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ARMY BILL IN THE SENATE,
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unon n report ~ he made 10 the H'h''' w,
,no,tow nm tho Armv h"utg1ni'aN'h VI"
rhl~h was passed by the Hons" s"v't' 'a)'
aso The principal change ~ 'l' n'.''
s1r ,el,,.s to tho artillery branch OF tho
o,,,v Tho bill submitted hv tho secretary
=, war provided for the formation oi mn
a,,ulerv corps and abandoned tho present
,ev,rnentnl formation of artillery. Ihl' "N'
or,os.d bv Gen Miles. md tho S"nat" COM
,n,,,ee after hearing several army ofit"r~'
co,cluc.d To retain the rcaimen'h forma-
,on Tho bill NJ now amended troNld''
10, the orgaal7at,on ~ m army consisting
NJ efteen regiments Of cavalry. twelv" i'P'-
,nents Of artillery. thirty regiments "I IN
fantry. one Lieuten enln'-Gener1l, SIX Maori
Generals, nfteen Bris sadicr-nenera's ana 'h"
prssent stan departments. III" Hou'" p'ahs
for the organization Of the cavalry ana IN
fantry are not altered. and Secretary hoot =
nroyison for the Increase Of the artllery IA
retained.
In the section relating 20 tho Adiutnnt-
Generals department providing tha' we
Admtant-Gsneral shall have tn rank OF
"MAIOr-tienpTal lUFlIE lllf " wv T'' 49, -
the present Incumbent. the word active is
stricken out The senate makes redhouoh
in the number of officers u be authorized by
the star corps The House blll is amended
so a. TO provide six instead Of seven Quarter
masters with the rank OF oionol. nine instead
of eleven with the rank Of lirUtenaHtO Q!ontl,
eighteen instead OF tweuti -ti-tt WIZ Wy
RANK Of MAJOR ana hliy-l1nr WV , ,,' 'IIH Az.
nf CaptaIn instead Of scv"ntN-tWo. lh'
House authorized $50 oSt colulul~~aIN IT
seants. but the senate ,onslHitt"o refused 10
change the present authorization.
Ihe committee agreed upon an hm"h",
ment providing that ~" ,-uI"ilhl"hd'hi 9"
the Female Nurse Corps shd4i be tIauual'
OF a hospital training school, having "a 'ouIn'
OF instruction OF not less than tNo years,
and struck out the entTo House lIuNl-luh
for an army veterinary CDIp7 ! .r t%oEn, %
mittee adopted section providing lllat th"
grade OF veterinarian OF the second ,ia'S
In cavalry regiments IS abolished ana thai
hereafter the two NetrrinGriaus Authorized
for the cavalry regiments and th" one Nctcr,
marian for each artillery regiment HhiIl
receive the pay and allowance ol SECOND
The SECRETARY OF War is authorized to cm-
plOy such number Of VETERINARIANS rs E"r"--
sary to attend animals pertaining TO the quar-
termaster's or other departments NOT dlttcty
connected with the cavalry and artillery
regiments. total reduction of eleven Officers
in the DAY department over the House author
ization il made In the bill to be reported
10 the senate. and II reduction uf twenty
threa ON Gers in the Signal Corps hut the Pre-
dent l. authorized To continue in service durius
the present emcrscoy. for duty in the PhtlII-
pine Islands, ten Volunteer SlGnal officers
with the rank OF First Iieu'enauts and ten
Volunteer Signal officers with the rank Of
Second Liout"nuntS
The Plan outlined by Secretary Root for
the detailing Of officers below tho grade Of
Leutenau t-C oloncl from the line 70 stan
positions Tor a period OF not moro than four
years and aboli-hins permanent assign
so as To apply 1t 10 oficers OF IN" grades OF
Lieutenant oloncl and Major in the. Adju-
tant-UeneTafs and Insp"Ctur-i ien""als do
Iartment.. OF Captain ~ the OuartormGstor's,
Subsistence, and Pay departments and Of
First Iieutenants IN the Sisnal CORPS. mus
nance Bureau from the detailing system.
The Senate Committee revertS 10 Secretary
Roots original idea, and though eliminating
the. Ordnance Department. .
1t also provides that no more permanent
appointments shall bo made in any Of the de-
talls shall be made from The grade IN which
examination as the PRESIDENT may from time
TO time prescribe. II Is provided that all
officers so detailed shall serve for a period of
four wears. unles- sooner relieved. at the
expiration Of which time they shall return
10 duty with the line. and officers below the
rank Of Lieutenant Colonel shall not agan be
eligible for selection in either staN de- art
ment until they shall have served two years
with the line"
The senate committee struck ont tho pro-
vision authorizing IN" secretary Of War
10 have preliminary "Namlnatlon- and sur
yeys made for the purp'-'' Of selecting sites
with the view t. the establishment Of per
rnHnent grounds for the instruction Of trOou-
of the Regular Army and National Guard
and appropriating slo.UuD for the work Of
arranging for foHr national camps of in
struCtion, section along tho line of Cen.
torbin's letter to secretary Root. providing
that any officer Of the army now on tie active
list below the grade of Brigadier-sr.u-ral
who served during the civil War shall, when
retired, be retired with the rank and paw
of the next higher grade, was inserted In
the MI by the committee.
The S-nat" Committee modified the can
teen pare graph adopted ly the House So ~
to permit TIE >ulc Of beer II post exchange,
~ amrnd.d II prohibits sale or dealing in
wine or any distilled spri'' by any person
Ia any post exchange or Uarfcou or army
military purposes by tn" / ui'cd states
the secretary Of War being directed TO carry
the provision into fnll force and effect
The provision for tho enlistment of not
exceeding $4,000 natives OF the Philippine
Islands II Retained, "a ia also that for the Hp-
pOlutment Of FlhpinOs To the grades Of First
and Second ldeutenants IN the regiments
50 formed
With tho changes mentioned the bin "a
adopted by the senate Committee is the
.ame as the House Till No change IL made
in the number of troops authorized in the hill
Hs IL passed the House. The report OI tho
committee will he made 10 the senate to-
morrow and then sent to n conference COM
mittee OF the House and Senate for the ad-
,ustment OF the differences between the two
houses.