Show REAL EAL SOLDIERS TO LEAD NEW ARMY men appointed to high command have proven ability in service PICKED FOR THEIR RECORDS most moat of the major generals general and brigadier generals recently ap pointed were cadets cabets together at wet west point by EDWARD 0 CLARK 1 I there should be a mobilization of the major generals and brigadier generals appointed to commands in tho the now nov selective service briny the lie affair would bo be a reunion of men most moat of whom were cadete cadets together nt at tho the west point military academy tills this means that there Is hardly a new flow major general in tile tho list who floes does not know the methods and the manners of bernico of every brigadier general who will serve under jilin him oil and it antly be 10 said bald also that there Is barely a brigadier general who does docs not know nil all about tho the record the penalty and tife the idiosyncrasies of the major general who la is n division commander will give him film orders some of these men who have been appointed to high tank rank in fit tile tho now new army tire arc within one two or three years of the retirement age it may bo be that out of their ranks will come a jeffro a claig or A n Petti pettily ln but as enny in washington look tit nt it it seems seeing likely perhaps that the greatest american Ame soldiers of this war uro tire more likely to bo be produced front from tho the ranks of the younger men although military ex LEADS TANGO escadrille capt huron boron von fen commander of Germ germanas germanys anys eanious tango escadrille Esc Hsc aurille adrille which alch gave brittle battle to four Ante rican flyers who lio sought to break tile noted note squadrons air sit BU nucy tito commander Is tho lie cap tain in ili tile the german flor ninn army ohp ocr or mans clillie for him tile the title of king of the alio air is As lie ho la Is reported ta to linvik downed 58 5 13 inu chines lite frenchi nv fly lutor Is tits ills closest colu competitor poti having brought to earth carth CO 60 machines tile finned latigo of willell ho la is chier chi cail lr ailt composed of af six fix decently the escadrille wits set got spoil upon by a group of four american flyers ayers lufbery paron s willis and lowell after a 45 minute 11 fight the american Anie rican airmen fley flaw awer porte ports admit that in recent wars many elders of the lie services have made everlastingly good selected on their records the 87 major generals of tile tho new national army nominated by tho the president were wars all selected on tho the basis of their records of service on oil going through this list I 1 find that out of the 87 37 22 were enders nt at tile tho united states military tary academy at the time that I 1 attended that institution some of thein I 1 know well when I 1 was a cadet cadot others I 1 did not know well bo be pause canuso they were upper cl clossman clasemen class men when I 1 was it junior clas classman sinan but with tho the plebe ant and tho the yearnings yearlings yea year lings interest in tile older follows I 1 learned a lot about them while they hardly baldly know knew that I 1 wits was in existence tills this Is tho the way of bilings at the military academy seven of if the lie new major generals were my classmates and it ought to go without that these nun men I 1 know well but tit present I 1 shall write nothing of them except to say bay that every one of them hns ania ft good military record it liap penn however lion over that with some bome of tho the upper cla classsen classmen class men of flint day I 1 have lind had more or less intimate no la in recent years and in ili some cases strong friendships lieve developed Fro broderich derich S strong Is one of tile lie new major generals strong I 1 think will look utter after tho the mon men lucky elou enough gh to bo be in ili ills his division as a father looks after tits ills children but when it comes to a case of fighting ting lie he will display the lio homan fathers thora fa fortitude and will lend lead his children to tho the front with no thought of sparing them thein it if sacrifice Is to win the li battle tittle strongs St just juit but kindly disposition led tile the military aca denly to put jilin in charge of the incoming plebe pelo class in the year 1870 those were mere the of f und himles at west point I 1 S trong strong guarded tile the police pence of tile the new cadett indo major generals with hlin tire half a dozen men who re velvet their first soldier instruction na as klebes plebes tit lit west point from frederick S strong are real leaders ien edwin st jolin john aroble who other cither will lend lead it national guard or oil it new division to the front Is it son of the first of tho file regular aridly to be killed lu III tile lie civil war the older elder anale fell nt at MK 1319 bethel tills majar general was a godso of if the late into gen 0 0 ilo A ard I 1 vs known im IH tho christian soldier I 1 adler when Ilow orI went to td wew point to tile slip super Inte greble his god godson godsall soll was it first classman cli iisman and tha cadet adjutant grable rut cut 11 ll conle ditto or other and howord promptly prini itly reduced jilin to tile rill rillias iks tle the of blither and son and godfather and godson 10 lo do not link e tor for enle itcy in ili tile army when regula ions tiomir have been violated garbles bles of ilose would not lifave toll to ii hill of beetris nt A college but nt at it was wadi ando to appear A moun leoun major genorn grebles Grebl cs record of service is IP one of the fallest pears in ili tile thu pages of the aminy lle als ter or it was predl eted six Is weel decla 9 ngo ago that 1 joseph T of 0 the ho second pay coy elry who then lien was to a brigadier from tile rank of colonel would on oil the hixt promotion nalon bo be made a major general Kener nl the prediction lilt the marlc tito that go 0 o me tt f aront ont with da call bo be sure hat they are fol following loNIng it ft soldier is 13 11 dakil fisted dated fighter much more rend randy to spare his men mea than to spare himself but lie ha wit will spare neither kehher tile oc occasion castOn requires sparing I 1 he e h ahng lis fought there here has been A chance to light since tile the g graduation duat lou u i 1 |