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Show I ANTI-RED TAPE 1 ORDER ISSITED I! fK Enormous Burden Removed i From Secretary of War by ' til! New System. ftfjj, Washington, Nov. 15. The recent 'lEUS anti-Red Tape order issued by General 'ilflMi Gallieni, French war minister, has j jlj , been viewed with interest by officials i Iffii oC ie war department here since a Bvrl struggle to the same end has been I'lfU' afoot in the army for several years I jfffl past. I VMM! Decentralization of the administra- i -Ml j live machinery of the department has ill.' been Secretary Garrison's aim in a ' III! score of orders issued since he took j;l.w office. It prompted the territorial or- ;flj ganization into departments compet- Wp ent to deal with questions of consld- 1Mk crable moment within the depart- Hi l ments themselves. There are scores 4'li Prooerns which heretofore traveled ijf; j all the way to the secretary's desk ;W for settlement and which are now dis- Iff, posed of by company, regimental, post j or department commanders. The 'tl enormous burden of correspondence LSjH has been reduced as a result and only Biil matters essentially in his province IJjr as secretary now come to Mr. Garri- mmi' son's attention. V The secretary's annual report this HH year will show again his appreciation flw of short cuts. It will be even briefer Hi than his report last year. lu this he In! has followed the example of Presi- Wwm, dent Wilson who set the precedent of JJaE striking from his annual messages few- anything but discussion of vital ques- $ ' tions. The report of the government's 3 iP activities for the preceding year which mm have characterized presidential ines- Vm sages in the past are left to the cabi- ", net officers. mJ In Secretary Garrison's case, at 'I least tIie detail of war department I'jj business will be left to reports of the J bureaus chiefs, submitted with his it own. and his remarks will deal ex-jfl ex-jfl clusively with the question of military lt:t preparedness and the impelling really rea-lly I sons for the recommendations he I w make. |
