The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-25
INCREASE IS TEMPORARY
ARMY TO BE REDUCED TO ANTE
BELLUM STATUS.
Force of 100000 Men May Be Main
tanned Until loO1-To Consist. of
$4,000 Regulars and $4,000 Vol
unteers-other Features Same as
Those of Hull Bill.


bill just before adjournment Of the SEN.
ate at $3.50 =. m. The bill had been
framed at the war department. last
night by the officials OF That depart
ment and a number of senator's. h:ad
was under consideration by the SEN
ate committee ana its subcommittee
during the greater part of the day. The
formulation of the COMPROMISE WAS
placed in the hands of Senators Haw-
ley and Carter of the military commit
tee, on behalf of the Republicans, ana
Senator Cockrell III the interests o. me
Democrats. They met at ~ O'Clock tc-
day, and continued quite constantly IN
session. Colonel Carter of the army
sat with them for the purpose of SUD
plying technical information.
The subcommittee had It IN charge
until 4:S0 O'Clock, when the iuli com
mittee met. The committee made
number of changes. and after a sitting
Of two hours, reported the Dill TO the
senate
The bill, as reported, differs in many
details from the bill read in the house
today by Mr. Hull, but The general
framework is the same. In the new
bill, one section covers the entire in
crease of the army, and it reads as fol-
lows:
of the military service, the president IS
hereby authorized to maintain the reg
ular army at a strength not exceeding
$1,000 enlisted men, TO be distributed
amongst the several branches OF the
service according to the needs of each,
and raise a force of not more than 80
900 volunteer infantry, as ne may de-,
tefmine, from the country at large, IN
der general law, or from the facilities
where the service may be required with
regard to citizenship or educational
qualifications, and TO form the same
into not more than thirty regiments.
organized as infantry regiments of war
strength in the regular army.
Provided, further, that each re@l-
ment shall have one surgeon, with the
rank of major; two assistant. surgeons,
one of whom shall have the rank of
captain, and one that of first Heuten-
ant, and three hospital stewards.
Provided, that such increase in the
regular and volunteer forces shall con-
tinue in service only during the neces-
sity therefor, and not later than july
l, 1901"
ALLOTMENT OF GENERALS.
The allotment of major and brigadier
generals is as follows:
That the president shall hare power
to continue in service. or to appoint by
and with the advice and consent of the
senate, brigadier generals of polun-
teers, who. including the Drigadier gen.
erals of the regular army, shall not eX-
coed one for every 1900 enlisted men
actually in service, and major generals
of volunteers, who, including the major
generals of the regular army, shall not
exceed one for every 1000 enlisted
men.
Provided, that regular army officers
continued or appointed IS general OF
f:cers, or as field or staff officers of vol
unteers, under the provisions OF his
act. shall not vacate their regular army
commissions.
And provided, further. that TO gen
eral officers appointed under the provis
ions of this section shall be continued
IL service as such beyond July l. 1901"
Section one provides that the regular
army shall consist of three major
generals, six brigadier generals, ten
regiments of cavalry, seven regiments
of artillery, twenty-five regiments of
infantry"
In the cavalry organization each reg
ilnent consists of twelve troops. organ
lied into three squadrons OF four troops
each. The artillery regiments are liked
at fourteen batteries, of which two may
be organized as field artillery.
Two veterinarians are allowed to
each regiment of cavalry. In the case
OF artillery, the number of privates in
a battery OF heavy artillery is fixed al
"a minimum of fifty-twO,' and of light
artillery at d minimum IF fifty-one'
The same word is used in fixing the
strength of the regiments. giving each
infantry company a minimum of for
ty-eiGht priVates."
The infantry regiments are fixed at
twelve companies, organized into the
three battalion formation.
The adjutanu generals and inspector
generals departments are to consist Of
the number of officers now in these de
partments respectively, with provi-
sion that captains of the line who have
shown marked aptitude in the com
mand of troops shall be entitled to
compete for staff appointments.
The senate amendment to the Hull
Hawley bill increasing the number of
cadets TO 100 is retained.
The judge advocates, quartermasters.
subsistence, msdican, pay. ordnance
engineering and signal corps depart
ments shall consist Of the officers and
enlisted men now provided by law. A
proviso makes the battalion Of engi-
Recrs a part of the line and allows re-
tired officers to be assigned TO active
command.
The present chief Of the record and
pension Office is made brigadier gen.
eral. subsequent chief to be colonel
The provision of law authorizing the
assignment of officers Of the quarter
masters and subsistence departments
with increased rank and the continu-
ance in service of certain volunteer off,
GERS of those departments for period
of one year is repealed.
QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS.
Provision Is made that no person
other than an officer of the regular
army who has passed the age OF 10
years. shall be appointed as q field off,
Ger in the volunteer force. nor as a
company or staff officer therein, if he
be past the age of 30 years: neither
shall any person not a regular army
officer be SO appointed until he shall
have demonstrated his moral. ply
steal and professional fitness for the
grade in which he is 10 be commission
ed 70 the satisfaction of an examining
board: provided. that the field officers
of the force authorized be appointed
from officers Of the regular army or
from persons who served as officers of
volunteers in the war with Spain.
The president is authorized to con-
tinue in service or appoint, volunteer
staff officers as follows: Nine assist
ant adjutant generals: nine assistant
inspector generals. five judge advo-
Gates. thirty quartermasters and forty
assistant quartermasters. six commits
saries Of subsistence ana twelve assist
ant commissaries
These volunteer staff officers are
given various ranks from colonel to
second lieutenant.
AS soon as practicable, the officers
and men of the volunteer army not
authorized in the bill shall be mus
of volunteers may be transferred to
and enlisted in such of the new or