Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-04
BUILDING NEW ARMY.
Adiutant Generals Office VIII Dc kept
Very Busy.
ONE EFFECT OF NEW LAW.
The Signal Service Will lie Crfppieu'
M thu Civ Hundred Volunteers
Now In Ii Must BE
Discharged.

Washington March A great oea'
OF hard work will he required OF the
war department in changing the army
establishment as contemplated Ny the
bill which has Just become a law f's-
pecially will this be the case III the au-
iutant generals Office, which VIII super
visc the muster out of the existing Voi-
unteer army and the recruiting ana
muster in of the 81, 900 men for the ne"
volunteer branch. together Win sue"
recruiting as will be necessary TO pE'hs
the regular establishment up to us re-
quired strength ~,
The present volunteer regiments VIII
he formally mustered out OF the service
but the expectation is that many Oh 'he
men after paying visit to their MONIES
will again enlist, so that this prIhch
will have for its nucleus much 90 the
present element composing 1t.
Some Of the organizations may deter
mine to go in bodily, but the under
standing Is that each man Will be Tree
to exercise his own will as to remain
ing. In other words there is to be
nothing savorins of CONSUMPTION.
not have state designations, but will be
called volunteer regiments of infantry
and cavalry respectively, organizations
in each arm of the service being num-
bered from one up. The colonels are to
he appointed by the president.
Large numbers of soldiers VINO en-
listed in the regular army at the De-
ginning of the war with Spain took ad-
vantage Of that provision which per-
mitted their discharge after hostilltles
had ceased, and the estimate is made
that probably 400 to 500 is a fair aver
age of those who left each regiment.
Many Have Rc-cnlisted.
Reports received at the adjutant gen.
erals office show. however, that good
percentage of them have re-enl Sttd for
the full term of army service. AT their
discharge they received certain pay
travel and other allowances and, hav-
ing spent their money and had rest
and visit to their homes, We're again
satisfied to enlist.
The department is filling the regular
army regiments sent to the Philippines
with full service men, this precaution
being taken to avoid the necessity Of
Transporting nome SucH DIS tleCl W tame
advantage of the law permitting their
discharge at the close of the war.
One effect of the new army law will
he severe crippling of the signal serv-
ice and the disorganization of it's forces
in the field. There are 600 volunteer
men in the signal service, and all these
will have to be discharged Their places
could be filled by the men re-enlisted
as regulars, but about seven eighths of
them already have applied for dis
charge. with the intention of leaving
the service altogether.
Out of the total force of 500 men in
the service about $50 of them will be en-
titled to discharge with other soldiers
on the ratification of the treaty Of
peace. This sudden mastering out of
nearly the entire force when accom-
plished will be a severe embarrassment
to the service, but Chief Signal Officer
Greedy said that the department would
have to make the best of the situation
and that every effort would be made to
tide over the emergency.