Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-03 | Page 4 | Garrison is Angry

GARRISON IS ANGRY. I It has come to light that an officer i of the general staff of the United , States army has been transferred from ! Washington for taking a too active in- terest in the military bills and ingress- injr, his ideas upon members of the su- ; ate committee regardless of the opin ions and desires of the eecrfary of war in the premises. It has transpired al;o that the army officer in question, ; whoso name has not been divulged, has 1 caused his views on the matters afore said to be printed in the cewspaporii. As subordinates in the army, like little children, are to be fwn and not heard, it is evident this particular officer in piling up trouble for himself by causing annoyance in the war department, t The fact of the transfer came out when .Secretary Garrison wrote a lettor to Senator Chamberlain of Oregon sharply objecting to the term "piece- meal legislation," rently applied to the administration military measure. TLe letter vas in reply to one written by the Oregon senator making pugg-v:-tions to thr; w;,r rary as to tho necessity of smding in a general military mili-tary bill iutf ad of tin; bilh undor con-tiideration. con-tiideration. Tfo, used the obji'ttionaUe t r m by way o f e n i Ii ;i h . Tbe p'irdic will not jf, greatly nirr-C.' nirr-C.' in a war of word s between thn ftecreiary of r.nr S'-tiitor "li;irn- berlain of Oregon. Mix'h iriosity will be srou-.cd, however, over tho. bk'ntity of tho Btaff officer who follnwH thej r-TarnpIo of the parrot and falkd too j much. The man may be a. patriot p.Iio j d"sir8 only t Ijc good of his country, rtr j : rnny ,f, a miJitarv r-nt.hunt. who, ii"itB that .'nc.lc 8am should have , 'uns arj'l men enough ready at a! tirm ?, to oppo: tl-fi entire world. Ife may filro bo a politician b'-nt upon fin nd im ji-! ping tbe a.linioiitratiin, or h. mny he a hnrynody who firjdi it iinpor-jldc to limit bin atn itjen ; r, ,, proper pl:ro. Th' ro in Ti" limit to t Ii n'.riibr of1 rr;Ti tl(r avfr;i;'" a-nr- r.ffv-ir flunk1,: fdiotild ron-tttut" tlie ;,-,,,,) fnrri- ,,f )),,. I'nit'd ;-:t;ii'.', wfu-h j a f,r.rf.-' Iv r.at-i; r.at-i; r ' I frarri'r of miiel for onn in Ij,-, pro-, f ion. Utt. t.': id'-a of a u rge utnr. ing army hai alrayn been p-pn;;n:nrf lo' a t. ma.g.rit . of li.e p. .pl. ,,f ; fM- ; j I eiu-J t-S, ;-n mihljirb-,,! 1-;, t,e- , r '. t'ii u f'ioI. ! i'; lrm tj;il Ih.-rr -li'-.tlj ; be b'i'.t; Uauiing in fjio men nf j the country, and that our navy should bo sufficiently strong to protect our shores, but men like Hobson and tho unnamed staff officer do moro harm than good by trying to force gigantic military preparations. The bills of the administration are subject, to criticism, and when congress gets through with them even Secretary Garrison may not be able to recognize his work. They no doubt need overhauling over-hauling and amending, and it is the business of congress to do that sort of 'tinkering. But there is no need of getting get-ting wildly excited over the unprepared-ness unprepared-ness of the country for war. Most of I the nations of Europe were fully prepared, pre-pared, and Europe is now fillc'?1 with j weeping widows and orphans.