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(Continued From Third Page.) cases for expensive and non-uniform castings, while steel castings themselves can be made to withstand greater tem- peratures and pressures than ever be- fore. Similar interest has been aroused in the automotive industry by reason of recent successes attained by the ce Department in developing high-speed track-laying vehicles, which opens an enormous field for the power- ful but slow tractor. At Watertown, Mass., the War De- partment operafes one of the great physical laboratories of the world, | unique for the capacity of its testing | machines. The laboratory collaborates | with the Bureau of Standards and with American industry. i Probably no military agency has such | immediate and beneficial contact with | the general public in time of peace as | does the Medical Corps. Its mission is the relief of human suffering; the ap- How Good Saw the Army and individual members of the Army have done and are doing as part of their peace-time services to our country. The Army as a whole is steadily bringing dividends to the nation. Participation in the military service in any capacity leads to the development of body ana mind. It is not surprising that an organization which is based on leader- ship should attract natural leaders ana return its men to their homes better qualified citizens than when they en- tered the service. It is difficult to conceive the scope of the educational facilities afforded by our militar; establishment. Cur- ggcnmm of its discoveries knows no undaries of time, space or formality. | ‘The Medical Corps is aware of the tentialities of the Army as a body sub- Ject to exact control, and hence as a | group for demonstrating, on a large| scale, proven hygienic measures. The | conquest of beri-beri, typhoid and para- | typhoid fevers and the chlorination of | water are achievements in which the | military surgeons were aided by the organization with which they worked. ‘William Beaumont, who laid the foun- dation of present-day knowledge of the physiology of digestion; Walter Reed, who identified the mosquito as the transmitter of yellow fever, and Wil- liam C. Gorgas, who made possible the building of the Panama Canal and opened vast tropical areas to civilization, | were all Army surgeons. At the present time Col. W. L. Keller, Medical Corps, is the surgeon at Walter Reed General Hospital. He has attained interna- tional repute in the treatment of frac- tures and the removal of pus from the lung cavity by surgical methods. Science’s debt to him is equaled only by humanity’s. Reed Hospital Only One Link. Walter Reed General Hospital, with | its thousands of beds and modern equip- ment, forms only one link in the chain | of the Army's medical service. The| hospital is a component part of the Army Medical Center at Washington. Grouped around it are the Army Med- ical School for post-graduate work by officers of the Medical Corps, the Army Dental School, the Army Veterinary School and the Army School for Nurses. Here recent graduates from recognized | medical schools, commissioned as Re- serve Officers, are permitted to serve | as internes, with the opportunity of qualifying for commission in the Regu- lar Army Medical Corps upon the com- pletion of their tour of duty. This| medical center is the capstone of the Army medical service, represented at every post, and still ministering to disabled veterans of the World War. Army engineers were builders of the Panama Canal; they are now engaged in surveying the route of the projected canal across Nicaragua. The stupen- dous task of controlling the floods of the u‘lsslsngpi-Mlstoufl River -system is in their hands today. In the im- provement of rivers and harbors for commercial traffic their accomplish- ments are conspicuous. They built the great “Soo” locks, which im the course of a year transmit almost four times as much freight as enters and leaves New York Harbor. As a result of their labors, the in- land waterways of the country are approaching a standardized system. Even today flour ground at Minneapolis floats down the Mississippi to the Gulf, thence through the Gulf Intra- coastal Waterway to the Warrior River fid up that stream to Birmingham, 8. Identified With Construction. Army engineers are identified with the construction of some of the magnifi- cent -bulldings in Washington. They bult the wings and dome of the Capi- tol and the Library of Congress. They stre: ened the foundations of the Wi gton Monument while it was still in process of construction, and there- after carried the monument to com- pletion. ‘The Chemical Warfare Service is an- other Army agency which directly bene- fits the nation by its research. The fumigation of ships and the develop- ment of industrial gas masks are now old stories. This service is continuing with problems of wide industrial interest as the march of science places new and untried materials and processes at our disposal. Recent achievements include the development of paints to prevent the growth of barnacles on ship bot- toms and of impregnating fluids which protect submerged piling against the destruction acion of marine borers. Prequently statesmanship is forced upon the soldier; George Rogers Clark in the Northwest, for example, was com- pelled to work out the most delicate negotiations in order to accomplish his mission. Soldiers have been drafted frequently for purely diplomatic service. In