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Show 01! SIMPLE LIFE FOB Mm OFFICERS Gen. Corbin Boars Hard on Young Men in Service Who Get Gay. i "WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-Only tho "slmplo life" Is possible for young army officers, according to MoJ.-Gcn. Corbin, commanding tho rhlllpplno division. In his annual rcjiort Gen. Corbin says thero is too frequently evidence that thero aro officers In tho scrvlco not mindful of their obligations. Tho number of complaints on thlapoInt, he says, calls for drastic treatment. treat-ment. The General then lays down theso principles; Officers Must Go Slow. , "The moment an" officer begins living beyond be-yond his means ho should bo subjected to discipline. Young officers Joining tho services should bo admonished thnt for them only tho simple llfo Is possible. Tho moment an officer is possessed with an uncontrollable desire for any other life, he, as a duty to himsolf. as well as to hla. regiment, ahould soparato himself, from tho sorvleo and enter tho Holds from which the material awards admit of more luxurious living." Conditions in Philippines. Thoro are now IS.375 troops In tho Philippines, Philip-pines, Including flSl native scouts, and Gen. Corbin recommends there be no reduction re-duction of this force. Ho says tho conditions condi-tions as to ponce In the Island are better than at any tlmo elnco American occupation occupa-tion with exception to Samar. A reduction In expenditures amounting to a million nnd a half dollars Is reported as having been accomplished during tho administration of Gen. Corbin. |