The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-02-04
ARBITRATION TREATY.

LOOK maj actl0n iast week on the Arbitration
treaty with Great Britain. The treaty was
ordered by q vote of six to four to be favorably
reported to the Senate with two amendments.
One of these excludes questions of National and
domestic policy from arbitration, and the other
eliminates King Oscar, OFF Sweden as an um.
pire.
The Committee was In session three hours,
during which time the. whole matter was very
thoroughly considered. There was practical
unanimity of sentiment regarding King Oscar,
only one Senator, Mr.. Gray, voting for the re-
tention of his name. The exemption OF ques.
tons of policy was by a unanimous vote. The
amendment reads as follows:
No question which affects the foreign or do
nestle policy of either of the contracting par
ties or the relations of either with any other
State or power by treaty or otherwise shall be
subject to arbitration under this treaty, except
by special agreement"
The six members who voted in the affirmative
were Messrs Sherman, Frye, Davis Cnllom,
Lodge and Gray, aud those who voted in the
negative were Messrs. Morgan, Daniel. Came
ron and Mills. The vote was on financial
rather than on political lines. Only one Demo-
cratic Senator voted for ratification and only
one Republican Senator against it.
ARMY AND NAVY.
Gen. William Price Craighill Chief of Engi-
a
tifc record was retired Monday on his own
application. under the 40 years service law.
Gen. Craighill stands at the front of his pro-
fession as military and civil engineer. and
his record is one long chapter Of mertorious
service. He was appointed to West Point from
Charlestown, w. Va. lthen Virginia., and
graduated in 1853 second in a class of SO men,
bers He had as classmates Sheridan, Scho.
field, Mcpherson, Sooy Smith, and Vincent.
He entered the Engineer Corps Immediately
upon graduation and passed through all of the
grades up to Chief of Engineers. which office
he assumed in May. 1895. succeeding Gen.
Casey. During the war he had charge of some
of the most important Notifications in the
East, including those of the Capital itself,
while as civil engineer he has had something
to do with nearly every one of the great
projects for the improvement Of the rivers and
harbors of the entire country, either directly
or in an advisory capacity. COL j. NJ. Wilson
was nominated on Monday last as Chief of
Engineers.
Col. James s. Casey, 22d o. s. Inf, was placed
upon the Retired List of the Army on Friday by
reason of his becoming Ga years of age. the
limit allowed by law for active service. Col.
Casey was born in Pennsylvania, Jan. %,
1882, and at the beginning of the war was a
private in Co. II of tho iar-famed New York
7th (miltia). with which regiment be was mus
tered into tho United States service after its
arrival in Washington, April IL, 1862, and
served until its muster-out in the following
June. He was appointed Second Lieutenant,
9Th Inf. Aug. 8. 1861; promoted First Lieu
tenant, Sept. 25. 1861; Captain, Dec. ]. 1863 !;
Major. 18th Inf, June 81. 1884; Lieutenant
Colonel, LIST Inf, April %, 1890. and Colonel of
the 22d Inf. Jan. 81, 1895. He received the
brevet rank of Major March Is, 1865 for gal
liant and meritorious services during the attack
by the enemy on Fort Steedman, Va" and
Lieutenant-C Colonel, Feb q, 1890, for ICON.
spicuous gallantry in leading his command in
a successful charge against a superior number
Of Indians strongly posted at Wolf Mountain
Mont. Jan. 8. 1877"
The retirement of Col. Casey promotes Lieut.
Col. Charles Wykoff, 10Th Inf, to be Colonel of
the 22d; Maj. Chas G. Hood, 7th Inf, to be
Lieutenant.C Colonel of the 10Th; Capt. VIM.
Constant, of the 7th Inf, to be Major; First
Lieut.. Daniel A. Frederick, of the 7th, to be
Captain in that regiment, and Second Lieut.
VIM. 0. Johnson. 10th Inf, to be First Lieu
tenant in the 7th. All the officers mentioned,
with the exception Of the two Lieutenants
have excellent war records
The frequent complaints that Engineer off,
GERS in the Navy areovefw0rked are freshly
accentuated by the retjrement Of Chief Enai-
neer Tower, broken down by his arduous
duties and confirmed by tho showing of the
Navy Register that during the past year no
less than IL Engineer officers were retired,
only four Of them Oh account Of age. The rest
were overworked and ,brokon down. The sta.
tistics tell the same story. OF the Engineer
Corps. a. per cent. wdeI 5etired last year; of
the Medical Corps. % per cent Of the Line,
q per cent, and of the Pay Corps, l per cent.
The House Committee on War Claims has
authorized favorable report on bill to ar-
thorze the read ustment of accounts Of Army
officers who, by demonstration Of tho law,
were deprived of longey ity allowances. Itwas
held that this allowance could be computed
only on the period of service in tho Regular
Army. This bill makes mandatory tho law as
construed by the Supreme Court in the cases of
Capts. Morton and Watson, when it was held
that the time served by an officer as Cadet at
West Point should be included in the allow
ance Of increase Of pay for every five years in
the service.
The work on guns and carriages for empace.
ments is going on satisfactorily. although there
have been delays in the manufacture of the 12.
inch guns. The and 10 inch guns are, how
ever, being completed more rapidly than was