Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-23

guns OF uiNu NoWtIs slhAl -tNV VI o'li'h
cniibeT, cighty-slx OF lO.inuh anu nity
u Pinch. -Four have been nnishci,
two s.inch, onc lO.inch aud one l2'incni
twenty-four more VIII DC finished m
lsu2, thifty.four In 1893, forty In 1871,
when the machinery ~ the gun lac
tory will be nearly complete. There.
after there can be manulaclured about
iOrly.nve per year, aud the deliveries
rom tho Bethlehum onc.hundrcf.gun
contract Will bu eight to fourteen
yearly, according 10 the proportion
OF large or small cnlibef. Be-
sides tho one hundred aud ninety
eight, for which provision has been
already made, II fofgings are supplied
20 the gun factory, three hundred and
atty more guns eau be- turned out
within The nnxt ten year,, aud mosly
Of ton and twelvo.inch chlitcr be-
lieve those figures b be conservative,
and that the actual results will he
greater, for with experience IN the
manufacture the work should progress
more rapidly.
Two 6atteren, each for sixteen =.
inch moftars, aud emplnccments for
two lg.inch, two l0-inch, and four
5-inch Guns are now In process Of CON
B,ructlon for the defense u New YORK;
also ono battery for sixteen l3'inch
ni0rtafs, and cmplncemente for one
i0.inch gun, with two more In preparA'
ton, NJ Boston; and cmplacements for
two l0.inoh guns, with one l0.inch AMI
three l2-inoh ~ preparation AT San
Fraucifco; for two l0inch guns NJ
Hampton Roads, aud for two lu.inch
guns Mt Washington. Progress has
also been made In providing u suitable
supply Of submarine mines. n con.
| siderable numbyf atu on hand or under
I contract for the defence Of New York,
San Francisco, Boston, Hampton
Roads, Philadelphia, Washington aud
I Charleston, aud some Of the mining
/ easements for operating them are com
I plcted or under contract Of these ports
/ and at Portland, Me. Contracts have
also bvun mniu for the early delivery
I Of seventy three l2.inch Cast-lron
| Tliled morlhrp, hoopeI with steel, OF n
pattern known 10 be 1etviccable,
/ though probably not equal TO an all
/ steel construction now under test.
This pneumatic dynamite guns con-
/ ttartcd Tor are not finished. ono IL 10
/ be inch aud nine lb.iuch.
Good progress Ia made In the pro.
ducllon OF Improved rills steel ordnance
fum 2.2-inch steel neld guns, Of which
/ 100 have been completed md twenty
five more are under manufacture, 10 no
/ 7.inch brecch loading Euigo howit1ere.
A hoard TO consider and tost MAYA
/ zlne small arms has examined all pat
| terms ia use, but satisfactory smoke
] le-. powder IN not found. No perfect
| gun IL yet made, and delay In Tia
adoption Of any make IA urged.
DEFINITIONS.
from the army for the year ending Sep
! tvmber S0th were less than In any
other year IN the hlHlufy Of tho army
boiug hut 5,s pet cent, aud this per
centage h diminishing. Probably they
will always los ~ high A. . per cent,
"rhls much viii have to be charged e.
the pcrversity " human nature and
tho inoradicablo resilcasness Of th,
American people"
The recruiting stations have been Ia
creased five.fold, and many regulations
are In foTce 10 prevent the enrolment
Of the vicious Glass. The secretary rec
ommonds greater facilities for promo
lions from the ranks.
a better system Of courtmariial II
recommended, ~ that more uniform
puuishments for like ollonses may pre-
wall.
The threo.baitalion organization FOL
the Infantry h earnestly recommended
The reorganization OF the artillery or
the basis OF seven rcgimcnh " two
baltallons ot four.foot batteries each
aud one battalion OF two eight battetiei
II urged.
A further reduction OF tho pay corp
would DO no harm 10 the service.
The Secretary details the eliof.s 10
ENLisr INDIANS
IN the service aud comments them
Seven companies, three " cavalry ant
four II infantry, have been recruited q
their Mll complement and seven other
partially. "ln good conduct, dfill ant
military bearing, attention tu duty, oh
scgvauce " cOuTtssies and care o
horses, arms and equipment, clothing
barracks, mtssroOms mad Kitchens,
thuy afs at least equal 10 soldiers 0
no greater experience.
The division has charge Of all III
hospital and service records Of tho vol
unteuf armies In tho war, and Of nj
business IN the Department rolativ
thereto. lla business Ia mostly with
the PENSION BUREAU.
Daring the past fiscal year the division
received 4ip iG7 cases, Of which tn
TVrnr,la Of tho Office show that u3 pc
cent. were disposed ~ aud answers
within a h0urs OF their receipt. Then
were no casys loft over undisposed 0
June 90, 1871,
Forly.one candidates selected from
various colleges that give military IN
I 0NaNlanNtsftN la
during the year for examination ~
appointment 10 second liouteugncicl
Oftlese tweuty-three passed creditabl
examinations, thirteen of whom hai
received military instruction unde
army ofilcen.
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Under present laws each state
given, OF tho 500, 900 appropriated an
nually for the arming and equipmcn
OF militia, an amount proportionate I
It's congressional representation, Thi
works badly aud unfairly. A chang
il urged that win app0rtiOn this none.
to the States Ia proportion to the militi
actually maintained.
NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
There are cighty'two national GENE
terles, In which are buried 3Sl ,ll0 aol
diefs. each cemetery under charge OF
superintendent who served In thearm
OF the United states and was disable
from active duty. The present mctho
OF appropriation for these cemeteries
faulty, In that every cemetery depend
on pressing IL claims, A general NJ
pr1nriation should cover all, and allol
mont DO made by the war department
Much OF the land needed 10 carry o,