The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-11-03
THE AMERICAN ARNv.
United States Regular Army, 64,5S6;
Volunteers, 34,574; Total, 90, 100.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-The annual
report of the adjutant general of the
army, Brig. Gen. Corbin, to the secre-
tary of war, was made public Wednes-
day. Aside from the strictly techni-
cal recital of all the details of a busy
year in military life, the report gives
much information of an interesting
general character and submits numer-
Gus recommendations for the better
ment of the service.
Gen. Corbin sums up the military
forces now in the service of the United
states army as follows:
Regular army GA, $50; volunteers 34,-
574; total, 80, 100. The regular estab-
lishment consists of ten regi-
ments of cavalry, seven of ar
tillery and 25 of infantry. The
volunteer establishment consists of
one regiment of cavalry, "a of infantry
and Porto Rico battalion.
The distribution of these troops up
to October last, was as follows:
In the United States, 81, 229; Porto
Rico, 1868; Cuba, II, 1S7; Philippines,
80, SIS; en- route to the Philippines, H.
199; Alaska, 400, Hawaiian Islands, 466.
Gen. Corbin adds the following to
the summary:
sit is expected that by December
next all the infantry regiments, United
States volunteers, shown above as in
the United States, will have sailed for
the Philippine Islands. These, with the
troops now there, will give a total
strength of 2117 officers and 63, COS en-
listed men, an aggregate of 65, 725."
Gen. Corbin pays tribute to the Of
fcers of the new colored regiments
drawn from the non-commissioned Of
ficers Of the colOred regiments in the
regular army, or from those who saw
service in the war with Spain, and
says it is believed the best equipped
men of our colored citizens have been
commissioned.
''The pay of all officers below the
grade of brigadier general should be
INCREASED at least S3% per cent. while
on duty in Cuba or our new possess
sions. Most of these gcntl emen have
| families that they are unable to have
with them, and therefore are COM
PEELED to maintain two esta blishments.
Also, that provision be made that all
officers below the grade of major gen.
leral who retire by reason of age or
wounds received in action, shall do so
on the next grad above the rank held
by them in the regular army on the
date of their retirement"
AS the increase in the army calls for
an additional number of military
academy cadets to fill vacancies it is
recommended that the president be
authorized to appoint ten annually
and that two be appointed at large
from each state.
Satisfaction is expressed that the
''army canteen" embarrassment has
been removed from the war depart
ment by the action Of congress in es-
ablishing certain restrictions.
The condition of the artillery service,
especially of TIE seacoast, the report
| describe as not altogether Satisfac-
tory. 1t is believed that the time has
arrived when the artillery branch of
the service should be reorganized and
the field artillery separated from that
engaged in the coast defense. It is
recommended that the regimental or
ganzation of the artillery be polished
and that corps of field artillery and
of seacOast artillery be provided for
separate and distinct from each other.
In a resume Gen. COrbin says: The
regular army is now prac Ideally at a
maximum, as are also the volunteer
regiments. The work incident to all
these changes, brought about by the
acts aforesaid. involving the enlist
ment of 23S,50O volunteers, the in
crease of the regular army from 26, 600
to 81, 600, its subsequent reduction and
then again it's increase to So, 600, neces-
stating numerous orders and in.
structiOns bearing on the same, to say
nothing of the complete military
record of every officer and man Of this
| large force, threw upon this Office
work the magnitude of which can not
be understood until undertaken. That
this work has been done with accuracy
and intelligence is now history: All
credit is due to the assistants and the
clerical force of the office"
The report also ca. Is attention to the
fact that not single life has been lost
by accident incident to travel in the
course of all transportation to the
Philippines.
| Woman and Two Children Burned TO
Death.
JOPLIN, Mo-, ov.2.-NewS has reach
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