The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-30
It Will Be Harder to Let the War
Drop Than it Ever Was
to Pick it Up.
RACE CONFLICT IN CUBA
Is as Certuin That the Caucasian VIII Take a
Back Seat For No One on Earth-Church
Question in the Philippines.


The various grades in the army and
navy. given according to corresponding
rank, are as follows:
Army-General. Lieutenant General,
Major-General. Brigadier-General, Col
DEL Lieutenant-C Colonel, Major. Captain.
First Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant.
Navy-AdmiraI, Vice-AdmiEal, Rear-Ad-
mtral, Commodore Captain, Commander,
ieutenant-Commande Lieutenant Lieu
tenant. junior grade. Ensign
The officers of general and lieutenant
general and admiral and vice-admiral no
longer exist. having gone out Of existence
with the death or retirement of the In
cumbents since the civil war. Sheridan
waas the fourth and last general of the
aarmy, his predecessors being Washington
Grant, and Sherman. The last officer to
hold che rank of lieaTtenant-genera was
Gen. Schoield, now on the retired list
Farragut and Porter were the only off,
GERS of the navy 90 hold the rank of ad-
miral. Stephen c. Rowan was the third
| and last vice-admiral, the other two being
| Farragut and Porter. Major-GeneraI
! Miles, the senior rnajor-general now in
| the service, commands the army. There
is no similar office in the navy. The rank
! ing officer of that branch Of the service
IS Rear Admiral W. A Kirkland, now in
command of the Mare Island Navy-yard.
There are seven rear admtrals. the junior
| being Rear-Admira1 George Dewey, the
! hero of Manila.
The pay Of army officers is higher than
that of naval officers, even when the lat
| tetr are at sea- Thus a general gets$15, 900
a year, an admiral $4,000; a lieutenant
| general 81, 1000, a vice-admiral $4,000; a
major-general gets $500, a rear-admiral
| gets $1,000; a rigadier-general $500, a
commodore 5000; a a colonel gets $500,
a naval captain the same; a lieutenant
| colonel gets $4,000 a commander $500; a
| major $500, a ieutenant-commander from
| 81, 500 to 800. A captain in the army gets
| 81 500, a lieutenant in the navy from 81, 400
| to g, 600; first lieutenant in the army gets.
$1,000, a lieutenant, junior grade, gets from
! $500 to $1,000; a second lieutenant gets
| 81, $40, an ensign gets from 81, 200 to 81 400
Even the cadet at West Point gets $40
as against $500 for the naval cadet at
Annapolis. On shore the navy pay is cut
down from one-sixteenth to one-ffth.
The insignia of rank in the two services
are the same, with a difference All the
shoulder-straps and collars; apart from
! the anchor the badges are the same. Thus
a colonel wears silver eagle on his straps
a naval captain wears the same between
two foul anchors, and so on all the way
up The marine officers, like their naval
brothers, draw less pay than their army
relatives Even when there was briga-
rdier-general of marines, he had less pay
~, AZ fr;1 L. .of
Flag rank in the navy is the rank of
rear-admiral and commodore, and applies
to officers entitled to command a fleet,
squadron or anaval station. A captain
commands a ship of the first class, and
commanders, lieutenant-commande and
lieutenants, ships of lower classes, &C
cording to their rating. Lieutenant-com-
manders and heutenants also act as ex-
ecutive officers TO captains on the larger
ships.
An army is divided and subdivided into
corps, divisions. brigades, regiments, bat
taLons, and companies An army may
be composed of two or more corps. A
corps consists of three divisions. A divi-
sion consists of three brigades, in addi-
ton to which there may be an independ-
ent brigade OF cavalry and an independ- |
ent brigade of artillery, according to tho !
necessities Of the case. A brigade us1- |
ally consists of three regiments, although |
there are sometimes more. A regiment |
consists of twelve companies. A battalion /
consists of four companies. The strength |
of a company varies according to the arm /
of the service or the special organization |
10 which it is attached.
AS at present organized the army is |
commanded by the ranking general. Major |
General Miles. A corps is commanded by |!
a major general or a rigadier-general. |
according 10 circumst ances. A brigade is !
commanded by a brigadier-general, al |
though il sometimes happens that a col |
onel is placed in command of brigade. /
Regiments are commanded by colonies, |
and in case Of their disability, by a lieu |
tenant colonel; batalions by majors, and |
companies by captains.
General officers are all officers, line or
staff. above the grade of colonel. Line |
or regimental officers are all officers be-
longing tot q regiment. STAFF officers are
officers Of the different staff departments,
from brigader-generals to second lieuten-
ants Regimental staff officers are quar-
termasters, adjutants, surgeons. and chap
lains, attached TO aregiment. Field off,
GERS are colonels, Observation-Disclosures, and
majors.
In the regular establishment. under ex-
isting law. the enlisted strength Of COM
pany is as follows:
Infantry, Ies cavalry. 100: artillery,
heavy. 200; artillery. light, I73; and en-
gineers, 10.
IN a regiment of infantry there are the
following additional officers: one colonel.
one lieutenant-colonel, two majors. one
adjutsut, roe quartermaster, oneSsurgeon.
two assistant surgeons. one chaplain. one
ergeanc-rnajor. one quarter-master ser
geant. one chief musician. two principal /
musicians. and three hospital stewards.
A I.sit battery OF artillery consists OF
one captain. one first lieutenant, two
second Eeutenants. one first sergeant. one
quartermaster-serseS one veterinary
surgeon. SIX sergeants. fften corporals.
TWO farrters. two ar,ificers, one sadd,er,
TWO musicians. one wagner. and 40 pr
Yates.
a heavy battery Of artillery consists CT
one captain. one first lieutenant. Two SEC
ond Asugenants. one first sergeant. twenty
two sergaants. Ten corporals. two ruusi-
Clans, Two artidcers. one WAGNER, and
lS2 p-ivases-
4 troop Of cavalry consists Of one cap
tain, one first lieutenant. one second ueu-
tenant. one frs sergeant. one quarter
masser-sergeznt. six sergeaats. eigEt cor
Porals. two tarrie-s. Two 5rumpe;ers. one
saddier. one wagner. and IS prsvates.
II regiment % cavalry there are ne