Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-05
HULL ARMY BILL
t Means an Expense Of Sll5,-
100000 Per AnnuTA
A BLOW TO ASPIRATIONS
The Cutting Out Of LieuteDancieS
Blasts Many a Hope.
,rtSURE AIMED AT THE SOUTH
Mn Having Reference 20 Reduction
=, Reprcscntation I'm Congress by
peason of Dealing With the Negro
Note-other Notes.
r,srRE AIMED AT THE SOUTH.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., February A.
cs,,ocsol THE Hull bin for the reorgani-
,.o,,,,, ~ the army will probably pass the
Ct 3r much the same shape that it
10. rho House 1t has an ingenious pro-
,tsi,r which is misunderstood by many. |
This provides Tor a regular army Of 5000 |
men. eiying the President the discretion |
~ Increasing il 20 10000. with the neces- |
e7ry officers OF the line and staff for that |
number Of soldiers There Is no pro
vision. as Representative Hay remarked
O., decrease. but there Is one 70 increase,
and as this is an administration measure
Tie President will be sure to bring the
amy up TO the maximum allowed by
fho Hull measure. which is well known 10
&c tho product of Adjutant-Genera Cor
lin Of the War Department This army
will entail an expense of over Al5,oJooo
,.- anpum which. with the proposed in
..-saso Of the navy. and other eXpendi-
-rres thar will be required by the acqulsl-
.en Of our foreign possessions. will make
Glib. continuation OF the Dingley war-reve-
,.,a law an absolute necessity. This heavy
burden and the increasing pension hst'
,,.rra important issues in the next pres
l.llal campaign.
BTOW TO ASPIRANTS.
Tho striking out Of the $50 extra second
r.,terants which the original Hull bill
,r,,ideS for. is a sad blow TO the aspi-
atoms Of many young men who expected
90 eocure these commissions. The regu-
lar army is now 200 strong so that ohly
sSooo more men viii have to be en-
listed and organized into regiments, Orl-
,.,des etc. There will DE probably fifteen
,e,irents OF cavalry. artillery and in
,ontrv with the necessary officers OF the
line and staff According to q table pre-
uared bv Adjutant-General Coroin' the IN
creose IN line ana stan under the Hull
bin Will he AS follows;
Colonels-Cayalry, 2. artillery, z; inian-
frv g. Total, H. Lieutenant COlonels-
Cavalry. .. artillery. T; infantry. b. Total
IA Alphabetically, o, artillery, Il; IN
1antry. ~. Total, O.. Capiains-CaVairy
e.. artillery, IS; infantry. lJ0. Total 5V>
First Northumberland 40; artillery,
102. infantry 100. Total. 2i2. Second Lieu
t4nants-Cavalry Weterinarians). "A; IN
fantry. CO. Total, 81.
The total increase in the number of
stan officers is pa distributed as follows;
acknowledgements Department-Lieu-
tenant colonel. T. I4dJDl6f U. 4pte''t .
Inspector Generals Department-Colo-
mel /: lieutenant colonies, 2; majors, {.
Total. Q.
Judge-Advocate-G Generals Department
Colonel. ]: lieutenant colonel, /; major
/. Total. 8.
Ouartermaster's Department-Colonels,
. lieutenant colonies, 4; majors, u cap
tains. 20. Total 81.
subsistence Depsrtment-Coionel, ]; heu-
tenant colonies. 2: captains, Il. Total. Is.
Medical Department-Colonels, 2; lieu
tenant colonies. 6; majors, 10; first lieuten-
ants. .. Total 43.
Paw Department-Colonel, /; lieutenant
colonies. ?; majors, 10. Total IS.
Engineer observation-disclosures, /; hd4l-
tenant colonies. 2; majors, .; first lieu
tenants 10; second lieutenants, 2S Total
Ordnance Department-Colonels ?; lieu
tenant colonies 3; majors, a; captains, ?;
first Heutenants, g. Total, L.
Signal Corps-Colonel, /; lieutenant col
ouels. Q, majors. 4; captains, Z; -.euten-
ants. H. Total IS
The total increase IN the staff is: Col
ouels. J.: lieutenant colonies, p; majors,
Ga. captains. Il; first lieutenants, 50; Sc
coud heutenants, IS. Grand total PA.
AIMED AT THE SOUTH.
Representative Crumpacker. OF Indiana,
las introduced a bill requiring the drec-
tor Of the coming census TO lay before
Congress at the session beginning in De-
c.mher 1870. compilation Of election
Jaws and statistics on registration, and
The votes cast in the various States TO
enable Congress TO determine whether
fhe reuresentation OF any State shall be
reduced nv reason of the disfranchise-
fuant of voters, in violation Of the four
teenth amendment 20 the Constitution.
THE bill was referred TO the Committee
rt.N mil ~ 81 Cl
10 the House. and may pass That body.
grumpackcr. however, does not believe
that the Senate will act on IT this session
IL is easy 90 see that this Crumpacker
bin il aimed az the States in the South
which now have qualified suffrage-name-
iy: Mississippi Louisiana, South -afo-
Ina. and any other Southern state which
may legislate % curtan the negro vote
IL will meet with strenuous opposition IN
the House. where the Democrats will
fight 70 tho bitter end. and by resOrting
TO dilatory tactics. il necessary.
Mr.. Cumpackcr D. an intense Republi-
can partisan and member of General
Walker Elections Committee He pro-
noses 10 call up again the CHRONOLOGICAL
ed contest OF John II. Brown against
Claude A. Swanson from the Fifth Nir-
ginia District. The House boy an over
wholming vote. recently declined 10 con-
slider the contest. but CrWepacker will
Mr. Brown.
personal
Mr. d. II. Mahoney, now OF Philadel-
phla. but formerly Of Richmond stopped
Tor few hours here to-day. on his way
10 Richmond. where be viii spend Sun
Oav with his brother Or. John Mahoney
On Friday evening Mrs. y sinton gave
pleasant entertainment complimentary
10 her niece. Miss Maude Tyree and her
guest from Richmond va. Miss Annie
Eeddy. Progressive whist was much en-
joyed by all present, the prizes being
handsome and unique. About 10 o'clock
refreshments were served In the dining
room. Among those present were the
Misses Frszee, Burgess. Reddy Snyder
Abraham. Milburn, Daugherty' sheer,
yyree Baumgardner. and Csonin ano
Messrs Weimer Thompson. Cooksey
Eafns. Reader. Daugherty. LuInsoeh' NC
MILAN Snyder. Osburn, Jones. Powers
hcCauts Lloyd. and Shen Hsun fu' aho
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