The Lamar register., 1899-09-13

1t Is said that General Miles has IN
formed Secretary Root that the nrst
nine general officers In the army reg
isier. including himself. Merritt,
Brooke. Anderson and Merriam should
90 at once 10 Manila The secretary
may adopt the plan with Miles ~
command. Merritt In charge OF the field
and Brooke as governor of Manila,
General Corbin says that the war de
partment has discontinued the re-
cruiting of colored soldiers at Fort
Mcpherson and vicinity for the reason
thai every one nf the coiored regiments
in the regular service Is full. and SO
far no orders have been given for
the formation of any colored yolun-
teer regiments. The race question. he
says. has nothing 10 do with the stop
page of recruitin. al Fort McPharson.
The postmaster general has ordered
that every postofiiee in the United
States shall note the number of pieces
and character Of mali matter handled
by IL between October . aud November
a. The execution Of this order In
wolves an Immense amount OF lahor.
snd Is to be done la order that an ac-
curate table of statistics may lie pre-
pared This is the firSt time in twenty
years that such an order has been b.
sued, il is said.
At the conclusion OF the Dewey cclc-
hrttlnn at New York. Admiral SaInp-
son will bs relieved of the command
OF the North Atlantic squadron At his
own request. He has had much more
than his portion of sea service In
his grade. After short leave Of alb
sepce he will be assigned to shore duty
probably IN command Of one Of the
A. Il H. Al A 81.
either Admiral Faruuhar, Admiral
sch.ey or Admiral Rcmey i to succeed
Sampson.
II Is authoritativeiE stated that In
the coming shakeup 81 warrior chief
iains resultant npon the retirement OF
several ofiicerS that ShafieT. Lawton
Macarthur and Wheaton are TO he re
wardet The program ~ understood
is: Shafier Is to be retained Us ma lor
general OF the volunteers after rsilre-
ment as = reward for his services 10
the Santiago campaign. I.awton l. to
he made n hrisadier general In the reg
uiar army upon the rctiremeu; Of
ShHft.r When General Anderson is
relieved. Macarthur will become brig.
adler general Of the regulars General
Wheaton viii be promoted upon the
retirement of General Merritt.
Acting Secretary Alien has issued an
order making Important changes in
[ the navy yard apprentice system
Heretofore thpre has ips-en no rule for
the appointment and ,iuratiOn Of the
apprentices. Now commandments At
navy yards are instructed To rcrrlye
applications from likely candidates.
bold examinations and make np lists
Of eligihles from which appointments
e L.. nKa
not lbe severe excrp; physically. the rss-
quirements being ability to read aud
write and knowledge Of arithmetic ap
to decinals. Candidates must b. be
tween the ages al ~ aud IL years
Once appointed ihs. boys win bc thor
oughly instructed in their trades and
examined from time 10 time for pro-
motion. ~ Is hoF,esi IN this manner 10
cure the HIS OF tlfe present apprentice
system
I The War Department has made pub.
lie stat.,nsnt OF the trade b,tween
the United States aud all af her cnla.
nies under military control and with
Cuba, rs we'll for the seven months Of
/ 1879. ending Iuiy II. making cumuar-
ison with the year lSss. The exports
I from the United States 10 Cuba for the
seven months were sii.ilatcel ia 1870
ANstinNt Sts'-SssiNss tu lNstSs i he lfus
ports to the United States from Cuba
for sine same period were sIa.a1tialsR In
1879 against Si2.sT4.1.o liz ISas. The
exports from the United States to Tor.
10 Rico for the seven mouths were So =
2sD.2s2l In 1899 a "a inst S-stsi ITO in is.ls
Imports lnta The United States from
Porto Rico during the sam. time were
Ss,:I1a;toI In 1899 against 81 a5s3 $40
in 1S.lS. The exports from the Unlts4i
States 10 the Philippine Islands from
January to July ~ were $3.50 l,sg in
1899. against stEi.T3G in 1885. The i'm
poris into the United States from lie
Philippines for the same period were
s:S.2Ti1i 1i3 in ls93 against $. ~. ~ in
ISgS
At Saturdays session of the ludns
trial Commission. an animated ,,outro-
verSy occurred bet ween Chairman Phil
lips and j II. .Archboid of N,lu-
York. vice president Of the Standard
OF Company, Dir Archbold was ON
the stand and replying 10 statements
made by ]. ID. Lee of the United Pine
Company. and other independent com
panies. Referring to Mr. Ine's state
mcnt that the standard COMPANY had
made advances to the Pipe Line com
paDy with view OF buying it ont, MIR.
Archbold said: ANY approaches on
that line have come from the other
side and he proceeded To saw thai
such advances had been made nor only