Show I Irrigation Work Well Wel Begun Begun Be Be- I Be-I BeIgun gun Reclaimed Lands Should Be Rigidly Held for civil civi authorities s for the way a In which the they have planted the seeds reeds of or self- self government o In the ground thus made rea ready reads 1 for them Our Glorious Soldiers The courage th the unflinching endurance endur endur- ance the high soldierly e efficiency and arid the general kind heartedness and hu humanity Im- Im mu- mu mani inanity manity of our troops have been heen strikIng strikingly strikingly Ing manifested There now remain only some pome troops In the Islands All Al told tole over o have been sent there Of or course there have been In Individual individual In- In dl Instances Instance of oC wrongdoing wrongdoing- among them thorn Th They warred warrer under fearful fearful fear fear- ful difficulties of or climate and surroundIngs surroundings surround surround- 1 ings and under the strain of oC the terrible terrible terri tern ble provocations pro which they continually continual continual- ly h r received ed cc from rein their foes occasional Instances of or cruel cluel retaliation occurred Eve Every effort efort has been made to prevent pre such cruelties and finally these efforts have been completely successful Every effort efort has also been made to detect and punish the wrongdoers After making all al allowance ance alo fo for these misdeeds it re remains remains re- re mains true tre that few indeed have been the Instances In which war var has been waged by a civilized 1 power against l led c semi civilized or barbarous forces where there has been RO so little wrongdoing wrongdoing wrongdoing wrong wrong- doing b by the victors as In the lie PhilipPine Philippine Philip Philip- Phlp- Phlp pine Islands On the th other hand tho the amount of oC difficult Important and beneficent beneficent be be- work ork Which has been done Is well nigh wel incalculable Taking th the work of at the tho arm army and the civil authorities together it mn may be questioned Whether hether anywhere else in mo modern times the world has seen a better better better bet bet- ter example of real constructive construct e statesmanship statesmanship states states- manship than our people have ha given shen In fn Inthe Inthe the Philippine Islands High praise prisE should also be given those Filipinos In the ag aggregate re ate very eo numerous who have accepted the time new conditions and joined with wih our representatives to work with heart hearty good will wi for Ion the welfare elfare of or the Islands Islands' Efficiency of Army The army has been reduced to the minimum allowed by law It I Is Iser er very small for the size of or the Nation Naton and most certainly should be kept at the hl highest hest point of at efficiency The senior officers arc are given scant chance under ordinary conditions to exercise commands commands com corn mands commensurate with wih their rank under circumstances which would fit ft them to do their dut duty In time of or actual a war var 1 A s system teJn of or maneuvering maneuvering- our army In bodies of or some little size has been b begun gun and should be steadily con con- 1 Without such maneuvers ers maneu It Is la folly folY to expect expect that In the event of or hostilities with wih any serious foe oe even a asmal small smal arm army corps could be handled to advantage ad Both our officers and enlisted enlisted en en- listed Hated men arc are such that we can take heart hearty pride in them No better material material material ma ma- can be found But the must be thoroughly trained both as individuals and In the mass The marksmanship of or the men must receive special attention attention aten- aten atten atten- tion In th the circumstances of or modern warfare the man must act far more on his own l indi individual responsibility than ever eer before re and the high individual efficiency o of the unit Is of oC the utmost importance Former Formerly this unit was a ar r regiment gl It Is now not the regiment not even the troop or company It is the individual Individual soldier Every vc effort efort must be made to develop elop e every n workmanlike In both the officer and soldierly quality quam and the enlisted man General Staff Staf for Army I ur urgently call cal your our aten attention lon to the need of or passing a bill bi providing providing for a general staff sUlf and f for r the reorganization of or the supply departments on the lines o of the bill bl proposed by the Secretary o of War last year e r. r When Ven the young oung officers otil- otil cers enter the lie army from Crom Crome West e t Point the they probably stand stan 1 above aboc their compeers compeers com corn peers in nn any other military tar service Every effort eort should be b by training train train- ing log by reward of merit b by scrutiny into their careers and capacity to keep them of or the same high relative e excellence excellence excel excel- lence throughout their careers The measure providing pro to for I the re reorganization re re- organization lon of at th the militia mita sy system tem an anfor and for securing securing- the highest efficiency In Inthe Inthe inthe the National Guard which has ha already alread passed 1 the House should recel receive c prompt attention and action It I is of ot great Importance that the relation of ot the National atonal Guard to the militia mita and volunteer forces of or the United States should be defined denned and that in of or our present obsolete laws a practical lour and efficient system should hould be adopted Provision should b be bt made to enable Secretary of War Var to ke keep p cavalry and artillery horses worn out In long performance of dut duty Such horses fetch but a trifle when o sold and arid rather than turn them trie out to the ml misery ery awaiting them tur when thus dl disposed posed of it would them at work to employ be bt letter better aloun 1 the posts poets and when necessary to put them painless painlessly to death Provisions for Navy Nav For the first time in our his history tor naval maneuvers on a a. a large scale are being held under tinder the Immediate command of oC the admiral of or the na nay navy Constantly increasing attention Is la being