New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-28
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. JANUARY %. 1899

NEW
peace, any oracle save liberty and union' God
spare grateful country and admiring world
from any doubt about the matchess magnanimity
Of Appomattox. The lonely graves OF Regulars
dot the Western plains. unlettered and obscure
Can II be possible that those sepulchres OF silence
gentlemen hear echoes Of dead voices menacinc
our liberties? Shall any thought OF tyranny be at
ttbuted 10 Forsyth and his fifty gallant followers
in that famous conflict with the Sioux? Would
standing army OF 10000 900 Of men like Captain Gum
nlson menace anything save barbarism. or fail IN
their protection OF and noble enterprise? Per-
haps IL is 10 Colonel Fetterman. with that famous
detachment OF the 18th United States Infantry and
the % United States Cavalry who were guilty OF
nothing save being massacred in the fatal valley
near Fort Phil Kearny. that gentlemen mean 10
impute a tendency to usurpaton OF the liberty or
citizens Or maybe they mean Lieutenant Graf
tan and his detachment OF the 9Th United States
Infantry murdered in the man trap near Fort
Laramie Wyoming in 1851 II could not be Cen
eral Candy and the famous heroes Of the Modoc
War in the awful Lava Beds Perhaps in the peer
less Custer and his annihilated followers this anx-
ious and solicitous minority read some sign
OF usurpation which makes them fear that future
Regulars, inspired by their ilustrious example.
mlcht encroach upon our civil liberty
But after all. II may be that not until the cool
and desperate charge at San Juan Hill. through
nurky river water UP 10 the waistband. then
through the terrible entangements Of barbed wire
woven in the brushand. then up the hill to death
and victory. did these gentlemen Of the opposition
feel so xeeny the threa tening danger OF our Regu-
lars to the liberty OF our citizens. Or. maybe not
IN word deed OF soldiers. Regular or volunteer
have they foreseen the tendency which they say
can only terminate in the destruction Of the lioer-
ties of the people In all the years OF toll and strife
and victory that make the history OF our Republic
great the Regular Army has been its shield and
buckler"
Nj Fitzgerald Dem. Mass) closed the gen
eral debate in opposition 10 the bill
CHAIRMAN HULLs CLOSING ARGUMENT
Mr. Hull in charge Of the bill. closed for his
side The number Of enlisted provided IN the
bill he said was based. not on the personal views
OF the members Of the committee. but the authori-
tative expression Of those who were on the grouno
In Cuba the Evacuation Commission had declared
that fifty thousand soldiers were necessary-not
necessary enforce order but 10 insure peace and
tranquility without bloodshed. In Manila the com
handing general thirty days ago had eabled that
twenty thousand men would be enough. but WITHIN
the last month he had increased that estimate 10
thirty thousand The knowledge there that pubic
opinion was divided in this country and the impress
sion that prevailed there that the Administration
might be turned down had multiplied the dangers
there. The committee believed the maximum
should be placed at one hundred thousand nut was
willing TO agree In view OF the opposition, mat ao-
soiute provision should only be made for fifty thou
I President
had an abiding faith in the President and he could
70 maintain the S soTeregnty Of the timed States
wherever the flag had been carried until congress
should finally determine wha, should be done
This ended the general debate. and the bill was
read for amenament HnGer the nIeminue sSa.
The hrsi vote taken on the committee amend
ment 10 increase the number Of chaplains from
thirty TO forty. and 1t was carried, Gs 10 IS.
AN AMENDMENT REJECTED.
Mr. HAY Dem. Va, offered the following
amendment
Provided. that the increase Of the Regular Army
beyond what it was before the war with Spain
sh9l only be used in Porto Rico, Cuba. the Philip
niTes he Hawaiian ISLANDS and the Ladrones
dcers and men shall be mustered out OF the ser
Vice within two years or sooner. If the exigences
permit.
Mr.. Hay declared that by his statement Mr.
Hull had abandoned the bill brought into tho
House by offering 10 reduce the proposed increase
/ of me Army by fifty thousand men -
Mr. HUI opposed the Hay aInendJTaent' on the
ground that It was a temporary expedient
Nj Cox Dem. Tenn asked what would be done
wlth the proposed Army c.,.
we are going 70 place II where the Chief TX
ecutive needs it 10 uphold the sovereignty and au-
thority Of the United States. said MI Hull; ~.
war with spain brought responsibilities which had
10 be met and could not be avoided AS 10 me
ion OF an extra session by saying the treaty Wouia
be ratified either on February OF else ey 2ramed
we'll hold the Philippines until me congress OF
| United states
dom enough and patriotism enough TO say what
ven do with them"
Mr. MSCleiian Dem. y y then offered an
! amendment 10 strike out the AdJutant General :
general staff He said if this amendment. prevailed
/ + would give the Army a modern flexible general
The amendment was lost without division.
10 L1EUTENANT-GE
M Lacey CRep.. Iowa. moved TO strike gu; the
provision for Lieutenant-Gereral This. he said.
was a question which had been fought over for
I years. The rank Of Leutenant-General had been
tingushed themselves. Only six men mad neld ms
/ rank In The American army Washington, Scott
/ Grant Sherman. Sheridan and Schoneld.
Nj Hull said neither he nor any member OF me
committee had any one IN mind IN seeking 20 ere
slze Of an ARMY CORPS the rank should be created
Nj Cannon said that the adoption Of the amend
mont would reject on no one; Later II Pubic SEN m,
The motion was adopted without division.
@ 5an Saod 54opS i0 SS b vod
come from the enlisted force by reduction OF the
deem it proper to swell the Army TO the maximum
100000 the size OF the COMPANIES would be ~ n
Mr.. Dockery dem, Mo- charged that the hXlng
OF a minimum was palpable trick 10 stay ne
other SIDE He would he wiling 70 rust Pres,
trust Thomas jefferson, i that statesman couo re.
visit the earth with dsoTeon 10 nfr f,1 ,b 5ne
SiaI1lIB army IN llUlt OF peace rum ---'|
sand 10 one hundred thousand.
Mr.. Cannon said he had little patience with mon
who would count the cost OF a standing army when
II was necessary for the public defence.
Mr.. Wa ker (Rep. Mass expressed the opinion
that an army Of Atty thousand men was necessary
He dared not decline TO trust the President As 20
biil only provided for nine hundred additional Of,
/ hcers II this proposed orsan!zation had existed
before the recent war said. millions OF dollars
! and hundreds Of lives would have been saved.
Mr. JOHNSON HEARD FROM AGAIN
| Mr. Johnson CRep.. Ind got the foor at this
| point and repeated something OF the sensation he
! created on Wednesday. When this bill was brought