The Sunday Oregonian., February 11, 1912, Page 8, Image 8

TITE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 11, 1V1Z.
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SELLING ANSWERS
LOWELL'S UETTER
Citizen Urged to Oppose
Bourne Tells Pendleton
Man He Is Wrong.
SINGLE TAX IS OPPOSED
Mate Senator PotnU Oat That H
Hit Xot Yet Beconw Candi
date, Denlea Bln Million
aire and labor Foe.
Ben Selllnr last night replied to an
open letter from Stephen A. Lowell, of
Pendleton, who, as candidate for the
Republican nomination for United States
Fenator. asked of Mr. Selling a namoer
of questions touchtnr on hie candidacy
for the name office and the forces that
were supporting; him. In bis reply Mr.
Celling makes It emphatlo that he has
not- become a candidate for Senator.
This, he says. Is a subject that will be
determined In a few days, when he will
announce a platform of principles for
the consideration of the Republican
voters of the state.
Mr. Selling, in his reply, denies the
direct charge of Judge Lowell that he
Is In the -millionaire class;" explains
his position regarding Senator Dlm
Ick's eight-hour bill: tells of his atti
tude toward the laboring classes: enters
a plea of guilty to the charge that he
always has been an advocate of State
ment No. 1. and at all tiroes has ad
vocated and supported "progressive"
legislation. On the subject of single
tax. Mi. Selling unequivocally declares
that he Is utterly opposed to tho single
tax theory, about which Judge Lowell
Inquired, and thanks the Pendleton man
for giving the opportunity to define his
position on this proposed measure.
Caswlaaisaa Peessed Wrosat.
The letter of Mr. Selling follows:
Portland. Or, Feb. 10. 111. Judgo
Stephen A- Lowell Dear Sir: Tour
open letter to me. published In this
evening's Journal, apparently calls for
an answer. In reply. I beg leave to say
that Inasmuch as your premises aro
wrong, your conclusions must also be
wrong.
In the first place, yoo address me as
a candidate for United States Senator,
when you know, or ought to know, that
I am as yet not a candidate and It Is not
at ail certain that I shall be. This will
be determined In the near future.
Should I enter tha contest, which
you admit I have the right as an Amer.
lean clUaen to do. I will have no apol
ogies to make. Wi are both agreed
that It would be unfortunate for both
the state and the Nation If Senator
Iiourne should be nominated to succeed
himself.
Answering your questions: While I
do not consider It a disgrace to bo
"claused as a millionaire." facts do not
Justify your conclusions. If you will
consult Dun or Bradstreet you will
find that I am rated way below the
million-dollar class.
MlutllrMil le Allegod.
Too are also mistaken ae to tho
forces behind my proposed candidacy. I
have only a speaking acquaintance with
all tho gentlemen whoso names yon
have mentioned, and with only one of
them have I ever discussed my prob
able candidacy, so It U not true that
these are the forces that are behind me.
Inasmuch as I am not a clubman, and
In fact I am not even a member of
the Commercial Club. I have not ob
tained my information from these
sources, but have "felt the public pulse"
In tho only way I knew, that Is by ad
dressing letters to the voters. Including
bualnese men, farmers, professional men
and laborers throughout the state, out
side of Multnomah County.
I do not believe that you Intend to
Question my veracity when you Inti
mate that I have not received 1100 let
ters. I would prefer to believe that
this was written In haste and was not
Intentional, but I say to you now that
If you will come to my office Monday
morning I will show you, not 1600, but
4000 letters from voters outside of the
County of Multnomah who have prom
ised mo their support, or urged my
candidacy, or both. Seven hundred and
forty-one letters were received today.
A a tl-Later Spirit Denied.
Answering another of your questions
I will say that you are again mistaken
about my being responsible for tho de
feat of Senator Dlmlck's bill in the
last Legislature. It Is true that I voted
against this bill, although It passed the
Fenate. I had nothing whatever to do
with Its defeat In the House. On this
point I wsnt to say that my only ob
ject la voting against this bill was bo
cause I was reliably Informed that Its
passage would result In closing down
of tho mills In Oregon City and many
other places In this state, and as you
will doubtless admit, we have only too
few factories and mills In this state
now.
As an evidence that I am a friend of
tha working man. I want tosay that I
was among the first men la the City of
Portland who Insisted on closing the
stores Sundays. When I was a much
younger man It was customary to keep
all stores In Portland open until noon
on Sunday, and It was largely through
my efforts that this condition of affairs
was brought to an end.
