Show NEED STRONGER ARMY I General Anders Gives His Views On Subject VOLUNTEERS ARE BRAVE t BUT THEY HAVE INEFFICIENT FIELD STAFFS 4 Believes In the System of Linking Regiments That the Regulars and National Guard May Commingle Com-mingle and Mutually Benefit Each Philippines I Chicago May 12Slnce assuming the command ot the department of the lakes Major General Thomas M Anderson An-derson has given much thought to the reorganization of the regular army and Incidentally to the future of the national guard The result of this study based as it is upon his experience experi-ence as commanding general of the first American expedition to the Philippines I ippines which comprised regulars and volunteers leads him to tho conclusion conclu-sion that the internal military organization organ-ization of the United States should be more thorough than it ever has been Without expressing his personal views on the political issues which have arisen aris-en since the war with Spain the general gen-eral talked decidedly about the coun trys military organization and the future fu-ture policy which he thought should be carried out to meet requirements of growing emergencies The reorganization of the standing army will all depend upon what action the next congress takes on the presidents dents suggestions I remains for existing ex-isting conditions and the policy of the American people with reference to colonial co-lonial possessions to give the grounds I upon which to base future military legislation leg-islation islatonAry Not Sufficient Yet I do believe that the war with Spain has opened the eyes of the people r thh l I pie to the fact that the strength of the standing army a it was constituted at the outbreak of the war is not suffi I cient to the requirements of the country coun-try a it has developed and progressed internally since the civil war I My experience in the Philippines was that the volunteers were a brave patriotic body well officered a to I companies but as a rule carrying inefficient in-efficient field staffs Company officers were good drillmasters and willing under un-der all circumstances to perform the most arduous and dangerous undertakings undertak-ings But the difficulty lay with the field officers who commanded because governors of state through political I Influence gave them the authority to command This method gave to many I inferior military men authority and the result was a certain amount of demoralization I de-moralization among the men I am sail a firm believer in the l worth or the system which England e uolished mal years ago to bring the I militia into close harmony with the I standing army of that empire the system I sys-tem of linking regiments In 1872 I advocated I ad-vocated this system for our volunteer army and although it was not adopted the war with pain has demonstrated that it deserves to be introduced and maintained a a logical safeguard System of Linking This system is simple enough I places the national guard and the regular ular army on an equal footing s fa a military education goes giving the militia the benefits of the regular army practices and drills and military instruction I in-struction on the field for a certain period of each year and giving the I regular troops the advantage of the excellent companionship which well1 I organized national guard companies furnish By this commingling of the I j two branches of the service once a year In the field volunteer officers would have an opportunity to learn important I duties of war from the regular army officers and the soldiers would be tho 1 gainers thereby Then should actual war require service in the face of the enemy the I national guard would be more efficiently efficient-ly officered and feel a a volunteer i I body more capable to perform its auxiliary aux-iliary duty with the regular army to the country Thelinking system has I I proved wonders for the militarism of England In this country it would give a better standing to the regular stading rgular army and at the same time develop the actual I teers ac-tual fighting strength o the volun Q |