The sun., 1900-11-29
GEN. NITES'S ARMY BILL.
II Provides for - Regtmrnts Of Cavalry. ~ OF
Artillery and ~ Of Infantry.

W,sur>GroN Nov 2S Iieut Gen. Mcs's
letter t. the Secrctiry Of War in which he
endpI,cs a hill for the reorganization Of tho
army. vas made pubic to-day. His plan of
Increasing tho army is on basis of one man
for ever lo1 Of population. which would
raise a force Of about 1900 men. As the rres-
ent volunteer force II a5uoN men must soon be
discharged. hs proposes to authorize the Presi-
dent to organize an auxiliary force of ?o,OoO
men. TO serve for three years. unless sooner
discharged. whenever in hi. opinion such
force is necessary.
Gen. Miles is opposed to organizing an ar
tllory coris and recommends the retention
OF the regiment1l organization as being the
best unit as well as the most economical. 1T il
essential" he says. that the infantry cavalry
and artillery be organized on practically the
same basis. IL has been found by experience
10 hr most desirable that each regiment OF
those arms should consist OF LOO men, and
the President should be authorized, a. here
tofore. to increase or decrease the number
Of men in each troop. battery or company
as the eXigeNcics al the service may require
The thrce-battion system should be con-
tnucd, with three regiments constituting a
brigade, three brig a division. three diviS-
ions a corps and three corps an army. ON
tui- basis tho -ruuoscd bill viii give an effective
organizlton Of two army c"rus OF three div,S-
marts which latter would b. composed largely
OF huav} artl'i"rv. and q reserve regiment Of
eNch % tie three arms, Including recruiting
depots aud stations. fiom which tn" personnel
could b" furnished for tn" ertir" arn'v."
rho bill presented by Gen Miles provides
in part a. follows.
THAT fourteen regiments Of cavalry shall
be- organized as now provided by the law,
each to consist Of three squadr"ns of four
That each regiment Of cavalry shall con-
sist of 1, ,2O0 enlisted men, with the Necessary
complement Of officers
a. shall
consist of heavy and field artillery. that the
heavy artillery shall consist Of fourteen r.gl-
ments Of twelve batteries each and the field
artillery Of four regiments of twelve batteries
each -.,,,---,- =,
consist OF lla5 enlisted men and each regi-
rlent of field artillery Of 100 enlisted men.
That the infantry army Of the service shall
CONSIST Of thirty 1.-TWO regiments of thrro ba'-
'dlionS OF Tour companies eaCh. that the
regiments Of infantry shall Sist Of 200
Ihat there shall be one General of the army.
two Lieutenant -ienerals seven Ma Or-C Generals,
and twcniy-one Bricadier.Generals, who shall
hn entitled To the personal adeS- camp and
the military secretary now provided bN law
"lha' the Corps OF Cadets shall consist Of
uu" trnm each Congress district one from
.imMa two from each State at large and
I'u''N from the nited States NJ large They
.Iail b" appointed by the President, and shall,
N'n ihc"NCcption of he thirty. cadets appointed
from the United States at large. he actual
l"-dcu', % the Congress or Territorial dis
'r''- or ~ the District Of Columbia or Of the
stat. r"~p"ctiy.ly. from which they purport
20 le ipu"in'cd'
Geu Miles also advises the increase in
ia,k If ihc Quartermastcr-Gcneral. Chief Of
Engineers and SUrgeCu-ti"neral To Major
Generals. 'Nu- placing tl"m on the same fooi-
'nr a~ o. r1nh &C. the Adjutant-G"ncraF~ de-