Show ARMY DEFECTIVE IN SPANISH WAR AYS ROOSEVELT c I I Declares Lack of Reparation ration Fault of of- Places steni rn Places I Limit to Arbitration I Boston Doston Dec Dee r f 28 If I ever should have havo occasion to write about the the Spanish Will war I 1 I. I should have ave to write er very of ot tho the army an and na navy navy declared former Pr President Roosevelt before the Military Historic society of Massachusetts tonight The defects of or the arm army men wore OTe more obvious than those of ot tho thio naval officers The rhe fault hOw however ver was not theirs ho re added It was the tile fault of the tho system which for tor thirty years ears had resulted In no preparation for forwar or orwar war The brigade commanders In our army In Cuba had n nc never vcr cr seen a n brigade In service st since tho ho civil war and then the they wore captains and aDd lieutenants Colonel Roosevelt rard the noncommissioned noncom noncom- officers and Junior officers of or the Ine who served ed In Cuba were excellent Some bureau chiefs In the war d department de do b before tore the war occurred l were |