St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-15
ARMY AND NAVY CHANGES.
Many VIII BE Made During
CleVeIand's Administrations.

Many VIII BE Made During
CleveIand's administration.
New YORK, Nov. 1.-the Herald's
Washington correspondent says:
Although the army and navy are sup
posed 10 be free from politics and are
less affected by changes in the admins
tratiOn than any branches of the gov
ernment, there will be some new faces
around the two departments and num-
Der of important changes throughout
the line of the two services after March
next. With the coming of the new
secretaries there Will doubtless be a
change of assistant secretaries. The
assistant secretaries offices are created
with the understanding that non-parti-
sans would be selected to fill them.
There should be one man thoroughly
acquainted with the details to carry the
department from one administration TO
another and relieve the secretary OF the
necessity of trying to master all the
techncalitieS and details during the
term
Mr.. Soley was appointed from the
navy to his present position as assist
ant secretary, and it was generally sup
posed that he would become fixture Ill
his present position. But the Democrats
of Massachusetts, his native. state, have
listened to some of his recent Repub-
ican campaign speeches, and have him
spotted. They have learned, too, that
the position pays 81, 800 year-a plum
for them and, anticipating that they
will get Mr. Soley's scalp, ne is already
laying his plans to resume law practice
after March 4. One rumor has it that
he will become member Of the firm
headed by Secretary Tracy.
Secretary Grant expects to relinquiSh
his office to some good Democrat VINO
will be salts fed with $4,000 a year, and
is talking OF returning to Minnesota. 1t
would not be surprising If he was held
over, however, for some months after
March 4.
As far as the naval bureaus are con-
cerned there will not be any changes
Immediately. Commodore Ramsay, Capt.
Dewey and Commander FoIger were the
only three officers whose four years
term will expire during the first year Of
the incoming administration.
In the war department. with the ex-
ception Of the ordnance and inspector
general departments, it will become
Mr.. Cleveand's privilege to appoint
successors to all the present heads of
war departments, and,i he selects from
the seniors OF the respective depart
mentS, he may make appointments to
the same offices several times over be-
fore 1897. The first appointment will
be that of surgeon general to succeed
Sutherland, who retireS next month.
giving President Harrison his last
chance to appoint. In November next
Adjt. Gen. Williams retires. Quarter
master General Batcheldor retires i'll
1896, PaymaSter General Smith and
Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, in 1895.
and Judge Advocate Gen. Swain ill
1895. all in time for the appointment of
Democratic successors. Gen. Gubar-
rey, of the subsistence department, re-
tires next month, giving President Har
rison his last chance at brigadier gen
eral. The selection will doubtless be
made from among the five seniors, all
of whom retire during the next four
years. so that President Cleveland will
have the appointment of commisSary
general.
In addition to the above, President
Cleveland will appoint successors to
Mai. Gems. Schotield and Howard and
Brig. Gems. McCook and Carr. 1t will also
fall to his lot to place Gen. Miles in
command of the army, which will hap
pen Sept. 20, 1895, when Gen. Schotield
will retire.
Where politics will figure most con-
spicuousIy with the personnel of the
administration is in the matter of details
to command this duty particularly in
Washington. Within very few months
after March an entire new set of faces
will be seen in the army and navy
circles here. The new secretary of the
navy, however, will be denied the
pleasure of assigning commanding of
ficers to the new ships to be placed in
commission during the coming year.
Mr.. Tracy has forestalled his successor
by selecting the commanding officers
the shipyards to superintend their fit
ting out, for the purpose of having the
new commanders grow up with their
ships in order that they may see that
every detail is perfected before they go
into commission.