Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-19

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meut is quite common that the fluctuations.
were produced by artificial cxpedicnts. and
that reaction havin. set in, buyers are
likely to revert to the me .ium from which
they started. Short interest was re-
established durin. the fall in gold. as the
shores seem undetermined whether the re-
action is permanent or only temporary
They show considerable yascllation in the r
operations, covering when price rise, and
again selling when there is any decline.
Inauguration orGov. Alcorn.
JACKSON, Miss, March l0.-Gcn. Al
corn was inaugurated Governor to-day. An
immense crowd was present and anxious to
hear the Governors views. The utmost
satisfaction was manifested at his speech.
The Governor says he is at heart and soul
a son of the South and guarantees to en-
force the protection Of all classes without
the aid of the military if possible; with it
if necessary. lie recommends replacing
the present statute books by those suited to
the changed condition of things, and
pledges himself. to appoint the best men
possible to the judiciary. Gen. Long
street was present 1t is believed Ycrger's
application for bail will be considered to-
morrow.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Bill rcluc-
ing number of officers in the army was
taken up.
Logan addressed the House in cxplapa-
ton ard advocacy of the bill. Logan
characterized the present organization Of
the army ~ the clumscst in the world.
| lie denied that any i'll feeling was enter
tanned on the part of the committee to-
wards army, officers. Previous to last No
vcmbcr there were g. supcrnumerary
army officers The number has since been
reduced by assignment. dismissalS, deaths
etc. to sos. The first section of the bill
provides for a board to examine into the
military record, qualifications, etc, Of all
| officers below the rank of Brigadier. 1t
recommends those to be retained. and the
| President to order such transfers, and with
| the consent of the Senate to make such
| appointments as he deems proper, of all
officers SO recommended, to existing vacan-
| cies all officers not recommended bv the
board to be mustered cut. Logan asserted
that the staff of the American army was
81 600 men, and was as large as the staff
of the French army of half million OF
men, or the Russian army of eight hundred
thousand. The staff corps of the Amcr-
can army in lS,; consisted Of 80 officers.
and in 1860 of 66:'. These officers were
then mostly lcutcnants or Captains. now
they were all from Maj ors to Brigadors
Generals. He ridiculcl the idea Of put
ting Brigadicrs aud Majo Generals at the
head of the Quartermastcr and Comm ssary
departments, where the duties were to be
Judges of boots and shoes and bean soup.
The pay of the department was entirely
too large, if not entirely unnecessary. The
following sections provide that the Offices
| of General and Lieutenant General shall
continue until Il vacancy occurs. and no
| longer There shall he only three Ma jor
Generals AMI six Brigadcr Generals after
the first of September next, to be selected
| by the President, without regard to senior
ty, the others to be mustered from service
Heads of staff of departments may continue
in their Offices Il: that rank The officers
| mustered out under the bill shall have one
years pay and allowance. The ninth sec
ton abolishc, brcvct rank The eleventh
section torbids army officers to llo!d civil
Office. whether by election or appointment.
The twelfth section repeats the clause in
the act of June 80, 1868, which makes the
General of the army superior to the Prcs
dent The thirteenth section provides for
the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the
War Department, but he says on reading
the account of the Piegan massacre his
blood ran cold, and the Committee struck
out that section. The fourteenth section
regulates the pay of officers. In explain
Ing this section Logan described the pres
ent system of making allowance for forage,
ratiuns, quarters, etc; for instance, the
pay proper of General is $4,000, but he
actually receives pay and allowances
amounting to sl9,27S. He never could
make out the mode of figuring up these al
lowanccs. The Committee have proposed
to fix the pay as follows: For General,
S12 900; Lieutenant General, $1,000;
which he thought good salary for young
man without a family; Major General
81 800; Brigadier General, $4,000; Colo
mel, $500; Lieutenant Colonel, $4,000;
Captain. mounted, $1,000; Captain, not
mounted, $500; Adjutant, 81 $40;
Reyimcutal Quartermastcr, Sl,60O; FIRST
Lieutenant, mounted, 81 500; First Lieu,
tenant, not mounted, 81 500 Second Lieu
tenant, mounted, 81 800 Second Lieu
tenant, not mounted, 81 400; Chaplain,
81. 200. Retired officers to receive seventy
FIVE per cent. of the pay Of the rank on
which they are retired. Logan said the
saving effected by the bill would approx
mate So, 100000 The bill was then con
sdcred by sections. The first three sec
tons were adopted, with slight amend
mcnts. On motion of Logan section thir-
teen, transferring the Indian Bureau to
the War Department, was stricken out,
and section inserted in lieu thereof which
provides an assimlated rank for Professors
in the Military Academy. The fourteenth