Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-07-01

easily perceive the value Of the exploit.
except that it proved our aerial bomb
ers and destroyer gunners are pretty
good marksmen, at least when the tar
get is stationary and helpless. The
first test was made by a bombing
squadron of the air forces, and the
submarine was speedily sunk. Then a
bunch of destroyers charged on two
U-boats, at full speed, and filled them
full of shells in quick time. Other
tests are to follow. OF course, the tar
gets were submarines that once be-
longed to Germany.
Gen. Charles G. Dawes of Chicago
has been persuaded by President Hard
ing to take the place Of director of the
new federal budget system and is al
ready on the job. He had an inter-
view with the President and then an
nounced that he would ask number
of experienced business men to serve
in the budget bureau without pay. The
first of these is William T. Abbott of
Chicago, whom General Dawes invited
to serve as assistant director. He also
requested that Brig. Gen. George
Moseley and Col. Henry Smither be
detailed to help him. Both of them
distinguished themselves in Organiza-
ton work during the war.
Mr.. Dawes made some cutting re-
marks about the inadequacy Of the
budget legislation, adding: "One might
as well be handed toOthpick with
which to tunnel Pixies peak. It is evil
dent that if this, the greatest business
crisis which our government has ever
confronted, is to be properly met, chief
reliance will have to DE placed upon
something else than the pitiful machin-
cry provided by law with which to ex-
ercise the wide powers extended to the
budget bureau. / am, therefore, ac-
cepting the position of director of the
budget only with the idea that the pa
triotism of the bureau chiefs and the
country as a whole can be aroused in
this emergency that it will be met as
was the emergency of war four years
ago."
With its mind set more firmly on
present economy than on adequate ma
tional defense, congress last week
about made up It's mind that the Uni
ted States could get along safely with
very small army and navy person
nell Despite the utmost efforts of the
advocates Of preparedness and con-
trary to the known wishes Of the adj
ministration the army is to be reduced
to 10000 men by October /, and the
enlisted personnel Of the navy is to be
cut to 100000. At least $4,000 men
must be discharged from the army, re-
CARELESS of their enlistment terms, in
addition to the normal discharges,
which are estimated at 10000. Senator
New of Indiana declared the $4,000
can sue the government for their sal
aries if the terms of their enlistment
contracts are thus ignored.
The senate in this yielded complete
" to the demands of the house, and in
return received assurance that the
Borah disarmament amendment would
be adopted by the house IN substitute
for the Porter resolution. This, too,
will be distasteful to the administra-
ton. It may be President Harding
can and will do something to prevent
this return to a state Of unprepared-
ness by interposing his veto.
Secretary of the Navy Denly has
taken steps to check the tendency to
introduce soviet methods into the
| navy, believing them to be subversive
of discipline. There have been two
known instances Of this so far, and in
both cases Mr. DENLY has removed
from command the chief officer respOn-
sible. In the first, Capt. G. D. Stearns
has been detached from command of
the battleship Michigan for permitting
the enlisted men to form committee
to pass upon disciplinary measures
among members of the crew. In the
other case, the crew of an unnamed
vessel was permitted to express its
preference by vote as to where the
ship should be taken to go into dry
dock; the commander, also unnamed,
was detached from his command.
In disappearing the sentence of dis
missal imposed by naval court-mar-
tial on Lieut.. Commander Athol H.
George, United States naval reserve
force, convicted of disobeEng an order
of the commanding officer ST his ship,
who is a medical officer or the navy,
Secretary Denly has established the
rule that no line officer is subject to
the command of a staff officer of SUI
| perior rank.