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Show STICK TO 1 THE STARS I u Considerable opposition is being J mot with in CongreM to tho appoint- 1 mont of army officers with tho ranks It' of general and lieutenant general. Ilk It Is high tlnio such plcayuno Ideas VS woro brushed asldo. At a tlmo when Afc our regular army numbored but a iH very few thousand and wo had tho AP oxample of European military arts- IB? tocracy fresh betoro us, there was Ml somo exciiso for opposing tho np- 99 polntment of mon to so high a rank, but that day has long since passed. 99 Whon Chaffee was In command of 99 tho United States troops In China, ho 99 had to tako tho last scat, and was 99 tho last to bo called upon whon tho 99 generals of tho allied powers gath- 99 ered around the council table to dls- PW cuss tho China campaign. It Is somo d consolation to remember that after S each general had presented his vlowa , Bwathed In diplomacy and Indirect- (W ncea, and Chaffoe was finally called PW upon, ho torsoly announced that hln H troops would recelvo orders to march Ha! on Peking at once. fjj We aro about to ralso nn army of R$ 2,000,000 mon, enough In ltsolt to Uy merit tho dignity of an officer or two WW with tho rank of general. America must have full and comploto repro- sontatlon In tho military councils of Europe, and our representatives should havo rank befitting the dig- 99 nlty of this great country. Thoro Is 9fl no militarism In this. It la common 99 senso. ,AA |