Evening star., 1929-11-30
GOODS SIGNATURE
ON YEARS REPORT
Late Secretary Completed
Department Statement
Before Fatal Illness.
BY the Associated Press.


The signature of James w. Good,
whose cabinet career vas cut short by
death, was imprinted on the annual re-
port of the War Department submitted
today to President Hoover, who still
wears a mourning band for his friend
and counselor.
Departing from the. stereotyped and
cold arrays of facts and figures which
usually make up Government sum-
maries of the years activities, Mr.. Good
found place in the document, completed
from which he died, to insert some
telling phrases describing his own con-
ception Of the needs of soldiers and
armies.
1.-The ability to instruct is second only
to the ability to command" he said,
and then he referred readers Of the
document to the detailed analysis Of
the extensive Army educational system
in Appendix F."
Going down the line of War Depart
ment activities, he spoke of the
claring, however, that when we in
crease the soldiers mobility we should
not accomplish it at the expense OF his
protection or his striking power"
Then in two short sentences he
summed up the excitement on the Mex
ican border during recent troubles in
the southern republic.
"A critical situation arose on the
border of Mexico at the time of the
disturbed conditions in that country"
he said. THE troops of the 9th Corps
Area met the situation in highly cred
liable and efficient manner"
Next came a section under the head
ing of Religion" devoted to the duties
which should be performed by chap
lainS, in which he said IAN honest ef-
fort to reach the high standard of
morale established by the best traditions
of the Army means the developing of
such qualities as alertness, cheerfulness,
enthusiasm, initiative and determine
ton"
"These qualities are essential to sue
cess in peace or war" he continued.
Moral training. in its simplest and
broadest definition, is the instruction of
the soldier in right thinking, right feel
ing and right acting. 1t is character
building in the highest sense. Not only
does it make for strong, virile char
acter, but 1t brings the soldier to a real
ization of his obligations and duties to
self, to his comrades, to country and to
God"
Mr.. Good placed the strength of the
Regular Army at l30,937 men on June
Air Corps and Army pilots flew 288, SAP
hours during the year, an increase of
| 89,648 hours over the previous year.
The National Guard, with a strength
of 1898, was in a most gratifying"
condition, he said. There were 112,757
names on the officers Reserve Corps
list while Reserve Off1cers' Training
Corps had a total of 1924 students.
Fifty-two citizens training camps had
been accepted by the country as de-
sirable contribution to good citizen
ship.
A section of the report dealt with
the work of rescue and assistance per-
| formed by the Army during the year,
which included large expenditures from
Army stores for tornado victims and
sufferers from other disasters in many
| parts of the world. Supplies valued at
! S953,766 were furnished to the Porto
Rican hurricane sufferers alone.
"a record of its service to suffering
humanity during the past SO years
would include corresponding instances
throughout those years amounting to
large sums Of money and extensive serv-
ices Of military personnel" the report
said.
Mr.. Good made complimentary ref
erences to Dwight F. Davis, his pre-
decessor in Office, and to Secretary
! StimSon, former Governor General OF
the Philippines. President Hoover was
fortunate, he said, in securing Mr.
| Davis to succeed Mr.. Stimson in the is
lands, and Mr.. Stimson's program there
had been favorably received by Filipino
| leaders.
Speaking Of waterways, Secretary
Good reported progress in their de-
velopment through the year. He de-
clared there could be no reasonable
doubt that the Inland Waterways Cor
poration had been of incalculable bene-
At to the people at large and that II
was continually increasing in effective
ness. A survey had proved, he said, the
value a system of waterways would
| have in time of national emergency.
| The funds appropriated for food con-
troll for the fiscal year 1880, amounting
to $50, 600, 900, he said, have been sched-
| uled for expenditure under the adopted
| project for levees, revetments, dredging
spillway and other incidental works
OF the Missouri River, he said improve
ment from its mouth to Kansas City
was being prosecuted on scale hither-
to "unequaled in any part Of the
world" It was expected that a 400
! mile usable channel to Kansas City
would be secured by the close of 1880