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U iv- iv UNCLE I I II I T t I r. r Havana and chronicled the thc doln doing C of Taft and tho leaders ot of tho Cuban Culum factions And sud- sud lenly the whole threatened revolution I as snuffed out as ns completely as hough It had bad been lIeen a single candle I t was waR simply simp a matter of ot overawing o I he natives of ot demonstrating to them m I n a forceful manner that the United stales tates was master of the situation am ansi would spank an any little native nativo generals who aspired to become revolutionary hut but tie tl-e demonstration hull had to toc c 0 quirk quick and prompt and thorough Without careful preparation this would nyc e been Icen I l le It But the war college college col col- lege was on the Job All 11 Prior to the tho sailing of ot the great American America roan fleet on Its trip around the OIl orld pre President Roosevelt and Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tar tary Taft and man many high officials of tho the army armond and na navy visited the war col- col ege an and anS J planned nned the thc cruise In Its e ev e every cr cry ery detail Ton Then when everything was eady the orders to take tale on ammunition ammunition tion and supplies and ansi coal c were Issued it various points p nod the great armada Concentrated at New York and sailed II away Once on the move there was no l lt t up the up-the the entire program was walS carried car cor- nod ried through h with a precision that as 1 the Uc worm And so the grime me of or war Is played dally in war Washington Washington war with Jaran with En England land with Russia ft ill ill- the king of nj the FIJI Islands for Cor all aU the knows In addition to being a place whore where are nrc planned planner and provisions male made for tor tho the future the thc arm army war iro Is niso one of or tl tIe ti-o most ex exclusIve exclusive ex- ex educational Institutions In the tho i brains a n man who has ha won bloodless battles b by his hie planning and strategy as ns well as bloody ones when It came to an actual conflict Maps of Greet Grent r nC The war ar college building Itself Is 18 one ore of ot the most beautiful public buildIngs build build- buildings Ings InS'S In the lie country For the past year a n score of ot workmen have IH been out ont the grounds which surround It It no and the tro task Is IS-by IS by no means yot yet completed fl cre will bo be broad broell expanses of ot lawn with walks Lint and roadways and shaf sha trees On the main floor of ot the coll college e is a large rotunda here hero a bust of ot Napoleon Na Na- a occupies a conspicuous place Tto TIlo groined arches of ot tho the ceiling coiling can n not be excelled On tho the left lett in IR a lon long lone chart room lined on all sides with large steel nr proof fire chart cases At one ono ens end a few drau draughtsmen may be bo seen at work ork probably copying tho the precious plans of ot some sorno foreign port or th the channels cl 18 and approaches to a for tor- eh eign eln n stronghold There aro maps also ahlo of at every overy city of nn any slUt In tho the United 1 States Mates The water supply sources and nd the public lI lighting place places are arc conspicuously conspicuously marked on In the event of at a general riot where n a mob might ht attempt t. t to t secure control of ot the city and It Is necessary to call in the tho aid of or tho the government troops these maps would be bo Invaluable for tor the water ater su sup sup- ply ph and the lighting places are aro vulnerable vulnerable vulnerable able spots and the first to bo he protected from lawless mobs Three s sets ts or of these theRe maps are made In case o of a riot of ot large proportions those maps aro are dis dl- tl ono one to the chief o of police of ot the thc city one to the commanding officer lot of the thc state troops and one to tho the Q of- of largely a study of ot tho the movements o of troops In the different wars ware of ot tho the worlds history An officer of ot the army recently remarked that the study stUll of mathematics does docs not nOl amount to a an much In the making of at an efficient officer officer oro- oro as does dONI common sense and the re ro- ro o memory of or the history of ot wars The stU study of or military history Is 18 one of ot the principal studios of or an un officer ordered ordered or or- dered to the tho war ar college for duty Every cry great re t and decisive battle of ot the past PARt Is fought over lover a n agaIn aln on paper and the things that ought to have havo been bean done and wore were not done dono are aro dono done and tI those that should not have been don donA but were done are left undone Corr Corrections Cor Cor- r and ond notations are made o of errors errora which had they boon seen at tho the time would In almost every case have turned the te tide of battle bottle