Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-11-17 | Page 3 | Improvements in the Army Service

IMPROVEMENTS IN INTHE INTHE INTHE THE ARMY AR lY SERVICE Inspector General Finds Only One Serious Fault to Complain Of or WASHINGTON Nov 17 The 17 Tho annual annual annual an an- nual report of Gen J. J C C. e. Breckenridge Inspector General of or the army Is a voluminous document and covers ers every phase of or the military establishment and department bureau and command of oC the arm army There Thele are arc more than fifty recommendations and suggestions relating relating re re- re- re lating to Improvements ement In the arm army most of or which pertain to technical matters matters mat mat- lens and minor conditions Much of or orthe the report necessarily has been covered In the reports of ot bureau chiefs and commanding Gen Breckenridge Brecken Brecken- ridge finds Ond much much to commend In all branches branched of of th the services service and reports progress aid Improvements ImproVements' everywhere every ever where The Thi most serious us criticism Is In re reThe regard re- re gard absenteeism where officers arcon are arc on detached dut duty duly leaving the regiments regiments regiments regi regi- ments short thorl of oC Thus In the Philippines especially It Is found that man many companies are arc without Captains and the companies In command of untried untried untried un un- tried officers He attributes this to lack of In the army to Oil flit the details details details de de- de- de tails and detached a assignments