, 1898-12-08
ARMY BILL
DIFFERS CONSIDERABLY
FROM GENERAL MILES
PLAN.
Hull Bill Framed by the War Depart
ment Approved by Alger-Calls for
Standing Army of 100, 900 mem
Staff and Hospital Service to Be In
creased and Improved.

HULL, chairman OF the house committe
on military affairs, today introduced
bill increasing the regular army to ap
proximately 100, o. men. The bill wa.
framed at the war department and hat
the approval of the secretary Of war.
1t is not the bill framed by Genera
Miles, as this measure has not the higl
rank proposed by the Miles bill, ant
some of the appointments are open tt
officers of the volunteers from civil
life. 1t provides for a lieutenant gen,
eral and what is considered a sufficient
increase of major generals and briga,
dier generals to command an army OF
100, 200 men scattered from Porto Rice
to Manila. The artillery army is re-
organized. separating them into coast
and field artillery, but promotion to be
by seniority OF the whole army. A de-
crease of the enlisted men is made, SO
that the army car be increased by re-
cruits in case of var to full strength.
The cavalry is increased two regi-
ments. the infantry five. The enlisted
strength of IN infantry company is not
to exceed las, so hat in cast of war
new regiments would have to be form
ed, probably all of which would be vol
unteer, but the regular army would
make a substantial first line. The bill
provides for the three battalion forma-
toin. The staff corps are increased
about 40 per cent, and, with the excep-
ton Of the adjutant general, inspector
general and ordnance, are open TO ap-
pointments from the volunteer or civil
life. The most noticeable change is in
that of the medical department, in
which provision is made for a hos
pital corps Of 5000 ~privates, with the
necessary non-commissioned officers.
with a largely increased number of
surgeons and assistant surgeons. All
the officers and men serving in the SUBJ
tropical countries are TO have an in
crease of rs per cent In pay. Under
immediate control of the president, in
h%abitants Of the new countries may be
enlisted in the organizations there
serving.
The bill gives a total of IA regiments
of artillery, IL Of cavalry and 80 Of in
fantry.
Chairman Hull's bill is cast on en-
tirely different lines from General
M%iles'bill, so that detailed comparison
is difficult. The Miles bill is based on
the theory of one soldier for every 1000
while the Hull bill is based
on the idea Of a total force of 100, 900,
the organization being constructed so
as to reach that total. General Miles
provides for a general and two lieuter-
ant generals, while the Hull bill makes
no provision for a generaI. Other i'm
portant differences m
Hull bill, 30 regiments of infantry;
Miles bill so regiments Of infantry.
Hull bill, IL regiments of cavalry;
Miles BILL, Is regiments of cavalry.
Hull bill, a corps of artillery; Miles
bill, IA regiments of sea coast artillery
and 2 regiments Of field artillery.
The Hull bill in its first section sums
up for the recognized army as follows:
One lieutenant general, 6 major gen.
erals, 10 %brigadleT generals, u regi-
ments Of cavalry, a corps of artillery,
80 regiments Of infantry, an adjutant
generals department, an inspector gen.
erals department, a judge advocates
department, a quartermaster's depart
ment, a subsistence department, a corps
of engineers. an ordinance department,
a signal corps, 80 post chaplins, the
chief Of the record and pension and
pension Office, the officers Of the army
on the retired list, the professors, corps
cadets, an army service detachment
and band at the United States military
academy, and such other officers and
enlisted men as may hereinafter be pro-
vided for.
The regimenta1 organization Of the
artillery arm is discontinued and that
member Is designated as the corps of
artillery. The distinction between
between coast and field artillery is sim
liar to the Miles bill, but more elaborate
in detail. The Atlantic division Of the
coast Is defined to include from the At
lantic to the Gulf seaboards and the
coast OF the great lakes, and shall ul-
timately include the coast line Of the
West Indian possessions OF the United
States"
The Pacific division Is defined to In
clude the Pacific seaboard, "and shall
ultimately include the coast line OF the
various possession Of the United States
in the Pacific ocean"
The corps of artillery embraces IA
batteries Of Goa artillery and "a field
batteries. Each regiment OF infantry
Consists Of IL companies. organized into
81 battalions Of four companies each.
The company strength. IN addition to
the commissioned and non-commhssion-