| Show v vur RJ ur L j vo Tim Tho of Jim and Ills l Army E S E 01 R Er AR Y OF I I In 1005 Tho ns M a n Our Nov Nolo Tho Army rm for flit American Boy no What Tuft Taft Saw Sav at nt Panama Tim Canal Will IU In Twenty and Will Cost Quos A CHAT WITH WILLIAM ILL 1 II TAFT rAFT ABOUT HIS 1115 GI EAr E AI I AND J D ITS PROBLEMS lion of Labor Lahar and Ilio Iho m moo mn n oo j y y y y b Y Yh h Y y h f h Y h Y h Y h Y h Y h h h hh h 1 h h h f y 1 X X Xh h 1 t X f fr r X l f h Y Y Yr r I y Y 1 I 1 Y Yf f Y y y y y yV V z HO fO 00 10 l SECRETARY OF or WAR W II TAFT Special of lilt ht 1 New by Frank G J Y I n f C Jon 30 W Tell ni me something about f the th work of ot th the 1111 of ut Ar I J made this re t of Mr Ir Tuft as III WB WA sat r In his In tho rai 1 1101 tOIl I had for nn on Interview an had hen beu for CI 4 p J ni hut but a of 11 me 11 It ns 1111 now almo t tl 6 Tho routine clerks hall hail long sine lIne departed 11 Ill The fhe hN of ot the Bi neat it building humming anti ami the tiry of oC Wilt nr for Cor the fir t time In tho day wan Willi at Il rent 1 my IQ at t ro t tHo f Ho lIe wan Ial not entirely so Tor wo 0 talked other cal n camo In and wore to AN alt 1111 I n Chat In ought 0 n 1 bundle of ot paper Mr III MId he would 1 tipon betor morning nd liU hi IM memoranda of things to do le I Tuft looked 1 ui 11 MS 1111 a May Ia morning He lie Is III tho picture I of and strong 1 ll hi oyen oe lark lIuk tho worried 11 lines lilies of nC the of ot tho t o day da dalint lint lil hili which ROM with Kwil dl with it that which most men hU hll He lie works eM lly nc ne much Tin TAnY OF OJ WAR He replied The rhe of ot war linn plenty to todo do I 1 think Mr Ir noet found It so The Tho In Iw one on of responsibility N It grous with the count y It deals not only with the of oC tho United States State and all that that hn but Ilso with our do our ast lUIt expenditures u upon on riven Rud harbors tho and management of the Philippine Is II Islands lands and now with the thc Panama canal Nevertheless tho secretary of or war lias hn the iho advantage of or nn excellent force of ot trained men to help him In Inthe Inthe the work of oC hi IH Judge Taft continued as he arose and to and fro the room I ve thing U Is thoroughly systematized and in under uld r a trained head hoad Take our Vit engineering That U Iw by n under Mi Ln engineer en who has hn boen educated a and has hM been doing nothing clue eho hut but all h hiM life liCe Tho quartermasters Is under a 1 man who been heen connect connected ed el with that department all his hl life and It t IH th the name with every branch of or our var Witt business Indeed one might almott think tho could run Itself fur u n time without a I secretary Still there ID I much to do New ques questions como come up every day and new linos of f policy must bo considered Much direction ls Is required the tho t military arises 9 and now we have hao the th government of or our colonies and tho Isthmian cam GNU ONI AND AiD TWI NTY 4 MILLIONS Can In III give me some 1 a of oC th money Involved 7 It Is III not raid the ry of oC VIII Is one of or tho If IC not the t tho nations of oC the world and n 1111 It be lie prepared to defend Our Vur t were legun on the present plan by hy In ISM and ond they have h e cost aro about half completed and we 10 shall need before they are done That how liver U II n 1 matter of oC time Wo spent lut year In round more than In the Philippine we aro for Cor that amount year Wo some something thing like on public works and livers and year the of oC this year nrc more mor than Tor or the military es establishment establishment alone we WI arc 11 which Is III a I little more than was expended In 1801 1901 Altogether the total for tor 1905 aro JUt Just oun ARMY IN 1305 1 What IH III thu present condition of tho army Mr III Secretary Excellent The Tho war has hns Improved the Ule temper of oC the tho melt man and the In Cubit Cuba the tho Philippines N hns made them better soldiers than ever eer Con ConAs As to some lome things a 1 steady Is 1 going on Not long ngo wo woh had d flost In the tho Philippines spattered nil all over Islands Borne small and at lit a 1 lieutenant and even en a II might be bo In of oC a n post Und Under r luch conditions tho m men n bec mi lax In their drill The ThA number of posts I Ib Is b now nol reduced 1 the drill Is Improving The rhe responsibility of oC such has hUR done much to bring out the latent powers of oC the tha subordinate tI tIers cers ers They have hava learned to rely rel upon themselves thom lIes and have Improved In re There Is IN no nu training for Cor forwar war so o HH war It ems I to me that our OUI now In het hetter ter condition than they could possibly pos bo be through the most 11 11 disciplinary tactics In time of oC p aco TIm THIS AS A SOLDIER n Does the American make a good sol soldier dier dl Yes YeP One of ot tho best lie 10 IH Is naturally ally a I lighter he adapts himself to his surroundings and takes advantage 1 of them Wo We me a 1 warlike nation al 01 although though we lIe have not many troops In the Our Army Is not ted to defend the country It Is merely merel tho nucleus of oC the great grent American army which will rl up Ull whenever It Is I needed I What Is till the size of ot tho army now noll Mr I r 1 1 I I In round numbers wi we havo men There Thoro are moro than more thun men We e have hilI moro more cavalry and ar 11 artillery I tillery tiller In III proportion to the tho needs of a 1 great army than Infantry The Infantry try you ou know Is III the backbone of oC nn RII I army U It does dou It Is estimated 05 per percent pE r cent of ot tho effective work But our In fantry can be Increased It H time to train and 1111 equip and artillery Tor Por that t reason w we have havea a 11 proportionately larger number of tho latter In In tn order to be bl ready r nd In time of sudden war Where our soldiers About of them are In the Unit United United ed State replied the secretary of war Ve We have more than a 1 thousand In Alaska and about In the tho Philip Philippine pine Wo Va Also nUo have a 11 few troop In Porto Illco the tho Hawaiian Islands China I OUR oua NEW DIVISIONS Where lire are the tho soldiers stationed In Inthis this country Mr They TIley aro to 10 be found In ever cle part of C It waa reply Wo had a are re ement of the tha military commands last lit January lly By these the thc territory of ot the United States State In Is divided Into five ne grAnd IrAnd military divisions each of which Is III divided Into two or more military de departments division Is command commanded ed by a 1 Inch each of or the thO thOd J I departments d with one exception Is III un der a Four of ot the thetO five tO divisions comprise com prill the United proper and the fhe other Is In the Philippine division The Atlantic di division 1 vision Include Indu nil all the eastern states taking In the Atlantic const coast the milf If ns IS far n nil tho Can Canadian adian frontier ns ItS far nit Lake Jake Erie If It you will draw a 1 line from Eric Forie Pa to MobIle Ala AIL you will wll mark the WIt west western ern boundary bOil n la 1 of that division The northern division takes In a II largo part i 1 i L of oC tho basin of ot the tho Ohio thO and the tho upper Mississippi and nit nil our northern plates from Crom InKo to western Montana It Is 13 divided Into tho three departments of ot tho lakes the tha and the Dakota 1 The south southwestern western division takes takA In the lower Ml valley the southwestern states and an 1 along the western frontier It 11 Is IH divided Into the department of or Texa fexa and that of or Colo Colorado rado The Iho division embraces the Alaska Jn and tho Hawaiian Islands It haa hils two menta menk namely California and bla fn The Philippine division h the departments of or Luzon of ot the tho as and of oC Mindanao 1111 oun Nl W Tell im 1110 something about tho now new H H which are III being made for tor the sol soldiers diers I suppose you Oll mean the Itne replied the secretary They have no ns yet boen only to the tho cadets of oC the United Military hut but wo we expect that lilt all arms of oC the will Mill he equipped with them before io cud en of tho year They now manufacturing there rifles nt ot the rate of oC per day and they will noon lIoon ba ho making 5 5 dally Tho ride rille U III shorter nm It less than the th or the Mauser Aro thoro many new things In war warfare fare Mr There Thera Is III always s something new MII now How about automobile Will they tho ba bo used In tho army movements movement of oC the I 1 do not Know General Corbin had some at nt our this yes year I Is there them bulletproof armor If It BO so I do not know It H It hili been be on written of In tho newspapers hut but no 80 far I not nol hoard of or coat cont of oC mall cloth or fir steel that would with ono one of ot those Springfield bullets going forth Corth from Crom the gun Jun at lit tho rate of or miles a minute U It would woul 1 take gold Koh cloth to 11 oft that Till Amry KOU AMERICAN HOYS Would you ou a II boy bo to go Into tho regular army Mr Secretary depends depend on the bo 00 If J he has hAil hasa a 1 taste that way h 19 nUll fitted for Cor It I Ido do not nol ae M why wh ho he not be a 11 rol If JC he does well ho may mn rise to tobe tobe be an nn and at nt any n ny rate the tho linn is ts a 11 Rood good ono one and well paid What Whitt docs It pay Mr III Secretary 7 And how do our fare In com comparison parison with those of other countries They are far better ort off than other soldiers on earth the reply rep The Tha American private receive U 3 per month his hiM ration He lit lion n fair clothing allowance nn Is III well treated The Tho private soldier In ln gets less that half n I cent a n day Iny and the Japa two cent The Ian soldier 10 III lor 73 per month the tho French l 71 n r month thi u Ir IrI r I man I CO and the British iU 14 In other words won the Ames lean private Is paid more thun one hundred times na naw w lt as the Russian