Show OFFICERS cEnS ARE kindhearted KIND HEARTED be sky says general breckenridge la in III alln at an I 1 enklat itel in his annual report general J U C breckenridge inspector general ol of the ibe army has the following to sy bay regarding his hi inspection in the philippines DurD during ff my iny tour lour lo in the philippines it was evident on all sides that the army as a whole was laboring faithfully and patiently to solve the many vexing problems continually presented to it the difficulties encountered and the hardships endured never can be e fully appreciated by soy any one who has not been on the ground and observed tile the daily life of olli cers and men miles anay w ay from home influences and associations living in communities elther openly or secretly hostile depending almost entirely tor for their subsistence upon tile alie commissary where one is at always ways afraid to take even an ordinary ord loary drink of water without ascertaining first whether it has been cooked critics at home may search for epi theta to apply to our general officers but these officers are not less kindhearted than their critics and are anxiously mindful of the sufferings which necessarily fall abe innocent in warfare us its well as ag the guilty and are devising deriding means by which the poor may be cared for and fed there is reason for gratification that our fellow countrymen have hae confidence in their arm army Y and many know ahat A hat war Ss and tile the reaction has not dot been sluggish that the army performed its duties well ell and bore its hardships buncom is well known to all who have hare kept in touch with it since the opening ol of the philippine jn in fact it has done only the things which we expect of it and which we will C continue 0 to expect ot of american so soldiers I 1 11 |