The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-02
OUR MILITARY FORCES
Adjutant General Corbin Makes Re-
port TO Secretary G. War.
Army OF NEARLY 100. 900
GIVES INFORMATION AS TO DIS
TRIBUTIoN OF TROOPS.
by January /, All Volunteers, Com
prising Twenty-four Infantry and
One Cavalry Regiments Will Have
Reached the Philippines-Force of
65, 725 Men For Islands.

Reached the Philippines-Force o.
Y 65, 725 Men For Islands.
/ Washington, Nov. 1.-The annual re-
rport of the adjutant general of the
army, Brigadier General Corb4n, to the
secretary of war was made public to-
day. General Corbin sums up the MILL
tary forces now in the service OF the
United States as follows:
Il Re-ulas' army; GA, 5S6
Volunteers. 3i,57.
Total, 80, 160.
The regular establishment consists of
ten regiments of cavalry, seven of ar
l'tihery and twenty-five of infantry. The
4 ,volunteer establishment consists of
lone regiment of cavalry, twenty-four of
infantry and a Porto Rico battalion.
The distribution of these troops up TO
Oct. last was as follows:
In the United States, g., POS.
Porto Rico. 1868.
| Cuba, 11,1S7.
! Philippines, 81, 315.
En- route to the Philippines, 7,099-
Alaska, 499.
Hawaii 4e6.
General Corbin adds the following to
this summary: 1T is expeote1 that by
Dec. l next all the infantry regiments,
United States volunteers, SHOWN above
as in the United States, win lave sail
ed for the Philippine islands, These,
with the troops now there. will give a
total strength of 2,117 officers. and g.,
COS enlisted men (an aggregate of 6o,-
I25).''
Medals For Soldiers
The service of many of the troops
after their enlistment had' expired
causes General Corbin to say in his re-
| port:
The patriotism of the regulars and
volunteers who had enlisteds only for
the war with. Spain by willingly and
actively serving after the expiration of
their terms of service. calls fef evidence
of appreciation on the part If the de-
partment. To this end it is respectfully
recommended that each officfr of the
several volunteer regiments and each
enlisted man who continued IN service
| in the Philippine islands after the End
of March, 1899, until honorFbly dis
charged, be awarded a suitably inscrib-
ed medal"
During the year there have teen 62,175
enlistments and re-enlistR ents. of
which 53.O26 were native BORN and 9.151
foreign born. In point of color. 56,154
were white, 5000 colored arH twenty
Indians. The following rec9mmenda-
ton is made for extra pay fir the Of
Extra Pay For officers.
THE pay of all officers blow the
grade of brigadier general SHOULD be in
creased at least SO Is per c.zns while
on dutv in Cuba or our neN posses
sions. Most of these gentler4en have
families that they are unablA to have
with them and, therefore, are compelled
to maintain two establishments. Also,
that provision be male that ill officers
hal n -h.a
retire by reason of age or Wounds re-
ceived in action, shall do so'of the next
grade above the. rank held By them in
retirement
OF the criticisms on the staff organi-
cation of the army, Geneial COrbin
SAYS: Much has been written OF late
concerning better staff system. Ours
may be, and doubtless is. oxen to i'm
provements; but it should By borne in
mind that the present Organization is
the result of years of legislation born
OF the best thought and latbr of our
best military men, and has stood sue
cessfully the test of all our vars.
THE criticisms of our SYSTEM are too
often the result OF disappointment. Sell
dom has there one appeareS in print
whose author has not bee9 long
standing applicant for a Place in one
of the staff corps or departneents. The
SuSBtSllOl ludl our Sldll OAICCIS
not experienced in the dutiss of lire
offices is not borne out by thf facts"
Courtesies of the British.
The report dwells on the jcourtesies
shown our troops by the BIZ fish gov
eminent officials while stopping ct Glib
raltar and elsewhere en- route to the
Philippines, anc says this International
courtesy will long live in thesmemories
of both parties to the spontaneous ex-
change.
Recommendation is made ethat mill
tary officers serving abroad is military
attaches be given increased rank and
pay. AS the increase in the army calls |
for an additional number CT military |
academy cadets to fill vacancies. il is /
recommended that the president be au- /
thorized to appoint ten ANNUALLY and |
that two be appointed at sarge from
each state.
Satisfaction is expressed that the
army caiteen' emba rassment has /
been removed from the war department. /
by the action of congress inS establish |
ing certain restrictions. Recommends
ton is made that n-coImissioned |
officers be given additional bay. in or
der to attract to these placeS a worthy |
class willing to stay in Those grades, |
and that twenty-fiv years sservice as
an enlisted man shall be Sufficient to
admit to the retired list IF enlisted !
men.
Regular Army at a MAXIMUM.
In a resume General Corbin says:
THE regular army is now practically
at a maximum. as are alsosthe volun-
teer regiments. The work incident to
all these changes brought ABOUT by the
acts of aforesaid involving sthe enlist
ment of 2SS.50 volunteers; the increase
from the regular army from $4,000 to
$1,000; its subsequent REDUCTION and
then again its increase to $4,000, neces-
stating numerous orders aad instruc-
tons bearing on the same. to say moth
ing of the complete military record of
every officer and man of this large
force, threw upon this Office work the
of which cannot be under
stood until undertaken
The report also calls atteHfion to the
fact that not a single life has been lost
by accident incident to trayel in the
course of all the transportation to the
In conclusion. General Goblin points
out an omission of the law iii falling to
provide chaplains fer the volunteer
and recommends that chap
lains be provided for as sem as pos
sible. as the presence of one3 with each
regiment is deemed very NECESSARY