The sun., 1891-05-25
CHANCES Fon sHoulDsR srR1ps.
About Forty Candidates from Civil LsG
May be Appointed TO the Line or the Army

Apout Forty Candidates from Civil LiF,
May he Appointed TO the Line OF the Army
WASHINGTON, May 24-The two specia
sources OF supply from which tho vacancies In
the second Lieutenancies are first to be filled
under the statutea will this rear be exhausted
ano still leave plenty OF opportunity for civil
ians. The class at West Point is about te
graduate and is sixty-six strong. The non
commissioned officers OF the army recommend
cd for promotion have passed their prelimi
nary department examinations and OF those
there are likely TO be from twelve to eighteen
who will complete their final examinations a,
Fort Monroe. Yet It 10 believed that yacapciee
will exist for about forty candidates outside o,
these two Glasses.
Such result has not occurred during many
years. Indeed. for the last half dozen years
II memory Is not at fault. the only candidate
appointed from civil life to commission In the
line OF the army was q son OF Gen. Schofleld.
The great change.now made is duo to the legls-
lation OF tho last Congress on the subject OF
rettrementa. One OF its measures has allowed
the examination OF officers next In the line OF
promotion before their vacancies become due,
and has provided for their removal from the
active list In case physical or other disabilities
preventing their promotion should bo dis
covered. But far more important. and in fact
the principal cause OF the pending vacancies
Is the statute which transfers officers from the
limited disability to the unlimited longevity
retired list on their reaching the age OF GA
years. This in Its turn has been followed by
the transfer to the disability list OF many active
officers who had been examined and were
only awaiting vacancies in order 10 be retired.
The resulting promot ons. OF course. left the
In tho sesction OF candidates for r eSamina. nina.
ton " ls probable thnt members Of the Ma
schools will have decided advamtase. At
ono time It was proposed to limit appoint
vded thsy Should come % Within the SSsVisse prescbed
age OF from u to 81 years. and a bill was In
into for this bt
yiops that there might be candidate. Of the
highest ri, hes capaci,y and promise, not coming
some advantages will undoubtedly be enioy"i
~ y, those who have y, nau this preliminary
nS ss evea or smdsr ndss 5ess
classes special consideration will be given
10 those whose names have been printed 10 the
Army Register OF the last two Years ~ stand
unlversi,ies and colleges instructed Gy army
times as many candidates as there viii vii be be
shGshclss sbfw nc ,snt 70 ~ NJ InS plan rursned will prob
than Be- or tSe
and then allowing the results of tho examina.
si%ns to guide fba the final should
-
ard. their places can be supplied by others
from the list.
;. Turning to the non-commissioned officers, it
ls gratifying to observe that the number OF
successful candidates among them is already
nbout twice as great as last wear and larger
than FOR severa! years preceding while from
snme departments the returns are yet to come
This result Is the moro 'atfying in view Of the
Iact that there are SO many vacancies at dis
posal. The Signal Corps furnishes First Class
sergeant L. +. Schley. son OF Capt. W. s.
Schley. who has been in the army seven years
The Fourth Infantry furnishes Quartermnster-
Sergeant Hat burd. who obtained an extrnor.
1nary y rI, high veraGe nron bis examnation.
,on "f retired arm officer. The Seventeenth
Infantry furnishes two Sergeants. Que OF whom
g son OF the late Col. II. A. Morrow The |
Third lnfnntry supplies two candidates. one OF
hem being Sergeant Mnior Wood. son OF
.isut. L. q. Wood Of the Twelfth Infantry, and |
he other Corporal MnrQuart whose father was |
ormerly Sergeant OF Engineers aud is now |
IN the retired last OF enlisted men. II short. |
no whole list Ia I'M eresttng IT, on way or an |
heir examinations.
OF course, the present Is an exceptional |
'eriod IN nppo nfments outside OF graduates |
rom the Military Academy. Tho transfer
rom the limited to the unlimited list was u |
peclal influence In creating vacancies. still
here will probably be small number II civil |
an appointments in succeeding yeas. "a the
ransfer statute is continuous in operation.