very recent days, Gen. Pershing in his mission to South America, laid the foundation for harmonious relations with South American republics. Gen. Crowder as Ambassador to Cuba em- })lmd his tact and wisdom in the nterests of internal peace. Gen, Frank R. McCoy after successfully supervising an orderly election in Nicaragua was recently engaged in the adjustment or the Chaco boundary dispute between Paraguay and Bolivia. The late Gen. Leonard Wood has received worjd-wiae recognition for his able administration of Cuba and the Philippines. ‘The Army co-operates with other branches of $he Government. The firsc airmail was flown in Army planes ‘This year, as in the past, military motor trucks will be used by the Post Office Department to assist in handling the Christmas mail. During the last Sum- mer, in response to the Department of Justice’s need for increased prison ac- commodations, the War Department lent its disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., for use as a Federal penal institution. Marines in Nicaragua are served by Army transports. Last year the Air Corps made aerial maps of the flooded areas along the Mississipp, Missouri and Ohio Rivers. This was the only possible method of obtaining ac- curate maps of flood conditions that would have vanished before topographi- cal surveys could have been institutea. Built First National Roads. The Army built our first *national roads and railroads. As civilization marched westward, the Army was always in the vans It broke the tralis for the settlers and mapped the regions of which they took possession. During the last 50 years the Army has per- #ormed relief work almost twice a year, and has contributed large guantities of supplies. SECRETARY JAMES W. GOOD'S LAST PORTRAIT, MADE FROM LIFE BY LEONEB! THE SUNDAY STAR, \WASHINGTO! he takes what amounts to a post grad. uate college course in chemistry. If in the Ordnance Department -he special- izes in certain aspects of engineering mechanics and higher mathematics. If |in the Signal Co: he applies himself to advanced electricity. If in the Med- ical Corps he takes normal medical it | graduate work at the Army Medical School. And so it goes through the | entire list of fourteen arms and serv- ices of the Army. After a few more years the average officer returns to his special service school for further instruction in the so- called “advance course” of his own arm, which prepares him for duty as a major or higher ranking officer. He is then ready for his turn at the Com- imand and General Staff School at EL JACOBS. 5 "Tdtl mfllc:r{ doclmne r;qulru that the soldier act largely on his own respon- sibility. The more he knows, the greater . is his value. The Army ceaselessly developing technicians, ra- dio operators, musicians, cooks, chauf- feurs, telephone men, cobblers, sad- dlers, steam fitters, surveyors, avia- tion mechanics and many others. This process is in progress continually throughout the units of the military service, from Alaska to Panama, from Porto Rico to the Philippines. Organ- izations have schools for the produc- tion of their own specialists; posts and stations conduct courses in ‘gen- eral education and the useful trades; at certain centers of activity there are established schools for instruction in highly technical subjects. The whole army educational system is permeated with grlctlcllity; all sub- jects are taught by example and by pragtice. Proficiency is demonstrated not by grades and examinations, but by sheer ability to perform the work which is the subject of instruction. The service schools for officers insure high professional and technical qual- ifications for both the line and the staff. West Point is but the prelude to an' officer’s military studies. Shortly after he is commissioned, every officer at- FOR RENT Two Rooms, Kitchen, Bath and Reception Room. Electric Re- frigeration. $67.50 Per Month THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Rd. “To children an anxel of mercy.” Where T o Toltowed. 1T NEVER S oRRifs et T g 8'uixty yoars: dest.. Soid everywhere or by mail. oo » botile. Bat. C. A. Voorhees. M. D.. Philadelphle Fort Leavenworth, which prepares him for the dutles indicated by its name. is | Finally, he may attend the Army War College at Washington, which offers a broad field for the mastery of mili- itary policy and leadership. In the meantime he may elaborate his mil- itary education by pursuing some of the courses at special service schools other than that of his own arm or service, and may take t graduate e A R N X X R R R R R R R R o This will be Radio’s greatest Christmas. The de- mand will be phe- nomenal and the supply will be short. 