The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-02-25
ARMY BILL
Provides 065,00 Regulars and
30, 900 Volunteers.

| OO,VbU nluutttTh.
Washington. Feb. 2i-The senate COM
mitteo on military AFFAIRS reported the
compromise army reorganization Till just
| before adjournment Of the senate ~ B:8l
D. m. The bill had been framed at tho
war department last night by the officials
Of that department and "a number Of sena-
tors. and was under considefa lon by the
senate committee and its sub-comminttees
| during the greater part Of the day.
! The formulation OF the compromise was
placed In the hands Of senator's l1awicy
and Carter Of tho military committee, Jl
| behalf Of the republicans. AID Senator
! Cockrel In the interests &C he demo.
Gratis. They met at 10 1coct today and
continued quite constantly In .-sS'ur Col
Carter, Of the army, set with them for
the purpose OF supplying technical infor-
nation.
| The subcommittee had !. Ia charge unJl
i:3o when the fun committee met. The
committee made q nucber ot changes
and after sitting ? nours reported he
BIN 10 the senate.
The bin as reported differs IN many de-
tails from the bin read m the house to-
day by Mr.. Hun, but the gencr;d frame
work IL the same In The new hil one
section covers the en.lro m"e.lse Of the
| army and 80 reads as follow
THAT - meet che present oXigeacea
OF the service, the pres lent IS hereby uu-
thorized to maintain he regular amy at
strength OF not cXceeliog J) enlisted
| men TO be distributed amongs- the sev
eral branches Of the service according 10
the needs Of EACH and raise a force OF not
more than 60. 900 volunteer infantry, as he
may determine. from The country at large
under general law, orfrom the localities
| where thelr services may bs required
with regard 20 citizenship ana caucSuOn-
| al qualifications. and 20 form the same
into not more than thirty regiments oi
] ganized as infantry regiments ~ wan
strength IN the regular army.
| Provided, further, tina. eacn regiment
| 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 nrst lieutenant, and three
hospital stewards:
provided, that such Increase in the reg
ular ana volunteer forces shall continue In
service only during the necessity therefor
aud not later than July /, 1891"
Tho allotment of major ana brigadiel
generals Is al follows:
TERMS OF OFFICE.
THAT the president shall nave power tC
continue in service, or TO appoint by witr
The advice and consent of The senate
! brigadier generals of volunteers, who In
| Guiding the brigiadier generals OF The
| 81 F.r.n Nnf
everv 1000 enlisted men actually in ser
vice. and major generals Of vplun'cers
who, including the major generals Of ih'
.ogu,ar Grmy, shall not exceed one foi
every 1900 eI listed mon.
"Pl divided, that }gnlar army officers
continued or appointed as general Officers
Of volunteers, under the provisions OF THU
act. shall not vacate their regular army
! commissions:
And provided further, that no genera
officers appointed under this section shal
be continued in service as such beyond
/ July l. 1891"
Section one provides that the army
| "shan consist of three major generals
six brlgadier generals. ten regiments o.
| cavalry, seven regiments OF artillery
and % regiments Of infantry"
| L. the cavalry organization each regt
nent consists Of l2 troops, organized intC
three squardons OF four troops each. The
artillery regiments are fixed at a batter,
] les, Of which two may DO organized a.
/ field artillery.
! Two veterinarians are allowel TO each
! regiment Of cavalry. In he case OF artil-
| cry tho number of 1rivates N n battery
OF artillery Is fixed at minimum Of ST.
ard of light artillery at a minimum Of %.
''phe same word is used IN GN,ng The
strength OF the regiments. giving ench in-
| fantry company a minimum Of forty
/ eight rivates."
The infantry regiments companies fixed
at p companies, organized into three bat
talions formation.
The adjutant generals and Inspector
generals departments are to consls; OF TIC
number Of officers now In these depart
ments respectively, with provision that
contains cf the line who have shown
marked aptitu 1e in the cjnIn'aud of troops
shall be entitled 10 compete for stan ap
pln,ments.
The senate amendment 10 the HUI
| Hawley bin increasing the number OF
cadets TO the extent Of 100 Is retained.
The judge advocates quartermasters'
subsistence. medical, pay. ordance, en-
cheering and signal corps departments
shall consist Of the officers and ends ed
men now provided by law, proSiso
makes the battalion Of engineers part
OF the line and allows retired officers to
be assigned to activecommand
The present chief OF the record and PEN
sion office Is made a brigadier general
the subsequent chief to becoloneL
ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS.
The provision OF faw authorizing the aA
slgnment OF officers OF the quartermast.
ers aud subsistence departments within
increased rank and the continuance III
service OF c,Szasn volunteer officers or
those departments for a period OF one
year is repealed.