Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.

1ssjNc-aVosSsssss
nuuaI report OF the adJutant
the army. Bri.a,iier General
Tie secretary OF war. sums
litary forces now In the SER
4. United States as follows:
army, Ji.5sS: volunteers. 3i.-
-. .iGn.
,ort uf raymnst.r General
Ill. army shows the following
ms oI expenditure during the
II year: Regular army. si.-
volunteer army. sS.s,..lss:
srnI ~ Cuban army. S'p5.lup;
hy Ia volunteers war with
ti'CE.: extra pay regulars
Spain. S.h.,5J.. o.
|uisbsition for a national uni
I Washington. under govern
.uIC,.~, WA. ncentlvcd by the
=. of til. National Educational
Ion. which has i-rn In session
stead the committee has u sn.-
contemplating u plan 10y which
who have had exceptional '',iti-
opportunities may secure the
.,-s afforded by the institutions
lnstUn.
nry Hay for the United States.
rcr for Grat Britain. ani MIR.
Won SchwnriZrnsic!n On the
Grrmnny have signed u con-
providing for the adjustment
tmilon of the claims of the In
T. of Samoa for damages ~.
from the naval aud military
pns Their. last spring. King os-
pf Norway AMI Sweden II spec
the treaty ns the arbitrator.
postmaster general has issued
y foFblidinI posimasicrs In the
States to collect postage due In
|of the domestic rate on any let.
)nt by soldiers. sailors. marines.
" I-r-nns In the United States
In Guam and the Philippine Isl.
The or,icr Is given imrn,siint.
lnd i-osttna1ers arr directed 10
|ri all ratings of postage due III
Of the domestic rate. made prior
date.
= arr three features OF interest
all others In the annual report
nlral crowninsliicli. chief OF the
of Navigation. Just made pub
Inst. In an nrrnignmcnt OF Con.
rCntisc Of the failure to reward
ccrs rcoommcn,i,.d for advance.
= II result OF the battles around
second. the recommendations Tor
Igc In the present system 81 re-
Strips. and third. the rugscs'
puchinx the new system OF train
ldsmcn.
Cincinnati Enquirer says that
n Commissioner II. Clay Evans
en- offered the governor general.
Cuba by the administration.
Ing lie would resign as pension
ssioncr. In a.. letter. Commis'
Evans stated lie pos. lively re-
the offer: that lie was doing his
and was not To he intiinidntcd
changed" IL hc should be cN.
'd for doing his duty In the pen.
lice and sent To Cuba. he might
hanged there also.
some time negotiations have
II progress IN Washington to-
establishing treaty relations be
China and Mexico. The nego.
: have been carried on by Am
lor Aspiroz OF Mexico and Min
Va Ting Fang OF China. ana ar,
D FAR advanced that the signing
instrument Is expected TO occur
next week. Aside from Its i'm
c" In being the first treaty ever
ltcd between the two countries
ms are such as to yield larg,
s 10 each OF the contracting
capitulation of the casualties In
and deaths In the regular and
Ger armies between May l, 1898
Inc 30. 1899, contained In the I'm.
eport of the adjutant general OF
ny, shows n grand total OF 1O.01C
The casualty list alone nggre.
3,Sol, Of whom 30 officers and
iiis'ed men were killed and 19I
!, ana 2.ia enlisted men wound.
ne death list, numbering 6.G19,
lade up of pa officers and 6.39J
Il men. OF this total but 3S Off.
nj i5S enlisted men were killed,
of the deaths resulting
arlous causes.
has discussed the point
ng The right under the law of
oilers In the Philippines to send
Ii the mails to friends in this
: souvenirs of little or no com.
value. Under n strict construc.
me law articles of any CONNER.
illc except books are prohibited
eng sent through the mail. But
'crnment, realizing that with the
"h OF the Christmas holidays the
serving In the Philippines un.
uly will wish to send home some
noes of their service. nn earnest
VIII he made to overcome the diff.
$ presented. 1T Is probn Bile that
Try Gage will formulate some
ION which will meet the situa.
lu1itor Of the Postoflice Depart.
II his annual report shows that
the last year tile number OF
.ces In the United States In.
from I2.076 to 74,3SI; the mum.
domestic money orders issued
ed from 2I,I0S,O7S. representing
a.11I. to 20.OO7,S represent.
/, 2,iS3.354. n net increase in the
OF 1,209,70 and in volume of
.636. During the year the revc.
the postal service increased
,o.ol2,61S to S95. 1854. and the
'tures from $97. .S5O,IO7 to S1O1,,
. q net Increase in the receipts
OS. .I6o. and In expenditures of
%. Upon this showing the
asks for nn increase of thirty