ARMY & NAVY
The 115,000 square miles of the Philippine Islands with a population of nearly 11,500,000 are governed by the U. S. through a triumvirate of officials. First in order is the Governor General, civil administrator; second is the military headquarters commander; third is the military field commander. To the last-named post President Coolidge last week appointed Major General Paul Bernard Malone.
Major General Malone is 56, short, jocular, optimistic, and likely to be as much of a favorite with the 10,000 Philippine soldiers as he was with the discriminating fighting men of the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne & Chateau Thierry offensives. Because...