The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1898-05-20
NAYl0NAL CHplYAL
An Interesting Letter From Our Regu
lar Correspondent
HERsEY PENS ENTERTAINNcLY
Tells What Is Going On in the Way OF
Local Gossip - What Montana's S
Representatives Are Doing.

tio1 more concern Gnl inG the past two .
or three weeks than any other public |
matters, important as some of these !
have been with which they had to !
deal The war department has sud
denly found itself confronted with a
vastly enlarged scope OF action, where |
in are involved all the difficult and |
responsible problems belonging to the |
organization, mobilization and supply
of a great army called forth from the
body of the people in the various states
where facilities for meeting 50 grave
il situation are necessarily more or
less crude and imperfect and where
considerable time is repaired to put SO
large a body OF citizen sOidiery on IA
satisfactory footing and transport
them to the seat Of war So patriotic
has been the response to the call Of
the president from all parts of the
union that the difficulty has not been
to bring the army at once up to the
requisite number of effective men but
what to do with the great mass of vol
unteers who have presented themselves
for enlistment, not as individuals but
as organized, drilled and disciplined
forces. Not alone has the national
guar1 offered itself with the most Incl
dental exceptions in every part of the
country. but companies, taoops and
batteries have been formed everywhere
and are clamoring for recognition at
headquarters. OF course. with mat
tors in this shape many Things have
been done and many changes from
original plans have been made. This
may have given 20 the War department
an appearance OF indecision to rnose
outside Of Washington who age un-
aware OF the influences surrounding
the action OF the army authorities.
10 our people the apparent vaCollla
tiOn by which the first call IOr caV-
airy battalion was Immediately changed
TO an infantry regiment and thereafter
II squadron of cavalry was added.
comprising the MlssOulu, Sozell4n,
Billings and Miles City troops, AID
finally the Butte company substituted
tor that OF Bozeman, has been uu-
accountable, but 1t has besn due 20
Leoe@sary readj G.tMou6s of the first
plans Whicn have developed as a better
comprehension of the needs Of the SER
vice has been attained and through
other important considerations.
Mr. Hartman, Oh behalf Of the Bozo-
man company, visited the department
of war and did what he could to have
it included in the call, but Mr.. Man
tie very naturally responding 10 the
strong demand made in Silver Bow
county for representation in the call
laid the matter before the authorities
in this light: The call as originally
given would allow bat one troop TO the
west side of the state and would leave
Silver Bow cOunty-the most irnpOr-
tant and populous in the state-with-
out representation The Justice Of the
appeal could not fail to meet the APP
probation of the department and Mr..
Garter could do no less than sanction
Senator Nantes natural and reason
able request. All Of the members of
the delegation have since been tireless
in their efforts to have the Bozeman.
Great Falls and recently organized
Glendive troops attached to new reg
iment to be formed hereafter. but this
has SO far been without avail l saw
Senator Carter a day or two ago aud
he told me that he hoped that all Of
our volunteers would yet be called into
the field and that individually h : GER
tainly should not relax his efforts to
bring this about. Mr.. Mantle is l
understand. doing as much as he can
to secure the same end.
The new census bill presented by
Carter, Oh behalf of the committee
this week, simply provides for the or
dering of census as heretofore has
been done. leaving ont the provision
for preliminary bureau as prescribed
in the former bill. The work of TAX
ing the census under this bill will be |
much more circunscribed than ever
before, including only enumeration
and the gathering Of vital. agricutur-
al. mechanical and manufacturing |
only four schedules as against thirteen |
under the operation of the old plan.
1t is intended that the whole census |
shall be finished by 1902. As is well |
known SO cumbersome was the ma
chinery of the last census that it was
not finished for years after, and III |
fact many of the reports stand unpub-
lished to this day. 1t is intended that |
under the new census the political ap- |
purtionment shall be ready by Decem-
ber, 1900 The old law provided for
ninety-two people as an office force at |
an expense Of f163, 865, the new bill |
provides for but sixty-two people at |
an expense of $ll5, 800. Under the
new bill the supervisor of each state
will audit the work of enumerators. +!
This will save very large sum of |
money. The employees will be ap-
pointed by the secretary of the inter
Tor on an examination to be prepared |
by the director. Special information
may be here after taken if desired and
ordered by congress.
Ma..flo aud Garfar Qil |