New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
ARMY NOTES OF INTEREST,"

Tho email amount OF legislation for the Army "
the nresen. Congress has neither been OF Great 70
the Ma ions Legislature nor given the dement's 10 u.
service that /. go much needs The oihcers as wen
the enlisted men are jas m. do IN 4 the oun-
,yai,e hi; viii get through the present ~.
S W ro ~ Is 90 anxious to adjourn that IL WILL
not feel inclined spend much time IN osoA'e'
The mos, important bill for the Army. ana one
that became a Jaw a few days ago. IS 'ha' ""'cN
rsnea.s the Objectionable tenyear enlistment Clause
and regulates en.lstmens. BY this bill all enlist
ments hereafter will be for three years, ana no
soldier Will be re-ensted whose service mas NV
been faithful and honest. In time OF peace no per
son Except an Indian) who is no; ci'izen OF the
ri,ed States or has not declared his intention 10
hecome 4 citizen or who cannot speak. read ana
write the English language or who IS over lilly mhH
years Old shall be enlisted lor tns scbaraed since
JS Ssd nU! ss who were prevented from reen;
by he ser whO may 9y enlist within
three months from the date OF the new law
Several vacancies will be made in the STAFF depart
| ments. BY retlrements. In 1895 Two of these VIII %
| in the Quar.ermasters. two IN the Med'ca-
! ono IN the Subsistence and one In the
| Judge Advocate-Cienerals departments the later
| Will be the retirement for age OF Assistant Juose
Advocat 81 General Winthrop. on August 81 the next
retirement in the department Will be Brigader'
| General ID. u. SWdiWe, WIN Has p''' "'''~'
son nv sentence Of a court-mar,ia for several years.
and whose pace has been filed meanwhile by
| Snjonei O. ~ Lieber IL having been decided by the
h be na' seneT Believed that Colonel
eber would be promoted TO De Junge na ,,s &C.
he would have Ave more years on the acye i hs';
but strong rumors have 5een J sscrasrv
In reserve for the ,ancy when II occurs-out tnat
VII not take aes less sa two months the
end OF Mr. Clevcands term another CIVILIAN nsa men, n,
| War General Doe.
There Is much interest as the successor to Major
! General O. O. Howard who will reach the retiring
| ags a, November 8 this year. Brigadier-G General
John p Hawkins OF the Subsistence Department.
retlres on September %. Colonel Charles H. ToInp-
kins Assistant Quartermaster-Genera. will retire
on September IL. and Colonel John q Chandler, OF
the same reaches the retiring age on De-
| cember 81 following. This means two vacancies IA
the high grades and consequently r Two pssis FOR
! Assistant Quartermastership Coionel LOOMS u
If the wb s' has bes Prominent candas
for vacant brigsdier gensralsnp VIII reacn ,ns re-
firing age october 25 This means promotions TOT
one officer IN each grade below.
The case Of Private Cedarquist or. rather. Of
Major w S. Worth. who Is the officer who was
ordered 10 be court martiaed for having violated
| the famous order OF President Lincoln. when he
! commanded Private Cedarquist and others to DO
target practice on a recent Sunday. notwithstand-
Ing the court martial. has found him mot guilty..
continues to excite much interesting discussion N
| Army circles The Lincoln order was issued tn
| November 1861 and required that there should be
orderly observance Of Sunday by the officers and
Sunday labor In the Army and Navy be reduced
| 10 the measure of strict necessity. Much SYM
nathy was expressed for Major Worth, whose re-
cent arduous services in the preservation OF order
| during the labor troubles won for him deserved
CONNIE niation from the press and BY the citizens,
| especially as the Sunday target practice ordered
! at Fort Omaha was mere incident OF riot duty.
Recent orders OF the War Department are to the
effect that the Departments Of the East and OF
! Texas not having been affected by the recent
strikes. they should hold their targetcompeti-
,,op. at the dates originally announced. The De-
partments OF Colorado. Columbia. California.
! Piatte and Missouri will probably have their com.
aa,,ions the latter part Of the present month and
| SurIng September so that they may be finished BY
october l. to allow the selected i, Army teams plenty