Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-04
OUR MILITARY FORCE
The Report Of the Adjutant General
of the Army Made Public.
REPORT OF CONMISSARY GENERAL.
Cen. Leonard Wood Gives an Interesting
Account OF the Work Done BY His De-
partment In santiago-Civii serv-
Ice Commissions Work.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The annual re-
port of the adiutant general OF the
army, Brig. Gen. Corbin, to the secretary
Of war, was made public yesterday.
Aside from the strictly technical re-
cital Of all the details of busy year
in military life, the report gives much
information of an interesting general
character and submits numerous recon-
mendations for the betterment OF the
service. Gen. Corbin sums up the mill
tary forces now in the service OF the
United States ms:
Regular army. 8i,ss6; volunteers, 1851; totai'
p9,ie0 The distribution OF these troops up 10
October I, last. was rs follows: In the United
States. 3i.sS: Porto Rico. 1865; Cuba. LIST;
Philippines, 3!.3iS; en- route 70 the Philippines,
II, 900; Alaska, 100. Hawaiian Islands. 40
Gen. Corbin adds the following to
this summary:
1t Is expected that by December !. next oil
the infantry regiments, United states volun-
teers, shown above US In the United States, Will
have sailed for the Philippine islands. These.
with the troops now there. will give q total
strength OF 2ii7 officers and o.. US enlisted men,
IN aggregate Of 65,7b.
During the year there have been o. LIS enlist
mcnts aud re-enlistments, OF which oJ.0.i were
native born and 9.i5l foreign born In point OF
color, 5d,lH were white. 600 colored and -
Indians.
As the increase in the army calls for
an additional number of military acad-
envy cadets to fill vacancies 1t is recon-
mcnded that the president be author
lied 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-
tablishing certain restrictions. Recon-
mendation is made that non-commis-
stoned officers be given better pay in
order to attract to these places n
worthy class willing to stay in those
grades and that 20 years. service as an
enlisted man shall be sufficient to adj
init to the retired list of enlisted men.
In resume, Gen. Corbin says:
The regular army Is now practically at max
imum, Us are also the volunteer regiments. The
work incident u all these changes, brought
listment Of sss5 " volunteers; the Increase from
the regular army from g % to $500: Its SUISSE
aucnt reduction. and then again Its increase TO
| SOLO, necessitating numerous orders and !n-
structluns bearing on the same to say nothing
OF the complete military record OF every oficer
and man OF this large force. threw upon this Of
| fce work the magnitude Of which cannot be I'M
derstood until undertaken. That this work
has been done with accuracy and intelligence Is
now history. All credit Is due 10 the assistants
aud the clerical force OF the ofice.
A reorganization of the casualties in
actions and deaths in the regular and
volunteer armies between May l, 1898,
and June 80. 1899, contained in the an
nual report of the adjutant general of
the army, shows a grand total Of lO,07e
men. The casualty list alone aggre-
pates S,454, of whom SIS officers and i5s
enlisted men were killed and 1917 officers
and 9, 7G4 enlisted men wounded. The
death list, numbering G,6l0. was made
up of 2a4 officers and 6,3o5 enlisted men.
OF this total but Ss officers and ass en-
listed men were killed, the remainder
of the deaths resulting from various
causes.
REPORT OF THE cOMMIssARY GENERAL.
Washington. Nov. 2.-The subsist-
ence OF the army during the past year,
according to the annual report OF Act
ing Commissaiy General Weston, cost
se7, e54,646. These expenditures, It
should be stated. however, in addition
to those for the army proper, include
computation OF rations to prisoners OF
war, relief OF destitute Cubans, relief
of sufferers from the overflow of the
Mississippi and Red rivers; relief OF
people in the mining region Of Alaska,
issues to Indians, etc. The value of
stores lost by accident, by wastings,
transportation, etc, during the year
for which no one was held responsible,
was si69,44i. Supplies lost for which
responsibility was fixed amount 10
81, SIG, nearly. all of which has been
collected. There was large increase
over previous years in stores con-
demned. due to incidents and accidents
Of service during the Spanish war.
GEN. WOODS REPORT on SANTIAGO.
Washington, Nov. a.-The war de-
partment yesterday made public the
report Of Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood,
commanding the department of Santi-
ago, Cuba. He gives an interesting ac'
count of the sanitary reforms put in
force and the good effect in reducing
the extent of yellow fever, smallpox
and other diseases. In discussing pres
ent conditions he says:
believe the best and most trustworthy ele-
ment Of the population is entirely friendly ind
in thorough accord with the military authorl-
ties. The only element causing friction Ii the
| unscrupuous political element. composed Of
certain unprincipled avitators.
In view of the friendly attitude Of
the population Gen. Wood recommends
large reduction in the United States
troops in the Santiago department.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONS WORK.
Washington, Nov. 2-Chief Examiner
Server, OF the civil service commission,
in his annual report made public yes
terday, says 4s, sos persons were exam.
ined for entrance to the government
service. Not quite rs per cent. Of the
candidates passed. II Is pointed out
that out OF total of 4, Ala appointments
to the departmental and government
printing services 7s4 were women, and
that of the 24,2iS women who have
passed examinations during the last
ten years 3,s76. or over II per cent,
have been appointed.
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Volunteers Mustered Out.