The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-12

'i-t OF twelve companies, one colonel,
one Northumberland. three majors.
one adj utant. one uuartrriua-tcr-Sar-
/ @cunt and one chiei musician: all ap.
poiuimcnt- to iili vacancies above the
/ Grade ~ sccuud-licutcuuut. created
~ the act. shall be- filled by seniority
iu the inl'utry branch OF the service.
MIR MNndcrson. speaking on the
bill, said. "Our army had never
brought the blush ui shame to the
'hcchs of the American people. 10
The disgrace Of congress. however. no
yarlikc emergency that had ever ari--
~ had found us prepared. I'm illus
ration of this was found IN the fact
hat the capital had been captured hV
q British force no greater than $500
mcr. Fifteen thousand more union
ncn OH the field ui the first Mauassn-
you'd have closed the civil war. and
he maintenance OF that number OF
ncn from the time of the MrNicau
var tu that OF the rebellion would
,ot have cquallcd uuc.iltth part ofthe
money cost by the civil war. TO say
Iothing of the fearful loss OF human
lie. The lcthargy " congress in the
The matter of placing our army. navy
md coast dcicncrs in n proper cundi.
ion Of efficiency was iucNplicablc iu
view of the notorioui facts as 60 their
nsuilicicncy for emergencies aud of
the repeated recommendation of
presidents aud other executive ofli-
ccrs. He did not believe with Hobbs
that war was the natural condition OF
mankind. nor with others that war
20 Il II...s..s...
much we might desire peace we
should not forget that the most Ger.
tain method of securing peace was to
ho prepared for war, Not ouly were
we liable To the happening 0fa foreign !
war, but we were constantly |
mcnaccd with Indian out
breaks. aud for even the !
latter We were unprcparcd |
Henderson spoke warmly of the uu-
casincss prevailing IN the west aud |
the constant fears entertained by |
thousands of settlers that hc "iucar- |
nate red dcvils' would commit most |
savage atrocities upon them aud thor
Every branch OF our |
army, hc said. had made more prog |
rcss IN military organization aud |
methods than the Infantry Not u !
single European power now retained |
the single battalion system for intnu- |
try regiments. all having abandoned |
II wears ago as not adapted 10 u state !
oi war. aud therefore not ht 10 hc |
maintained in peace. Every civilized |
army had advanced beyond us and |
was rcadytO meet advanced arms with |
improved organization. our present |
plan had no expansive power aud, |
therefore. had 10 be- rcorgauiIcd IN |
time ut war, thus violating IN impur- |
tnnt mnNim of military acicncc, uumt- |
ly, that the peace organization shpu Il |
he such Hs to ndmit of proper cNpan- |
sion IN time of war. Mandcrsun read |
extensively from military authorities. |
both European and American, to sus. |
tam his views. One of the merits of !
the bill, lac thought, vas that II would |
involve n considerable number of |
provided congress should |
decide to mlly officer HE reconstruct |
ed organization. lie maintained that !
promotions wcro necessary to cstab-
lish aud maintain proper esprit !
d'Curps, and insist Il that NO success.
ul business man would think of keep. |
iHg nv 'll'ltHl 'lllNl'N'' lu lll' Nhlh' |
position for n quarter Oia century.
Blair addressed lhr Nrpgie,, 9,1 thq |
lUl mirndncci JN. b1W,lRWA& WulHr
ington tu Abraham Lincoln aud
another to General Grant. Lincoln
aud Grant, he said, were associated
in the minds of the people with Wash
ingtun ~ -aviors of their country
and an appropriate monument should
be erected To their memory in the
capitol city OF the nation.
rugh called up HcckH silver rcso-
luton aud addressed the senate on II
nl length, but finally gave way TO lId-
mmds tor motion to go into cNccu-
tivc.cs- Vance gave notice TINT
at the close OF the morning business
tomorrow he would ask the senate
to continue the consideration of
licck's resolution,
MIR. Coke gave notice that on We'd
ncsday next hc would submit some
remarks on the same subject.
The Judicial salary bin was then
placed. pro iormu, before the senate
aud the door, were closed tor au cN-
ccutivc session and wncn they re-
opened the senate adjourned.