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Show GENERAL SCHOFIELD'S TESTIMONY. That wns remarkable testimony de-llvried de-llvried by (leu ."cliorteld before the Ken. uo committee on .Military .ffalrs. In the general sumimir) of Inevitable results re-sults from our Constitutional system, he was so clearly correct that It Is Impossible Impos-sible to gainsay his conclusions. It Is quite true thu the commanding gene- al of our uri, Is suboidlnute p) tho President. It Is also true that thla supreme su-preme command vested In the President ran be exercised In no other way than through the War Depaitmenl. It follows, fol-lows, then, that the War Department la the iciil head of the urniy, and that unless un-less tho Oeiieinl commundlng la gecre-tarj gecre-tarj of War, he does not. In fact, and cannot, enjoy the r al command of Hie roues Hut It Is seldom that the com-wumi.iig com-wumi.iig General Is ticciuaiy of War, and It Is Just as well that this Is so The fathers deslied to suboidlmtte the military to 1 civil power, and did so They desired to provide against "the r in on horseback,'' and the provision they made is effective It can never be a real grievance In this countty that the military Jffleer who Is at the heart of tht jrmy does not In fact enjoy th nnor of continued and autocratic command. com-mand. The dominance of the military arm has been alvv iyu the bane of republics; re-publics; It la nut the bane of ours and can never be under our forma of govern-ment, govern-ment, Nor will the people ever app, ove any change whit., will make It ao. Den hchotield endoisra the pending mllltHiy bill as a measure that will bring tho irmy conliol Into line with the Constitution Consti-tution an 1 tl 'ni ts t.eneral .11 lien up. I one It on the grm . that It will lower low-er his piestlge. General Hchutleld Is ilgl t General Miles Is trjlng lu cling 1 . 1 1 low Hi 1 11. iitlon and pr. s 1 11 I 1 tho piopi d bill could not li wor e 11 111 now Hisldrt i 1 c for per rnl Jntlucn c und auuioiuiy ia preel ely what docs not lit in with a republican form of govern-nvnt govern-nvnt That portion of General Schofleld's testimony which reveals the personal animosities between General Miles and tho l'lt-sldont and the Secretary of Wat sooms but to emphasise the need of the better system proposed In the new military bill r'or If on a question of authority, the commanding General so deeply resents tho attitude of his superior supe-rior In command, thttt 'personal Intercourse Inter-course la broken off, then It 1 high time that a stop were put to the as-aumptlon as-aumptlon that the General of the army la an Independent factor. It seems to be an absolute necessity that the new army bill should be passed, and that with no d.-liy. |