The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-04-22
IN READINESS.
The Army and Navy Prepared for a
War With Spain.
4 Marine Battalion Will Accompany the
North Atlantic Squadron to Be Used
in Landing observation-disclosures
Lermasters Busy.

LermaSUerS Busy
WASHINGTON, April 20.-The bulk o.
preparations for action are about com
pleted and the work is now reduced tC
perfecting details. The army is being
modified and all that remains is to in
sure the prompt supply of all classes
of equipment, and, as was stated al
the navy department on Tuesday, the
market has been CLEANED of avail.
able vessels, and it now comes
to manning them and perfecting
methods of communication and COOP
Grafton. The O'Higgins was the last
desirable ship of any size in sight, and
1T has been authoritatively announced
that all hope of getting her has been
abandoned.
Gen. Greedy, in charge of telegraph
and telephone communication between
sea coast Notifications announces that
this work is in a gratifying state of
| fOrWardneSS.
superintendent Kimball. of the Life
Saving service, has conferred with AS
Slstant Secretary Roosevelt on en-
plOylng the men of the coast service in
| a regularly organized system of re-
| porting war vessels sighted at points
remote from ordinary ports of entry.
Such a System will be a valuable ad-
| Junct to the regular observation SER
vice.
a novel departure in naval practice
is the formation of marine battalion
which will accompany the North At
lantic squadron and be used in land
ing operations.
The quartermaster generals depart
ment of the army is rushing work on
| tents and tent equippage. Ordinarily
Philadelphia gets these contracts, but
recently the war department has con-
tracted for making them at st. Louis,
New York and Chicago also. Quite a
consignment of tents have been al
lOtted to the militia of the states under
the act of congress.
The war department will need about
200 men as packers for the mule teams
now being collected by Capt, Thomas
Cruise, at Jefferson barracks. Chief
packers will get 500 month, carga-
doris $75, first class packers $50 and
second class $40.
A deta chment of cavalry from Ft.
Grant, Ariz., has been ordered to TT.
Sill, l. T, to take charge of the gov
ern ment property at that place.
Gen. Wilson, chief of engineers. has
furnished to the secretary of war
list of engineer officers who, with few
exceptions, are availa BILE to immediate
service with the army in the field. 1t
IS most comprehensive in character
and includes the names of nearly every
officer of the engineer department
throughout the United States In or
der to take care of the important river
and harbor and other engineering
works in charge OF these officers, it
probably will be necessary, in par
ticular cases where the works can
not be entirely neglected, to double,
treble and quadruple the duties of
some of the officers in order that the
services of others may be awaited of in
military field operations. In q major
ity of cases the names are given with
the general idea that the officers will
not be called away from their present
duties for more than a few months.
ginecr's office of the war department.
will promptly take steps to form a
corps of officers especially detailed to
assist the army in the field in engin-
eering projects.
The attention of Adjt. Gen. Corbin,
of the army, having been called to GER
tain publications, stating that ILL
feeling existed between the regular
army and the national guards of sew
eral states, he stated that, so far as he
was informed, the report had no
foundation in fact; that so far as he
could ascertain. or was advised. only
the most cordial relations existed, and
every effort to retain these relations
was being fostered. and put forth by
officers in authority in the war depart
ment
WASHINGTON, April 20.-The authori-
tative statement was made at the war
department Tuesday that on the first
call for troops only the national guard
will be given an opportunity to volun-
teer for service in war. This state
ment is in accordance with those made
by Secretary Alger to the national
guardsmen who called upon him
at the war department on Saturday
when the modified Hull bill
for the expansion of the army in time
of war was under consideration Sec
rotary Alger thinks that such a course
is in keeping with sound discretion
and the dictates of common sense, for
the organized militia have gone to
great expense and have devoted much
time to perfecting themselves for mill
tary duty. Any other course he be-
ieves would be destructive to the best
interests of the guard
Accident on a Race Track.
CINCINNATI, April 2O.-There was an
other accident at the Queen City jockey