The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-26
GEN. ALGER'S REPORT
SUGGESTIONS OF THE WAR
DEPARTMENT.
n Grade of Lieutenant General should
be Observation-Disclosures Regiments Of
ARTILLERY Needed Military Attaches
Appropriations.


WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.-In his first
annual report, Secretary Alger make.
many recommendations for the better
mcnt OF the administration Of the war
department, based upon the conclu'
sions OF his subordinate oficers lie
asks favorable consideration for tn,
proposition to add two regiments 10
tho artillery branch, pointing TO the
valuable Notifications now being
erected, which, he says, should not be
manned by n corporal guard.
He says OF Alaska hat as many as
100, 900 people will be gathered there
next year, and n military force should
be sent To the tcrr tory and large
emergency powers should be granted
10 the president to repress lawless'
mesa. Probably the creation " addi-
tional military reservations, like that
Of st Michael's, may be the best
means TO meet the problem. A boat
for tho patrol Of the Yukon is also
asked for, as we'll as increased pay for
the enlisted mon serving in Alaska
Secretary Alger recommends the
revival of the grade Of lieutenant gen
eral, saying that all the great nations
give their officers much higher rank
than does tho United States
He indoraes the recommendation Of
the superintendent Of the military
academy that the number of students
at West Point be increased by allow.
ing each senator 70 nominate a cadet
As an alternative, he suggests that
the president be authorized to ap-
point ten cadets ut large each year.
Favorable comment In made upon
the work Of the military colleges OF
the country, but IT Is suggested that
tho law he amended so as to authorize
details of army officers only To such
collie ges ms have at least $50 pupils &c,
tually present.
Attention Is called TO tho need OF a
proper system OF criminal jurisdiction
over military reservations and q hall
Of records for the storage of official
papers. The estimate for army trans
portation Is increased by Sloo, 900 to
provide means for moving heavy ord
To provide for the new posts
needed on the sea coast an estimate of
9 1900, 900 is submitted.
Unit recently, the hospital at Hot
Springs vas open only to soldiers OF
the regular army. but Secretary Alger
has just ar.,nded the regulations so
m TO authorize tho admission OF suit.
able c7ses among the veterans OF the
late war.
"a the opinion OF tho secretary, an
increase In the engineer corps In OIL
Gers and enlisted men is Indispensable.
He to the Immediate value and
extent of the work now In the hand,
Npf this corps and contends that Il
cRuld be better supervised and i'm.
proved in quantity and quality by the
sssignment OF more officers, which 1:
now impossible.
Secretary Alger transmits without
reduction the estimate Of the chief
engineers FOR the the next fiscal year
amounting TO sis, 7ss, 100, more than
double the Appropriations for the cur
rent year. Ne says these are largely
in excess Of what they should be at q
time when the demands upon the
treasury are as great as now; there.
fore, he recommends q large reduc,
ton.
Secretary Alger especially com
mends for patriotism, generosity ant
zeal, Colonel Burlington and Captain
Crozier, the inventors OF the disap
pcaring gun carriages, who generous
ly donated the invention to the gov
eminent
The report closes with the renewa
Of the recommendation that provis
lon be made FOR the erection In Wash
ington of n statue to General Grant
The estimates for the next fisca
year aggregate $40, 25s, 4i5. rs agaius
500. 822, AIT. the amount Of the appro
priations for the current year. Tn
principal Items Of increase are tn
rivers and harbors. where the estimatl
Is $4s, 72s, 100, as against the appropri
alton Of SEA. s,o2s; Notifications an,
sea coast ~dofenses, si3, 37S, SCI, a
against so,5i7,i4l, and military posts
parks and cemeteries, SO, $50, s3g
against Sse9. S6I
Murder 10 n Wedding Feast
New York. Nov. 2s,-A murde
broke up the wedding feast at Ia
marriage of Isaac Goldstein to kati
Gordon last night In the lat OF Vett
Gordon in "a tenement house ON Henr
street. Charles shapiro appeared d
the festivities armed with a revolye,
shot Louis Lieberman In the abdomen
infiicting n wound from which LiebeI
man died shortly a'terward. Schapir
was arrested. Miss Gordon told ii
police that she had refused to MARI
Shapiro because he wanted her
work after the marriage.
wanted t. die on sunday.
STURGEON, Mo-, Nov. % Rev, p.
Gentry, one OF the oldest ministers
Missouri, and a man with a state re
u~tation, died Sunday afternoon, ag,
s5 years, leaving a wife to whom |