The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-21


Of the enlisted force without increase OF officers.
In either case the number ana rank
Of line officers to command II will DO
quite accurately known, such officers vary little
humber In any army. Without undertaking TO spec.
ify what ho considers sufficient force under either
arrangement no expresses opinion which he
thinks VIII not be cortrad!cted by those familiar with
the service required Of the army, that % 900 Is
too small a force for the needs Of tho country Ho
presents various arguments to prove, however, that
the committee, In order properly 10 determine the
question of STAR organization and administration,
should provide for It's thorough Investigation by
board OF officers Of rank and great experience; the
officers to be designated BY act OF Congress- ana to
submit plan. subject to changes by Congress, Tor
final enactment, altar full consideration. into law.
When troops are concentrated In large bodies In
distrcls OF country abounding OF the supplies
necessary for thei as Is the every where Eu.
rope there will Of course be needed comparatively
small number OF stan o1lcors bat the CONDITIONS IN
service are almost precisely the opposite Of this
Our troops are OF necessity scattered about
posts small dctachmenis IN the ned over The hall
OF great continent In regions spAssely settled not
settled at ALL where the question Of supplying them
Is very difncuit aud surrounded with circumstances
and necessities wholly unknown to the ar.
mics Of Europe. The necessity = Of buying In
distant markets ana Transporting thousands
OF miles by rail- by river and wagOps tho supplies
needed for zach one OF these small posts aod dsIach
ments Of necessity requires more Involves
experience OF any other country Tho number oil staff
officers tor service cannot be liked ny adopting
the standard OF other armies placed in widely different
conditrons but IS aqucston of practical knowledge
and txpercnce anu can unty b. ddtcfitned by those
iImiliar with oil the circumstances.
Gensrsl Pope, in tho course OF interesting dis-
cussion OF other nches Of the subject remarks-
1t seems no. improper, though not required by the
OF circular letter. TO invite the attention
OF your committee to question which, although IL
underes all plans for the Organ Of army
appears to have been little II at I'LL considered a5d
that is tho manifest proprietyo Of adopting military
system when shall be In harmony with the spirit OF
people. An army organization Is morc an abstrac-
ton than tho organization OF government. and no
independent ot the character OF people their
habits OF lie and thought An army, NO less than
q form Of government, must be suited q people
Il Is sure to prove both inefficient ana unsais-
factory. To say that because q system OF army or.
ganizat0p and administration has worked wcli In
Germany or France or elsewhere, where there exist
such differences both In the character and habs
OF the people aud the nature OF the mintary ser.
vice 10 DC performed, II should therefore be adopted
In this country Is no moro sound than TO cay tho
same thing OF q political form OF government The
logic OF such proposition leads absolutely to the
opposite conclusion.
SHALL INDIANS BECOME CITIZENS OF THE
UNITED STATES ?-PRoTEsT OF THE cuRRo-
xEE DELEGATION.
Colonel William p. Adair aud D. II. Ross of the
Cherokee delegation, have submitted to Congress The
enabling Indians to become citizens Of the United
States Tho effect Of any such measure, they say,
would In their opinion be to dismember de-
moralizc, Dauperize and destroy, sooner or
later, ovcry Indian nationality within the scope Of
its operation. Tho bill is, In letter ind spirit in
conflict with treaty obligations and acts OF Congress
ana with tho long established and we'll defined public
policy of the government IN dealing with Indians aud
especially with the civilized natioas and ought not
to pass. In conclusion, the delegates say:
With all due Difference TO Congress-. we DO not
think 1t can AFFORD to pass bill like this, which not
only proposes 10 ignore its repeated action but
Also proposes 10 violate tho Constitution OF United
States and the existing treaties. as well as the off,
repeated devcrances OF the Supreme Court Of the
United States, and this, too, wnen there Is not tho
shadow oil necessity or proprcty Tor such Iegisla-
ton.
DESIGN FOR A NEW WASHINGTON MONUMENT
design Tor a national historical Washington monu
ment has been circulated among members OF Con-
gress and Others which Is Intended supcrsede that
Of the present unfinished structure The pedestal is
divided into three sections or stories, representing
the three great epochs In the history Of our coun-
try
wild state.
Second--The dawn of civilization
Third-The great revolutionary period.
The third story Is in full relief washiugton's
generals are Oh COLOSSAL size; eight oil them
mounted on horseback, two at vi the four cor.
ners; the rest are IN groups between the corners so
arranged as 10 nll the space, making good compost
lion. 0ne oil the groups IL In consultations another
holding council Of war. &C. There will DO in all
colossal statues-nine equestrian and
sixteen pedestrian. There will also be six panels in
alto or high relief figures. and ten in basso or low
relief The whole structure is to be purely American,
md eiehty.two feet In height, surmounted by the
COLOSSAL equestrian statue Of General George Washing
lou he appeared the battle Of Princeton which
was tho turning point Of the Revelation.
THE COMPENSATION OF FOURTH CLASS POST
Thru Assistant Postmaster General hazen has IRE.
pared for the consideration Of Congress bill propos-
ing an important change In tho law regulating tho
Of fourth class postmasters, or all
whose annual compensation is less than ST. 000 II
provides that hereafter the basis Of their com.
pensation snail DO the face value Of the stamps
In their respective Offices, Ia.
stead Of tho value OF the stamps sold by
Them. II also imposes severe penalties for making
lalse returns and for trailcking In sianpa The
present mode OF adjusting salaries Of postmas.
lers appointed by the President vii be left Sub.
stantIaly unchanged. The bill embodies the recon.
made by tho Postmaster General In his
last annual report and will 10 by him transmitted 10
Congress al an carlv day