Show FROM PEACE TO WAR americans adapted to requirements quire ments military life I 1 GENERAL REPORTS interesting document in III which chic tho the needs no ads of undo uncle sams ser vice Is discussed with characteristic condor candor results tho the past fast fiscal year alave ilave lave been almost bially successful under our pa peculiar eu military system it Is our duty I 1 to instruct the M masses asses washington dec 3 secret secretary try root ha bit made public the last anil and most moot important por tint of the reports of staff chiefs to him that of tile the inspector general m aho vho lie discusses the needs of 0 tile the sen ice fulth characteristic candor from tile chapter tir treating ot of the of 0 the regular establishments from peace to mar liar the follo following minar extracts are taken the bullies battles of ft sn ian juan and il 11 coney cancy of opened e tied the fiscal year and the honors universally recorded to the fighting for orca c e have hare proved the efficiency ot of the methods employed tor for the military training find and dibel lillne ot of the companies find hae demonstrated dl I 1 tho he adaptability of 0 the flit Amo americans ricans to lo every or of military life ND W the last year suddenly fought brought now new and unmeasured responsibilities special expenditures extensive outfits land and enforced familiarity I 1 till un located nices lit in tar far distant fields and mc ic elih ilia new and tropical ell eni enn iro cament s 11 loan lias no become an his lo 10 decord tor 4 how the exigencies of 0 organization organisation or gan izu tion mobilization campaign bait balta an and at M military government have 1 ix it mft met by men asto no were hurried item dom the plains to the battlefield in the lit of c bt view tile military to rc suits diac liac oa 11 aini ce 31 almost phenomenally successful ni almont most re revolutionary 0 o stationary to lo ill the national policy and career and perhaps a not call exa exacting at ing and instructive Instruct iva on I 1 land than tho he supremely Elci loun tal adf achievements of the navy SOLDIER AND HIS 11 IS TRADE some day a careful unit and dispassionate study of every al detail a tail should and probably mill be made ot of nil all that relates to tile hie soldier land and hla trude trade in this aar or by the men aho ho were actually on tits filing hi ine line antt alla in the forefront of office atlle and it 11 has batu el arly known how the curment of events find and the method of 0 moc movement ment and care sand supply appeared to those uno most pointedly and not U 11 intelligently felt the effects of either the eacell excellence esice or rl rc lial displayed WORK UPON OFFICERS in the meantime and without any c with others mho he have played thel their part be 0 o admirably it should be recognized how laidely the burden of field worn work tell fell upon the regular or company officers who he not only had bad the duties of their grade to perform but m were ere assigned ta by the score to ev every cry of duty both of the ilia line and staff elan and dill duties will while the simply suto organizations were mere subsequently swamped eulth untrained recruits and antl d oiled filled with them drafts again and ana again until it seemed mira miraculous Lulo u a though the recruits vere ere particular 1 y admit ible that the characteristics of could be so 60 long retained deor dt such buth it how different this Is in from calling to 0 o the colors as other civilized locations do imrica trained for liar v air in th vry organizations they rejoin all equip equipped pod at the outbreak of 1 sir little Is B evident to every thinking mint CHANGES MADE before this mar ar regimental organizations were mere comparatively little lecog PI in military administration this malic it il chanec from the habitual to the legal unit of our supply ply upon able outbreak it of Is a noticeable feature doli doa r ing attentive consideration and lichy be fundamental to lu our burcal krulic und and ove overburdened force even tin companies may feel its effects aut the tit Is 13 universally recognized as the unit of of tar ar and everything should be done to ensulo a MCI tit and experienced react mental I 1 e and staff and confirm t them lit III choir autis anil flit men tu to their methods and f I 1 rt 11 mat equation especially li ili the 4 firt fir t staged aft of mar ar though the llie r c illi ilia fur for ore arc so great areat elme elsewhere where I 1 that ili percentage must be quite small for f abich went to e th the assault on an tit ahr first day of tile ilia I 1 baht art flacil viar under their own oula colonels Is 1 of the trinity many fruits of maln in ina t a men ly skeleton military organization without nil all organized and 1 system of res reserves cresa