For your Information I will say also
that I was the first president of the
Retail Clerks' Association. which
brought about the early closing of the
stores In the City of Portland, and It
la due more to my efforts than that of
any other single Individual that the
tores In the City of Portland are now
closed at f o'clock.
It Is also true that I alone was re
sponsible for cutting out that part of
the bill which allowed women and girls
to work t hours during the holiday
week in the stores of the state, and
every woman and girl working In the
State of Oregon Is lndeBTed to me for
this reduction In the working hours.
And whlle I may have more of this
world's goods than you, I am not a
"millionaire." but I am and have been
rich enough to give to my .employes
durlne- the last 1 years that I have
been In business, a share of my profits
in excess of 150.000. ;
Staale Tax Opreeed.
Answering another one of your ques
tions. 1 am utterly opposed to Inn
single tax theory, and I am glad that
you have given me this opportunity
to say so publicly.
I plead guilty to having been promi
nent In establishing Statement No. 1,
or the election of United States Sena
tors by direct vote of the people, as
well as all and every act of progres
sive legislation that Is now on the stat
ute books of the State of Oregon,
known as the Oregon system, and I
want to say to you. Judaea Lowell, as
I have said In several letters I have
written, that If I thought you could
win I certainly would not get Into the
on test, la fact. I would not IX I
thought It was apparent that any oth
er good, decent Republican could win.
I have waited this long to see If some
other" candidate would not enter the
race. If I conclude to do so. you will
have an opportunity of reading my
platform and criticising it freely.
I trust that I have answered all rur
questions and made myself clear, and
In conclusion. In the words of the Im
mortal Lincoln. "I am not bound to
succeed. I am bound to be right to
stand with any man who Is right and
to part with him when he cesses to be
right." Very respectfully yours.
BEN SELLING.
Selltag Called "MUlleaalre."
The letter of Mr. Selling was In reply
to a communication from Judge Lowell
published In an afternoon paper yester
day. In his letter Judge Lowell ad
dressed Mr. Selling as an actual candi
date for the Senatorshlp. expressed the
conviction that the Portland man could
not defeat Bourne for the nomination,
charged Mr. Selling with being a mil
lionaire and inquired If the principal
forces behind Mr. Selling's candidacy
were not The Oregonlan. Theodore B.
Wilcox. Charles H. Carey. W. D. Fenton
and W. W. Cotton, "with their allied
railroad Interests," and A. L. Mills and
the "vast banking interests ior wuicu
he speaka"
Judge Lowell went further In his let
ter and In a sarcastic way rtiw
.i nf Mr. Kfllllna- as
the number of letters he was receiving
from voters tnrougnoui me .. "
only urging him to become a Candida
.- a.n.tnrahln. btlt Dledgtng hi
not
te
him
support. Judge Lowell further alleged
. l i t . k . . k letters were
in utm loiici . . . . . -
being received entirely from clubmen
and other representatives oi ins aris
tocracy of wealth" and did not repre
sent the sentiment of voters outside
Multnomah County.
Vmmrr Tkanssl Letters Received.
In his reply Mr. Selling gives this
statement the denial, wblcn is tuny
. . ww -w, iN.nMInn of the 4000
vuwva i r -
letters he has In his office, tha letters
being written by business ana proies-
-i f.m.r, anA artisans in
every county of the state outside Mull
nomah County. Aitnougn air. seinn
j n. Anv ltfra to voters 1
in
this county, be haa received? a numDer
of voluntary letters' from all classes of
. I ln ... 1 . n , m n A v1rlnlfV fk.
UIU M v , J -
TVlcr, lu . v ' - .
questing him to become a candidate and
promising enthuslastio support oi ms
candidacy.
Mr. Lowell also asked Mr. Selling If
he was not one of the men chiefly re-
...iki. .. .'..t In tha last
IUDNUI, "
Legislature of the Dlmlck measure, af
fecting tne nours ana conditions ui mm
...... -. fit Mr Relllnsr's
position on the single-tax Issue was
also Inqulrea snout, ana Jir. xownu De
manded that Mr. Selling express his
position on National problems of the
hour.
"Tou will find that men are thinking
of other things besides Statement No.
1." he said.
CAREER LONG ACTIVE
CHRISTIAN F. FFLCGER IX
PORTLAND 410 TEARS.
Daslneea Man Who Had Great Lots
for Birds and Flowers Is No
Slore Nine Survive II lm.
After an Illness covering a period of
two months. Christian Frederick
pfluger. an old and esteemed cltlsen of
Portland, passed away Friday at St.
