The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-01
CABINET CHANGES.
Rumor Says That Two of the Presi-
dents Advisers May Soon Retire.
VOLUNTEERS NAY SOON BE LET OUT
rhe Three Missouri Regiments SIN Ia the
Service WIN Probably he Mustered
oct Without seeing Cuba
Army Reorganization

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morca yesterday that there Will be AZ
least TWO changes N the cabinet soon
after the peace treaty Is 81 accom-
plished fact Secretary John ID. Long. |
Of the navy. and Secretary Cornelius
y. Bliss, OF the interior, are said 10
have expressed a desire 10 retire from
official life as soon as they can do 80
without causing embarrassment 70
the president. They are said 70 be
thoroughly IN accord with the PresI-
dents policy, and have been |
throughout the war and the negotia-
tious leading up 10 peace, but each |
has large private interests, and neither |
is apparently ambitious for high po-
litical honors The changes talked OF |
are not to come soon, il IS said, II they |
come at all. Several times the an
nouncement has been made that Sec
rotary Bliss wanted TO resign, but each
time the peculiar political conditions
in New York prevented his doing SO.
should Mr.. Bliss go out this time il is
quite probab that Whitelaw Reid,
now completing his labors on the Par
Is commission would be given the
portfolio.
California has filed a caveat on the
navy portfolio should Secretary Long
retire within the next few months.
! Representative Hillborne. of that state,
one of the foremost members of the
! house committee on naval affairs, Is
! the Pacific slopes candidate. Because
| California so staunchly supported the
| administration at the recent election
! and made such great gains, it is be-
| licved the president should recognize
/ il by giving it presentation in the
| cabinet ia the event of a vacancy.
/ Expansion and the reconstruction OF
/ the Nicaragua canal means more to
/ the Pacific states than to any other,
say the Californians who are here, and
they should be represented at the
council board of the president
| VOLUNTEERS MAY SOON BE LET oUL
Washington, Nov. 3O.-Unless there
is unexpected delay in an exchange of
the articles of peace between the joint
commission now at Paris, the three
regiments of Missouri volunteers still
in the service Will probably be mus
| tered out without seeing Cuba
Although war department officials say
that few II any volunteers will be let
out until the peace treaty has been
| formally signed, orders have been
rivcn to list the volunteers who are
now in southern camps anticipate
speedy embarkatiOn for Cuba. The
volunteers now in Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines will remain IN
the service until succeeded by regu-
lars. but for the volunteers now in the
south different arrangements Will be
made.
Extraordinary efforts are being made
bv the war department to enlist men
up to the maximum of war standing
authorized by congress last spring. It
is less than ), 600 short of the requisite
mum ber-62, OO0-and Col. Sheldon, who
!, has charge of the enlistment bureau,
said that the maximum might be
reached before Christmas The enlist
ments for the regular army for the
; month of Noyem Der. said Col. Sheldon,
would bring the total of regulars up
to SO. 600 or -, 600. A good many vol
unteers, whose desire for army life
. was not satisfied with heir time in the
state volunteers, are being transferred
to the regular list and eulistments in
J dependent OF this are heavy. During
!. September 2,7I5 men were enlisted in
the regular service; October recorded a
total of 5000, and November reports
are expected to aggregate 5000. In
the three months of May, June and
July -, 600 men were enlisted in the
2 regular army, but in August, before
the expansion policy was determined
on, the enlistments were few. Sol
diers who enlist in the regular army
now are practically certain to see serv
| ice in foreign ntries-the Philip
pines, Cuba or Porto Rico-and they
are coming forward rapidly. Adjt
d Gen. Corbin Is anxious to get quickly
the full quota Of regulars authorized
g by congress, as that will allow the
/ mastering out of many Of the vOlun
l teers who have not yet gone out Of tbs
! United States. Orders have already
, been prepared TO make up lists Of vol
| unteer regiments when, in the opin
I ion of the department, can be spared.
. ARMY RECOMMENDATIONS.
[ Washington, Nov 31.-There is re
j, newed talk OF the reorganization o
the regular army by the present ses
sion Of congress The general I'm
J.. preston seems 20 be that the regGla
/ army should consist OF 100. 900 mel
and that number viii no doubt b.
recommended in the draft Of the bill
q being prepared by the war depart
9 ment However. there has been al
1 vanced q suggestion which meets wiki
: some favor in military circles which
? Is 10 make . regular standing army Q
g, -. 600 men. the latter made up large
u Of natives Of the islam
where the United states must d
garrison duty. These troops could D
o Offered from the United states arm,
b and provision made 70 give them IN
Q creased rank and pay while on sue
:. duty. I. has been suggested that lieu
tenants could become captains an
!. captains majors and 50 on 20 the high
est officer OF a regiment Il IS pro
yosed that the cost Of maintainin
. nj arrn- snnuld corua On