Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-07-11
TUESDAY, JULY II, 1899.
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent

lTICul our neg uldr CORRESPONDENTS
WASHINGTON, July Z, 1902
President Mckinley and his cabinet
have agreed upon the method of APP
pointing commissioned officers for
the new regiments of volunteers.
Notwithstanding the immense pres
sure to change 1t, the agreement is
practically what President Mckinley
first sald-military experience to be
the first requisite. One captain and
one first lieutenant are TO be selected
from the volunteers from each state,
each to be a man who had a good re-
cord in the war with Spain, and the
second lieutenants will be chosen from
the volunteers, without regard to
states, on their records as shown on
the books Of the war department, and
without regard to whether they served
asprivates or officers. Tie present I'M
Outstanding is that ali officers above
che rank of ca plain will be chosen
from commissioned officers in the
regular army, although some ex-
captions may be made in favor Of
volunteer officers.
Director Merriam Of the census has
requested that the 800 supervisors
OF the census be appointed at one
time, which will delay the appoint
ments for ABOUT ten days, as the
congressional DELEGATIONS of a few
states, mostly Iii tlse West, nave not
yet been able to agree upon the su-
pervisors for their states, and the
president announced from the first
that the responsibility for these ap-
h. l.
congressional delegations of the
several states.
l. NJ. Bond, OF New Mexico, brought
an interesting story to Washington.
He said: "Roosevelt's Rough Riders
will re-enlist, for service in the Philip
pines. Governor Roost welt has re-
ceived assurances from the president
that an entire brigade, organized
along the lines OF the Rough Rider reg
iment, will be accepted. Lieutenant
Colonel Brodie will command the
"Old Guard" and it is reported that
Governor Otevo will be the colonel
of a regiment to be raised either ex-
clusively in New Mexico or in New
Mexico and Arizona jointly. A ma
Jority of the lads enlisted from those
territories could swear at the Fill
pinos in their own language Gov
ernoF Roosevelt Will e, il n ali, a.,
a brIgauIer general. He is expected
in Washington soon, when a confer
ence will be held With the president in
reference 10 the matter, and all the
details will be arranged. Governor
Roosevelt has stated that the inten.
ton is to repeat the rapidity with
which his regiment was organized for
the Cuban campaign, and he is conf
dent that he will have his entire
brigade recruited and ready to sail to
the Philippines by the latter part of
July or early in August. With
Roosevelt and his Rough Riders CO.
operating with Funston's Swift
Swimmers, the rebels will soon be
brought to their senses" This was
news in Washington.
Ex-senator Brown, of Utah, is in
Washington. He reports his state
as being very prosperous, and said of
the political outlook: "Utah will,
think, undoubtedly be in the Repub-
Ilcan column in 1900, and Colorado
also. There is no question that
Bryan's popularity In the West has
been on the wane for some time. /
was recently assured in Denver. by a
number of influential men, that
Bryan would be unable to carry Col
orado should he be nominated. His
loss of prestige, however, is so OBJ
vious that | do not believe he will be
the candidate of his party for presi-
dent again"
President Mckinley is quoted as
having said to a friend who asked