Vincent's Hospital. Mr. Pfluger was
born In Bremen. Germany. In 1815. and
came to Oregon -In 1371 and established
himself In the grain and produce busi
ness near Dundee, Or. After a success
ful career at that place he came to
Portland two years afterwards and be
came engaged In the mercantile busi
ness at the corner of Second and I'm
hill streets. In 1SI0 he established
himself In the real estate, loan and
steamship ticket business on Third
street. In the premises now occupied by
Mr. House, remaining there for a num
ber of years, and moving his establish
ment thereafter to the Mulkey building,
where he conducted Lis business until
-taken 111.
Mr. Pfluger had dlstlng"lshed him
self as a friend of songbirds, as sec
retary of the Oregon Songbird Society,
and was the first person Importing
from Germany and other European
countries the nightingale, canaries, the
skylark, the blackcap, thrushes and
other rare specimens of the feathered
kingdom.
After the removal of the German
Consulate to Seattle, Mr. Pfluger repre
sented the Interests of the German em
pire In this city, acting for the Ger
man Consul In Seattle In a semi-official
capacity. He was connected prominent
ly with several fraternal societies,
among others the Vereln Elntracht.
Mr. Pfluger was a member of the St.
Paul's German Lutheran Church, at
East Twelfth and Clinton streets.
since 118. and held several offices.
He had been trustee, treasurer and lec
turer of the St. Paul's Church and held
a certificate of membership In the Ger
t. in Lutheran Aid Society.
Mr. Pfluger was a member of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce and tha
Portland Realty Board, and for many
years wss engaged actively In upbuild
ing of tho city.
He was a lover of flowers and rare
plants and Imported from European
countries a variety of dahlias, roses
and other plants not heretofore ex
isting In Oregon.
Mr. Pfluger is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Christian Pfluger, Ix boys and
two daughters. Five sons and on
daughter lire In Portland, on daugh
ter In Germany, and on son in San
Francisco.
Ths funeral services will b held
Monday afternoon at 1:10 o'clock from
St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Interment
will be made In Rlvervlew Cemetery.
LIFE IS STAKE AT CARDS
Stranger Plays Solitaire, Loses, Tben
Commits Suicide.
ALAMEDA. CaU Feb. 10. James
Wise, a well-dressed stranger, played
cards with death In a local hotel last
night and lost. Tonight, when his
room was broken Into by the hotel
management, he wss found stretched
lifeless on his bed a victim of poison.
On a nearby table was a pack of cards
with which he had played "Chinese
solitaire" and farewell notes that he
left Indicated that he had trusted bis
fate to the cards.
No one here knows whence Wise
came. He left two farewell messages
written on postcards, with requests
that they be forwarded. One was a ti
ll eased to Miss Chios McKeown. Card
well. Mont.: the other to George Mc
Keown. 1844 Eleventh avenue. Spokane,
Wash. Both expressed regret at the
step he was about to take, but declared
there was no other course open.
Astoria Reservoir to Bo Begun.
ASTORIA. Or Feb. 10. Speclal.)
The Bldwell Hayden Company of Port
land, which haa the contract for the
construction of a 100.000.000-gallon
storage reservoir for the Astoria Water
Department, has the clearing of the sit
practically compietea. ana as soon as
Its teams and equipment arrive from
Portland will begin work on building
th big dam, J
GREAT GOOD SEEN
IfJ 0. A. G. COURSES
Short-Term Work 5 Weeks
Proves Beneficial to Many
Old and Young.
LECTURES ARE ENJOYED
Addison Bennett Tells of Especial
Winter Education Which Cor
vallis School Is Carrying On to
Aid in Upbuilding- of State.
BT ADDISON BENNETT.
CORVaLUS. Or, Feb. 10. (Special.)
This Is a sort of get-away day In
this place, for th fiv weeks' short
course, and th farmers' week, both
ended at th Oregon Agricultural Col
lege yesterday, and every outgoing
train Is filled to overflowing with the
departing students. Last night ther
were farewell dinners given by stu
dents to their teachers, informal and
formal dinners participated In by old
friends and by those recently brought
together In the pursuit of knowledge.
On every hand nothing much Is heard
but the commendations of the work of
the college and discussions of what the
students have learned. Perhaps that Is
overlooking the fact that nearly every
departer Is telling how Intent he or she
Is to carry the newly-acquired infor
mation Into practice upon the return
home. Indeed, that Is th finest thing,
th most encouraging to hear the
young men tell how they will go back
to the old farm with new Ideas, new
hopes, new aspirations and ambitions
not only to carry out the teachings of
the professors, but to pursue their
studies, and by all means to attend the
course next Winter, perhaps every
Winter.
