National Republican., 1883-01-30
THE ARMY BILL.
Important Amendments Proposed by the
senatc--The Time OF stoT Service in
Washington Limited 60 Three Years.

Important Amendments Proposed by the
senato--The Time OF stoT Service in
Washington Limited 20 Three Years.
The army appropriation bill which Mr..
Logan was directed by the senate committee
on appropriations to report to the senate, con-
tains some important amendments which have
been added by the senate committee. The
aggregate amount appropriated by the bill, as
n came from the house, was $2i,696, 500.
This has been increased to $25,471, 500 in
round numbers, net increase of S775, 900.
The principal items of iucease are the follow
ing:
For pay OF the army ..........'.........S2 5000 goo
Subsistence of the army. y................. 100000
For pay of civilian clerks in the adjutant
generals department, at division head
quarters s.......................... 1lIOOO
For the construction and care of hospitals. 5000
For ranspOrtations of guns built by private
parties and intended for testing and trial. 1900
Among the items of reduction made, are
$4,000 for expenses of recruiting, and $1,000
for the purchase of books for the army medi-
cal museum. OF the amendments, which Mr..
Logan was authorized to PROPOSE the follow
ing were adopted by the committee and in
corporated in the bill:
That the secretary of war may authorize the
employment at the headquarters Of military divi-
sions, departments, ana districts, of civilian
clerks in place OF the general service clerks. now
authorized for such employment, at rates of COM
penseuon not to exceed those paid to other civil
IAN clerks employed at such headquarters by OFF,
GERS of the quartermastcr and subsistence depart
mcnts.
That the officer detailed to duty us the governor
Of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth. Knns.
shall have, in addition to his present salary, 900
allowance.
The other amendments relating to court
martial, pay of enlisted mon of the army,
employment of private soldiers as servants
extra pay to officers serving away from their
stations ON court-martials or military boards,
wero rejected by the committee.
The house provision for tho gradual aboli-
ton Of the pay corps was amended by the
substitution of this provision:
| That vacancies which may loccur in the pay
corps from death or n sisnation shall not be filed
until the number of pOym@lers has beop reduced
tn forty, when the numuer Of paymasterB shall be
permanently established NJ forty.
Other important changes by the committee
are the abolition of the grade of assistant sur
geon general and the adoption of the follow
ing provision relative to staff duty in Wash
ington:
That no officer shall remain absent from his
regiment on duty at Washington, or on the staif OF
major general or brigadicr general, for Il longer
period than three years at any one time provided
ihst th,s provision shall not apply to 9iieer: on
The following provision of the house bill
was stricken out:
That for the better accomplishment OF
the object of the acts authorizing the
construction of the railways hereinafter
referred to and the better 10 secure TO the
government the use and benoilt of the same, all
acts authorizing the building and construction of
those railways which have received, In addition
TO land grants, government aid by loan or guaran.
tee OF bonds by the United States, and all other
acts parts of acts, and provisions having relation
thereto, are hereby so altered, amended and
modified that hereafter the compensation paid or
allowed for the carrying and transportation of the
property or troops of the United States by such
railway companies or their assigns or successors
shall not exceed iny per cent. of the amount
padb private parties fof the same kind Of service
The bill was ordered to be printed