moro more than twenty timoR us well n tho e than live times as no well as IS the German and twice an 1111 well na liS the thu soldier of ot reut WEST POINT AND A MILITARY Suppose c tho boy could Rat got an ap opo appointment to West Point Polut and Aud bo he nn What Whal thun thon flint depend upon tho boy hoy his hl ability Thu Tho lies hes liesa a 1 good gool a n very ery honorable ono one many possibilities for COl a n pro promotion promotion motion We WI always hlo more applicants cants for Cor West Point than we havo hl places Hut But not such places usually III glen given to tho sons of or army Aro 10 we 11 not fast up a II military aris aristocracy 7 No West Point Is lilted up from the ranks s of ot the people The appoint appointments APpointments ments mostly given slen by b competitive examination through tho Tho only other appointments are oro thosa allotted tn to tho president He Ho gives to the tho on of army bo br cause such frequently have huv nn homes hence no dis districts firm where thel boys can bo ap appointed pointed 1 by THE PANAMA IA ANAl CANAI Tho conversation hero turned turn cl to the Panama and I J asked nek lI Secretary to tell me of if his hili recent visits there ther He replied I nm not nn engineer I J cannot estimate tho work from any ouch stand standI I I wont down to learn something about the situation In order that I might know the tho Iny In of the land nUl understand such reports as nM might bo sent to the department from time to time What did you In the secretary of war there aro about 20 miles that Involve 1101 tho problems ns the tho Alloz canal being simply the dredging out of oC mud earth and preparing tho ditch as ns a R highway Most of this has I been done little more Is II Isnow now needed hut but to out the tho silt lIt Then there url arc perhaps about 15 1 miles whore where the thA work Is much the at that of the tho Chicago drainage onnal This cnn can bi be excavated and tho rock dirt piled on all the tho banks of ot the tho canal canalIn In addition them Is alto Rho tho Culebra cut which Is I 1 should say II about 10 s long 10 feet Ceet deep feet or more H It li 19 there therA that will willbe willbe be the groat work of ot tho the tho work that will take a 1 vant of ot time mOTley money lioN Hore the excavated ma material cannot be he left lett on tho banks It will have to ba he carried away on the ours for Cor 10 or 13 12 miles mileR and no IO has to be done within with III n II short horl that It mint tike a 1 long JonII time tilT I TWENTY AND 2 Dill Did ou Inure on how lone lonc It will till inquire to build tho Iho canal and aM whit It II would cost costI 7 I rep it I J am not an w wand and I cannot speak with any that The French wM h hI I wern wem upon a II c nii I after actor they had spent NI d that It would take 2 00 to complete It put the tho time Hint it Sl 20 years Engineer tell w ml they w er not tar far out of ot tho tM way Hut Bill do you think Mr MI Be Se r a 1 Is preferable W to Wa a 1 lock I do not know That Is for Cor the n nI to Th The canal M I t tIB tG I IB I for nil all time and It may be to 10 spend moio mOlo mono money and more lime to 10 I build tho host canal for tor oil all time Is thoro thero ny doubt douht Out th tl c i l can be built hullt 7 lor I think not Ilot Ai tAr far ns II I ton can U IrAln n the connected with It te uro nl nl within tj th thIO possibilities IO of modern The work wor will III of course require the tho mil II I engineers alio men of Alf i n such lines who can organize ww wor and handle tho men Indeed th me thore of ot o 0 TIm QUESTION OF LABOR LAnon Will there thero be much muth g labor for Cor tho work I think not although It l I hara to know JUKI Ju t where It Is to from J I the doubt whether Americano can stan tl climate The Tho French lined a n large extent but It In III not crr Li o ran nt Jamaicans If It vv w vyant W th WI I II I wont from Colon to that l lind l to in 10 investigate the tho question Ai Allt It H l Jamaica do u It reliable labor to d has not lIot enough own business and tt Il has Imported tn I coolies coolie from Crom East Cast India fr Clr plantation fruit Be when the tho French a th work they had in their 1 Thc Tho o were Vero loft left s strand government of It Il cost the Wk something like III to got get home According Acc to the law ot each parish hao of ca the tho people It l labout Ie MId their own poor pOOl of the I Ir about 67 61 per cent nt 1 If It there are nr bo b o a aWA moro morl men would probably place many tm Iy want This would ln n e H th eX r i nn to sa of ot each Mch tent that limy might l to nt II 0 for Cor relief lIef to the general Ol orr I lIt you see Roe to the Ihl have government pa o to r nr ut in nw m num I 1 aw l 1 tho Wm visit Isil there with What the It t common n paid on the canal Wo Wc arc aru ra nir U M O In i It This IH equal to 75 c colU lit In J ni raW In Is Jut Just twice no much ns liS ca lor work worl 10 Hlat I It T TI wa WI could have hll 1 should It rn I FRANICO a W |
