The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-03-09

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woshinoton. March 8 -Quartermas-
General Ludington has received
cableoram from Santiago stating that
.as work of exnuming the bodies of
United States soldiers in Cuba is pro-
rressinp satisfactorily. The transport
Commissioned for this work left Ponce
Cor Santiago a few days ago, carrying
140 bodies taken from graves in Porto
Rico. About $50 more are to be disin-
,erred in the vicinity of Santiago, and
several days will be required to com
,late the work The locations of the
American heroes were marked as care
fullv as possib bic, and the record was
furnished to the officers charged with
the work. Accordingly there has
been little trouble in iden tifying the
Graves OF all who fell on foreign soil.
From the records of the deDartment,
the ouartermaster general mas made
an abstract, showing the name Of each
soldier. his rank, company and regi-
ment and the date of his death. The
relatives of the soldiers have been
asked to name the place of burial de-
sired when the remains reach the
United States. at the same time being
informed that the government would,
If desired, provide a permanent burial
Mace in the national military cemetery
At Arlington, on the Virginia side of
the Potomac, and but a short
distance from the white house. In
nearly every case the nearest relatives
or the heirs of the soldier have accept
ed the proffer of the government, and
It appears now that fully 1000 soldier
graves will be added to the beautiful
and historic cemetery which, prior to
1851, was the homestead of Gen.
Robert f. Lee. No volunteers from
Missouri, Arkansas or else where in the
southwest are numbered among the
bodies to be removed. No arrange
ments have yet been made for cerc-
monies attending the final burial of
these soldiers at Arlington, but un-
doubtedly all military honors will be
apple d.
Action on the New Army Law.
Washington, March 3.-Action is be-
ing taken by the war department look
ing to the immediate enforcement OF
the provisions of the new army law.
II is already seen that it will be nee
essary to reduce the strength of the
staff department, and consideration
has been given to this matter. The
president is authorized by the law to
appoint five major generals of volun-
teers and 10 brigade generals. 1t is
his purpose to let all the officers hold
ing the rank of major general in the
Philippines retain that rank, though
such action will necessitate the reduc-
ton in rank of some of the volunteer
officers now serving in Cuba
Little American Capital Being Invested.
Washington, March 3.-Contrary &c
the general expectation that American
capital would seek early investment
following the American occupation is
the fact as stated by officials of the
war department that so far very few
applications have been filed for gran is,
franchises or concessions for the con
struction of public works of various
kinds Probably more than dozen
requests for privileges of this charac
ter in Cuba have been made and less
than that number in Porto Rico
Not "A Candidate for Leader.
Washington, March 3.-Representa
tive Bailey, of Texas, announced to
day that he would not be a candidate
for the democratic leadership in the
next congress. He stated to an Asso
ciated press reporter that his decision
was irrevocable, although his friend:
appealed to him not to make the state
ment.