New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-28
'''' II coRRrN. Adju,ant-G~nera,
AN INJUSTICE TO RE RECTrF1ED.

General Corhln's statement that the average
strength ~ companies Is as low as seventy.
while ne regular organization requires 108 in
dica,e- sufficiently the extent ~ the injustice
sul,ing to the states which conscientiousy full
aNed the volunteer army regulations prescrib-
ing minimum company strength Of eighty and
a maximum 81 eighty four II is evident that In
many Of the States which Insisted on preserving
the minimum strength legalized by local State
enactments the company strength did not exceed
nifty In such states. therefore. there We're
twcnty-one company officers 10 fifty men. while
IN others which oheyed the volunteer regulations
Their" were only the same number of officers 70
eighty men This disproportion was magnihed
In the regimental organizations until. for In
stance. Pennsylvania far outranked New York
IN the number - officers. while In IT'S number ot
privates II ranked below several states. includ-
ing ohio and Illinois
II is expected that all such discrepancies will
disappear under the uniform organization un-
dertakcn today States will be given TO under
stand that twelve companies are indispensable
in the formation OF n regiment with a strength
OF |. 1916 men. and that regiments below or
above that strength Will lie accepted
The standard strength Of regular Infantry
regiments Is made up az follows:
Twelve companies ics enlisted men each .......i212
company ofcerf commissioned three zach. "a
R~simental ron commi ssonci stan ..............
Field and star 10
Total s2o
on account or tho provision IN the law Wnlcn
allows some latitude In the arrangement or OF
ficcrs in state ORGANIZATIONS. the War Depart
mcnt does not expect t. be wholly successful In
limiting the number Of officers furnished. but
fair notice Is given that any number OF star
and non commissioned officers In excess Of the
standard viii have 10 be Included In the total
Of -. ana that such excess Of officers must
be secured at the expense ~ the number ~ en-
listed men IN a regiment
Under the mex call the quota OF New-York Is
.DI. and after existing regiments filled up
4 fif.vep 10 holy hot
In case the state offers three regiments
aegregaiing 391S men. they will be accepted
for serNic 1t is the expressed determination OF
the President, however. TO accept no regiments
until after those already I'm the service have
been organized in accordance with the estab-
lished standard.
STATE CAMPS NOT TO RE FORMED.
II is not proposed under the additional call to
form state camps. as WAS the case in filing the
first call Arrangements are now being made TO
senc recruiting officers 10 each Of the States.
who after examining such men are offered
by the Governors. will send them directly TO
the nearest Army post for equipment. and as fast
az they are made ready for service they Will be
sent forward TO join their commands at Tampa,
chickamauea, San Francisco. Warrington. or
other established stations. II their regiments
have already started for actual scenes OF mill
tary operations. as in the case OF troops now
bound for tho Philippines as well as those which
NAV be on their way TO Cuba OF Porto Rico.
the additional recruits will reach their regi-
ments as rapidly as safe transportation can be
arranged fer them.
No serious opposition Is anticipated to the
Presidents decision Senate and Representa-
tives who had the matter explained to them to-
day felt confident that men In all the States
who really desired service would eagerly wei
commands from their own localities, instead OF
being distributed In various places perhaps
among total strangers Regiments already In