...report on those things? General BELL. The general-staff law merely provides that the General Staff shall investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the army and its preparation for military operations. It was the President who, in pursuance of this law, adopted regulations...

...forces; to prepare plans for the mobilization of the manhood and material resources of the nation; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army; and to render professional aid to the Secretary of War and Chief of Staff. Provides that all policies affecting...

...paramount functions — first, to plan for war in the event an emergency of this kind should arise; second, to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff. To do either effectively he must know troop duly as well as General Staff duty....

...of the General Staff to prepare plans for national defence and for the mobilization of the national forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions relating to the efficiency of the army and its state of preparation; to render professional aid to...

...of the General Staff to prepare plans for national defence and for the mobilization of the national forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions relating to the efficiency of the army and its state of preparation; to render professional aid to...

...general staff was required by law " to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war ; to investigate...professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War." On August 8, 1903, General Nelson A. Miles passed, by operation of law, from the active to the retired...

...the efficiency of the Army and its state of preparedness for military operations; the rendition of professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of...general officers and other superior commanders, and the acting as their agents in informing and co-ordinating the action of all the different officers...

...the direction of the Chief of Staff, is charged with the duty of investigating and r.?porting щion all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army...its state of preparation for military operations, and to this end considers and reports upon all questions relating to organization, distribution, equipment,...

...national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; the investigation of all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state of preparedness for military operations; the rendition of professional aid and assistance to the Secretary...

...of the Chief of Staff, shall be to prepare plans for the national defense, and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate...to general officers and other superior commanders; to act as their agents in informing and coordinating the action of all the different officers who are...