I wss particularly interested in the
talk of one young man from east of
th mountains, from a region wher
farming conditions are not of the best,
owing to Insufficient precipitation. He
was a fine, robust, intelligent, up-standing
young fellow, perhaps SO years of
age. He bore every indication of be
ing a young man of the highest charac
ter that be is a loving, helpful son
there can be no doubt. His father was
rather averse to his coming. He does
not think much of book farming or
professional agriculturists. He wss
brought up in a hard-working family,
where most of the labor was performed
by main strength. He has never been
Initiated Into many of the labor-saving
arts of th farm.
Father la Hard Worker. -
In his own saving and hard-working
way be has carved out a fair share of
the world's goods and has given his
son and daughter fairly good educa
tions. And he is too good a father to
refuse his son as small a request as a
five-week vacation to take this course
at the Oregon Agricultural College. And
now the young man Is going home with
his head full of new Ideas to revolution
ise their farm methods. How enthusi
astic he was when ha told how pleased
his father and mother and sister would
be with the better conditions that would
soon prevail In the old home, and how
sure he wa that one of the first to
register for next Winter's farmers'
course would be that father all of
the family if they can get away.
I see I am getting a long way ahead
of my story. If I Intend to give any
thing like a connected account of the
five weeks' course and farmers' week.
So I will try and take the matter up
In something like sequential order.
Nothing can. of course, now be said
to benefit the courses that have passed:
nothing can be printed to assist In any
way the students who attended or the
teachers or lecturers, but a brief resume
of the work and the personnel of the
class may be of benefit to the college
for the coming years, may be the means
of attracting a still larger number than
this year matriculated for the Winters
to come.
What did these people com her to
learn? What courses were open to
them? What advantages were offered
them? These are questions the answers
to which will show what the college Is
doing, and. In a measure, how the work
Is being accomplished.
Ke Twit lost Is Charged.
Perhaps at th outset It will be well
to dwell briefly upon the cost of th
five weeks' course to the students, for
the reason that many are deterred from
attending through a misapprehension
of the expense. There is no tuition fee,
but each person is required to register
by filling out a card and paying the
sum of one dollar for Incidental ex
penses. In addition to this, those tak
ing courses of study where chemicals
or other materials are used must pay a
small sum to cover such expense, these
sums ranging from 60 eents to f 5. Board
may be had in town for fS per week,
even leas if the student Is not too par
ticular: or a hotel may be patronized at
from $7 per week up. If the student
wishes to escape with the least expense
It may be stated that th five weeks'
-course need not cost over 125. or ft
more if th farmers' week course is In.
eluded.
(There Is evidently an Idea, gained
from the name of th course, that the
work entirely relates to farming. This
la wrong. Th intent Is, of course, to
educate farmers and their wives, sons
and daughters In a way to make their
pursuit more profitable and more at
tractive. But the rang of subjects
taught Is so broad that any business or
professional man or woman can find
classes In which they can gain much
knowledge along their own lines of en
deavor. The real farming courses are divided
Into the following general classifica
tions: Animal industry, dairy husbandry.
horticulture, agronomy, business meth.
ods (school of commerce), forestry and
engineering and mechanic arts, which
Br supplemented by a course In domes
tlo science, or the art of cooking and
serving food. Each of these courses are
subdivided into many classes. For in
stance, in animal husbandry there are
the following studies: Beef cattle, dairy
cattle, sheep, swine, horses, veterinary
science, farm machines, farm drainage,
soil building, farm structures, poultry
husbandry and beekeeping.
Domestic Science One Course.
In domestic science the following sub.
jects are treated upon: Food prepara
tion, special food preparation, fancy
cooking, home management, camp cook
ery principles of laundering, sewing,
dressmaking and millinery.
One would have to go through the
whole range of studies as usually car
rled on in a regular agricultural col
lege course to show what subjects are
treated upon, as the entire staff of the
college teachers are at the service of
the students attending these courses.
As this staff embraces over 150 Instruc
tors, it may well be understood that the
range is from the elementary to the
higher branches, going from black
smithing to music, from chemical anal
ysls of soils to th construction of a
chicken coop, from breadmaklng to apple-packing.
