Show Anrv1Y AND ITS NEEDS I Officers and Men in Uncle Sams Service the Best SOBER BRAVE INTELLIGENT j Corbin Says Perfection of Organization Or-ganization Is Needed AdjutantGeneral Taks of Soldiers in address nt Banquet by Clove land Chamber of Commerce Cleveland 0 Dec 20The fifty fourth annual dinner of tho Cleveland Chamber of Commerce which was held tonight was made notable because of the attendance of the several men distinguished dis-tinguished In war and peace The guests of honor were Gov Nash Ad JutantGencral Corbin Gen S B M > Young and Gen A R Chaffeo U S A John O Mllburn of Buffalo and Senator Hanua These occupied the platform table at which also sat Mayor Tom L Johnson Myron T Herrlck and others The first speaker was Coy Nash who referred to the growth of the State of Ohio and especially of the city of Cleveland The next speaker was AdJutnntGen eral Corbin who spoke to the toast The Army and Its Needs GEN CORBINS ADDRESS We have much that Is satisfactory our officers and men are of the beat sober brave and Intelligent We are fortunate In having a permanent military mili-tary establishment of volunteers What Is known as the regular army Is In the highest sense a volunteer army every officer and man taking service of his own motion But perfection of organization organiza-tion Is demanded harmonious and Intelligent method of coordination and direction Laws for the administration of the army have been drafted on the I statute books In many parts without a continuity of legislative thought so that starting out with the constitutional provision that the President l shall command com-mand the army and navy you soon overtake conditions which batTle and bother those chaS with responsibilities responsibili-ties connected therewith That these unhappy conditions obtain ob-tain Is I due largely to the fact that no ono has heretofore offered a satisfactory satisfac-tory solution Secretary Root now presents pre-sents one recommending1 that a board of military experts shall be created at the head of which there shall be an officer offi-cer of highest rank who shall bo the chief military officer of theWar department depart-ment and to bo known as the Chief of Staff suboidlnate to the President and I Secretary of War yet clothed with authority au-thority to control all the staff corps and i departments and who through the Ad jutantGeneral shall make orders In the name of the Secretary o War the Constitutional Con-stitutional representative and spokesman spokes-man of the President This Is a solution entirely in consonance conso-nance with our form of government I gives the President and Secretary of War the Information necessary for intelligent in-telligent and efficient administration I serves to accentuate In a forceful way the subordination of the military to civil authority Tho scheme Is wholly American and conceived on the lines and spirit of our government and is in close touch with the Constitution Tho next speaker was Gen S B M Young who spoke to the toast The Army and Commerce as follows GEN YOUNGS ADDRESS A nation cannot bo great and enjoy prosperity except for a limited limo without with-out commerce and an efficient military force Each Is dependent upon lip other and r ono prospers so will tho other or eventually the nation to whom they pertain per-tain will cease to exist This la I especially truo of our own Republic 3 use tho term I military forco In Its broad sense Including In-cluding tho army and navy and nil that 13 required to make them ofllclcni I the military forco Is Inadequate to Inspire a feeling of confidence among commercial men that their Interests will be protected commerce will not Increase and that which may have been established estab-lished will disappear People may differ In their views as to tho advisability of either purchasing or holding tho Philippine Inlands but no reasonable person can doubt that tho predominating pre-dominating reason for buying them was one of humanity and n desire to frco thorn from the yoke they were bearing just a wo did In Cuba I say this notwithstanding not-withstanding that our unselfishness WLl Incomprehensible to tho Oriental l mind and that It has cost us a good deal of money to carry out and convince tho Filipinos of the purity of our motives I believe that a large majority of the Filipino Fili-pino pcojle who aro capable of understanding under-standing tho situation rejoice that wo purchased the islands To obtain tho trade of China we will have a long and hard struggle with tho nations of Europe Wo have obtained a strong point ot advantage by GOWn tho good will of tho Chinese people by our wise and humane diplomacy but Inc advantage ad-vantage that overshadows nil others lathe la-the pobscsslon of tho Philippines Foreign commerce will follow the flag If that ling l backed by a sufficient mill I tary force However advantageous the possession of the Philippines may be from a commercial point or view they will boa bo-a sort of national weakness unless put In a proper state of defense and protected by a aufficlently large army and navy A largo army Is not needed In the Philippines Philip-pines on account of the insurrection for happily duo to the efficient work of tho army all Insurrection Is about over and I tho administration of tho affairs oC the Inlands I In the hands of I civil commission acting under Instructions of the Secretary of War If we wish to gain tho supremacy of I commerce In tho East we must maintain main-tain such military forces army and navy In the Philippine Islands that It cnn act i Instantaneously at any point In tho I Orient and that fact must bo well known I and understood by all Oriental peoplo Tho larger and more efficient tho force I and the moro widely Ito olrength and efficiency ef-ficiency known tho longer will the Inevitable In-evitable conlllct of arms be delayed No ono can foretell when It will come nor what the pretended or real causes but the tlmo will come when wo will have to tight to maintain tho anpromacy of our commerce John G Mllburn of Buffalo Is Y spoke on Commercial Bodies and Their Relations to the Truit Problem Referring Re-ferring to truatd Sir Mllburn said that it were quIt na consistent to legislate l against the lrth i of male children as to legislate against trusts socalled IndlH crlmlnalcly Thoy will como In spite of any legislation ho said Keapondlnc to tho toast The China Relief Expedition of 10DO and tho resent res-ent Situation In the Realm of the Sultan of Sulu Con Cliaffco noted 1 the dissimilarity dissim-ilarity of the two portions of his subject sub-ject and told In an Interesting manner of ha assignment to go to the relief of tho American Locution In Poking1 nnd of the Incidents that marked that exciting time In the life of Minister Confer and other Ministers Gen Chaffco then spoke at some length on the second part of his subject IIo said ho hud njvor neon time Sultan of Sulu and added Our sovereignty ought to bn firmly established as n fact In tho minds I of tho Moro people In Jolo and claowhcre I I f C i < I 1 i + i mid I mm of the opinion that tho L0our thin la tlcmo Limo more satiafaclorv It will wi oy for all cfucTTed especially for tho Mores themselves I Tho last npcukor o tho evening wag Senator Kannn wliosc address wan almost al-most rnMrely local In character |