The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-08
BILL FOR ARMY'S INCREASE
INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS BY REP-
 RESENTATIVE HULL.

PREVENTATIVE HULL.
 General Miles Bill Ignored-Hul Mens-
 ure Provides for a Lieutenant-Gen-
 eral, Six nfajor-GeneraIs and Twelve
 Brigadier Generals Artillery Arm Re-
 Regiments, Infantry Fivc-Big In-
 crenso in Medical Department.
 Washington, Dec. 7.-Representative Hull, chairman of the house committee on military affairs, to-day introduced the bill for increasing the regular army to approximately 100000 men. The bill was framed at the war department and has the approval of the secretary of war It is not the bill framed by Gen. eral Miles, as this measure has not the high rank proposed by the Miles bill, and some of the appointments are open to officers of the volunteers or to men from civil life. It provides for lieu tenant general and what is considered sufficient increase of majors and brig adler generals to command an army of 100000 men. The artillery arm Is re- i organized, separating it into coast and i field artillery but promotion is to be by seniority of the whole army A de- crease of the enlisted men is made so that the army can be increased by re- cruits in case of war to full strength. The cavalry is increased two regiments, 1 the infantry five
 ] The enlisted strength of an infantry company is not to exceel 145 so that in case of war new regiments would have to be folmed probably all of which would i be volunteers, but the regular army would make a substantial first lien. 1 The bill provides for the three battalion l formation. The staff corps are increas- ! ed about 40 per cent. and with the ex- ception of the adjutant general, inspec- | tor general and ordnance are open to | appointments from the volunteers and { civil life. The most notable change is ] that in the medical department in which provision is made for a hospital ! corps of 5000 privates with the nec- l essary non-commissioned officers with largely increased number of surgeons 1 and assistant surgeons.
 All officers and men serving in the sub tropical country are to have in in- crease of 25 per cent in pay. Under l the immediate control of the president l inhabitants of the new countries may be enlisted. Chairman Hull's bill is cast on entirely different lines from 1 General Miles bill. The latter is based l on the theory of one soldier for every 10 900 population. General Miles bill provides for a general and two lieu | tenant generals, while Mr. Hull's bill | does not mention these officers. The Hull bill in it's first section sums up the reorganized army as follows: One ! lieutenant general, six major generals, | twelve brigadier generals, twelve regi- ments of cavalry, corps of artillery, thirty regiments of infantry, an adju- tant generals department, an inspec- tor generals department, judge advo cate generals department, a quarter masters department, subsistence de- partment, medical department, pay department, a corps of engineers, an ordnance department, a signal corps, thirty post chaplains the chief of~ the record and pension office, the officers of the army on the retired list, the pro- fessors, corps of cadets, an army ser- vice detachment and band at the United States military academy. and such oth- CT officers and enlisted men as may hereafter be prcvided for.
 The .regimental organization of the artillery arm of the army is discontin- ued and that arm is designated as the corps of artillery The distinction be- tween coast and field artillery is simi- lar to that in the Miles bill, but more elaborate in detail The Atlantic divi- sion of the coast is defined to include the Atlantic and the gulf seaboards and the coast of the great lakes and shall ultimately include the coast line of the West Indian possessions of the United States The Pacific division is defined to include the Pacific seaboard and shall ultimately include the coast line of the various possessions of the United States in the Pacific ocean.
 The corps of artillery embraces IA batteries of coast artillery and twenty four field batteries. Each regiment of infantry consists of twelve companies, organized into three battalions of four companies each. The company strength | in addition to commissioned and non- | commissioned officers is 112 men. In various staff corps express provision Is made that persons who have served as officers in the volunteer army in the war with Spain and persons in civil life may be appointed to various speci- fled grades. Section 16 is as follows: Organizations serving in Cuba, Porto Rico and the islands of the Pacific may in the discretion of the president be re- cruited in whole or in part from the in- | habitants thereof to whom the legal restrictions upon enlistments in the ar my as regards term of service, age, 1 citizenship and educational qualified tions shall not apply and who shall be entitled to such pay and allowances not exceeding those now authorized as the president may direct.
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