The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-25
ARMY BILL BEFORE SENATE.
THE NUMBER or REGULARS WILL
DE LIMITED TO $4,000.


President Is Given Authority, How
ever, tO Raise "a Volunteer Army
OF $4,000 when Their Services Are
Necded-RcEuInr Army to Have
Only Three Major GenersIs-Pro-
Visions As 90 Present Members OF
Volunteer Army.
Washington. Feb. 2i-The Senate COM
mittee on military affairs reported :he
compromise army reorganization bill just
before the adjournment of the Senate at
$50 O'clock D. m.
The bill had been framed al the war de-
partmenc last night by the officials OF that
department and a number of senator's and
was under consideration by the Senate
committee and lis subcommittee during
the greater part OF the day.
The formulation of the compromise vas
placed IN the hands Of Senator'S Hawley
ana Carter OF the military committee on
behalf of the Republican senators. and Of
Senator Cockrell in the interest of the
Democrats. They met at 10 o'clock to-
day aud continued quite constantly in ses-
sion Col. Carter of the army. sat with
them for the purpose of supplying techni-
cal Information
The Subcommittee had II in charge un-
ti $3.50 O'clock. when the full committees
met The committee made a number OF
changes, aud after sitting of two hours
reported the bill to the Senate.
The bin as reported differs in many de-
tails from the bill read IN the House to-
day by Mr.. Hun. but the general frame
work is the same
Limit of the Regular Army.
In the new bill one section covers the
entire increase Of The army and It reads
as follows;
THAT 20 meet the present exigencies og
| the military service the President Is here
| 10y authorized to maintain the regular
| army at a strength of not exceeding Co.
| 900 enlisted men, 40 be distributed among
| the several branches of the service ac-
| cordlng 20 the needs OF EACH and raise "a
| force OF not more than $4,000 volunteer in
| fantry, as he may determine, from the
| country at large under general law or
| from the localities where their services
may be required, with regard TO citizen-
ship or educational qualifications, and to
| form the same into not more than thirty
regiments. organized as infantry regi-
mepts OF strength In the regular
army.
| provided, further. that each regiment
| shall have one surgeon with the rank of
1 major; two assistant surgeons. one or
| whom shall have the rank of captain, aud
| one that of first lieutenant, and three hos
| pitai stewards; provided. that such In
| crease in the regular and volunteer force
shall continue I'm service only during the
necessity therefor, and not later than July
| ], 1901"
Major and Brigndier Generals.
The allotment Of major and brigadier
| generals Is as followsi
That the President shall have power to-
| continue in service or to appoint by ana
with the advice and consent of the Sem
ale brigadier generals Of volunteers, vino.
| including the brigadier generals Of tho
/ regular army, shall not exceed one for
/ every 1900 enlisted men actually in SER
/ vice, and major generals of volunteers,
| who including the major generals OF ths
| regular army, shall not exceed one for
every 12OOJ enlisted men; provided. that
regular army officers continued or appoint
| ed as general officers or as field OF. stafr
officers OF volunteers, under the provls-
! ions OF this act, shall not vacate their
regular army commissions, and provided
/ further that no general army officers ap-
| pointed under the provisions of this Sec
| ton shall be continued In service as such
beyond July ], 1901"
Composition of the Regulars.
Section provides that the regular army
| shall consist of three major generals, six
sbfigadler generals, ten regiments of caval-
Fry, seven regiments Of artillery and twen-
| ty-flye regiments of infantry.
| In The cavalry organization each regi-
ment consists of twelve troops organized
| into three squadrons Of four troops each.
| The artillery regiments are fixed al four
| teen batteries, of which two may be orr
| ganzed as field artillery.
/ The infantry regiments are fixed at
| twelve companies. organized INTO the three
| battalion formation.
| As soon as practicable. the officers and
! men Of the volunteer army not authorized
| in the bin shah be mustered out. provided
| thai enlisted men Of volunteers may be
! transferred to and enlisted in such Of the
new ORGANIZATIONS as may be below the
maximum organized strength.
Provision Is made that the act Is not To
| be construed 10 cause the discharge OF any
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