Is it worth while to attend one of
these courses? Perhaps the best way
to answer that would be to say that
many people of mature age attend year
after year. The expense is a trifle. One
can live In Corvallis about as cheap as
at home, and the month of January and
the first week in February are about
the slackest months In the year in all
vocations, particularly for the farmer.
"What did these 800 or 900 students
come here to learn?" That is a very
difficult question to answer. But tbey
were each fired with an ambition to
gather more information on some sub
ject that had appealed to them from
the printed catalogues sent out by th
college, from the reports of those who
have attended previous courses, from
newspaper accounts of the work, or
through previous attendance them
selves. None of them came for the fun
of the thing or merely for a vacation.
The majority of them undoubtedly
came to gain Information about some
branch of agriculture using th word
In Its broadest sense, to cover every in.
dustry of the farm or city lot where
the Increase comes from the soil. But
some came to learn more about som
of th mechanical trades, some to study
the keeping of accounts, some to take a
course In music, others to "learn to
bake bread." (I quote that for the pur
pose of accentuating it. Miss Milam,
of th domestlo science department,
stated that one woman who has kept
house for many years In the city
was one of the most enthuslastio
members of th class in domestlo
science for the reason that she had
learned the art of making bread and
good bread!) In this department it will
be seen ther is a wld range of sub
jects taught, covering almost every
thing the wife of the farmer will hav
to eopa with in her horn.
And th list of subjects treated upon,
as stated before, -covers about every
field of endeavor open to man or wom
an. That these different subjects appeal
to persons of education will be seen
from the fact that In the recent class
were a large number of college gradu
ates, alumni from the following schools
and colleges, among many others, be
ing In the various classes: Harvard.
Tale. Cornell, West Point. Randolph
Macon, Stanford and the State Univer
sities of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Minne
sota, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois. Wash
ington and Oregon, besides various ag
ricultural colleges.
The following vocations . were rep
resented: Engineers. bookkeepers,
landscape gardeners, clerks, express
agents, traveling salesmen, stockmen,
ministers, pharmacists, trained nurses,
cooks, photographers, general farmers,
frultmen. dairymen, beekeepers, but-
termakers. orchard superintendents,
farm managers. Insurance agents, mer.
chants, confectioners, college profes
sors, lumbermen, carpenters and home
keepers. One of the students 'fessed up to be
ing th owner of 1700 acres of land,
another 1100 acres, and many from 1000
down to S20 acres, while a large num
ber have from five up to 160 acres.
Many gave their worldly possessions
as over 110,000 each. In age, the stu
dents ranged from 17 up to 84 years
and the older ones were the most
attentive and eager to learn.
Lectures Are Numerous.
During the day yesterday I attend
ed many ' of the lectures and there
were from two to a doxen going on all
the time. . These lectures were attend
ed by from S5 to 75 people each, and
In all my life I never saw students dis
play such eagerness to learn. A large
percentage of them took notes, and the
lecturers were ' bombarded with ques
tions. Aside from this, many of the
students took part in the questioning,
and It was worth a good deal to hear
some of the older ones, men who have
made good as farmers, dairymen, stock
or fruitgrowers, relate their experi
ences. . And In this way, in this ex
changing of Ideas and experiences, even
the professors gather much valuable in
formation. During the closing week, or the so
called farmers' week, almost 200 lec
tures were given. These were not all
delivered by the professors of the col
lege. For Instance, President Gray, of
the Hill railway lines, spoke on Ore
gon's opportunities; State Superintend
ent Alderman talked on "What the
Rural School Can Do to Make Coun
try Life More Worth While"; D. O.
Lively, on hog raising, and Miller Pur
vis, of Idaho, on poultry and poultry
Judging.
As one of the most interesting spots
on the grounds yesterday was the
poultry exhibit In the stock judging
pavilion (the State of Oregon being
too poor to afford a special building
for such purposes, and the building
above-mentioned had. therefore, to be
fitted up during the previous night for
the occasion). Of course. Professor
Dryden was In charge, and his exhibi
tion and lectures attracted something
like 250 people. All day the pavilion
was crowded. Everybody wanted to
see th Plymouth Rock hen that laid
259 eggs last year and her "coop
mate" that laid six! And both had the
same care, both were fed the same
rations. To look at the two fowls al
most anybody would pay more for the
six-egg record-maker than for the one
that shelled out 104 dosens. And it
was to learn the difference between
keeping hens and having hens keep
you that most of the people sat for
hours listening to Professor Dryden
and Judge Purvis.
Twe Score Heaa la Contest.
