Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-30
PLANS FOR OUR ARMY,
Vhalrnan Hull Gives Details About
the Bill to Enlarge 1t.
NEW ARTILLERY REGIMENTS
o"aer the Proposed Measure theR..-
""r Army Will Consist of
100000 Men-Mnny Gu.
bans Eligible.

hstoH, NOV. 0-Representatiye
= A. I. Hull of Iowa, chairman of tho
mouse committee on military affairs
mas issued call for a meeting of his
committee to be held early next week
70 consider bill for the increase OF the
regular army to 100000 men. Mr.. Hui,
hao conference with the president
MONDAY and has since been in consul
'a'ion with Chairman Cannon of the
committee on appropriations. Owing to
the Importance Of the army deficiency
Dill passing without delay it is not ex
pected that the army REORGANIZATION
Dill Will receive full consideration be-
rore some time in January. Chairman
Hull Is inclined to press the proposed
measure, however.
Il think that the bill should become
law as early as possible" he said. II
rave not changed the opinion that I
had last summer that the regular
standing army should be increased to
100000 men, and we shall start out to
frame bill with that idea. I do not
know what view the committee on mill
tary affairs may take. but l am in IA
vor Of following closely the recommen-
dat!ons OF the war department"
Representative Hull remarked that
he thought that the artillery branch
should be enlarged by increasing the
companies to $50 men each and adding
one second lieutenant to company.
This, he explained, would be an econ
omy in officers. On the 900 basis the
artillery should have five more regi-
ments added to the seven now author
lied. He regards the cavalry branch of
the service as fully recruited.
Top Heavy With Cavalry.
"Our army is already top heavy with
cavalry" he said. There should be a
provision for mastering out the volun-
teer regiments as fast as the regular
army can be recruited. 1t would take
until about May or June to recruit 13,4l0
men, the authorized strength in times
Of peace being only rs 600. The increase
of this army to $4,000 men in time OF
war does not authorize us to keep the
additional men who enlisted for the
war. According to our contract, we
must release these additional men II
they want to 60"
Mr.. Hull referred to the idea OF re-
crulting negroes and Cubans for the
American army.
That ought to be left entirely to the
discretion Of the president" he said.
There are about 5000 Cuban soldiers
who could be utilized for the regular
army. | think we ought to have them
and I believe we should have to allow
Cuban officers to enter with them
When the army is organized, there
should be appointments Of large num-
Der of second lieutenants from the vol
unteer service, and l would give all the
higher commands to officers of the reg
ular army, who have had long expert
| ence in military affairs. l would not
authorize the appointment OF men IRON
the volunteer army eTcent as seconc
lieutenants. do not rt~ard it far &c
make men with q few months MI tary
experience jump over tho heads OF
/ graduates of West Point"
Speaking OF the PHI n'no7 ard o h
colonies. he said: The -? ~ ~TN 'rh-
ment they are to have r. question O,
the future. They chou 3" f"t'nuFd
under military law for year or two at
| least"