| Show GENERAL MILES REPORT le lie Urges i a General R of the Governments Military Service rr l li lit Ole flue to Each Jach One of WashIngton Nor NoY feature of oC the annual report of oC Miles lel the aptly Is a chapter dealing wih with the ne need for or a 0 general re reorganization organization of the military service Gen Oen Miles Points out that the lie pra heal limitation o of of the vol volunteers rs to one year In the Philippines makes this 1 a most expensive practice necessitating double transfer of troops anti and adding enormously to the cst cost of oC tile the organization le lie also points out the neel need of n a reserve force torce for tor the re let Ilef of thu soldier soldiers wIno who serve In ho he tropics declaring that the regiments that hae have s so tar far sere served more moors than two years at stations should be relieved General Miles les re renews news neiva his recommendation that the per force torce of the arm army should be one man for or each 10 1000 ot of population ot of the United States In supplying any Increase se of oC the lie Irry he urges that tip ap appointments of oC Ie be made wih wIth a adue adue due regard for tor the principle ot of senior seniorIty Iy Ity and that each case cose be pase passed upon by y a board of oC the highest of the arm slimy as was done In the ion tion following the civi civil war var Il lie sub mis n a draft ot of a bi bill embodying his VIes and recommendations ot of army reorganizatIon The report shows tha that the urgent de demand demand mand for troops for tor remote stations h has reduced the number In the United States to a much smaller force than hal has been maintained at army any time duro dur durIng Ing the past years In tact fact rays ays Gen Gem Mies Miles the force torce has ha been so much reduced that at the present time there Is not enough troops properly to care fur for alJ anti man the lie fort forti which have hae been erected on the Iea sea coast at an expendIture of near nearh nearly ly h 00 In addition to the art artil lery len deficiency the preen present t home force I is not to occupy the interior garrisons properly or to protect life and ond property on the we western tern frontier and what I is stilt more the goY go Is without troops to relee relieve those who have had too much tropical service The actual number of at troops remaining tn in the States after the dispatch of soldiers to Cuba Porto Potto Rico CD Alaska antI the Philippine Is sold said to be MS officers anti men Oin Miles les says that lint during the tho past two years tarl the army hn has been en engaged engaged In the two hemispheres under 01 all conditions and line has on oi all occasions exhibited courage coure stability excellent and devotion to dut duty Touching upon the Chinese campaign Oen Gm Miles les compares th the con contingent tn ent In tIme tho expedition faor bl bly with those of other Oen Gon MIles mention mentions the gallantry of oC Col F S 5 Liscum and Captain Hel killed In China and nd ut of Major Jese Jesse i f iLee fLee Lee ion Gen Mies Miles cals calls attention to the thc tact fact that under the lie law the volunteers In Inthe inthe the Philippines must be withdrawn And discharged before Jul July lit 1st next herefO he las sas It wi will be nees Mr Sal to begin their return home almost Immediately The report shows what ha has been IC ac In the trainIng schools and toward the extension ot of the cast coast de defence fence system stem On this last great gleat work On len Miles les says safi has blen been ex expended pende already and at least leut wi IIi be required to carry larr out the PresS PresSant ant For the next fiscal year er alone the sum lum of Is estimated 19 as nf at to defray time the cst coat of at tort barracks and sies sites on the lie coasts The largest figure Is for tor New York next comes California wih with Maine alne Oregon anti Washington and VirginIa To Porto Heo Is assigned while the national capital Is set down for far Gem Oen Miles les claims that the tons board has developed a high ex cx explosive plosive superior In effectiveness to ni alt known military explosives I It can b be used tn in nn ani service cn can be n any distance within the ca capacity ot of any ony high gun Kun steel armor and ond exploded wih with mOlt mast effect Important nr mc ton tion line also been taken by the same ame board beard In the development of artiery artillery and It Is that within the next twelve months further advances wi vill be made Artillery service lies has no now become In an and the pay ot of enlisted men lie he 11 says should be Increased Gen Gem I don does not think It wile to delay dela the practical of oC service vehicles to the military |
