New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-19
OFFICERS HERE INTERESTED.
PURPOSES OF THE HULL BILL PRAisFD-MoNE
MrNTs OF ARMY MEN-CABLEs FROM
GOVERNORS ISLAND.

There was much interest In Army circles IN TINS
civ Yesterday In Chairman Huls bill providing Tor
the organization Of the Army on war ioo'ine OF
70. ~, men This proposed action Is in line with
what I have long held" said prominent ofhcer'
.Na should be in shape speedily 10 EQUIP force
sufficient 10 cope with any possible enemy II We
have officers IN reserve 90 that the present force
ran he Increased from 2 80. which Is the strength
TO 10; 49, as proposed, It would be easy 10 get the
men for the ranks and 10 make them effective Inc
nroscrt plan Of arranging our forces has long been
abandoned by European nations, ana II Is hish u"e
that We form our Army upon the oest 'ho'eS'
While we do not need standing army OF greater
torso tim, We now have In time of peace. the fact
TINT within a brief period could put in the hed
An cfnclcn; fighting force OF over 10000 men "o"d
he the hest possible means OF preventing any out
break The ARM officers are heartily III sympathy
with the plan outlined by General AlScr IN MS OIL
ciaI communication as Secretary OF War 10 Con-
oroa. ana Ne hone that the representatives OF the
nZnIo will take the same action in this matter as
they did in authorizing the raising OF two new
regiments Of artillery and In appropriatins sooV''VV'
10 be used by the President TO- defence Inc coun-
try will havs every advantage possible TO he cameo
from tn, training given at the Military Academy
E,~ orr tvs new regiments OF arti' ny we pro-
pose to detail hft-en mon from each OF the present
bat.erics at the seacoast Notifications 10 form
oucn Is fo- each OF IN, new companies OF artiiiery
The trained men wi. be ready TO instruct the ne"
ones and assist them In the performance VI '''''
new duties"
Colonel Z. B. Wiston who has been assigned 10
the command OF the new 9Th Arlllery' l. y A.
stationed at Fort McIIenry, Maryland. arrived IN
town Yesterday from the Preside. San FRANCISCO
where ne has been stationed. He VIII go on to-uhy
TO Baltimore 10 assume his new command Coioh'i
william, Sinclair has gone from Fort Wadsworth
10 Fort Socun. in the Sound. where ne WIZ COM
mand the new TIN Artillery. He will take com
,o,t =, Fort sIocun from Lieutenant Colonel FULLY
McCrea. who goes to-day with two batteries OF the
6th Artillery TO Fort Hancock, to take command OF
tho new defences at the outermost point on the
Lower Day Tho equipments OF the men or these
batteries we're loaded In the Gene.a Melss last
night AMI an early start will be MADE TINS n'orns'
so that the camp Sandy Hook can be mad' reauy
before nigh. The m,n Will have 10 i've IN l tch,s
until the new barracks WORK on which !, ns,nS
pushed with ali tn, rapidty possible, are completea:
Win the handling OF the big guns which have peeh
monnie in the ear,hwoIks a. hi; point I; o s5 900
+. to be- expended at once in LAYING bout twenty-
1--WE miles Of submarine cah, for the WIZ c oro
nSd pc AND the fort. down th Bay Bids will be
opened on Monday for the WORK whiGn MI iii he
Grnr,y n, M With Forts Ham,on Wadsworth
and Hancock. and also with The Army buIns II
has not been deemed necessary to lay oabie up INC
East Rive the overland communca,'o says f for
short able to the ormcr from the shoIe near
rGm FSr s'91yler .aa G that a fSw
Inc contract is made the cable can be laid In FOUR
The statement was rldculed at the Army Build
ing Yesterday that any Of the old ordnance incIna,
ing The zig Sn1 At q Iand wa. to
nointed Al Fort Wood, on Bellows Island; ~
would simply be waste Of money 10 sqp aTy no %,
nSns have been prepared defences In the ppsr
fay tho COMPLICATIONS at the T2T9 snin ard an SSnay
Hook are regarded as ample TOT p'e'e"'''' "'' -
va sio1 harbOr.