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SEWARD, ALASKA, ITIURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1915
H. (u Wells ha> recently stated in the New Republic that it is next to
impossible for a democratic nation to be as efficient in war as the nation with
the autocratic government. He even goes the length of saying that the
iuperior efficiency of the Germans over his own country, Great Britain, is due
to the growth of democratic institutions in the latter and then he makes the
remark, amazing for one of his talent, that the time might come when gov
ernment will be taken from the hands of the people and placed as of old in
the hands of the few. He also gives expression to the view that because of
the more intensely democratic feeling in the I’nited States it is doubt
ful if this country could show greater efficiency than, or even as much as,
some of the most deficient peoples now engaged in the war.
To anyone who has ever seen the armies of other nations and also those
o4 the I’nited States it becomes clear that the rank and file of our forces
are too close to the officers socially to satisfy the desires of Wells or those
who think as he does. The sailors and the soldiers do not seem to stand in
that semi-awe of an officer which is considered in European armies to be
necessary. In the American army and navy it so often happens that a private
may have been better reared, better bred, than the man who has had the
luck to have had a father w ith a pull on some congressman, and the privates
know it. Of course, that does the poor private very little good. When he
gets to a strange town he finds himself neglected while the officer is made
the object of the snobbish attentions that are so noticeable sometimes. The
civilian, especially the young of both sexes, after wasting much valuable time
over cheap novels, still has that absurd feeling of semi-worship for brass
buttons and epaulettes which is the chief recruit for volunteer armies. If
the rank and file could only feel this snob-adoration, according to Wells and
many others, they w ill follow an officer where a big, broad American private
would tell him to go to blazes. Winston Churchill, until recently first lord
of the British admiralty, once stated in public that a British soldier would ob
ject to being led by anyone but a “gentleman.” This, of course, is snobbery
of the most contemptible and humiliating kind, but. alas, it is what makes
armies and navies really efficient just the same. We have seen it in all walks
of life. You will see it at civilian meetings and civilian intercourse in all
branches where the opinion of the man with money is regarded on all sub
jects as superior to that of the man who might have nothing but intellect.
We have often heard that the German officer treats his men as so many
machines or animals. This may not be the truth but if it is it is probably
the cause of German military efficiency. l et us hope, if efficiency must be
gained at the expense of human self-respect, that we shall all remain in
efficient.
ALASKA FOREST
RESERVE OPENED.
WASHINGTON, August 12.—
Nearly half of the land in the
Chugach national forest, Alaska, i
through which the government rail
road is to run, is restored to the pub
lic* domain by proclamation of Presi-:
dent Wilson, made public tonight.
The boundaries of the forest, as re
drawn by the proclamation, contain
approximately 5,818,000 acres, 5,802,
000 acres being withdrawn.
Forest service officials explained to |
night that the land withdrawn had
been classified and found lacking in
timber value sufficient to warrant
government protection. rlhe area re
tained is heavily timbered, its present
growth being estimated at 8,000,000,
000 merchantable feet.
The elimination acreage includes
the towns of Hope, Sunrise, Kenai
and Ninilchek and three large tracts,
one being along the entire southern
slope of the Chugach mountains, an- j
other lying northeast of Seward, be- I
tween Resurrection and Kings bays,
ami the mountains in the region ot
Tustamena and Skilak lakes.
Homesteaders are warned that the
chances of locating in the withdrawn
land are not encouraging, as they con
tain few agricultural areas.—( Seat
tle P. I.)
WIRED TO SEC Y. LANE.
(Mining ami Engineering Journal.)
When it comes to handling a “real
estate proposition” apply to the de
partment of the interior. Ninety
days ago the town of Anchorage, Al
aska, was merely public land at the
southwestern terminus of the new
government railroad. Now it has a
population of more than 2,500 and
nearly all branches of business are
represented. On July 15 an auction
sale of lots was held by the Alaskan
engineering commission and Chair
man Edes telegraphed Secretary Lane
the next day as follows:
“Just returned from Anchorage. Sale
in every way a success and every one
satisfied. About 4;>0 lots sold for
$133,000.” Nearly $300 a lot was
thus realized. Most of the lots were
(>0x140 feet and streets, parkings and
playgrounds were provided. Watch
Alaska grow!
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