The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-01
President TO Have Power TO Keep
The Maximum Number
Of Troops 100000.
VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED FOR.
Office Of Lieutenant General Gre
ated=.Nearly Every Department
Increased in Numbers.

/. u b.. +. p
= : = 80
WASHINGTON. y. y, NoY. 3o.-sec-
lrs,ary Roots army bill provides for n
l,lsu,enant general. six major generals
:, o,,oo, ,r,rod,.r conoro,s rho
.. a., ~, ,,.,..,
-, =.
'A1 'eeO"o 10y - : ~ = SO" -
and infantry are increased from tweiVe
10 fifteen for each company In the regi-
nent Three OF the captains shall be
available for detail as adiutant, quar-
,srmss,er and comm,ssary; three first
jIe,,pnan,s for souadron and battalion
,s,u,apt. md ,hrep second lie,,tan.
,,,s ,or souodron o,,arterma sters and
ronmI,s,rv
p,ov,s,ons for tba discont;nunnce Of
,sa artillery nrm ma Mt present organ
,,a ,s ,nde by oryan,z,ny an ort,,,ory
earn. krow, as cons, artillery and
s.,a q, ort,,,,rv oeycars NJ ,r.,,,a-:,
.,a IN bo ntaced nm ono ,ist for nroro-
IN, ,ccord,,. ~ .en,or,tv Tho corns
Wifi have o,,os ~ ,r,,,,orv d.,,;,nl
,,,r ,ba- .o,o,o,. ,nd while sarv,nr in
M, ,,r,.,,,. ,r,,, h,ya .+b. r,nl. and
,,y ~ h,,., d,o, ,oror,,
-, oe.
e -
lnele VIII oe III uuei'''o"' ''.ii .e.!'
tooHels. thirteen lleusenah'-coiohe's.
'aF'y-hine MAJORS lo- cap'a'hs' ~
va. ''ea.e'.A"'s' a"u - 81 sIou ,, !,
,I,n -. r.,,,,rsd ,or drt, win hat
,,.,., ,,,,u ~ o,,I,, Mo os st,e ofr,cars
ii5-c ir,i55g- - rrjson IN Il, hi Tory N cons.
u !; goi, sri,,l,,er,v, eha,l ba orr,rtzn6 AZ
,,,rs.an, rhaiincre,res IN Tho ,rtil.
law ,,ou ba 9o nor cont cach ve,r for
/ svs ys,rs min ,be maximum of is 92O
man I, rn,ched
n. oa,utart yanaro, will have the
,,,v a, r,oIo- renerol md b,s corns js
,,,.o,.od ora 1Ioutono,t co,ono, and
70, nofo-s Tho ,nsnoctor ronero,,s ,c.
,,-,,,.r, 10 Inoro,.ad nm, ,,or,or,n,-
toIo,c, ,rd civ mn lore r,he iuago nd.
voco,o,s don,r r.,o,tjis ,ncroosed ono
r,,one, md ,nreo mn tors The ouor,er.
n,,,or,s don,r,n.nt ,s ,ncr., cod two
rol,na,s nm. .,,e,,tenart.co,ora, rour
na,ors AVID ,ventv-ro,r canto,ns To
All ,bs rroao or conto,ne yo,,,n,onrz
m, ovor ,b,-,v.s,> ye,rs old NAV ba an
roin,ed
c,,, n....
- .'N-
'"e subsistence uepa'''i'e't - M
a,"seu ~ one eo'ohe'' one ''eu'e''''''' co''-
~" o"e h'a!or anu ''''''ee' q" cap'"'''s.
."e '"ea'eat department IS increased
WV co'one's, TWO lieutenant co'ohess'
." MINORS. III captains ana iirst 'sfu-
"''a"'s' Inc pay department Is M
.'easeu one eolohe'' one lieutenant cp'-
onel and the number Of majors Is fixed
n','. n'''v '"s'e"u oi twenty Us d. present
TORS in the nav depnrtment at present
will hold tim. rank but no promotions
are to be made unt,l tbe number OF ma
iors Is reduced bclow nine. To MI the
vacancies of captnIns mon serving MS
additional paymnsters not over forty
years may be selected. Tho engineer
corps is Increascd fIyc captaIns. four.
teen first lIeutcnnnts and twen,y-onc
second lIeu,enants. .promotIons nrc to
be made by seniority and vacancies are
10 be filled from the rcpulnr army. Th.
Ordnance bureau Ia Increased ono lieu.
tenant colonel md ssven first sIeulen.
ants. The signal corns ia Increased Two
nnIors. four CAPTAINS. nInc first lIcu-
tnan,s and during the present emer-
r'ncy the presiden, Is authorized 10
continue for duty In the PhlIIppInes
Ten FIRST llcutenants and ten second
IItutsnants MS volunteer signal OIL.
GERS. r.s aa
g.. promotions il +,o s.,r
=, %. -
pndar ','"!o'lohs IN 'he ata'f creae.d
Present wan carn. ~ ~ D' ,.h ,a"ue a,o," w..
occur h,, ~ .n,,- so.pa a"u "n.n ,ae"''.tss i've
premo,,o,s sna,, VI o'ne' y 'e,, WV -.
vatnncIo. ~, 80. ~ nru' w s.".o...,. ,,
promo,:ons ~. ~ -" " a., ''eu.o' So, 'as
from tn. l,ro =, :. .,o ~ avn, so ~. u' ,a,.',. u.."