Just JURt beyond this library is 18 the office of at the of ot the college who by 1 ringing a bell can cnn have any of or the tho I v vast st storo store o of military Information at hand In a n moment The Thc lecture hall hail Is I unsurpassed d for tor beauty be arrangement and ventilation In the country Lar Largo Large o I American Oa flaps flags 8 are arc twined about the walls walla A system of forcing air all up under the tho seats senta carrying It off orr I through the tho ceiling keeps the te atmosphere atmos atmos- I phere clear and the air fresh all tho the time In Down In the bl basement is a large vault which would put to shame mc most of ot the thc steel vaults of ot the lie banking In Institution Institutions In- In In the c country In It themore the I moro more valuable ble and secret plans are kept and there too are stored awn away I wh where re they can cnn bo he reached at a mo- mo I 4 I y I I S 1 1 S C s' s Chief Cef r t 4 J Ut ft 3 vt 4 r If CJe e Z 2 p i world It Is a culmination of ot tho the educational system of ot the arm army and a training school for tor candidates for or the thc general s staff There officers receive their training In tho duties of or higher command Nyo No o young oun lieutenants Imbibe at this font oC military wisdom Only seasoned veterans who have havo proved t roved rov- rov ed themselves tho the brainiest of ot their tl fellows aro are I Olden to enter Its walls and drink deer deen of ot the knowledge dge that I flows there like a perennial spring Its stu students are Selected by u a process process pro pro- cess of or elimination All graduates of ot West est Point go to the Garrison school and then to the thc service school as 08 they progress In rank But nut none but tho the brightest go So to the war college At Atthe Atthe the tho head of ot the tho faculty which necessarily necessarily su changes chanes ns tB do all commands In Inte Inthe inthe I the te army la is Brigadier General William W. W Voll en poon a member of at tho tue general gen gen- I eral oral staff whose honorable service Is Js long Ions and brilliant He Is a man of ot u CF fleer In cha chuo go of at the federal troops Guards are arc immediately thrown about the sources of ot the wn water ter supply anti and public lighting to forestall tho the possibility possibility of at a water famine or the plunging of or tho city Into darkness Military Strategy On the other side of ot the great ro rotunda rotunda rotunda ro- ro with Its lofty groined arches is isa isa a n. library stored with Wll l books bools of military lore Tho study tudy of military strategy Is I ments ment's notice tho the campaigns which have been boen planned at the war college college- In time of ot pt peace ce In the the- basement too Is an elaborate photographic room I When the architects designed the tha building they planned to place tho the statues of ot twe twelve vo great foreign generals gen gen- orals out on the plaza In front of tho the building As yet but one of ot the places ha has been adorned Frederick tho the Great Groat In his niche In lonely ma- ma Jesty The statue Is la tho the gift of at Em- Em Campaigns Planned Which May Never Be Put Into tion I William of oC Germany Accord According In to specifications these statues must como as 08 gifts and It may b be many many years year before a great warriors war war- of ur the tho ho world stand up In line lino before be be- fore the war college college- Shortly after atter tho the I statue of or Frederick th the began bes-an I hIP bin lonely viiI vigil an anarchist evidently an a ardent hater of or Emperor William attached a 0 bomb to Fredericks Frederick's bronzo bronze leg ignited tho fuse use and ran A work work- man finn who had witnessed d the operation succeeded In detaching the Infernal internal machine nachine and snuffing out tho the fuse tuse In tIno to save ave the tho great groat reat general from being blown off ocr hl hi his pedestal The entire work of or the Institution Ua has been Performed 11 quietly General Bell nell does not want the war college colleno given much publicity and ho he says so frankly They Y want It kept secret The Tho war department t seems perfectly willIng will will- ing log to allow the people p-eople of or the nation to deprecate Its system of ot training its Ita officers and preparing for tor war var ar Its Iti officials do not care Just so AO o lon lo on n 11 s they are doing their work an and getting results I And Americans have havo little need to fear tear that an on enemy will catch eatch the them unawares unaware Down at the war wor college collego at Washington the brains of ot Undo Uncle Sam Sams Sam's a army are throwing a searchlight searchlight search search- light on tho the future Uncle Sam will bo iO ready for tor war If It It does come and the old gentleman In the star spans trousers doesn't Intend to be bo caught on napping pp in g |