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Co-ordinate with the Regular Army | are the other components of the Unit- | ed States Army.' First in order of readiness to perform combat duty is| the National Guard, approximately 175,000 strong, lvllfllhle for both state ind - Federal service. i Immediately following the World War we had no problem of providing re- servists; the. Nation included a great number of men with actual war experi- ence. But, looking to the future, agen- cles for training the citizen soldiers of the coming generation are obVlously essential. For this purpose there have been instituted two peculiarly American institutions — the ~Reserve Officers’ Training Corps dnd the Citizens’ Mili- tary Training Camps. In the (ofimer. students at educa- tional institutions receive training that eventually fits them for reserve com- missions; in the latter a limited num- ber of the youth of our land, without regard to means or social station, have military instruction for a month in each year, and may eventually qualify for either the Officers’ or Enlisted Reserve Corps. The military structure of our country is thus necessarily complex in form. Its administration admits of centraliza tion of control, but demands decen- tralization of execution. But efficiency calls for a greater degree of decentral- ization, and in consequence the Conti- nental United States is divided into nine geographic regions of approximate- ly equal population, the supervision of the military affairs in each of which is confided to a major general. These nine corp areas and the three overseas departments of the Panama Canal Zone, the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines constitute a framework within which the affairs of the Army can be handled efficiently. This sys- tem of organization is chartered by the national defénse act, which, given defi- nite form in 1920, established the corp the reqfiting the War De- partment to prepare plans for the fu- ture protection of our country placed us in a better position than ever before to meet an emergency. The primary duty of the Army is necessarily the maintenance of peace. At the same time, the above outline of | some of its normal activities shows that even in time of peace it is able to par- ticipate in the normal and healthy life of the Nation and to contribute to the steady upward progress of our country. e ‘This article was prepared prior to my illness and before I had had personal experience with the officers of the Army Medical Corps. Since my illness I have come to admire them from the bottom of my heart. My gratitude for the pro- fessional services rendered me can never be fully expressed. I have explicit con- fidence in those attending me. I have paid tribute in my article to Col. Keller from hearsay, but I want to express in a footnote my highest admiration for him both professionally and per- test | controlling , *D. C, DECEMBER -8, ~1929—PART TWO Jeremiah Smith, Maker of Governments, Values Friendship More Than Salary (Continued From Third Page.) about to resign because of difficulties in iicd these. amlspers by Tesumiag’ mis s wl duties March 1. As he entered upon his second year of endeavor, he was able to show that less than $15,000,000 had been used out of the $50,000,000 relief loan. There was a balance of some $20,000,000 over and above what had been the advance estimate of money needed for the period. The reconstruction plan was running a year ahead of the schedule set for it; and there was actually a budget surplus. Prices of products had been reduced and were still falling. Wages were higher by about 100 per cent. The middle and professional classes had been hit rather hard by the economic adjustment, but the peo- ple as a whole were far better off. “‘Governments live and keep their popularity and supporters by expendi- ture,” remarked Mr, Smith phleg- matically. “Cut the politics out of government finances—and there you are.” Refused Salary Check. The next year, in June, 1926, just when the League's financial plan had provided that the budget should be balanced, Hungary was in a position to present a request to the council of the League that the period of control be ended. And Mr. Smith supported the requgst. The budget had been bal- anced long before; the new bank of issue was functioning well; the reform- ed currency was on a sound basis; the service of interest on the relief loan was being maintained regularly—and nearly half of the total of the loan remained untouched. So the League of Nations assented to the request, and control of Hungarian finances was relinquished again to Hungary herself, much earlier than anticipated. ‘Then came the famous incident when the Hungarian government offered to Jeremiah Smith its check in recom- pense for his services. “Give it to chari said Mr. Smith. “But,” remonstrated Count Bethlen, “the vouchers are all entered and the check has been issued.” “Re-enter it,” sald Mr. Smith, “as a gift from the American people. “I don’t know just how much I did refuse,” said Mr. Smith later. “The League of Nations and the Hungarian government agreed on $5000 a month to cover all costs, and I stayed a little over two years. I stipulated I would take no salary, for when you are going to work blue penciling other people's salaries you can't very well take a big one yourself. They asked me what they should do with the salary: and I told them it was their money, the first they had to spend, so they might as well do as they liked. They asked if there were any objections to using it as a scholarship fund to send students to the United States. I said there was not. So_they did.” Count Bethlen offered to present to Mr, iflm‘- high l‘n’tmhn ft;_l:n :1‘ ‘honor asa of apprec m Hungary. “If you do,” said Mr. Smith, “I &hfil never forgive you. Your friendship and gratitude are more precious to me than any decoration.” And that friendship, won and held nate enrollments as soon as the supply has been taken up. In Cabinet as Pictured Enollments Now Open A Value So Phenomenal That No More Needs to Be Said About it— Except This: Act Now—or be too Late OMER L.KiTT Co. 1330 G STREET N.W. Branch, 615 Pa. Ave. S.E. 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