Show ONLY ONE ARM OFFICER IN FOUR WEST POINTER Jl Number commissioned from civil life far exceeds total of academy graduates harddy more than officer out of four in the regular amy and philippine scouts Is a west point cr and the number commissioned cli from civil exceeds alie ts of academy graduates H these figures are disclosed in ab annual report of siaa gen robert da vis adjutant general of the adyn made public it the total tafv tar active commissioned force on J tn SO this berr nt for the 50 brandies with enough retired ann re arve men on active duty to lii ag the gaind t binl up to 12 f that number are west pint graduates amio tigue from civil i f 0 H the onlin beere cospy and i nil hie he inard i beor some otther branch of the berrice anle total lined ll ned strength was aiji t u were on duty in united states to miln m fain ahe force recruits were dufin the year of whom more thin 02 per cent mere nathe borni general pach alg ures that it costs per man to aulta including those for the 1 couts ali report reiterates arroy object T the oie lear enlistments nu tho hy congress coh gress and shows eliat policy has limited ac ceplon of anen under this provision to thirst needed or specific purpose in ri locality chere no am port cost was in j duran the beor the strength of pie corpa jumped frond to iam more than new reserve officers ere obtained from the training corps graduates and the civilian training camps added an other A plea for preservation of year old army records that are dropping to pieces from much handling Is made by the adjutant general in his report they coer the regular army for the period of 1812 1012 including original muster rolls of the regiments their gradual disintegration will continue nall they shall have liter ally fallen to pieces unless the constant handling to which they have been subjected ann cnn be obliged through transcribing all information w holcli they contain upon index record cards general dails warned |