Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-29
THE SOLDIER BOYS.
CONSOLIDATION And REDUCTION.

CONSOLIDATION And REDUCTION.
Bill of Representative Banning--A Peace
aud War Footing Provided For--staff
Omcers Abolished.
WASHINGTON, Jan. GA bill introduced
in the house, to-day by Gen. Banning for
reorganization of the army.
It reduces the number of enlisted men to
10000, and the number of regimental organ
izations as follows: Cavalry regiments from
10 to 6; Artillery regiments from 5 n3:
Infantry regiments from % to Is makes
infantry regiments consist of three battal-
ions of companies, each of which
battalions shall constitute
pence establishment provides for
the reorganization and reduction of adiutant
generals, and Inspector generals of depart
ments, and for filling certain of the staff
grades by details from the line of the army:
abolishes the bureau of military justice, and
provides for the detail of officers, and Judge
advocate with the rank of colonies provides
for the consolidation of the quartermasters
and subsistence departments into one organ
ization, to be known as the department of
supplies and making great reduction in
the number of officers, and filling the grades
by details from the line of the army.
1t requires the secretary of war to report
to the next session of congress what reduct-
ions can be made in the medical department,
recognizing the pay department making the
paymaster general a colonel, abolishes" the
grade of deputy paymaster-general and
likes the number of paymasters at 25, being
a reduction of 81 paymasters.
1t provides for the constitution of board
to consist of three major generals, to report
plan for the reorganization of the corps of
engineers and ordnance department, for rid
| ding the army of officers rendered super
| numerary by the provisions of the BILL and
for reduction of the number of major gen
erals and brigadier generals to one of the
| former and three of the latter, as fast as va
cancies occur in those grades
1t provides that general officers shall have
| the following aids: General 8, no limit to
rank; Lieutenant General 2, not above the
rank of Major; Major General 2, not above
the rank of Major; Brigadier General, First
| and Second Lieutenants, no increase of rank
| or pay on account of detail, to have first
| no detail to be made for more than five
| years.
No officer below the rank of Colonel shall
| be promotions until he shall have passed an
examination before three officers of his own
branch of service, senior to him in rank
| Failing to pass the first examination, he is
to be suspended for one year, then to be re-
examined. All promoters shall be lineal to
all grades below the rank OF Brigadier Cen
eral.
All appointments to the grade of Second
Lieutenant shall be from graduates of West
| Point and non-commissioned officers of the
| army. Worthy officers shall each year be
sent from regiments before the board. No
officer to be detailed to service to any staff
department until he shall have served five
years with his command. Details cannot
exceed four years on any one staff depart
ment at any time. Headquarters of the ar
my in time of peace to be ut Washington,
and all orders to be issued through
the general of the army. Details of officers
as presidents of colleges, ETC., shall be only
| made from officers on the retired list.
Officers to be retired at the age of 62, or
after forty-fv years service. Officers who
have received vote of thanks from Con-
gress may be retained until they have served
ffty-fve years. Laundresses are abolished,
except wives of soldiers, who continue until
the expiration of the term of enlistment of
their husband.
The bill Localities recruiting to be done BY
details of officers from each regiment; abol-
ishes the grade of company WAGNER, an extra
Lieutenant as Adjutant and Quartermas-
ter; abolish such Offices to be filled hereafter
by regimental details of the same rank
Military divisions and department. headquar-
tiers to be established on Government pro-
perty; authorizes the President to make
regulations for the army provided that all
chiefs of staff departments in mat
tiers, of accountability and administration
shall be under the Secretary of War and on
matters connected with military operations
shall be chiefs Of staff to the General of the
Army. Hereafter no civilians are to be pro.
fessors at the academy, but professorships tc
be filled by details from the army.
The army pay bill introduced by Genera
Banning fixes the annual pay of officers Of
the army as follows:
The General, $4,000; Lieutenant General
$4,000; Major General, $4,000; Brigadiel
General, $4,000; Colonel, $1,000; Leutenan,
Colonel, $1,000; Major, $4,000; Captain
mounted, $1,000; Captain, not mounted
$1,000; First Lieutenant, mounted, 1000
| EuSG 1leuCcuauu, uOG mounted. S1,4UO
Second Lieutenant, mounted, 81, 200; Second
Lieutenant, not mounted, 81 600; Ordnance
Storekeeper 81 600.
The second section makes considerable re-
auctions in allowances for forage and fol
rent of quarters. Section 3 increases the
monthly pay of non-commissioned officers
as follows: Sergeant major, from 1923 to 1884
per month; quartermaster sergeant, from So:
to 1888; chief trumpter, from 1922 to 1914
first sergeant, from $22 to 1913; sergeants
from $17 to 1924; all corporals, from $15 te
800 per month.
The bill reduce the pay of commissioned
officers, including allowances for quarters
fuel and forage, in round numbers per an
mum. 1t increases the total pay of non-com-
misstoned officers obout $500 year, but
; this will be much more than compensated
; by the reduction in the number of these mer
provided for III Gen. Banning's bill to reor
ganize the army. The two bills reduce the
cost of the army between five and six mil
lions of dollars.
STALE RUSK.
The Badgers Decide to Reject Him and H,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS