Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-04-06

my he had to forfeit his pension. and
now when he Is mustered out 1t Is
granted him again. These cases are
occurring every day, and simply illus
trate the weakness Of the pension bu-
reau.
Chairman Hull Of, the House MILL
tary affairs committee gives 1t as his
opinion that there IL not much
! chance of the provisional army OF 49,
7 600 men or any part Of 1t being organ.
lied unless trouble of serious char.
acter develops In Cuba or Porto Rico,
"The recruiting of the regular army is
progressing In a manner beyond all ex-
pectations," said Mr.. Hull. "The fight
Ing spirit seems to be abroad In Amer
ica. In my stnte of Iowa alone we
could get mt least 10000 men for the
regular army II we could give them
the assurance that they would be sent
to the Philippines. When the regular
army Is recruited UP to Its full strength
Of 62, 600 of course the volunteers now
serving in the Philippines will be re-
lleved as soon as possible. But do
not see how they can be relieved for
at least three months"
After two years Of hard fighting Sur
geon General Wymnn has secured the
abandoned Fort Stanton military res
ervation. New Mexico, for the marine
hospital service. The President has
the property, 1920 acres and build
ings, to the marine hospital service.
Surgeon General Wyman proposes to
eventually establish large sanitarium
for the cure of consumption, and will
not cOnfine 1t to members of the ma
rine, army, navy and revenue service.
His idea is to throw open the hospitals
to all sufferers with consumption. and
he says he Is confident Of making n
cure in nearly NIL cases. The magni-
/ tude of the scheme can be seen Mt a
| glance when It Is understood that all
hospitals now treating consumptlves
can send patients to the proposed ma
rine hospital consumptives' sanitnrium.
It is stated at the War Department
that the subject of mastering in $4,000
volunteers as provided by the army re-
organization bill, has not been men-
toned to the President. either by Act
ing Secretary of War Melklejohn or
Adjutnnt General Corbip. There Is no
Intention TO bring forward this ques-
tion Mt the present time. as with the
troops already ordered to Manila and
i which 1t will take some months to
transport thither, General Otis has all
the forces necessary to accomplish
whnt Is desired of him in the Philip
pines. 1t is stated at the War Depart
ment that the greatest demand for the
organization of the $4,000 volunteers
comes from the men and the friends Of
men who desire place ns officers. There
are already many applications on file
and not only men who served with the
| state troops. but those who have served
in staff positions and have been mus
tered out. are anxious to again enter
| the service.
Unintentionally Congress placed 1t In
the power of the President to appoint
two admirals of the navy instead of
one. but it is not probable that Mr.. Nc
1(inley will exercise the authority, al
though he could lawfully do SO. A spe-
cial act was passed authorizing and re-
questing him to appoint an admiral,
and everybody who voted for 1t knew
that 1t was intended for the promotion
of Dewey. For fear something might
happen to prevent this special net from
becoming law n clause to the same
effect was inserted in the naval bill by
the House of Representatives, and the
conference committee forgot to strike
1t out. although the special act became
a law and Dewey was appointed and
confirmed before the navy bill passed
the Senate. Therefore there are two
laws, expressed In exactly the same
language. and passed within few days
of each other. for the revival of the
rank of admiral. OF course the Presi-
dent understands that the duplication
was an oversight, and that Congress
intended to promote only Admiral
Dewey.
All but two witnesses before the
army inquiry court Friday We're men,
bers of the medical staff, who were on
service in Cuba during the Spanish
war. The other two witnesses We're
George II. Giddings and General J.
Hale Sypher who had been interested
In securing contracts for supplying
beef on the hoof and on the block for
the army in Cuba. They testified that
General Egan had told them that the
secretary of war had asked him to
give the refrigerator beef trial, while
Mr.. Sypher said that General Egan
had created the impression upon him
that he preferred beef on the block to
refrigerator beef. Their testimony
throughout was contradictory to Gen
eral Egan's testimony. Mr.. Giddings
said that Congressman Hawley was
present at several Of his conferences
with General Egan. A majority of the
army surgeons expressed the opinion
that the canned beef was unsatisfac-
| tory as food for the troops. but some of
them thought it more harmless than
other meet In the Cuban climate.
CUBAN ASSEMBLY WILL QUIT
Preparation of Copy of Muster Roll for