Gen. Wood's Adoption of Military Tactics in Campaign of Suppression Manila, July 29.
Experience in military tactics gained on the field of battle is sometime useful in civil adminstration, and the armies backed with bayonets, aeroplanes and heavy artillery are not the only dangerous enemy to a country, Governor-General Leonard Wood demonstrated to the members of the Manila Rotary Club last Wednesday. He spoke on the accomplishments of his administration in the Philippine Islands, during the past two years.
The Governor-General referred to the campaign against the locusts in the terms of a military adventure, telling how staff and. field officers reported daily the spread and movements of the hoppers, where the larvae hatched, what regions were most infested with the hoppers in the pre-flying stage, and the direction taken by the large flyers. Charts and maps were maintained in the Governor-General's office, the new lines being marked by coloured pins, so that at a glance the exact position of the pest's lines, and the headway being made by the Governor-General's pest control forces, could be determined at.a minute's notice, much as a commanding general in a_ battle
his and the enemy's troops. studies the. lines and positions of Tip Governer-Generall said it was a real campaign, and carried with it much of the interest and excitement of a military unde-taking.—Reuter.
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