The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-16
fHEFIFTY- SECONDCONG
sEu ARMY REORGANIZATION Bill
REPORTED IN THE SENATE

, n R,soIuttou Adopted rrovtAlne for q Joint
lave. sIsation OF the Iatroauetion OF
T,phus Fever lnto New York-The Man.
sersoa Printing Bill PasseA-The House
lns,ruets the Counittee On Agriculture
20 Investigate tho Eject On Agriculture
orthe Mckinley Bill.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-The Vice. President
laid before the Senate recon mo datlons OF
the Secretary OF the Treasury for urgent del-
,iepcy appropriations for tho present fiscal
rear. as follows: To continue the recoinage Of
uncurrent and worn subsidiary coin. S50.0O0:
Tor salaries md expenses OF United States
Circuit Courts OF Appeals, $4,000: printing.
D.. for Department OF Justice. $1,000: all OF
ubieb relucsts were referred to the Commit
tee on APPROPRIATIONS.
A bid was reported from the Committee on
Military Ailal,s to reorganise tho artillery and
Infantry OF the army. and to increase its Of
6ciency. This was in the nature OF substi-
t,,e for four bills introduced on these sub
iets by Mr.. Proctor and others. Tho bill pro-
yides for tho reorganization OF the artillery
force into seven regiments Ian increase Of two)
mot more than twelve batteries each. regi-
ment to consist OF one Colonel. one Lieutenant
Colonel. three Majors. twelve Captains. eleven
First Lieutcnants, ton Second Lieutenants.
these may he organized into batteries
and battalions. composed OF such number
OF officers and men as the President
may direct. provided that the regiments shall
be o!,lcerel by the promotion and transfer OF
officers now in the artillery according to
seniority. and that no appointments OF First
Lieutenants shall he made until tho First
Lieutenants now In SERVICE who become su-
pernnmerary by the provision Of tho bill. have
been absorbed. All promotions are to be sub
iect to the examination prescribed by law. and
the President Is given authority to enlist
negroes for service In any Of the artillery rcei-
ments. Each regiment Of infantry is to con-
.st o. q Colonel. q Lieutenant Colonel. two
Majors, twelve Captains. ten First Lieutenants,
sight Second Lieutenants. and the enlisted
men authorized by law. and may be organized
ts to the number q men according to the
The bill makes reduction Of fourteen officers
from the present organization OF the artillery.
to 80. or twenty-five less than the present
Ill., Casey tRep.: W. introduced a bill to re-
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tTsn ~ se So so s4o
nys cents tr1m SIS tS 800 thirty cents ,p
amending tho copyrisst law SO as e require
Iior one cHp'yy q their works for each q !he
Librarian Of Congress-, and prohibiting the i'm
portation OF such works while the copyright
Mr. White Dem. La.l introduced bill pro-
vidinC for the improvement OF the southwest
pass o. the Mississippi River and the Cult Of
i: obtain depth Q! thirty feet in t6e channel
OF the pass. the channel to be maintained for
twaDty years through annual ADDrODriutiOn
q $4,000. The contractor IS to receive
sS0Ool0o for the work,
toimnloye the navigation Of the Mississippi
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the lefty system. which had been so success.
s ts s m?qtn s as fSr S thS 51pk E b IS
sithe river and Cairo, rot more than 5000:
mouth Il tho fll!nofs River, not more than
70 placed % the s.enas4s one year.
.hch S tie Sasa on
tingent Expenses fnstructinG the Committee
u ssna al iSs and
NJ Shandle, tRer;; \: Fl T. introduced CON
Ssss S9nsderation Hroydns that the Senate
ton Jointly tss working Fl The
Immigration from foreign countries to the
United States aud the Importation Of contract
81 1ns t
iont committees t to te authorized to proceed
vestgations wherever they deem best.
4. Mr. Chandler said II was perfectly clear that
oHs and deadly disease should not have Been
sllowed 70 land in New York. The act Of
March Is,i, was exrllcit in two particulars
ioathsoms and sontagoS. s diseases and pt that
become a public charge. On either ground
these Infected immigrants should have been
Il mSf Be tn that the e bm
Ihus before they landed, but the Commits
should have detained them a' Had he eompea
wd have law broken this sut Within two tive dsss
Scattered New YORK YORK and and B1ooE S a to
Iut: being waited upon by the Hebrew Board
t q, oh tE, and receiving assurances from
q for one year. the Com missioner opened vide
h as% T. so be q .H the
ss;rfs ~, h:ss,Sas sys:
prHiuu any III byhputnlZlnK
WIN these unfortunate people and regretting
the policy Of the Russian Government In driv-
ing them out Of the country but self-protec-
,on was tho first law OF nature. These people
were Injected ~ Odessa. They went to Con-
s'antinople and smyrna. bur admission thare
Mns refused them by the Turkish authorities.
They IN went To Marseilles but the French, PEG
PIC would not allow them to come ip. They
S2 ;n not 60 to England, because England,
VAIN az her professions Of philanthropy. had
S!oseh her doors to Russian Hebrews. SO they
we're Shipped TO the United States. to perhaps
inls,ct IN" whole community with typhus fever
anu ne Mr.. Chand lerl regretted to say that
aney had come In when they should have been
..ksllded by the Commissioner Of Immigra.
~, ,ton nnaeI hls strict duty under the laws Of
,n Mtit,harris Dem. Tcnn.l Chairman of the Com
M,.tes On Endemic Diseases. said he thought
Nyery important that the resolution offered by
IT. IT. haadler should be adopted and that the
.aIsehtlGafiop should he promptly made. In
~ w probability the result would be that some
S Sosn legislation would be found neces-
NE EesolutiOn was passed.
me scnate took UP the bill to provide for tho
affg,mnrs. opposite to New Orleans. On motion
W I'LL. vi. Gibson Of Louisiana the amount APP
$aa99p.iatsd WAS Increased from S35O,UOO to
|Tnpu,o. and the bill passed.
tha NJ senate then rtsuMed consideration OK
uo nIlnting Dill. After prOtracted discus