The New York herald., 1922-06-16
General Macarthur.

General Macarthur.
After three years of service as Su-
/ perintendent of the United States
Military Academy at West Point
Brigadier-General DoUGLAs MACAI-
THUR will leave that post at the end
of this month and will sail for the
philippines in September to COM
mand the American forces there.
West Point in those three years
has had the benefit of the training,
experience and vigor of one OF the
most striking soldiers of the day
General MACARTHUR is a young man.
only AZ. but he has seen more phases
of the world than most of his seniors.
He was born to the army, the son of
General ARTHUR MAcARTHUR, who
fought in the civil war, in Cuba and
in the Philippines, and who was in
the military service Of the United
States for nearly fifty years.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, as an engi-
neer, served in peace times in Cali
fornia and Japan. He was in the
Vera Cruz expedition OF 1914. He
became a member of the General
Staff in 1913 and he was the War
Department censor during the first
two months after America entered
the world war; SO good censor that
he succeeded in pleasing the news
paper correspondents as well as the
War Department. rather marvel
Gus performance!
What must make West Point look
up to it's young chief, however, is
General MAcARTHUR's record in Eu-
rope. He went abroad Major, but
was made a Colonel when he was ap-
pointed Chief of Staff of the Rain
bow Division. In this post he took
lot of green soldiers in December,
1917, and within three months made
them so ready that they were able
to take oVer the Baccarat section
from the French with smoothness
and reliability [so wrote MAcAR-
THURS superior, General MENoHEIl
that was as surprising to the French
authorities as II was gratifying to
myself" He commanded the Eighty
fourth Infantry Brigade Of the Rain
bow Division the last three months
of the war and was twice wounded
and gassed.
General MAcARTHUR won the Croix
de Guerre in February, 1918, and in
March, for his remarkable gallantry
in the Salient du Feye, received the
Distinguished Service Cross. In Oc-
tober his conduct brought to him a
bronze oak leaf to add to the d. S.
c., the citation declaring that ION a
field where courage was the rule his
courage was the dominant feature"
Truly son very like his father. for
ARTHUR MACARTHUR, then n Lieu
tenant of 1S, won the Medal of Honor
on November 20. 1858. by seizing the
colors Of his regiment at critical
moment and planting them on the
crest of Missionary Ridge.
General MACARTHUR, as the head
OF West Point, brought to that inn
portant institution all the knowledge
learned in the great struggle he had
Just left. One OF the lessons which
the war taught him was that the
world had reached point at which
war was condition which in
wolves the efforts OF every man,
woman and child in the coun-
tries affected" War, in other words.
was "a phenomenon which truly in
volved the nation in arms" II West
Point exists solely as feeder for
the army It must deliver a product
trained with a view to teaching, lead
ing and inspiring the modern citizen
in the crisis to become an effective
officer or soldier"
In his annual report, issued last
June Brigadier-G General MACARTHUR
said that Il is especially necessary
for the new West Point 10 hold fast
to the policies typified in the motto
OF the Academy and ito insist upon
'thoroughness. to implant as OF old
the gospel of cleanliness, not only OF
body but of mind and spirit, to intro
duce new atmosphere OF liberaliza-
tion-in doing away with provincial