The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-02-13
WASHINGTON.
The Signal Corps Of the Army In
q Bad Condition.
Startling Revelations of Rot sss In the
Work on the Aquedf .fneI--In-
augurai Par,d sfiy and
Villas y si.
CAPITAL DorSos.

CAPITAL DoISos.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-The Secretary OF
War yesterday sent to the House state.
mcnt of General Greeley Chief Of the Sig
nal Corps, which sets forth the very unsat
islaciory condition of the Signal Corps and
the ineffic ency Of the lleutenants OF that
corps He calls attention TO the large num-
Der OF officers now in the corps and recon-.
mends the reorganization OF the service
General Greeley ruthlr states that during
the last three years one-eighth Of the corps
have died and III t one.fourh are entirely
united TO perform the duties for which
they are r.id, and recommends the singe
Of the House bill "to increasi the efficiency
OF the sigma Corps of the army" The bill
provide th no appo intmenis shall 'made
until the ollcsr IL eX lmn,d ANA approved
by bon.d t. b convened b. the Secretary
OF War; the CONAN ssiOnel Off GERS q Z the
service o have the pay aud allowances of
Ike grades N the army, the majors and
captains TO be app ,inied from line officers in
the army.
The tar Inst evening printed the follow.
ing; "Startiing revelations are made In the
wor on tho aque luct tunnel The extent
Of the fraud is almost b yonl c'nception.
The com tee In cimrse of the inve tiga.
ton w ,s in session M0nd " reading he re-
prt Of the eyl''t7. Tlcy disclosed n st1te
o. roJtennes' tiat th comm ltee had no idea
OF, notwithstanding all the newplpe~ ex.
pusure and the facts stated in previous tes
timonv. Hundreds and hundreds Of feet Of
the masonry ar with ut packing, aud spaces
were found in many places where a man,
by leaning forward little, could walk for
hunlrcd fec' on top Of the brick arch. II
Is estimated that it will cost not less than
500 0JJ TO make anything out of the tunnel
Its understood that tho com nittee in their
report will ho.d Major Lydecder respo nsi
be.n
II is estimated that in the inaugural pa
ra 10 there will be between 1000 and 50,0OC
person, In line. The iirst division, which
will escort tae President aud Presidout-
el ri TO th, CIpit)l, viii bs compose of the
regu r troops .tationcd about Washington
and the National Guard Of the District aud
will comprise about 1,5lO men. Tho other
divisions viii be fornel in the avenues an
streets about tho Capitol, AMI will not move
uubii bhO IltoNlbHbSiCCb ildH hthtu lit OdLll,
when the procession will escort him back TO
the White House.
The question OF timber cutting on the
Chippewa reservation within the La Ponte
Agency. was expected 10 come up before
sub-c immittee OF the Senate Committee on
Indian Affairs ye,terd W. but Indian Com
missioner Oberlys inability TO present the
desired correspondence caus postpone
ment until Thursday. An interesting state
OF affairs is said 10 exist In the Interior De.
partment ovor this matter When Indian
Commissioner Oberly took charge Of the
otiice he directed suspension OF all oon-
tracts for cutting timber on the reservation
In question, but Secretary Villas, II 10 al.
legged, overruled the commissioners orders,
whereupon very sharp letter was sent 70
Villas by 0berly. Last spring after an In
vestigation OF the timber cutting contracts,
AGENT Gregory resigned. 10 take effect when
his successor was nominated and confirmed.
The successor was not named until this ses-
sion OF Congress and tho nomination has
not been reported upon. Commissioner
Oberly has recommended 10 the secretary
that Gregory be removed and his once be
administered by q special agent Of the de-
partment, but no action has yet been taken
on the recommendation. In consequence. Il
is said. the relations between Mr.. Villas and
the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs are
somewhat strained