Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-08
BILL.
The New Army Measure Laid Before
the Senate.
SUMMARY OF ITS SECTIONS.
The Senate Debates the Report Of
the Hawaiian Commission, While
the House Discusses the
Antiscalping Bill.

Washington, Dec. Sat the opening
of the senates session Mr.. Hawley
Comm, chairman of the military af-
fairs committee, introduced a bill for
the reorganization of the regular army.
The bill was the same as that framed
by General Miles.
The first section of the bill provides
that the military establishment of the
United States shall hereafter consist Of
Is regiments Of cavalry, IA regiments Of
sea coast artillery, 2 regiments of field
artillery, 2 regiments of engineers. so
regiments of infantry, the professors
and corps of cadets of the United States
Military academy and such other force
as shall be provided for by this act, to
be known as the army of the United
States.
The second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh sections take up the or
yanization of the regiments of the three
arms of the service. Infantry regiments
are to be made up of three battalions
Of four companies each, 1000 men in
regiment. The cavalry regiments are to
consist of 1000 enlisted men each, with
the necessary compliments of officers.
General Miles bases his calculations
on a total enlisted strength of 100000
men-one man to each 1000 of the popu-
lation Of the United States and two to
each 1000 of the dependent peoples.
The eighth, ninth and tenth sections
deal with the distribution of officers in
the army. The II following sections
take up the composition of the subsist-
ence, medical, engineer and ordnance
departments.
Section % provides for promotion by
seniority; section 20 deals with trans
fers of officers, and section "a with the
cadet corps.
On motion of Mr.. Lodge the senate
went into executive session. The debate
was on the report of the Hawaiian COM
mission.
The senate confirmed the appoint
ment of Hon. John Hay as secretary OF
state.
The bill to carry into effect the rec
concentrations Of the International
American conference by the incorpora-
ton of the International American bank
at the last session had been made spe-
cial order in the house, but in the abb
charge of the measure. Mr.. Walker
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banking and currency, asked that it go
over for one week without prejudice.
There was no objection, and it was so
decided
The Antiscalping Bill.
The resignation of Warren B. Hooker
of New York, who has accepted
judgeship in New York. was laid before
the house. Mr.. Payne On. W asked
unanimous consent to consider the sem
ate bill to amend the laws relating to
American seamen, but Mr., Hepburn
(Ia.) demanded the regular order. This
was the call of committees. The first
called was the committee on
interstate commerce, and Mr.. Hepburn
called up the antiscalping bill.
All efforts to effect an agreement as
to time for debate failed, and Mr.. Hep
burn was thereupon recognized for an
hour. He yielded to Mr.. Sherman
(Rep., N. ", who explained that the
bill was very similar to the one passed
by the house during the last congress.
The changes were mainly restrictive
upon corporations.
The bill required the carriers subject
to the interstate commerce act to pro-
vide each agent authorized to sell tick
cts with a certificate and made it I'M
lawful for an officer of such carrier to
supply tickets to any but authorized
agents. 1t made violation of those pro-
visions misdemeanor and provided for
the redemption of unused or partially
used tickets and also provided penalties
for forging or altering tickets.
Mr.. Sherman said this legislation had
been repeatedly recommended by the
interstate commerce commission, that
1t had the support of newspapers and
bodies and that over 5000
petitions in it's favor had been present
ed to the house during the present con-
gress The business communities had
come to look upon the ticket brokerage
business as Illegal. The amount of fraud
practiced, If known, would startle any
one unfamiliar with the facts. Mr..
Sherman displayed a great mass of
tickets, which, he said,
would give a faint idea of the frauds
practiced upon the railroads and the in
nocent travelling public.
Mr.. Burke (Tex.) asked why, in view
If the fact that the several states pro-
vided adequate punishment for the
rhine, 1t was necessary to ask the con-
,ress to enact a similar law? Mr.. Sher-
nan said he did not conceive that the
existence of a state statute was suffi-
,ient ground for the congress to refuse
% pass law covering like offense.