and mo me 1 A ART ant OF mobilization if our army practiced the art of mo me manually annually every feature and I 1 Is bould be thoroughly thoro pron proa and org organized n zest and be as fa 11 isail lair a chara e teI stid ot of military I 1 training with mith us an ad lah foreign court coun till and us hii perfectly anti and easily duni done A jm mpa pany drill the tinly lady thing tha t prever attil this antal preliminary Almin ry practice in tini of paro acle ucle bricki of er 1 I monc men it d feudo cholly u holly upon the appropriation WIS bill within the docabo I 1 ul 13 that could be done simply at tile the 5 Is at ta has hah bro brosal barn sal carefully and isi instruct I 1 ff alv I 1 ij out I 1 out oui lure inre lisia been habitually fought by th ill vel cra and th ill spanish war r 1 I nol net an all entire exception to this thin rule though tile the percentage or of re gulard among t the he first to reach the front during this S last struggle scrugg I 1 e was perhaps as jt great or greater agn atar than in oily any of 0 our tf previous moral mars TASK A GREAT ONE the mobilization of so laige a force hakli by tit tin close of may numbered nearly men asset and reee received tved nn an in creams of ov ivr more the th I 1 next thre inco nth 11 1 no 13 unimportant tak yen tit mal under the be vell uell t clr I 1 it Mo mobiles bills it alin on i of europe they car can I 1 tun oil out OW of men perfectly CiUl pil in th hi inn length of at time lime I 1 oa ln in undu andu ai ellk of ilour ind it Us lull ful culmination IF as del udar siems no aa ss IF mar lan than our 9 flo I 1 ilous luent on con lind hand or later over ad tit ill mothr r i iian coln I 1 action alon to tile the floal final e MUPI L i out eliy lay tell aas as campara vw fw f w to lo lh its and art an earn ariment anti and jhc thc of cot regimental regiment 2 unarmed or half armed or of ri lin onla ts liek liling clot clotting bing unit and other 1 supplies was ADD ono one feature and ahe ore tid cation ot of expeditions by water to li it ipke islands flonda li in orent oceans was I 1 1 tit ai ither illustrating jhc thc he difficulties that I 1 fi fl a tried med almost insurmountable and I 1 I 1 much abut acas UK accod may havo have I 1 I 1 i RP ap ltd ild to bo be lone done under telegraphic if or hurry ord orberta or deri erta every earl I 1 no li icv african AM rican Ingi ng nutty find energy 4 I 1 ili nd it verb vc viron crant r triumphed and will n 11 ir 11 h her a i profit ly ley the past or IS I 1 11 in nil MI ovir again IF in the next err emar far F R 1 I 1 ut ul we no mattir be liow large our r ul our duty 1 in tile the Is yet pi in TK th foremost powers of tile tho iu eu 10 20 n have hairo every step eten 4 out beforehand for or every dospil bal bl awra stay my laid TO tie should do no I 1 1 I 1 THAN 1 I 1 F alu tl luell it t jonii in EP pl 1 if 1 on it toll liin 1 is in large consist campi sr bequir 1 l I 1 I 1 ing tie nen tor for CA cery cry important 1 T f I 1 1 11 top step fruity amy entail arloua 1 delay I or unnecessary a 93 8 f from cons camp diseases disease 11 hie it aro are incie to 11 is ho a I 1 headed and guarded than hair bullets the prist la and a now indicated N vant lint prea P pnra 1 1 r at tory 0 feel instruction Is find nd cate re oI also 0 1 basol of c coelln atil i slang ulak beyond lie tie day of th the treaty of t peace apace soine force ut tit the ali point of rou routot boutot tot anith tile iho pao MY t to a maintain order and clear citar up of the debris of baar to discipline and ami touch leach a mail ann to take I 1 tre ire of and be kind to himself requires more inori effii t t bull to learn k arn tile manual of fit arms tit 01 b v athon bell ahr 1 hole Is group I 1 if f under tile the mill military ary law general chill r c and the annual lien hit hill mobilization and practice m ere regularly lorol deil ded for in time almo of perci much slid and expedite would ho 10 guarded tile the only practicable vay may it 11 seems scorns a I 1 in abt in an to 10 muster I 1 OF out it re glair sent after regiment of trained an men en anil and il at the game time lime ende endeavor evor to create new regiments not noi holly from rom I 1 1 alic 1 e material n n li 1 l abu abua wr we should d r lo 10 to ell d only trained nion men to clr front and liow how to accomplish it with aill t hl best bent results Is otte one ot cot tile problems before us I 1 i U under n der our peculiar military system it 0 our or duty to disseminate military instruction ia st and knowledge among tho the hut but our first attention beems too alic lie nil guard and thorp abuse 1 col I scares blitch fuin lIbed abut half thc jhc volunteer olun teer or other office and a should do for them the best we a can tar far better than ie c ever have durso dun |