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...secret information, and his decisions necessarily often are based upon facts which cannot be publicly known. . . . But here is a question of broad policy, which is tangled up with the issue of whether we fight or not. ... It seems to me he would be in a strong position to command public support for what he is doing if the public knew what he was doing...
...Canal Zone is a place to be defended, as well as a base from which to direct air and naval operations over the Caribbean area. Commander of the Panama Canal Department is tall, resplendent Lieut. General Daniel Van Voorhis. He also heads the whole Caribbean Defense Command, which up to now has existed principally on paper. In December 1940, when the War Department was straining every nerve to put the Canal Zone on a war footing, General Van Voorhis had the following important order distributed: "New transportation is arriving in the Department covered with dull finish O.D. paint. In order...
Last week there was a small but hopeful sign that the U.S. Army might be on the way to getting tough-tough enough to face modern military competition. Major General Daniel Isom Sultan was ordered to command of the 38th (National Guard) Division at Camp Shelby, Miss. He was the first Regular Army officer in this emergency to replace the National Guard commander of a Guard division. He will not be the last. Of the 17 National Guard divisions which went to France with the A.E.F., only one (the 27th) had its original commander (Major General John...
Retired and 80 though he is, "Black Jack" Pershing still has his hand on the U.S. Army. "Pershing men" who survived service with him in the Philippines, on the Texas border, in World War I, have shared largely in recent promotions, have many a key staff or command assignment. One of them is Major General James L. Collins, the new commander of the Puerto Rican Department (see p. 20). Another: General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff. But so far, officers of the new U.S. Army have not been subjected to the rigorous Pershing standards of World...
...plenty of value. It is the richest of the big utility systems. It is also one of the few with sizable earnings for its common stock ($1.92 a share in 1930). Its holdings (like Detroit Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric) are among the best in the U.S., should command a price of around twelve times North American's earnings. After the company pays off senior security holders, it hopes to have around $180,000,000 left...