The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-20
SUBSTITUTE REASURE RESULTS
CANTEEN PROVISION IN THE HOUSE
DRAFT MATERIALLY
ALTERED
MAXIMUM STRENGTH 100000
In General the Lines of the Pro-
posed Law Passed by the
House Are Closely
Followed.

WASHINGTON. Dec 19.-The full COM
mittee on military affairs met at 2
o'clock, and, after two hours sitting,
adopted the recommended tons of the sub
committee on the house army reorganiza-
ton bill. This will be reported to the
senate tomorrow.
The subcommittee reported a complete
substitute for the house bill and, While
much of the language is the same as that
OF the house measure, there are numerous
changes.
Probably the most important change is
in the provision regarding the artillery
arm of the service. The subcommittee
recommends the retention OF the present
regimental organization of the artillery,
and does not give its assent to the corps
organization proposed by Secretary Root
and accepted by the house.
In the matter of the appointment of
staff officers the bill follows largely the
lines of the recommendations made by
Secretary Root.
The house canteen provision was
amended so as to permit the sale of beer
at the canteens. This exception was
made by emitting the word beer from
the prohibited articles.
The maximum strength of the army is
to be 100000 men. AS amended, the can
teen reads as follows:
THE CANTEEN PROVISION.
'The sale or dealing in wine or any dis
titled spirits by any person in any post
exchange or canteen or army transport
or upon any premises used for military
purposes by the United States is hereby
prohibited. The secretary of war is here
by directed to carry the provisions of this
section into full force and effect"
Senator Harris made an effort to have
the canteen provision extended to the city
of Manila; as to prohibit entirely the
sale of liquors in that city, but failed.
The provision of the new bill regarding
the general organization and scope of the
amy is as follows:
THE NEW ARMY
That from and after the approval Of
this bill the army of the United States,
including the existing organizations, shall
consist of Is regiments of cavalry. u
regiments of artillery, 80 regiments CT
infantry, l lieutenant general, 6 major
generals IS brigadier generals, and adju-
tant generals department, inspector gem
erals department, a judge advocate gen
Ell department, a QuartermaStef' de-
parUment, a subsistence department, a
medical department, a pay department, a
corps OF engineers, an ordnance depart
rnent, signal corps, the officers Of the
record and pension bureaus, the chap
lains, the officers and enlisted men of the
army of the retired list the professors
the corps of cadets, the army service de-
tachment and a band at the United
States Military academy, as now au-
thorized by law and other officers and
enlisted men as may be hereinafter pro-
vidcd for.
REGIMENTAL PROVISION.
The cavalry regimentaI organization is
to consist of colonel lieutenant
Rnlnna1 thTaH 1ain
and fifteen each of first and second lieu
tenants Two veterinarians are allowed
for each cavalry regiment. Of these Of
hcers and captains and ieutenants
not required for duty with the troops
are to be available for detail as regi-
mental and squadron staff officers. and
also other details under the law The
president is authorized to increase the
number of privates in each troop of
: cavalry to seventy-siX, but the pro-
vision continues, the total number of en-
listed men authorized for the whole army
shall not at any time be exceeded
All the house provisions in relation to
the artillery are stricken out and a
provision substituted continuing the pres
ent regimental system and giving each
held regiment q colonel, a lieutenant
colonel, three majors, seventeen captains
and the same number of first and second
-'leutenants. Twelve captains are allow
ed to each regiment of artillery, and
three batalions are provided for The
president is authorized to increase the
privates in these companies to eighty
five. and those in field batteries to 1876
but not by so doing to increase the size
of the army. A veterinary is to be al
lowed to each artillery regiment The
infantry regiment are allowed the same
general officers as other branches of the
service and the same provision is mada
for detail in all cases. The president is
allowed to increase the number 9f
privates in infantry companies to 127, but
the same restrictions as in other cases is
to put him as to the increase of the
total strength of the army.
The enlisted force of the corpse of en-
gineers is to consist of three battalions
of engineers
The appointments of chaplains by the
president is authorized at the "a tie of one
for each regiment, including the artil-
ley service.
THE STAFF DEPARTMENT.
The new bill continues the rank of
major general to Gen. Corbin SO long as
he may serve as adjutant general, but
- reduces the rank afterwards to brigade
general
Provision also is made FOR assistants
in the adjutant generals Office and for
the inspector generals the III lie aCvo-
: cate generals, the quartermaster grner-
ais, the surgeon generals and The sub
Eistence department. There are to be
five assistant adjutant generals with the
rank of colonel, seven with the ank OF
lieutenant colonel and fifteen with the
rank of major.
Vacancies in the grade of captain of
the subsistence department are 10 be
filled by the president from officers of
she volunteer army.
A female nurse corps is provided in
connection with the surgeon generals
office.
The pay department is to consist of
one paymaster general, who is to be a
brigadiel general, three paymasters with
the rank of colonel. four with the rank
of lieutenant colonel nine with the rank
of major and twenty-seven with the rank
hof captain. These numbers are different
from the usual numbers.
The heads of the ordnance department.
and the signal corps are to be briga-
-jiers.
2 The maximum strength of the army is
fixed at 10c 600 men, and the figure is not
mentioned until near the close of the
pill It is then inserted in connection