New-York tribune., 1895-06-23

so, - reiocc and be glad II the proposed increase
in the Ordnance Corps is allowed. But this VIII re-
quire OF Congress. 1t is said the hfty-io"r '
GERS Of the crops employed that they nave u, %
kept jumping from place 20 place WIN me inr
that they greatly overwoiKel nencIa. @ ,,ca,s
saws that there arc a number of pi,ces ""e'e '''
could be stationed were they available
There are many applications on file OF o'h'ers Oh
the active list for detail. as professors oil i"''S
science etc a, universities and colleges throughout
the United states but there may be some "e''S
&, making the details in view OF the fact that there
are applications OF retired officers for this Knh Oh
duty As retired officers receive percentage VI '''
regular salary Of officers OF the same graue III az
tive service and increase Of pay comes 10 'ne'"
bv reason Of detail to colleges and az II Is the neS're
o keen active officers with their regiments so iar AZ
possible Secretary Lamont encourages & tnt owc re-
retired officers. At lreen ,herr are re o,y oanynca,ions
Of others on fle viii be granted when the ins''iu ,
tons sneqns % are glad TO obtain the services Of
retired officer who Is Thoroughly "''eu - ' NV
students the duties OF so1ier
There is talk Of making several changes IN ,ne
,ecrr,,,ng service one of which Is to do away with
senarate recruiting officers and to nave rsc'"'"s
stations at posts only. This Will not only saw q
.arye amount now expended for rentals ana Ger
b,re hut will also make available many oicers ior
reelmental duty. The number OF desruon' VI SUI
die,s has increased perceptibly since the warm
weather set in but most Of them are OF 'he c'"'s
known as "snowbirds' men who enlist IN 'he ian ~
order 10 have good food and good pace 20 s',p s
tbrouph the winter months. and then utssI. IL,
sn,Snr or cary summer The number OF uesti .Iun .wo
e. ,be first four months OF 1895 was SKI! NOR 1's
w. nnmher in tn, corresponding period IN lS'. ~ -
- ,nan anneor for reenlistmert. as many Oh tc'ii
Nv viiI do when cold weather Approaches thes
,x,r be found out and punished
Major william s. McCaskey. OF the z"'h ~,nia"'rs' ~
,,,o was nromotel from a captancy iew uasS aeo'
Il, tho Youngest officer Of that rank In the A'"H'
rbore are twenty-one captains In the ihiah'' a', %
helovv him who will be retired for age pelo'e "' W.
>, 10 no Ives He is nearly hfty-two years o'''
rro of the captains below him are srN'E-'"o '
o,a and the Others range from SIX inohths ~ ''
,,oars older than he is. He has been III ''le s'''
&c, continuously since the fall OF fort "uin'o'
T., 1861 A few DAYS after the attack on f"i' '
49,. bo ,hen heing seventeen years Cd ne )o'heu '"e
,,oos.or Eercibles or lst Pennsylvania Volunteers
r.or be re-onlis,cd in another regiment anu ''
hraverv In battle won promotions for MN "n''i "o
oa,,o, a commission as captain in the 'o'u"''''
Army He was never absent from hiS ''e -,
,s rover IN the hospital. and though engage" IL
twentv-eight battles was never wouhue'' i ~
,r,or IN Eastman College after the war eI'' ~ ~ w
e eurrr,sed nv receiving an offer from Wn,,lar
".o,'ns ~ tho commission of captain IN lne ~ ,.,.h
',rmv Ue is now at Fort LeayenWO0r'n; 'n; ,ni n,i bas
e. :.xcen,ion of two years at DdNln iT'""'' ~
- service in the Western country.