Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-15

An analysis of the members of thon.
commission is in the nature of foy rsS
Of it's probable action. The Presido"sS
| closest political friend on the commiss;
-ex-Secretary Day-does not below ::
| keeping more than naval station in a.
Philippines. Senator Gray sunnn,ta5
! Cleveland heartily in opposition to ".
annexation of Hawaii, and is beljpva1.' y
be opposed to all territorial eNpansm
These two will constitute the minority a,
| the commission. Senators Davis and @
Frye will undoubtedly be in harmon, "
with Whitelaw Reid, whose personal
views and editorial expressions all favO,
| the absolute retention of the whole Phi, N
ippine group.
Gen. Flagler, chief of ordnance. h.,
appointed a board Of ordnance officers IA
examine into the efficiency of modern
army guns as shown by the war. It the
especial object Of this board l. determine
the relative merits of the Springfield A. 1
caliber rife used by the volunteers and
the 32-caliber Krag-J orgensen in use BY
the regular army. They will also care
fully inquire into the efficiency of the
Mauser rife used by the Spanish and The
field and siege guns with which Gen.
Shafter bombarded Santiago.
No new legislation will be required to
authorize the payment of pensions to the
soldiers who were disabled in the Span
ish war and the widows of those who fell
victims to bullets or fever. COMMISSIONS
Evans of the pension office has had pre-
pared statement showing that up to
Sept. 2 there had been filed with his office
a total Of 246 claims for pension on ac-
count Of this war. OF these 45 per cent
are invalid pensions. The details are:
Invalid, 10; widow, 81; minor, .; mother,
40; father, "a.
A cable message was received at Wash
ington from Havana stating that the
Spanish authorities absolutely refused to
allow the Comal to land the provisions
which she carried for the starving inhabit-
ants of Cuba unless the full duty was
paid. Secretary Alger thereupon ordered
the duties upon the million rations to be
paid and directed that they be distributed
under the supervision of the United States
officers.
President Mckinley has announced the
names of his appointees on the industrial
commission. They are: Andrew l.. Har
ris of Ohio, S. n. D. North of Massachu
sets, Frank 2. Sargent Of Illinois, Eli
son A. Smythe of South Carolina, John
M. Farquhar of New York, Eugene b.
afN
of Pennsylvania. Chas. J. Harris of North
Carolina and NJ. D. Ratchford of Indiana.
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There is considerable talk in the War
Department of discharging from the SER
vice the entire volunteer army enlisted
during the war, except those troops in
Manila. Now that all the actual fighting
is at an end the volunteers are clamorlng
to be mustered out and show no incllna-
ton to serve either in Cuba Or Porto Rico
as armies of occupation.
The President has made the following
Promotions for distinguished services at
Santiago: To be major generals of volun-
teers-Brig. Gen. VIM. Ludlow and Brig.
Gen. s. S. Sumner. To be brigadier gen.
erals-Col. Richard e. Comba, Fifth in
fantry, and Lieut.. Col. Joseph T. Has
kell, Seventeenth infantry.
A report from Constructor Capps at Ma
Mia states that aside from the small gun
boats which have been raised and put into
the service of Admiral Dewey, none of the
Spanish ships Of war engaged in the bat
tie Of Manila bay are likely to be raised.
Justice White of the United States Su-
preme Court finally declined the tender Of
a membership in the Spanish-Americon
peace commission, and the position has
been accepted by Senator Gray of Della
ware.
Many impecunious people appear at the
White House, but they never succeed in
seeing the President. Frequently they
are arrested, and sometimes are found to
be dangerous cranks.
Secretary Alger has appointed Maj
Gen. Ludlow, Col. Hecker of Detroit ana
Maj. Rivers to reorganize the department
of transportation of the army.
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The fifty Brown segmental tube WIRE
guns ordered by the Government for the
artillery service will cost something over
100000.