paid to the gunnery gunner of the navy nary but it Is yet et far fal from rom what It should he be I earnestly earnestly ear ear- nestly urge that the Increase afke naked asked 1 for forb forby forby b by the lie Secretary of oC the Navy In the appropriation for improving ln the thc marksmanship marksmanship marks marks- manship be granted In battle the only shots that count are the shots that hit hit It I is neCe necessary to provide pro ample amplo funds for practice with wih the great guns In time of peace These funds must provide provide pro pro- vide not only for the purchase of oC proJect projectiles pro pro- but for Cor allowances for prizes to encourage the gun Jun crews and es especially especially es- es the gun umi n pointers and for fOl perfecting perfecting per per- an Intelligent system under which alone It Is possible to get gt good god practice There should hould be no halt no-halt halt In the work of oC building up the navy providing every year ear additional fighting craft We Yo arc arca a very vel rich country country vast In extent of oC territory and great In population a country moreover morto which has an arm army diminutive Ind indeed ed when compared with wih that of an any clae power We c have deliberately made mad our own foreign policies which d demand mand the possession of ot ofa ota a first class cass navy The Isthmian canal will wi greatly greaty In Increase the he efficiency of at our OUI navy If It th the na navy Is of oC sufficient size but if It we have an Inadequate navy then the building of oC the th canal would be bE mere merely giving a ho hostage tage to toan an any power of or superior strength The Monroe doctrine should be trea treated td as the cardinal feature of a American foreign for for- eign policy but DU- DUI I It would be worse than Idle to assert It unless 8 we wo Int Intended to o back it H up an and It can up only b by a thoroughly thoroughly good god ia davy A GOOD NAVY Y IS NOT A A PROVOCATIVE OF WAR WAR IT IS TIlE THE fiE SUREST GUARANTY GUARANTY GUARANTY GUAR GUAR- ANTY O OF PEACE More Moro Men Needed Each individual unit of ot our navy should be the most efficient of or Its Is kind kindas as re regards ards both material and personnel person person- nel rid that Is to be found In the tte world I call your special attention to the cal mice need of oC providing pro for the manning mann of the ships Serious trouble threatens us If IC we can not do better beter than we wc weare weare are arc now doing as regards regard securing the tho services of a a sufficient number of oC the highest type of ot of oC sea fea me me- chancE The veteran seamen of our war wag ships arc are of oC as high a a typo type as can be found in an any nav navy which rl rides the waters of the world they are unsurpassed unsurpassed un un- un- un surpassed ed in daring in resolution In turpa readiness in thorough kno knowledge ledge of oC their profession They deserve e every c consideration that can be shown them But Dut there are arc not enough of or them It Itis Itis I possible to Improvise a n crew is no more than thin It Is g possible to improvise a n war var ship shir To p bul build 1 the finest ship with the deadliest battery batery and to send fend it no matter ho how crew afloat with a raw a would brave the they were In individually be to Insure disaster If IC a foe of oC average average aver nver- capacity were encountered Neither age be when ships nor men can Improvised leed ha has begun war thousand additional officers of- of Wo We c need eed a cers In order to properly man the ships and 1 under construe construe- c- c now no pro provided for or an J aval school Naval the Lion The Tho classes at at ton Annapolis should 1 1 be bE greatly en- en n- n time that we c. c thus us At the same need d thern them officers where we n add the ard the retirement of or we should facilitate of ot the list who riho usefulness usefulness use use- those at the hea head 1 st has haR become impaired Promotion Promotion Promo Promo- service Isto isto Is Isto If It the tion must mut be ba fostered ton to be bc kept efficient Strain on Officers The Tho lamentable scarcity of oC officers officer number of or recruits and ana and ond the large of or unskilled larGe men men necessarily put aboard 1 the new vessels as they have been commissioned has hs thrown upon our officers and especially on the thc lieU lieUtenants leu- leu tenants nn and 1 Junior grades unusual la labor In- In bor nn and 1 fatigue and has hos gravely elY r strained their powers of oC endurance endurance Nor or Is there sign of oC an any Immediate up let In this strain It must continue for some ome time longer until more mord on- on and cers els arc are graduated from rom Annapolis until the rc recruits ls become trained an and 1 ski skillful Cui In their duties dutes In the these difficulties difficulties development Incident upon the of oC our war fleet fet the conduct of all al our Out officers has been creditable to the ser service service ter- ter ser ser- vice and md the lieutenants and Junior grades In particular have displayed an ability and a Ht steadfast cheerfulness a aLfast which shieh entitles them bern to the ungrudging thanks of oC all al who realize the disheartening ening trials trIal and fatigues io 10 which they are ore of oC necessity subjected There I Is not a cloud on the horizon 4 at present Thero There seems not the slight slightest F Feat est eat chance of oC trouble with wih a foreign power potter We c mo most t earnestly hope that this state of oC things thing ma may continue and the way to Insure Its Is continuance Is la to provide for Cor a n thoroughly efficient navy navy The Thc refusal to maintain such a would Invite trouble and If Ir trouble came would Insure disaster Fatuous shortsightedness shortsightedness short short- vanity self complacency or van I or sightedness In refusing to pr prepare Nr for Cor danger danser is II both foolish and wicked In i iI I such a Nation Naton as 39 ours and past put ex experience cx- cx t has shown hown that such fatuity for Cor In refusing to recognize or prepare any crisis In advance aCance Is usually sue sue- b by a mad maci panic of ot hysterical tear fear once the crisis has actually ar- ar ars ar 1 |