The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-22
CHANCE FOR PRIvATES
SECOND LIEUTENANTs TO BE Sc
LECTED FROM THE RANKS.
War Department Order Concerning
Promotions I'm Army-In-
ternaI Revenue Bureau Rulings.

VISION OF Wnlcn is mat vacancies or SecOnu
lieutenants are to be filled by promotion
from the ranks of the regiments in which
they occur. The order, which has been
communicated to the commanding officers
of all volunteer regiments, says: When
ever an officer has been given a fair trial
form the duties Of his rank ne will be
brought before a board of officers. to be APP
pointed by the general commanding a sep
arate army or the military department In
recommendation OF the colonel of the regi-
ment. The board will examine into this re-
port upon the qualifications of the officer
to discharge the duties of his office. and it's
report will be forwarded, with the recon-
mendation of the commanding general, for
the action of the President. Promotions in
the volunteer regiments will be made within
each regiment and by seniority. All va
cancies of second lieutenants will be filled
the recommendation of the commanding
officer. 1t is suggested that you organize
a class of noncommissioned officers in your
ceive the instruction that will fit them TO
perform the duties of commissioner off,
GERS"
To-day's statement of the condition of the
treasury shows: Available cash balance,
S2S5, 1903; gold reserve, tS2o5, 5SS.2J7.
John G. York has been appointed a SUBJ
clerk in the postoffice at Peru and Elmer
Kliegnet a subcarrier in the sameaofhce.
Rural free delivery will be established at
Pleasant Lake, Ind, Oct. 2, with Carl E.
ingalls, regular carrier and Emmitt ingalls,
substitute. A rural free delivery. service
o %ln the asSe same me date hsts'S With Stephen St den'1 E. Clark
as regular carrier and Dram Clark substi1
tute.
The War Department has received copies
of the general order issued by Governor
General Davis, of Porto Rico, prescribing
the manner in which municipal elections
shall be held. The Australian ballot will
be used, and the qualifications of a voter
are that he must be a resident of the mu-
nicipality, twenty-one years old. a tax
a resident of the island for two years. The
order referred to the election at Adjuntas,
but the regulations will probably be of gen
juntas was declared void by the governor
general for the following reason, as speci-
fed in the order; ~, 1T appears that during
the various boards Of supervisors adjourned
for breakfast. suspending the election for
a certain period Of time, removing the bal
lot boxes from public view, and carrying
them TO private houses and hotels, where
the supervisors were taking breakfast
General Davis says hat while satisfied no
corrupt practices were attempted. yet in
order to remove the least vestige of sus-
picion. a new election will be held.
General John w. Foster has returned to
Washington from his summer home, near
WATERFOWL, N. Y, and has begun to take
up the threads OF his work in connection
with the arrangement Of a modus vivendi
relative to the Alaskan boundary. There
has been no change in the statue of this
matter recently. At last accounts the Brit
Hays last proposition on this subject, n
as il had received the approval of Mr..
Tower, the British charge here, it was as
f fhe Bri tha' F f wemla once Rafose a aeSsetsGie tho he
proposition was referred to the Canadian
authorities to ascertain whether or not they
were able to discover any Reasonable objec-
ton to it, and so far as known the two
principals are still waiting TO learn the
disposition of tho Canadians
Admiral Howison reported to the Navy
Department to-day by cable his departure
with the flagship Chicago. from Barbados
for New York. 1t is just possible for the
ship TO cover the distance between Barba-
does and New York at a somewhat accel-
Princeton has sailed for Pagoda anchor
age at Annoy with United States Minister
Conger aboard. The North Atlantic squad
ron is to be reinforced by the cruiser New
Orleans. which is now on her way to santo
Domingo. Her place in the West Indies will
be taken by the Nashville.
The amount of gold certificates issued by
the Treasury Department in exchange for
gold coin, to date. is 1863, 01s, $50. There is said
to be a large and increasing demand in New
York for ito order" $500 and 10000 gold
certificates and from this and other reasons
the treasury officials look for an important
increase in the demand for certificates with
in the next few days.
The amount of cash received to-day by
Treasurer Roberts for the Dewey home
fund is sos. making a total to date of ST.
O65. The number of subscribers is 29,624.
Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn. of the
War Department, has returned from the
West and was acting secretary to-day in
the absence of Secretary Root.
The total enlistments for the ten volun-
teer regiments last called out, to date. is
1852 men, of whom 440 were secured yester-
day. The enrolment for the colored regi-
ments is 22 men for the Forty-eighth and
106 men for the Forty-ninth Infantry. =.
The PostofHce Department to-day issued
an order debarring from the mails the mat
ter issued by the ex-Slave Mutual Relief.
Bounty and Pension Association. with
headquarters at Nashville. Tenn. The os-
cure pensions for ex-slaves. The bills pro-
viding for such pensions, which were intro
duced in the last Congress, were used as a
basis for circulars. in which 1t was repre-
scented that the suggested legislation was
far advanced. Meetings were held in vari-
Gus places, always ending. ii is alleged by
the postoffice officials, in an appeal for mon
ey to advance the work in hand.
The commissioner of internal revenue has
modified a former ruling on the subject, and
now holds that annuities payable either dur
ing life or for a term of years cannot prop
erly be included under the provisions of
Schedule A. relating to life insurance and
are not otherwise taxable under that sched-
ule. The commissioner has also held that
where warehouses for storage of malt
liquor are merely places of storage, and not
places where customers leave their orders,
a special tax is not required to be paid
therefor. nor special tax stamp required to
be posted up therein.
The secretary OF the interior has been in
formed through the State Department that
the fifteen Sioux Indians taken to Germany
a few months ago for exhibition purposes
and then represented to be inadeQuately
cared for are now living under improved
conditions. The information comes from the
American embassy at Berlin and is to the
Dresden. 80
General Otis has informed the War De-
partment that the six or eight days mail
sent by the Morgan City was lost in the
wreck of the vessel. Adjutant General Cor
to trace out all the official mail that was
sent TO the Philippines on the Morgan City,
but there may be some difficulty in finding
out what was sent in the way of private
letters to soldiers in the Philippines.
A cablegram from General Otis to the
War Department says Second Lieutenant
IT Aa-