| Show HEAD OF THE ARMY TRYING NEW NE TACK General Wood Does Not Be Believe Believe 0 lieve in Bottling Up All News Items BY JONATHAN JONATHA WINFIELD Washington Nov 6 Major Gen General General eral oral Leonard Wood chief ot of staff stan of the United States army who is and will be the ranking officer of ot the reg rag regulars regulars ulars until 1924 1934 is s desirous that the ninety odd millions of ot people in the country become intimately acquaint acquainted ed ad with the army establishment In fact ha he has appointed himself to the task of ot Introducing the of ot th tb the United States to the army What Whatever Whatever kat ever General Wood makes up his hIli mind t to do experience shows he h has done donean and anil an well That the tho army shall be bedone as aswell well and popularly known as the navy na 1 is his desire In Iii his mission one that President Taft Tatt Is said ld to favor tavor the general will have opposed to him all the past traditions of the army for a number of ot high officers believe In mystery and not in publicity A month has not yet elapsed since Binet General Wood fresh from his mis mission Mon sion to Argentina as the personal rep Tep representative representative re of President Taft at the Ule centennial celebration of ot the South American republic returned here and assumed 8 the duties of ot chief of ot staff staffIn staffIn In that time he ho has hils broken all prece precedents precedents dents as to secrecy Unlike his pred predecessors and evidently much to the discomfort of ot some high ranking officers cers cern who have bureau berths berth I in the war department he took the newspaper correspondents and press preM association II reporters into his confidence Twice a day da excepting on Sunday no army business is of ot too great importance to vacate acate the stand standing standIng standing ing invitation and reporters are given an all Interview General Wood has a R keen nose for news and in that re ra respect 1 is like his friend and backer Colonel Ros Roese J Publicity l the Thing Tiling A AI I I want the people of ot the country to know the army butter better It will be of ot great benefit to the army and to the militia organizations to have them popularly known Tho The navy naY adver advertises Uses e It has splendid ships General Wood O d declared but the army 1 no noles leas les attractive Its engineers cavalry signal corps and infantry all have hae at attractions attractions tractions There are sham battles battle anil practice marches rifle range matches and military tournaments In fact tact there are many ninny inducements for far men without other prospects in life lite in an army career and thero lle e is reward for forthe to forthe the man who It U I faithful in higher of ot office office fice and anti better pay PH PHArm Army Arm officers were recently dis General Woods efforts to pop lse the th establishment one made reference to the hostility the efforts of ot the new chief of at staff would un undoubtedly undoubtedly have to meet from several eral of the bureau heads hoods e especially Gen General General General eral Ainsworth who Is la the thea adjutant general It Is la General duty dut to keep the tho records of ot the war department and he has nothing to te do with the active management of ot the army its officers or men General is as uncommunicative uncommunicative as aa any aily official could possibly be lye An example ample of his reticence Is dearly clearly shown when whon a big gun accident recently caused the loss of ot eleven ele n sol soldiers diem diers at Fortress Monroe General Ainsworth was the ranking officer on duty General Wood was in New NewYork NEWYork NewYork York City The newspaper men went to General Ainsworth and asked for tor fora tora a list of ot the killed and anti injured and the name of ot the place from which they thy enlisted t d He lie refused point blank to give out the tho information declaring that he was too busy buS and besides it itis itis is III business Balked but not discouraged the newspaper men went to Acting Sec Secretary Secretary Secretary of ot War Oliver explained the situation and asked that he help them out He Iio did not have the information but did the next best thing which was to execute an official order directing the adjutant general to make public the names nameR and place of ot enlistment of the men dead and Injured General Ainsworth complied but it took practically practically three hours hourI for tor his bureau to furnish the list which comprised lees leas than twenty names More oro Officers Needed Congress is to be bs b asked to authorise a substantial Increase lucre se in the number ef ot army anny officers Six hundred is the number said sald to be needed The way Va the increase is Li to be submitted will make it pretty prett hard for the representatives and senators to frown it down The increase IB Is aimed to benefit the militia organizations organization ono one officer being beng provided for tor each regiment or par part of ot ofa ota ofa a regiment in each state organisation army officers are badly need needed needed ed od there Their presence as instructors Instructors instructors tors It is declared will work wonders in bringing citizen soldiers up to the tun highest standard The militia organizations organizations are behind the proposition not only Is Congress to be bombarded t I here by the war department officials but there will be strong stron pressure presure I brought from the guardsmen In the states to have the measure go 0 through The regular army Is short of otil officers officers I cers For that reason the militia or organizations organizations r are not receiving proper attention It la is a vital matter army officers say sa and the remedy lies with Congress Congre s Despite the loud proclamation ng of or certain newspapers In the country said an officer of the United Status Statue Stat signal corps today the airship Is not yet an engine of war that should cause any government uneasiness A Ait u As Asit uIt it is at present pre nt there is not an airship I that is reliable Whether the ma machine machines chine chines will fly or not is problematical in the majority of ot cases the operators have to wait walt for favorable weather Then again you can hoar hear them their bussing burning and clanking motors long Ion before you see them This is a dead dad giveaway and a thing that makes them useless for night attacks Should an airship hover over oyer a fI hostile vessel the dropping of a bomb on the deck would result in no danger at all Guns GUM are not needed Good fireworks the skyrocket that used to tobe tobe tobe be known before the safe and sane w Fourth of July celebration came into being will afford ample protection Should dirigibles threaten to at attack attack attack tack a fleet or an encampment m sky skyrockets skyrockets skyrockets rockets which when they reach their height in the air would explode and an throw off oft burning other inflammables inflammable will be sure sura protectors If It there be dirigibles overhead the chances of ot Instant death to the dirigible dirigible dirigible ble operator and crew if any art are ex excellent excellent excellent If It the enemy is using a machine a skyrocket exploded ex exploded exploded near it would cause causa such a con concussion concon con in the air all as to destroy the equilibrium of the craft cratt while the ex explosion explosion would Injure If not blind the operator and crew and a quick tum ble would be the end Skyrockets are cheap They The will make an effective defense against air airships airships ships of ot all ail kinds kInd In warfare War ar arwill will surely try out their effectiveness |
