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arine defences. A force Of about sixty men

marine defences A force Of about sixty men
will be reserved at Willets Point which VIII
permit about three hundred to accompany the
army OF invasion. The Army bridge trains. with
all the necessary sappers' and miners tools. VIII
start for Tampa the last OF this week. and the
battalion Will follow almost Immediately II II IL
certain that the debarkation Of the military
forces is to occur before the end Of this month
This battalion is exclusively composed OF skilled
nucleus OF the large regiment Of engineers which
VIII always be with the advance force OF the
Army 1t will also furnish instructions to the
regiment or volunteering engineers.
OPPOSITION TO HULL BILL WITHDRAWN
The opposition Of the National Guard, which
defeated the War Department project known
as the Hull bill. providing for the three-bat
talon organization OF the Army. has been salts
fled by amendments that measure which
have been introduced In Congress and the re-
vsed bill will be put promptly on its passage.
The National Guardsmen have been advised
that there is no disposition in the Army to
humiliate the State organizations. many of
which have the advantage OF modern systems
capable Of ready expansion. while the Regular
Army has nothing Of the kind
The only States which at present adhere to
the obsolete two battalion formation Michi-
gan. New Hampshire. New-York. North Caro-
Iina North Dakota, Connecticut Louisiana,
oregon. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island and Texas.
but even in these provision is made for quick
expansion 1t being possible to add the third
battalion and another major without difficulty.
The vast majority Of the States and Territories
already possesses the three battalion organiza-
ton with complement of officers. They are
Alabama, Arkansas California Colorado.
Georgia, Idaho. Indiana. Illinois, Iowa. Kansas.
Kentucky. Maine, Maryland Massachusetts. Mis-
sissippi. Missouri. Nebraska. New-Jersey. Ohio,
South Dakota. Utah, Vermont. West Virginia,
Wisconsin. Wyoming, Arizona, District Of Co.
lumbia New Mexico and oklahoma
Ex-Surgeon- General James Il. Tryon. OF the
Navy. left Madrid to-day. after having dis
charged his duty as United States Delegate to
the International Congress OF Hygiene in that
city DR. Tryon had a special audience with
the Queen Regent, who expressed her hope that
the two countries might be spared the horrors
OF
Secretary Alger will review the 9th Cavalry
tomorrow morning at I o'clock on its way from
Fort Myer to the railway station, where It Will
embark for Tampa.
The President will appoint Colonel William
H. Nash Commissary General OF Subsistence In
the Army to succeed General Cushing who was
recommended to-day for immediate retirement
by the special board. OF which Inspector Cen
eral Breckenridge president,
Quartermaster- General Lud.ngton issued In
structions this afternoon for the purchase OF
1900 mules for transportation service with the
army in Cuba provided they go there, making
IN ell $500 animals so far purchased for this
purpose. He has also completed arrangements
for n full supply OF tents. clothing and camp
cquipage in general for the use Of the Army in
Southern climates