The Monte Vista journal., 1899-11-11


up the military forces now In the SER
vice OF the United States as follows:
Regular army. 64,5S6; volunteers, A.-
0I4; total. 1b,10O.
The report OF Paymastcr General
Bates OF the army shows the following
mnin Items of expenditure during the
iast nscai ycnr: Regular army. &4.-
l4l 20: volunteer army. x3j.s11, III;
disbandment Of Cuban army, S3O5. 100:
extra pay to volunteers war with
Spain. $l43.932 extra pay regulars
war with Spain, $2G2, ,592.
The proposition for national uni
versity ut Washington, under govern
ment auspices. was ncgntivcd by the
committee of the National Educational
Association, which has been in session
here. Instead the COMMITTEES. has "A sug-
gestion contemplating n plan by which
persons who have had exceptional edu-
ciltonnl opportunities may secure the
advantages afforded by the institutions
at Washington.
Secretary Hay for the United States.
Mr.. Tower for Great Britain. and Mr..
Mumm Won Schwartzcnstcin on the
part OF Germany have signed con-
vention providing for the adjustment
by arbitration OF the claims OF the In
hnbitants Of Samoa for damages re-
sulfinG from the naval and military
operations there last spring. King Os-
ear III. of Norway and Sweden Is spec
ihed by the treaty us the arbitrator.
The postmaster general has issued
an order forbidding postmasters in the
United States to collect postage due in
excess OF the domestic rate on any let
tiers sent by soldiers. sailors. marines,
or other persons In the United States
service In Guam and the Philippine isl
ands. The order ls given Immediate
eHcct ana postmasicrs are directed To
disregard all ratings Of postage due In
excess of the domestic rate, made prior
To this date.
There are three features of interest
above all others In the annunl report
OF Admiral Crowninshicld, chief Of the
Bureau Of Navigation. just made pub
lie. First. in an nrraicnmcnt Of Con.
ercss because OF the failure to reward
the officers recommended for advance
ment rs n result OF the battles around
cuba: second, the recommendations FOR
change In the present system OF re-
ceivins ships, and third. the surges-
tious touching the new system OF train
Ing lnndsmcn.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that
Pension Commissioner II. Clay Evans
has been offered the governor general
ship OF cuba by the administration.
providing. he would resign rs pension
commits sioner. In n letter. Comm's-
sloncr Evans stated he pos lively re-
fused the Offer: that he was doing his
duty. and was not 10 bc intimidated
or exchanged" If he should be- cx-
changed for doing his duty In the pen.
sion office and sent TO Cuba. he might
be exchanged there also.
A rccnptulation OF the casualties In
actions and deaths In the regular and
volunteer armies between May /. ls.'s,
and June 20. 1889, contained In the TN
nual report OF the adjuinnt general of
the army, shows u grand total Of 1906
men. The casualty list alone aggrc-
gates 1854. OF whom ~ officers and
4Js enlisted men were killed and lg1
officers and 2.7Gi enlisted men wound
ed. The death list. numbering G.Gl9.
was made up OF .22I officers and G..sh,
enlisted men. or this total but ~ OH.
GERS and l5s enlisted men We're killed,
the remainder OF the deaths resulting
from various causes.
The Cabinet has discussed the point
our soldiers In the Philippines 10 send
through the mails to friends In this
country souvenirs Of little or no com.
mcrcial value. Under u strict consiruc.
/ tion OF the law articles OF any CONNER
cial value except books are prohibited
from being sent through the mall Bu,
/ the government. realizing that with the
| approach of the Christmas holidays III.
soldiers serving In the Philippines nm
doubrcdly viii wish To send home some
/ mcmcntocs of their service. an rarnes, I,
EFFORT will bc made 10 overcome the ,ilf.
hculiics presented. II IL probable iha,
Secretary Gage viii formulate some
regulation which Will meet the sltua.
fion.
! The auditor of the posioiiice DEPART,
mcnt In his annual report shows that
| during the last year TIA. number of
postoificr- In the tnif~l States In.
creased from i..a1i 10 1i..l>i: the mum.
her of domestic money orders issued
increased from .1.1as.o1s. representing 9
Stoi .Il3,117. To .'.Du1 $50. represent.
Ing x1f2.lS..a,t. n net Increase In the
number of l.Ss. .ig3 and In volume of
sil l.:Esi.'cai. During ths year tn. r.ye.
nucs Of III. postal -cryic. Increased
from xs,.Oi2.GiS tn x!s,.ooi. ..,st. and ia.
expenditures from x3I .>.D. iD1 To xlOI :.
'e..a. .l,O. u net Increase Ia the receipt. .
Of Si.His.1G5. and In expenditures of
&3.Ts.15o. Upon this showing ia.
auditor asks for an Increase af thirty
clerks ns minimum requirement FOR
I'll" year 1900.
Chief Examiner S-ryon Of the Civil
S"ryic. commission. In his annual re-.
port. Just made public. says ts..aIl per.
sons w"rr examined FOR entrance to
the government service. Not quite IL
per cent. of ih" candidates passed. The
commission has decided Ia abolish the
Internal rry.nn" board of examiners.
nnd examinations formerly conducted
10y them VIII b- hereafter conducted
10y examiner, sent from Washington.
Owing Ia th" Increased demand for
special tests III" ordinary eNDminn.
iinu- for custom house and Internal
revenue branches and for hr.t.class
po.'ofiicrs viii iG held hereafter only
once n ycnr. II is pointed out TINT out
of u total of ANA appointment. 10 ti,s
departmental nnd government print.
Ing services ~ w-rr women and tha(
~ the 2t.:i3 women who have passed
examinations during the last ten years,
J.tiu. or over ~ per cent. have ts-pa
appointed. The report recommend.
III" establishment by the commission
Of n standard ~ general intelligence,
which wou,i I. considered ms n prcli,n.
innry test.
The xinf" Department does M, deny
TINT II II ia correspondence with for.
rigu powers In regard To American,
trade Interests In China. The depart.
I a.