| Show 4 OFFICERS ARE KIND HEARTED so says general Bieck breckenridge enridge in III nil ai As nual nuat report in his annual report general J b breckenridge inspector general of t the be army bus bas the following to bay regarding d his inspect on in the pt phil paines during my tour in the philippines it was evident on all sides that the army as a whole was labor ng faith fully and pat antly to solve the many vexing problems continually presed presented ted to it the difficulties encountered and the hardships endured never can be fully appreciated by any one who has not been on tl e ground and observed the daily life of officers and men miles away from home influences and assoni a athons living in communities either openly or secretly hostile depend ng almost ent rely for the r subsistence upon the comm wl ere one is always afraid to take even an ordinary drink of water without ascertaining first whether it has been cooked critics at home may way search for epi ept abets to apply to our general officers but these officers are not less kind hearted than their critics and are acx mindful of tl e sufferings which necessarily fall upon the innocent in warfare as well as tl e guilty and are devising means by which the poor may be cared for and fed there is re reason ason for grat neat on that our fellow countrymen have confidence in their army and many know what war is and the reaction I 1 as not been sluggish that the army performed its duties well and bore its hardships uncomplainingly is well known to all who have kept in touch with it since the opening of the theah ph 1 apine ins ir in fact it has done only the things which we expect of it and which we will continue to expect of american soldiers |
