New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
ARMY NOTES or INTEREST.

The Adlnian General Of the Army strongly opposed
the claus. In Army Appropriation bill forbidding
re enlis'ment> in The Army aner a tnyenrs service.
but The House OF Representatives Insisted upon Its
retention. and The bin was passed rs amended The
law now Is that mo recruit shall De enlisted in the
| Army for the fist tine who Is over thirty year, OF
axe. and no person shall he ccnllsted who has served
ten years or more. who Is over thlrty-fve year;
Of age. except such aS have already served as en-.
listed mon Tor twenty Years or upward III view OF
| this having become a law. Adlntan General Wilkins
Ia, been obliged 10 ssiIe The FOREGOING IN Il 'iicutr
| Of instruction" to the commaudrnt' OF ~ posts ana
turns mus, in II" future show tn number OF rivates
who desired TO rc,nlSt, bat who we're debirfd under
| the law.
When the foregoing amendment WIS pending in the
| House many i'ttcTs written by officers con
| demnng the proposal make such restriction. e.
peciay while maintaining retired list Tor enlisted
men and maintaining the soldiers homes for which
they are taxed. Many emphatic protests were also
filed 10y the enlisted men. but they we'" OF no avail
That part Of the amendment relating restriction
FOR The first enlistment not al all Objectionable
II was I'm the right direction. But to prevent the 70
cnI,imen Of men who have served ten years or up
wad and l,s than twenty years just when they have
become good soldiers and IN their bloom of man
hood Is characterized the most serious and dis
astrous BIT Of legislation affecting the Army. Men
| VINO serve rnli>mcnts or tive years each are
more likely longer and their experience Is
ValuIbl" the Government, Sich II
| desirable class. however. cannot De expected To re
enlist for a second term when they t0lt that after
the second enlistment ne service doors VII. BE- closed
against them They VIII not CIV" mp INC best years
| Of their lives 10 service la the Army uniting thcH
elves for civii vocaiionS knowing that trS are TO
bc turned out into the world TO ohinn living as best
| they know how. The officers realize that II costs
nothing to r,cniist solder. but that I ccNts SO, ra
hundred dollar, To make a GOOD soldier ont Of a
recruit, and that trained soldier /, more valuable
than a half dozen recruits.
Colonel LOOMS l.. Langdon. commandment. of the
LIST Artillery, at Fort Hamilton. has made up
hand some roster Of the commissioned officers OF BIS
| regiment corrected to March II is unique IN its
way. and a. TO typogrph\ make up. conple eness
OF details, etc. IS Il superior and valuable work.
Officers and others who have had to appear before
| the senate Committee Military Affairs will md
n slight change In its personnel. General Iiswcy
has been succeeded by senator watiall. of iTisss
sippi, rs chairman, who during the CIVIL War was
an officer In the Confederate Army rising from a
lieutenant In the 18th Mississippi Regiment In 1861
to MaIorGcn'r raj In June. lo6, The other members
Of tho committee are Senators Cockrell, Bate
Palmer and Mitchell (Of Wisconsln. Democrats: and
senators IIawcy, Cameron. Henderson and Davies
Republicans. The committee is Of the same compost
| ton In the Lid Congress- except that Senator
Proctor has been dropped out T. make the Republicans
| number only four while senator Mitchell added
! to the committee. The Army, like the Navy, IS
not represented before Congress. and has TO look to
| It's friends for fair recognition. lis best friends
have been McssIs. llawlcy. Henderson and Cameron
But the Army ought not TO expect any hostile
legislation from The present committee. for The
leader. but senator OF sworn ealty to the Union
and friend 10 lis armies one familiar face Will
be- sadly missed from the committee room-that Of
Major lluXf0rd, the clerk OF the committee for so
many years. Union soldier who was shot through
| the mouth with a Confederate bullet and who has
been a valuable and able worker for the good OF the
service.
A review Of the Army Register for 1893 gives the
following rs the number Of officers now In the SER
vice Line officers. major generals and dncudlng
one vacancy caused by the retirement OF General T. A.
Carr, brgadler generals Adiuant-Generals Depart.
mcnt, brgadier general. colonies. u lieutenant
colonies and majors Inspector Generals Depart
mcnt, l brgadier general colonel. . lieutenant.
colonies and majors; Judge Acknowledgement, De-
partmcnt, bgndicr-Scperal colonel. lieutenant
colonies, , majors: 0uartermaster's Department, l
brigadicr general. colorcs. lieutenant colonies, IA
majors 30 captains Military Storehccpers. captains;
| subsistence Department. 1 brigadirr general.
colonies, lieutenant colonies. majors. IL captains
Medical Department. brlgadier general, d colones.
10 lieutenant colonels, so majors 81 captains; Pay
Department l brigadler general . colonies. lieu.
tenant colonies. % captains; Engineer Corps brica-
di~r general, colonies, IL lieutenant cOcnels, -
der general. colonies. lieutenant colonies, 10 ma
jOrs. 20 captains; signal Corps, breadIer general
/ major. captains; Record and Pension Office.
colonel, 30 post chaplalns. regimcnta chaplans,
Military Acadpm, professors = colonies. lieutenant
colonels Cavalry 10 colonies. 10
20 majors. 100 captains. 40 frs licucnonts, 100
second ieutenans; Artillery, coonels lieutenant.
colonels IS majors. 30 captains 1870 first lcutenants
% second lieutenants Infantry 20 coloncls 25 lieu
tennnt- c0lonels % majors $50 captains, 300 first
| lleu,enants and ESQ second leu'enans.
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