In the egg-testing contest mentioned
there were 44 hens; they laid an aver
age of 150,eggs each. As said, one of.
them laid only six, one laid iO. four
went above the 200 mark, and the one
mentioned 259, which is the world's
high record. And yet this little -biddy"
only weighs six and a half pounds and
looks to be an ordinary hen. Nobody,
not up in the business, would give
over 75 cents for her. To feed this
pen of 44 fowls for a year cost 866,
and they produced eggs worth about
8165, thus netting almost 82.25 each.
But sea what they would have done
had they all been equal to th three
best. As It was. the good layers were
saddled with the expense of the poor
ones.
Tet it would be possible to write
a week longer to try to tell of what
was being done here yesterday and
then not cover the subject; so I will
dismiss it for the present by saying
that these short courses and these
farmers' weeks are not only well worth
while, but that every man owning a
fowl, a tree, a pig. a horse or cow or
a foot of land ought to come here not
only next Winter, but every Winter
of his or her life.
That statement must be enlarged
upon, for these classes are for the
benefit of every man, woman and
child who wishes to learn something
more about their particular vocation.
Hence, every person in the state who
has the opportunity and does not think
he or she already knows enough ought
to come to the O. A. C. next Winter
and remain through the short course
and farmers' week.
T0NG AGENTS CONVICTED
Chinese Merchant Shot Because He
Failed to Pay Tribute.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 10. Dar GIm
and Jew Pang. Hip Sing Tong men.
were found guilty today of shooting
Woo Dip. a Chinese merchant, on No
vember 20.
According to testimony, collectors
who ssld they represented the Hip
- ua-wrm. AtnAnded tribute from
Chinese merchants for months and Woo
Dip was shot because be reiusea to pay.
Woo was wounded In three places but
recovered
I Dan W
Has Established Headquarters At Gills
The little fellow is here in all his glory, passing out Valentine Books, he-
ribboned, boxed and banded, at prices from 35c to
elaborate Valentines in boxes ; new and beautiful
BOOKS
In the
BookDepartment
THE J. K. GILL
CUT TERMED INAPT
Army Officers Pronounce Need
of All Standing Troops.
POLITICAL , MOVE HINTED
Redaction or Cavalry Voted by Dem
ocrats In House Held an Ilfc
Advised Action hy Commander
of First Infantry Reglment-
VANCOTJVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
Feb. 10. (Special.) Concerning the
proposed reduction of the calvary force
of the United States Army from 15 to
10 regiments, with a subsequent re
duction of the enlisted force of the
Army by J980 men, which was voted
Into the Army appropriation bill In the
House late yesterday. Colonel George
K. McQunnegle. commander of this
post, when asked for a personal opin
ion today, said:
"In my opinion we ought to build up
the infantry to the proportionate
strength of the calvary, rather than
cut down the calvary.
"The calvary, though we hav not
much. Is a very useful branch of th
service. It Is highly mobile, and It Is
now armed with the same gun as the
infantry, so when It dismounts to fight
on foot It Is a great power of defense.
The men can fight Just as hard as th
Infantry and can travel much faster.
Cost of I'pkeep Factor.
"It is true that the calvary is ex
pensive to keep up. but I believe that
: . , i .rv - of course the same
number of men In the cavalry cannot be
put on the firing une wun w-ww.
... n, man in everv f OUT tO
as It reuuiiM
hold the horses. If there should be any
change, in my opinion, me Army
not be reduced; rather Increase It. I
, j .. Ht with the cavalry well
organized, as It Is, and will be, in the
next year It will be a tremendous
power. pninn,i iTrancis J. Kernan.
iJHUicnaii.-" -
of the Adjutant-General's Department,
said that It Is his opinion that the
Army ought to be Increased rather than
diminished. '
"The authorized strength of the
Army, including the Philippine Scouts,
Is 83 234, but In reality It Is usually
from' 6000 to 10,000 below that num
ber" said Lieutenant-Colonel Kernan.
"But the soldiers police American ter
ritory from the Arctic Circle to the
equator and from Nova Scotia to Singa
pore. . .
Post Garrisons Increased.
The War Department is facing the
necessity of increasing the on regi
ment now at the Panama Canal to four
or five regiments; the number of troops
in the Hawaiian Islands must be in-
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creased, while the number of troops in
the Philippine Islands Is now at a
minimum. To me personally this pro
posed reduction of troops, to put it
mildly, seems extraordinary. But I do
not think that it will become a law."
Among minor officers there Is a sen
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