New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-24
ARMY NOTES OF INTEREST.

OF the Army In discussions looking 10 the prep"i.'
ton OF bills for the general Improvement OF th'
service or OF bills which characterized as per-
sonal or what are designated in official terms ioI
the relief Of" etc officers have learned from expert
ence that 1t Is one thing TO get btntroduceu' ana
that It is quite another TO get II favorao'y ac'eu
upon by both Houses bill. may even De Reported
favoraby by the committees and be paced upon
through That awful. word fate" Is one that many
an new paragraphs in the revised Army Regulations
about be issued reads that enorts TO ,i,.iu,m,o
saSs favor or conderaon should be
except through regular military cnanneis ii
With the service sa oeep thence
ceommand lin general OF the Army, and thence
through the Secretary of War, but any one VINO ne
parts from this regulation WIZ ma IL e"'e'eu
against his record as soldier.
There IS one bill that will be introduced cary in
the session. and it will nave the approval OF the
Amy from the Secretary of War down TO the
driver OF the niue wagon. II is a bill to provide
for one Of the deficiencies left by the last Demo-
cratic Congress. which caused great inconvenience
and hardship upon nearly every person In the Army
three months lag age in a one OF the NewYor banks IN
orer that the officers and rren might draw against
to the 81 t to tSese defenders Of the
country whose salaries were aHecteu was tenlpPo
rar made by the last congress and hoped
that the people will not lose sight OF tne lact n h
Whatever be the amount Of appropriations mace Dy
the incoming Congress, very large percentage
OF the whole will be required 10 pay or me c Dad
debts. or. as they are commonly ca'e'' ue"e''''''
OF the preceding Congress.
Officers and men of the Army will also watch
with much interest the disposition OF the specihc
recommendations made by General Miles. The out
come may be as "The Army and Navy Journa
suggested recently, when it said that "recommen-
dations full of good sense are prevented from re-
ceiving the attention they deserve it is hard TO
nd 10
OF such recommendations" One of General Miles's
recommendations IS that the injustice done to those
soldiers who qualify for commissions as 9ics e
promotion, he says. give to them the commissions
Of second euenants and then give to each hs
pirants Will thus receive the title and his commis,
s so recommends that something be done to open
way for more rapid promotion and iod that tn M
give 10 them a thorough knowledge Of al depart
ments of the service. except the medical depart
tant recommendations. which have awakened much
favorable comment.
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel T. Gushing. who was
promoted from the rank of major few days ago
TO fill the vacancy caused by the retirement or Lieu
tenant Colonel Gilman. is one of those or whom II
NAV be said that honor comes to him who waits
There is no doubt that he has waited long, long
time. for 1T is a little more than forty years ago
that he left his fathers home and went to West
he was lieutenant In the 1st Artillery, and those
who made themselves familiar with the Army dur
ing the Civil War will recall his services as signal
officer in Washington from August 1861. TO October.
1862 and as chief signal officer In the Army Of me
Potomac from the latter date 10 May. 1852 signal
officers duty not one free from the enemy
shot and shell. and that this officer was not an eN
ception is shown in the fact that ne was brevetted
a major for faithful and meritorious services
In the matter Of the new revised regulations
tbo fret ami re-
is much satisfaction that they to be issued soon
for II is many months since they were promised.
and the officers do not know what changes have
really been made. one paragraph that VIII be read
and analysed is similar to- although 1t does not cor
respond closely with that is incorporated In the
Navy regulations. which has caused no small de-
gree OF comment and has resulted In one or more
courts martial. The Army paragraph reads; De-
liberations discussions among military men CON
ton toward others in the military service and all
publications rela ting TO private or personal tahsac
lions between officers are, proh.Dlled Ahotne.
new regulation declares tina; any officer on the
of civil Office thereby ceases to be an officer Of TIE
Army. 1t also prescribes that officer on the
ereaed 1 BY STATE Statutes whether in state mill
tary organizations or otherwise.
While so much attention has been given to the
college football matches it is only natural that
the cadets at the West Point and Annapolis insttu-
lions should regret that the edict against their
match games should not have been recalled. And
the Army and Navy rivalry that has been so
spirited the last four years must be smothered.
The cadets of both branches OF the service must be
satisfied with such contests they have been able
to arrange with college teams and these have been
enjoyed Saturdays for several weeks past The
contests between the Army and the Navy were re-
called few DAYS ago by the death OF Lieutenant
Leonard NJ. Prince. of the "a Infantry. from
the result Of injuries received in the famous game
at Annapolis in 1892. In scrimmage for the ball
Prince downed by Navy player. and 1t was
found that of his ribs the left side were
broken He leaves widow and young child. but
his death not the result OF an accident In
the service his widow is not entitled TO pension