hughes intends To- do along
the lines Of foreign relations. As the
country generally knows, the new sec
rotary of state before he accepted tho
prefer of the office made II plain that
hc drsircd to have 81 far as possible,
a free hand IN directing the foreign
policy at the country Of course MIR.
Harding aud Mr. Hughes found out
quickly that In a general way their
Views on the greater international
matters were alike \ promise 10
leave the new secretary of state UNI
hampcrcd. Il Is said. was freely made.
DENLY and Weeks Really Civilians
IN the Navy department Edwin
DENLY enters upon his post of duty
with the unqurstionable good will ~
the navy officers. for DENLY under
stands the temperament Of navy men.
knows their service Views, and also
knows all about the jealousy and the
spirit of fnctionalism which on some
occasions protrude themselves during
the course Of any administration.
In the Army aud Navy departments
Of the government the secretaries muy
believe themselves 10 be- the directors
in-chirf. but they never are so In
truth. For the first time Ia n long
while there are secretary of war
and secretary of the navy Who have
been members OF the armed forces,
both of them having served as sailor
men. Neither Of the secretaries how
ever was long enough In the service
thoroughly Ia become a part u II In
being aud cnd,a,or so Ia all iuients
aud PURPOSES Secretary Weeks and
Secretary DENLY are iandsmen and
civilians. and they. like former sccre-
tarirs. must tcrn To n service man for
advice and guidance.
indian Fighters Meet at Feast
The Inauguration drew to Washing
tnu many men who had n secondary
purpose in coming here, and this sec
undury purpu~" was not crhce seeh~
Ing There has just been held her"
the annual dinner Of the order OF
Indian Wars. and II certainly was
tine lot Of old warriors of the
plains who sat about the board AMI
lived over the days when they were on
the trail Of the kioWns. COMMANDERS,
Arapahoes. Apaches, Sioux and NcE
Percc
Among those who met M this dinner
were Gen Nclsun A. Miles. Gen.
Charles King. Gen. William l.. Hall.
Cen. Arson Mills. Gen. Charles Fred
eric Humphrey aud ten. Wllds l..
Richardson. and lot of other officers
younger In years, but none Of whom
by any means could he considered
youth
General King Of Milwaukee, who Ia
known all over the country as n novel
list and Who began his fiction founded
on fact" writing when he was Captain
King. told the story Of the Sioux cam
paigu Of 1890. Today In the over
shndowlng deeds of the great war. the
deeds aud hardships OF the men who
fought ON the plains are apt TO be for
gotten II can be said, however, with
perfect truth that no American soldier
of the war which has just ended went
through worse experiences than those
OF their elder comrades who. In broil-
ing summer aud freezing winter, hun
cry and half-clad, hung on the trail OF
the elusive red warriors.
Sympathy for the Indian.
Before going any further. let II be
said that all through the stories that
were told at the Indian Wars dinner
ran the notes OF sympathy for the In
dians whom these men had fought. IL
can be said that In this latter day
these soldiers of the Indian wars who
had been true To their duty, distastefui
as IL was, still feel resentment that II
was necessary for them to engage In
killing warfare with the Indians OF the
West.
General King told Of command OF
troops which. although II had suffered
at the hands of the Cheyennes, had
such sympathy and admiration for the
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