The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-14

the adJutant generals office between
May LIST, 1898, and February 28th 1899:
Killed in action 329, died Of wounds
125, died Of disease 5,277; total 5,731.
Despite repeated rumors to the con-
t1arv he war department has no in
Fention of taking official action in the
case of the Tenth colored mmunes ard
other regiments hat have been max
ing trouble in transit through the south
since their discharge. In co~ntravention
Of I've story hat a court of inquiry was
appointed to inquire into the
matter, i. is pointed out by the officials
- he department that the men who
have been making the trouble are no
longer soldiers of the United States.
Having been mustered out, they are
private citizens IL the fullest sense.
The local police authorities have power
to deal with them wherever they vio-
late the aw-the local law, and the
var department has neither power or
H1clination to interfere in the matter.
z Ehe only result likely to occur, so far
AAs the department is concerned, is that
hereafter the discharged troops, prob
4 ably, Will be taken to their own state
IN a body and mustered out there, in
stead of being turned loose far from
AOAA~ Will OlC VI lIIlilldly
repression to be worked off in con-
VITALITY and impromptu shooting
matches.
THE PRESIDENTS SOUTHERN
TRIP.
Senator Hanna saw the. president to-
day and final arrangements We're made
for the presidents trip to Thomas
vile, Ga. The party will leave here
at 6 o'clock next Monday afternoon by
way of the Atlantic Coast Line and will
consist of the president n Mrs. Nc
Kinley, the vice president and Mrs.
Hobart, Senator and Mrs. Hanna and
Assistant Secretary Cortelyou. 1t is
probable that the party will remain at
Thomasville for a couple of weeks or
longer if the public business will per-
NIT.
CHANGES IN CUBAN GOVERN
MENT CONTEMPLATED. w.
The administration is contemplating
a change in some features of the gov
inner of Cuba. 1t is probable that
the military government will, to a GER
tain /~extent, be replaced with civil gov
ern2hent. The head of the government,
muA of course, remain military, but
ting change in contemplation is to have
p officers in places Of the military
men in the abine and subordinate po-
sitions. 1t is believed hat experts in
different lines, such as finance and rev.
enue, and in the management of much
of the general business of the island
and of the different municipalities, will
get along more smoothly han the army
officers.
THE MUSTER-OUT OF TROOPS.
In pursuance of the administrative
policy of bringing home all the volun-
teer troops for muster-Out, in anticipa-
ton of the exchange of notifications of
the treaty of peace with Spain, orders
were issued today for the muster-Out of
the One Hundre and Sixtieth regiment
In6inno yrn1IIntnnr nfnntr nv nnDv Of
Matanzas. 1t has been decided by the
department that it would be unwise to
send troops at once from a warm eli
mate like Cuba to a northern climate
like Indiana; hence they will be held
at Savannah for about two months.
The order for the muSter-Out of the
lunte troops in Cuba has been left
to the discretion Of General Brooke,
commanding the entire uba army,
on the theory that he is the best judge
of the organizations that can be first
relieved of military duty on the is
land.
APPROPRIATIONS OF THE LAST
CONGRESS.
Awaiting himself of the privilege ac-
corded by the house of representatives
previous to adjournment, Chairman
Cannon of the committee on apprOpri-
ations, has prepared for the congress
Sional record a more extensive state
ment of the appropriations made by the
Fifty-fifth congress han he made the
day after adjournment. He places the
total appropriations for the entire con-
gresS at 81, 566, S90, 016, and the appropri-
atid authorized for future congresses
undSr the continuing contract system
for battleships, river ana harbor i'm
provements and public buildings at
SOC 900.
The total appropriations made at the
last session Mr.. cannon places at
1878, 65S, 400, showing an apparent re-
ductiOn of $219, 573, PA below the appro-
priations of the preceding session. Mr..
Cannon attributes this reduction to the
extraordinary war expense of the pre-
ceding session. OF the total approprl-
atoms for the congress he says thai
the sum of $4S2, So, 0S3 is directly charge-
able to the war with Spain.
He thus shows hat the ordinary eX-
penditures for the two years covered by
the congress were 81, 044, $50, 273, and this
sum exceeds the total appropriations o1
the Fffty-foufth congress by $39, 146,
65S.
Mr.. Cannon congratulates congress
and the country upon this showing
and also upon the fact that, notwith.
standing the war, close attention was
given to the ordinary expenditures OF
the government, which is, he thinks
unusual. He cites the defeat of tht
provisions for the construction Of tht
Nicaragua canal, which the senate at
tempted to get through in connection
with the sundry civil appropriation
bill, as an instance of the success o.
this watchfulness on the part of the
house. If" he says on this point
1.-The senate bill or any Measure pro
posed had been enacted, the United
States would have paid 5000, 900 for {
worthless concession and would hav,
been committed by law to the construc.
ton of a canal along the Nicaragua
route, and under such conditions i
VIVID ave been compelled, before We
~. 8 90 y ar N M
we Began actual construction, to hav,
81 suired by treaty from Nicaragua
anEd Costa Rica. the territory WHEREOF
to construct the canal and the right t
construct it,"
In conclusion, Mr.. Cannon declines t.