Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-21
R%EORGANIZING THE ARMY
THE HOUSE MILITARY suB-coMMIT-
TEE AGREES UPON A BILL.
Additional Companies Added to the Twen-
-sy-ave Regiments of Infantry-Another

Auufttcnai Auueu TO inc kWeii-
-ssy-fve Regiments of Infantry-Another
Regiment of ATts1lery-How the Organ
i~xations Are to Be Oaicered.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-After some
weeks consideration of the various army
reorganization bills before the house mil
itary committee, the subcommittee has
agreed upon q bill. The measure adds
one additional regiment of artillery and
two companies to each of the twenty-five
regiments of infantry, making the num-
Der of companies of all three arms twelve
each. The battalion of engineers is
made a part of the line Of the army.
The new bill further provides that
company, troop, or battery
throughout the line shall have one
captain, n first lieutenant, and one sec.
ond lieutenant, the enlisted men now au-
thorized by law, and, in addition thereto,
one cook. The twelve batteries of artil-
lery shall be organized and equipped as
batteries of light artillery, and one lieu
tenant may be added to the regular bat.
terry organization. An increase of 1900
enlisted men is provided for, to be APP
portioned by. tho president among the
several corps, departments, and arms.
The president may consolidate the COM
pany organization of any regiment into
such number of troops that all the or
CARNATIONS in active service may gem
orally have their full compliment of
officers and men present for duty.
regimental chaplains with post chap
1ains thir4y fDtrr Of Tho Joffar r~oIa
being authorized. Each regiment is to
be provided with q military band, cen
sisting of q chief musician and twenty
priyates. The proposition that no en-
listed man shall be permitted to leave his
post to engage in any private pursuit or
business is incorporated. All appoint
ments and promotions to original vacan-
cies caused by the proposed act, except in
grade of lieutenant, shall be made by
seniority from the three arms of the line.
After the appointments have been made
to the original vacancies, promotions
from the lowest commissioned grade to
that of colonel shall be made according
to seniority from the next lower
Crude in each arm, respectively.
In time of peace only graduates
of the military academy and meri-
torious non-commissioned officers. shall
be eligible for appointment into the line
of the army. The rate of pay of sergeant
majors and quartermaster sergeants of
cavalry, artillery, and. infantry, post
quartermaster sergeants, and of post
commissary sergeants, during the first
term of enlistment, is fixed at $50 per
month, with the usual increase of pay
for length Of service. The rate of pay
for captains and l~ieutenants OF both the
line and staff, is fixed at 81, 800 per an
mum for captain; 81, 600 fora assistant
surgeons, with the rank of lieutenant;
$1,000 for regimental and battalion ad.
~jutants, and regimental and battalion
quartermasters; lieutenants of any other
arm, corps, OF department. during the
first i've years, 81, 200, and after FIVE years
81, 500. The provisions of the Breckin-
ridge bill increasing the number of of,
ficers for college duty from forty to fifty,
are Incorporated. Another new clause
added authorizes the president to restore
to active duty any officer who may re-
gain his health after being retired The
provision in Gen. Steele's original bill re-
iducing the pay of certain retired officers
is retained.